Congrats! - Lawnscaping #7 ;)

Well, I didn't think I'd actually get this done, but I did, YAY!!! I was really sad when I didn't get the time/energy to participate in the last (#6) Lawnscaping Challenge :(. I do love these challenges - mainly because I can't seem to put down my Lawn Fawn Stamps ;). So, I'm back for Lawnscaping Challenge #7.

This challenge was create your own patterned paper with stamps: As always, there is a fabulous prize up for grabs :D.

Ok, so I needed a card anyway, so I combined that need with the challenge. The Law Firm I work for has 2 attorneys. We have had the second attorney for almost 3 years now, and he just got made partner!!! Super exciting for him, and us! He's so smart and such an asset to the office!! I wanted to make something masculine, which is always a challenge for me. Here is a look at what I came up with:
Sorry that my picture has weird shading, I'm always a wonky crafty picture taker, what can I say ;).

So, I did a mini tutorial on how I created the background/my own patterned paper (in pictures): As you can see, I decided to kind of go with, a "you're a star" type theme, so I used Lawn Fawn's Teeny Tiny Backdrops background stamp and a ColorBox Chalk Color Q set to stamp the background 4 times with Red, Orange, Yellow Orange, & Yellow. {I also used Say Cheese, Bannerific, & Sophie's Sentiments)
Then I trimmed each strip out and cut 1" squares and inked them with the coordinating color. Then I did a little placement on the card to make sure I had enough squares...perfect.

Next, I used a scrap piece of (plain white) paper to glue my background onto so that I wouldn't ruin my card base if things didn't go as planned (which of course, they didn't... a little trial & error ;) in the end it all worked out though).

I popped up the Polaroid and banner with foamies, and decided it needed some black gems, twine, and a brad (adhered with a pop-up glue dot) to finish it off.


As you can see, I used Crate Paper, I really thought it worked perfectly for a masculine card. I {HEART} Crate Paper...SIGH. I'm super happy with how it turned out. It's not perfect. My sentiment is a bit wonky, as is the background (as much as I measured and tried and tried to be precise... I always end up a bit crooked). That's me I guess. I'm cool with it ;). Hope you likesie. Thanks for all of the great comments, always. You guys are way too sweet to me!!!