Map Collage Father's Day Card

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For Father's Day, I made this card for my hubby....
 
STAMP:  MAP COLLAGE

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I started with a panel of Strathmore bristol smooth card stock, and used Tim Holtz distress inks in browns and blues, with the ink applicators, to sponge on color where I thought the land and water would be when I stamped the image.

I stamped the image with Ranger archival ink in the color 'coffee.'  I used my Misti to stamp the image, as I wanted to be able to stamp it over again until the image was the depth I wanted it to be.  

I used a gold Krylon pen to add the gilded edge around the image and around my hand-written father's day verse.  I dyed some baker's string by running it through a blue distress pad, and tied on an anchor charm from my stash.

That's it!  Easy-peasy.  

Oh, and the baker's string, well, every once in a while I must make the sacrifice to go to our town bakery for their delish cake squares - JUST to get the string that they generously tie around the little boxes.  Really...that's the only reason I buy them!  Hey...we gotta get our craft supplies somewhere, right? 

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I am adding my card to these challenges:
The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - masculine
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes
 
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Blessings,