Inkspirational 368 - Word Prompt - For the Guys

 Here is my DT card for the latest Inkspirational Challenge -  Word Prompt: For the Guys

Just in time for Fathers Day in the USA, June 21st, I made a Golfers Fathers Day card!

I colored the background, the tee, flag and grass with Copics.

Please join us over at Inkspirational and link up your card "For the Guys"!

This challenge ends on June 5th!

also sending my card to:

Tic Tac Toe

ends 6/4

Plaid - Free - Die Cut

Passion for Markers

ends 5/26

Stamps:  Father Figure - Verve (retired)

Paper:  White, True Black - Papertrey Ink, Hammered White - Amazon, Metallic Gold - Tim Holtz/Alterations, DP Seasons Greetings - Waffle Flower.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair

Other Supplies:  Golf dies: Globeland - Amazon, Scalloped Stitched Edge Ovals - Spellbinders, Copics YG63, R29, BG10

Soccer Birthday

 A friend asked me to make a birthday card for her neighbor's son who plays soccer.  

Here's the card I created.

This was made with a one piece die cut.  I went looking through all of my DP to find an outdoor scene for the background but it seems I had used up all of the field type papers I had!   Then I found this piece in a winter pack which seemed to work perfectly for an early evening sky at the soccer game!

My card is 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"

I'm sending my card to:

AAA Birthday

ends 8/31

NBUS

First time using this soccer die.

Paper: True Black, White - PTI, DP - Frosty Adventures - Rubbernecker 6x6 pad

Accessories: soccer scene die - Amazon, foam dots for sentiment, computer generated sentiment.

Camping in Summer

A friend asked me to make an anniversary card for her to give to her husband this year.  They have an RV and always travel in the summer in it so I thought these camping chairs and the road sign were appropriate!

Sending my card to:

Cardz 4 Guyz

Summer Holidays  ends 8/18

Love those Pretty Papers

anything goes  ends 7/31

NBUS

First time using these dies and stamps

I.D.E.A.S

D=dies

Stamps:  Lifes Great Advventures - PaperTrey Ink.

Paper:  White - PTI,  DP Forest - Stamperia.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair, Sand Dune, Heart Beat, Rocky Shore, Dark Chocolate - Altenew.

Other Supplies:  Lifes Great Adventures Dies - PTI, foam dots, computer generated sentiment.

June Group of Seven Cardmakers - Second Generation Stamping

 Here is my 1st card for the June Group of Seven Cardmakers post.  

This month we are playing with Second Generation Stamping -  when you stamp an image fully inked then stamp it again without reinking either once or twice.  You'll find a link to Videos on the technique over at the GO7 Blog.

 It creates a wonderful depth to your card design.

I went very CAS with this card, simply stamping the image on the left fully inked with Portobello Versafine Clair Ink then stamping again to the right of that stamping and a bit higher, without reinking.

Next,  I stamped the image off the bottom and half off the right side fully inked - then stamped above it (only the left half of the stamp) again way over to the left off the edge with the right half of the stamp.

   My card base is watercolor paper and the sentiment is from Paper Artsy.

Trees seem to be the first thing I grab when I think of Generation Stamping (or off stamping) so I wanted to stretch myself and use other stamps and also add some color!

   

So this card was born (after about 5 aborted attempts using various Lavinia stamps!)

I started by stamping a text background - inking the stamp and stamping it off on paper before stamping on the card panel as I wanted it just to be a shadow.

Then I stamped the dandelion in black and off stamped it - repeating again and the same with the leaf.  And finally I stamped and off stamped the Orchard Grass along the bottom.

To add color (after I made sure the black ink was dry!) -  I sponged over the top with Distress Speckled Egg and over the bottom with Shabby Shutters.

I stamped the sentiment on white card and punched it with an oval punch.  I sponged the edges with the Speckled Egg and popped it up on the card with foam dots.

We hope you'll give this technique a try 

(you probably have done this already at some point in your stamping career?! but maybe not for a while?)

   

You'll find Mr. Linky and lovely inspiration from the rest of the GO7 team over at the blog.

We'd love to see how you use this technique!

Also sending my card to:

IDEAS Calendar

4th week - A - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping

Nature Inspired ends 7/1

AAA Cards

CAS  ends 7/5

Tree Card

Stamps:  Silhouette Trees #1 - Rubbernecker (retired), Sentiment from Paper Artsy Alison Bomber set EAB01.

Paper:  Water color paper - Canson Cold Press

Ink:  Portobello Versafine Clair

Dandelion Card

Stamps:  Background Script, Orchard Grass, Tall Dandelion - Lavinia, Dandelion Wishes Sentiment set - Papertrey Ink.

