Dark Blue and Brown Landmarks and Tickets 40th

So, my latest upload is a card I made for a friend who was turning 40. He has always called me 'aunty Kathleen' ever since I used to feed him curry when we were based in Germany. Even though he is actually older than me!!

I pulled out the trusty Landmarks image, from Crafty Individuals, and stamped it onto the Honey paper from the Basic Grey Granola paper pad using Memento Paris Dusk dye ink and trimmed it up into a square. The image was then matted onto cream and navy shimmer cardstocks.

A panel of the Wild Oats paper from the same paper pad was also matted onto the cream and navy cardstocks.

A file folder was die cut from cream card using the Sizzix Sizzlits die and coloured using Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap distress ink and stamped with a sentiment from the Making Memories Express It! stamp set using the Paris Dusk ink.

The Travel Tickets stamp, also from Crafty Individuals, was then stamped onto cream card using the Versafine Vintage Sepia archival pigment ink and the individual tickets were cut out. Tim Holtz Old Paper and Frayed Burlap distress inks were then added to distress them. The tickets were arranged inside the file folder and added at the bottom right corner of the image panel.

Three large old gold brads from Papermania were then added in the top right of the panel and the panel was then added to the card blank.

The inside of the card was also decorated using strips of the papers used on the front of the card. The sentiment was stamped across the Honey paper using the Paris Dusk ink, the Happy Birthday stamp from the Personal Impressions Paula Pascual Mix and Match Sentiments stamp set and the '4', '0' and 'th' stamps from the See D's Lower Case Script Alphabet stamp set. The '40th' text was stamped using the second generation of ink, giving it a more faded look.

Here are the blog challenges I am entering this card into:

• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #29 - Use Patterned Paper
• Ladybug Crafts - Birthday
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #97 - Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
• Through The Craftroom Door- Anything Goes (Apr 1-8)
• Aurora Wings - #1 - Anything Goes
• Craftin' Desert Divas - #28 - Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations- Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society- #38 - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Monday- Anything Goes
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity- #196 - Ticket
• Paper Nest Dolls- #7 - Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create- #65 - Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody- #39 - Anything Goes
• One Stitch At A Time - #206 - Anything Goes
• Craftitude - #61 - Anything Goes + Add A Brad/Eyelet
• Crafty Catz - #224 - Anything Goes
• Pattie's Creations- #88 - Anything Goes
• Sister Act - #50 - Anything Goes
• Sweet Pea Stampers - Distressing
• That's Crafty - Inky Antics
• 4 Krafty Girls - #14 - Anything Goes
• Little Miss Muffet- #82 - Anything Goes
• Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes