I was an ASS and CASE'd a Birthday card!

I was an ASS, I CASE'd a card and busted my ass doing it! HAHA!

Not really, but I just got this ADORABLE, funny, punny stamp set and I had to bust it open and get it inked up to make for mine and Hubby's 2nd dad, our best friends dad who we call Papa Mike.
Here is a preview of the card, click the link below to see the rest...

This card is made from the Unity Stamp Co. "Jack {ass}"

There was a card on the website with the stamp set, showing a cute way of how they used the set to make the card. I liked the layout of the card, but for me, it was a little too CAS (clean and simple). So, I used the card as a layout sketch for my card and I really like how it turned out.

I started with the white cardstock. I used Stampin' Up! Taken with Teal to stamp the sentiment with. I distressed the edges with my scissors and then inked the edges with Memento Tuxedo Black. I made a few tear here and there. Then I cut the stripped teal paper. I distressed and inked the edges and made some coordinating tears. I used 3 Recollection Brads in the corners. I adhered the whole mat to the brown and orange stripped cardstock. I distressed and inked the edges with more black and made a few tears.

I colored the little ass (hehe!) with prismacolored pencils and blended with gamsol to get the shading and coloring that I wanted. After coloring him, I tediously fussy cut him out. I used some black embroidery floss like I saw the brown straw on the original card from the Unity Stamp Co. website. I just used a dab of Glossy Accents where the knot is to glue the thread down.

I used 1/2" thick 3d foam dots to pop the cute little ass up off the cardstock. I able to get the embroidery floss glued down underneath the foam dots, so I don't have to worry about it falling off.

For the inside of the card I distressed the Bazzil cardstock because it was 2-toned, so by distressing the edges with the scissors I got a teal and brown distress. Then I cut some white cardstock to size and distressed and inked the edges with black ink.
I totally forgot to get a pic of the inside before I wrote his note, LOL

I had stamped a simple Happy Birthday but didn't like it, so I stamped the 1st top sentiment in the Taken with Teal and the 2nd bottom in Chocolate Chip. I used the SU! Decorative Label Punch to punch it out and adhered it with ZOTS and lots of Glossy Accents for a strong hold.

That little heart with eyelashes and a smile-that's my signature mark that I put on ALL of my cards and letters (letters to Hubby, pen pal letters, letters for swaps, etc).

I LOVE how this card turned out, and I foresee many more cute ass cards being made with this set. haha!

Thanks for stopping by to check it out.

Keep on Craftin'
~Melisa Marie