Hambo Stamps Paper Boy

I had so much fun making this card!

I love Hambo Stamps and haven't had time to play in their weekly challenge until last week with the new stamps that they have for Operation Write Home.  I clicked the link Wednesday morning and found the newest challenge and couldn't resist, I think I'm hooked!

The theme of the challenge is to make a card with an extra fold, hmmm...

I'm not quite clear on what they mean by that but I did my best to incorporate another fold or two or three...

I also noticed the Tuesday Tutorial at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps for a special fold pop up card and wanted to give it a try.  My card is based off that tutorial but I changed some measurements to make it work better for me.

Here's a picture of it open, the "hey dad" I made on the computer to match the Hambo sentiment because I'll use it for a Birthday or Father's Day card for my Operation Write Home box.  I wanted to hide part of the sliding mechanism and balance my card so I printed "hey dad" on red cardstock and made a tab.

Here's a photo of what the piece looks like before you add your image and my tab.

I made the body of the card first and then colored my cute Hambo Paperboy with Copic markers:  N1, N2, N3, E41, E42, E43, E44, B000, B91, B93, B95, B97, YG01, YG03, YG05, YG25, E000, E00, E01, E02, E04, R20, W0, W1, C0, C1.  I created a patch of grass for him to stand on and a cloud background to finish it off.  If you'd like to learn how to make a cloud background with Copic markers I have a tutorial here.

Paper colors are Neenah Patriot Blue Linen, Red Pepper Linen & Kraft, Via Vellum Leaf Green and Copic X Press It.  A little scrap of grossgrain ribbon and a fun Hambo card ready to go to Operation Write Home.

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Challenges:

Hambo Hoedown - Extra Fold

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps Tuesday Tutorial - Pop Up Card
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Scrapbook Sisterz - Dad's Birthday/Men
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