What’s Moo with You for Cardz 4 Guyz #338

Jan 9, 2024 | Cardz 4 Guyz | 1 comment

Welcome to the first bi-weekly Cardz 4 Guyz challenge for 2024! Our host for challenge # 338, Pamela, chose Use Something New in Your Stash for the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the creations from the rest of the design team. I always enjoy seeing what everyone creates, but using something new is a way for me to find something I need to add to my stash. We hope you will play along. Please remember to upload your creation to the gallery when you are done.

I chose to use a new bundle from the January – April mini-catalog, Cutest Cows. These cows are so stinking adorable, and it paired beautifully with this DSP (designer series paper) from the Fresh as a Daisy DSP. The sentiments in the stamp set will work for a birthday, congratulations, or all occasion card for a younger boy.

Here’s my card:

Measurements:

The Azure Afternoon base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 8-1/4 inches to create a tent fold.
The white cardstock for the outside measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I cropped the tag for the sentiment from this piece of cardstock since it will be covered by DSP and no one will know.
The landscape DSP measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
I trimmed a piece of the Azure Afternoon 6 x 6 DSP from the Brights Collection to 2-1/2 by 6 inches for the envelope flap. I also punched a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP for the envelope flap.
Next, I cropped the bridge using a die from the Playing in the Rain die set in Pecan Pie cardstock.
I used scrap pieces of white cardstock for the cow and the milkcan/rooster combination.

Creating the Cow:

The easiest way to stamp the cow’s body and head so they fit in the punch is to use a template.

Since the stamp set is photopolymer, you can line up the body pieces in the template negative space. I used Momento Tuxedo Black ink.

The cow body does need to be stamped by the bottom of the cardstock so the cardstock will fit in the punch.
I used the Smoky Slate blends combo to color the spots on the cow.
Attach the head to the body using multipurpose liquid glue.
The cow stamped on the inside will not fit in the punch. Therefore, I stamped it directly on the white cardstock and colored it using the Smoky Slate blends.

Stamping, Coloring, & Assembly:

As with the cows, I stamped everything using the Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
Stamp the trio of sunflowers on either side of the DSP, and color using the Daffodil Delight blends combo.
Use the Copper Clay light blend to add the center dots to each of the flowers.
Use the Old Olive blends to color the leaves.
Stamp the milkcan on white cardstock.
Line up the rooster on top of the milkcan.
HINT: It’s easier to line up the photopolymer stamps if you use acrylic blocks larger than the stamp. This way, the sides of the block do not interfere with lining up the stamps.
Color the milkcan using Smoky Slate blends.
Color the rooster using Daffodil Delight and Copper Clay blends.
Fussy cut the milkcan/rooster combined piece.
Use Azure Afternoon to stamp both the inside and outside sentiments.
Crop the outside sentiment using one of the banner dies from the Nested Essentials die set.
Add dimensionals under the sentiment banner, the cow, and the milkcan/rooster pieces and adhere to the card front.