Sketches {by Tamara}: Recipe 41 and KSS Contest Info

Here’s my card for this week’s recipe challenge at Sketches {by Tamara}. This week’s required ingredients were masculine, metal, and grunge. Two of those three (masculine and grunge) are not my usual thing, so this one was really a challenge!

I turned to my 3 Step Baseball set from Kitchen Sink Stamps for my card. This is a perfect set for masculine cards for a variety of occasions.

I made an off-center tent topper, using the mitt and ball images from the set on the topper part. The ball image was stamped on a scrap, then punched out with a ¾” circle punch and attached to the panel with a dimensional. I “grunged” it a bit by inking the edges with a sponge dipped in brown ink. A little weak for grunge, I know--LOL!

The card base is Riding Hood Red, topped with a piece of striped paper from SU!'s Urban Oasis designer paper pack. I attached a piece of matching twill tape across the panel and added a trio of metal brads through the twill. The sentiment is stamped in matching Riding Hood Red ink. Since it’s one long stamp, I broke the wording up over two lines to fit on my smaller cardfront. I think the red stands out nicely against the neutral colors in the striped paper and still works for a masculine card.

Don't forget about the ongoing Kitchen Sink Crew Challenge. If you join us in making an ATC and incorporating it into a card (see my post from yesterday for a sample), you'll have the chance to win one of 3 prizes. The 1st prize winner will receive $50 worth of Kitchen Sink Stamps!

For all the info, go HERE. You have 2 weeks to leave your link below in the Mr. Linky box on the Kitchen Sink Blog. The deadline to play in Tammy's challenge is April 6th. midnight EST. Please leave one link per challenge sample. You can enter as many samples as you like.

Materials Used:
3 Step Baseball stamp set (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Dune pigment ink (Color Box); Riding Hood Red, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, and Chocolate Chip Classic inks, Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa, and Very Vanilla cardstock, Urban Oasis designer paper, brads, ¾” circle punch, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); twill tape (Martha Stewart); circle dies (Nestabilities)