Ombré Hops

My son-in-law likes to brew his own beer. A couple of years ago, he asked if he could plant some hops plants in our yard because they lived in a condo with no yard at the time. My husband said yes and they planted two plants. They grew like weeds! He harvested it each year and has used some to brew some beer, but there is a lot more in their freezer. I saw this O Hoppy Day clear stamp set (digital set also) and thought it would be the perfect set to make his birthday card, as well as other masculine cards. I ink blended the background with Distress Oxides, trying to mimic a nature themed ombré pattern from the ground (brown) to plants (greens) to sunlight (yellow). I stamped the image using Ranger Potting Soil Archival Ink on Neenah Desert Storm card stock. I colored the image with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. The sentiment is from the same set. The beer mug in the O Hoppy Day Stamp set was too large for the space that was left, so I used a beer mug from a Facebook stamp shop called Stampin Funn. I used the same ink on the Desert Storm card stock and colored it with the same pencils as the plant image.

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