Fuzzy Wuzzies Sports

Good morning & welcome back to the LDRS Inspiration Blog.  Today I am making a card for my youngest son using the Fuzzy Wuzzies Athletic Supporter stamp & die set.  This set is part of the new Sweet Escapes release, which has many wonderful new products.

As you can see, there are several sports supported with this new set.  I chose to play with the basketball player today.  Next, I'm going to make a card using the Baseball pieces.  My youngest actually plays college baseball, so I think he will love it.  However, he's also been watching the NBA Finals, so I chose the basketball for today's card.

The inside of the packaging has detailed instructions on how to make each character to give you an idea of where to start.  Then, you can let your imagination fly.

I started this card by masking off 1/3 of the card vertically.  I'm going to ink blend that section with In Your Face Orange hybrid ink.  LDRS Ink blends so smooth and dries back very even making it very forgiving to use.  I love the subtle texture that ink blending gives a card over using a piece of cardstock.

Next up, I stamped the basketball lines on several areas of an orange piece of cardstock and die cut using the circle die included.  I adhered them randomly using liquid adhesive and trimmed the edges that overhung the ink blended area.

I directly stamped the fuzzy wuzzie in the same orange ink and double stamped to make it very opaque.  I added the basketball stripes, arms, & legs in Raven Ink, also double stamped.  I stamped the sentiment in the lower corner in Raven ink also. I love how well LDRS sentiments stamp so cleanly on the first try!!

  I stamped and die cut the eyes in Raven Ink.  I adhered another basketball to his hand using a small foam square.  Then to finish off the card, I die cut 4 stars from orange and navy cardstock for embellishments.  This happens to be the colors of my son's basketball team when he was a little traveling basketball player.  A little nod to the past!  I also happen to love the look of orange and navy together!

Simple & cute are my favorite kinds of cards.  I'm a CAS kind of card maker (clean and simple)!  I hope you've enjoyed this little tutorial and find some time today to get crafty!!

Hugs, LeeAnn