Alligator Scene Birthday

Hi, everyone! Today I'm sharing a masculine birthday card! Do you struggle with them as much as I do? When I spied this brand-new set from Imagine That Digistamps called Gator Strong, I fell in love! I thought it would be perfect for masculine cards! To me it's such a unique set because I haven't seen any stamps or images like this before.

I coloured the alligator with Prismacolor pencils, applied Glossy Accents to his eyes, and fussy-cut so I could pop him up with foam tape. I decided to make a little scene for my gator!  I started with the background, which I inked with Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I spritzed with water to add some texture.

After Googling alligator images, I decided on a monochromatic colour scheme for my scene. I used lots of die-cuts:  Poppystamps Thicket Frame (cut in two shades of green and layered), Lawn Fawn Meadow Borders, Impression Obsession Grass, Impression Obsession Cattails, and Cheery Lynn Tiny Things with Wings. The cattails and dragonflies were inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

This set comes with some cool sentiments but I needed one for a birthday card so I used a sentiment from Newton's Nook Shark Bites, which I heat-embossed in white on a green scrap. I finished off the card by adding tiny brown sequins to the dragonflies and a few green flower sequins on the frame. Here's a look at this fun new set and everything you get with it - I think it is so fun!

Imagine That Digistamps has a Facebook Group too, so you might want to go check it out! They have fun challenges, freebies, and giveaways!  

I would like to support the following challenges: Aud Sentiments AG w Sentiment 1/5; Card Mania Earth Tones 1/3; CRAFT Technique Embossing (heat-embossed sentiment) 1/5; Craft Rocket AG 1/3; Crafting by Designs September AG 2/3; Crafting from the Heart AG 2/3; Crafts Galore AG 1/3; Crafty Gals Corner AG 2/2; Creatalicious AG w Optional Anniversary 2/3; Creative Ladybirds AG 1/3; Deep Ocean Things with Wings UE; Die Cuttin Divas AG 3/3; Dies R Us Summer Vacation (dragonflies are only seen in the summer; also visiting a zoo to see alligator during summer vacation) 1/3; Digi Designs Anything with Wings 2/3; Digi Stamps 4 Joy AG Colour Twist 1/3; Digital Delights September AG 1E; DL.ART September Linky AG UE 1/d; Emerald Faeries Monochromatic 1/3; Fab n Funky AG UE; Fussy and Fancy Let's Fly Away UE; Imagine That Digis Facebook Group Favourite Colour Combo (green and brown for male cards) UE; Imagine That Creative Playground Signs of Summer (dragonflies) 1/3; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Just Keep On Creating AG UE; Love to Scrap No Rulz 2 Challenge and Blog Hop UE; Mod Squad Foliage 1/3; Foliage 1/3; Not Just Cards August AG UE; One Stitch at a Time AG for Men UE; Paperbabe Picture Inspiration 1/3; Penny's Paper-crafty AG 2/3; Pile it On Die-cut Embellishments UE; Poppystamps Embossing (heat-embossed sentiment) 1/3; Sasayaki Glitter Animals 1/3; Scrapy Land Use an Image 1/3; Send a Smile 4 Kids AG 4 Kids 3/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 2/5; Simply Papercraft AG 2/3; Sparkle N Sprinkle Used Embossing Powder (sentiment) UE; The Cat's Pajamas Embossing (heat-embossed sentiment) UE; The Pencil Case AG 1/2; Word Art Wednesday AG w Uplifting Sentiment 2/5 wk1; Your Scrapbook Place September AG 1/3

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Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!