You're the bomb

Hiya! My hubby asked me to make a card for a fellow sailor that is leaving for "bomb school" and this is what I came up with. Let me tell you that I didn't just step out of my comfort zone, I took a flying leap out of it! ;) To start I made my background using the Here Comes The Sun stamp from MarketStreetStamps. I first inked up my cardstock from light to dark using distress inks in Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold, and Spiced Marmalade. I then inked up the Here Comes The Sun stamp with distress embossing ink and clear heat embossed it. Doing this allows you to keep the lighter colors under the clear embossing so you can add in darker colors over top. For my reds I used Festive Berries, Fired Brick, and a little Aged Mahogany. 

Both of the die cut pieces are from the Indie Art cricut cartridge. I cut all the pieces out of white cardstock so I could color them with distress inks. For the bomb I used Mustard Seed, Crushed Olive, and a little Forest Moss. For the mushroom cloud I used Black Soot, Pumice Stone, and Weathered Wood. To finish it off I used Rock Candy distress stickles {spread out with my finger} to add a hint of "manly" shine. ;) The sentiment is from the Sweet Summer set from PinkByDesign. It actually says "you're the bomb.com" but I masked off the .com part with a post it note. Well, that's my WAY outta my comfort zone card! :)

♥ Nikki ♥

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