How do I say Happy Birthday to my brother?

With a Steelers card and a Stamp of Approval sneak peek of course!  

My little brother has been a Steelers fan his whole life.  I can remember way back when I was just an artsy teen, painting football helmets on his bedroom wall.  I had no interest in football, I was just happy to be painting....anything.  One whole awesome wall of helmets with all of the team logos.  Now THAT was a fun project that I have no pictures of, LOL!  But he was such a sweet little boy.

Back in 2008 I made him a Steelers helmet cake for his Superbowl birthday party because........

This year I decided to try my hand at a Steelers card.  Theme cards are always fun for me so when I saw the the awesome Harleen stencil that comes in the new Stamp of Approval Young at Heart Collection my Steelers wheels started turning.  I used Zig Kuretake real brush watercolor markers to stencil on this colorful Harleen pattern for the background.  Then I used some Versamark and clear embossing powder to double stencil some clear diamonds and to add shine over the top of the colored diamonds.

I also used Versamark to stamp a helmet pattern on the stitched rectangle.  There are some great sneak peeks on this card for the new Stamp of Approval Young at Heart Collection.  Look closely, can you find them??

For this card I used the following supplies:
Stamps: Label Maker Sentiments and All Star (My Favorite Things)

Ink: onyx black (Versafine), clear watermark (Versamark)
Paper: Fog & Sunshine cardstock (Simon Says Stamp), white 110 lb (Neenah)
Accessories: Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner and Blueprints #15 dies (My Favorite Things), Stitched Mats: Circle dies (Lil' Inker Designs), stencil (Winnie & Walter/SOA Young at Heart collection), dies(Casual Fridays/SOA Young at Heart collection), dies(Sugar Pea Designs/SOA Young at Heart collection), Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Markers; yellow, light gray, persian blue, carmine red. 1/2" circle punch (EK Success), dimensional tape (3M).

The new Stamp of Approval Young at Heart Collection is slated to go on sale February 3rd.  Make sure you get on the list for email notification --->HERE<---.  These boxes sell out quick so with this email you'll get a heads up on when the sale starts.  I don't want you to miss out on this fantastic box of goodies!

Be sure to check in with Catherine Pooler this weekend for three days of sneak peeks from the StampNation Dream Team and some awesome guest designers.  She also has some cards and videos up right now that showcase some of the Young at Heart Collection so head on over to her blog --->HERE<--- for some more SOA fun!.  I'll be back here on Saturday and Sunday with some sneak peeks too!  I'm so excited, this collection is just so much fun.  You're going to LOVE it!!

Speaking of LOVE.......I love you Jamie.  Happy Birthday lil' brother!  Steelers still rule!!  ;)