Paper:  White - Papertrey Ink

Ink:  Nocturne, Morning Mist - Versafine Clair, Ranger Distress Speckled Egg and Shabby Shutters.

Other Supplies:  oval punch - SU, foam dots, blender brushes.

Inkspirational Challenge #344 - Stencil - Optional Twist Geometric

 The 2nd Inkspirational Challenge for June is up over at the blog!

Optional Twist -  Geometric

That Optional Twist reminded me of a stencil I have in my stash from Sweet Poppy Stencils called Absolute Abstracts that I have only used once and thought this was a good time to play with it again! I'm not sure if it's still available.

This is a large metal stencil so I stenciled it onto an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2 piece of card stock using 3 colors - Ranger Distress Speckled Egg, Dusty Concord and Crackling Campfire.   

Then I cut the panel in half making two 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panels that I made into two cards!  A two-fer!

I added the stampings and enamel dots and called them done!   I like to have masculine cards on hand.

So we hope you'll get out your stencils (maybe geometric patterns!) and create a card to link up over at the Inkspirational Blog - where you will also find creative inspiration from the rest of my teamies!

This challenge ends on July 4th!

Also linking my card to:

Stencil Fun Challenge

Summer Fun -  my first card shows a clown on a tightrope - fun at the Circus

ends 6/28

Seize the Birthday

Anything Goes

Ends 6/24

Stamps:  Theories - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Birthday Basics - Papertrey Ink.

Ink:  Ranger Distress Speckled Egg, Dusty Concord, Crackling Campfire,  Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Paper:  White - Papertrey Ink

Other Supplies:  Absolute Abstract - Sweet Poppy Stencils, blender brushes, enamel dots - Altenew.

Group of Seven Cardmakers - April Technique - Gilding Flakes on Acetate

This month, the Group of Seven Cardmakers is playing with Gilding Flakes on Acetate.

I watched this YouTube Video to learn this technique - it is also linked to, over at The Group of Seven Cardmakers blog.

This was my first try with the technique.

I'm not sure everyone looking at my card would immediately realize it's King Hopkins (a frog!) sitting on a pile of stones?

You can see how clear and detailed the stamp is below.

I found with both of my cards - you couldn't really see detail and might not know what you were looking at, on first glance.     

So, for my second try, I went a little rogue and created my own technique - Stamping on Acetate with Gilding Flakes and a Shadow Behind It -  I have to work on the title - it's a bit long!?!  

So I thought I'd try stamping the image on a white panel and layer the acetate panel with the gilding flake image over it - slightly off set.   And I really love the dimensional look it gives it!  It shows some of the detail of the stamp that didn't show up on the stamping with gilding flakes on the acetate.

A few pics on how I did it:

On the video I watched, the woman had a stiff net-like sponge to apply the tacky glue and to rub off the Gilding Flakes.  I did not have an item like that so I used a sponge brush, pressing it into a pool of tacky glue and then pressing the sponge lightly over the stamp - the idea is to just get the glue on the image, not down into the crevices.  I recommend pressing your gilding flakes over the stamping and then quickly washing the stamp off  before the tacky glue dries on your stamp.  Then I rubbed off the gilding flakes with the clean side of the foam sponge and my fingers.  I scrubbed it pretty hard so that just the image is left.

photo on right shows the stamped image in glue on the acetate

So - gilding flakes -  still not my favorite thing to use - it flies everywhere - and for this technique it was difficult to find an image that would work well, but I am happy with my two acetate panels -  particularly the one I shadow stamped behind!

  

We'd love to see cards you make trying this technique!  There's a Mr. Linky over at the blog!

Also sending my Kiss Me card to:

NBUS

first time using King Hopkins

Sending my trees card to:

Krafty Chicks Challenge

ends 4/29

I.D.E.A.S.

Week 4  A - Anything Goes

I just have 2 more weeks of wearing the sling after my shoulder surgery! Then I'll be back to full blown crafting!

Kiss Me 

Stamps:  King Hopkins - Lavinia, Kiss me stamp from Heroines Fairy Princess - Waltzingmouse (retired).

Ink:  Gold Pigment Ink - Color Box

Paper:  Acetate, True Black - Papertrey Ink, Kraft Metallic Gold - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.

Other Supplies:  Inca Gold Gilding Flakes - Cosmic Shimmer, embossing powder brush, Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame Die - MFT, Tombow Tacky Glue, foam brush.

The Creaking of Trees

Stamps:  Silhouette Trees #1 - Rubbernecker (retired), Creaking Trees - Technique Junkies.

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Paper:  Clear Acetate, White - PTI, Hammered White - Amazon.

Other Supplies:  Inca Gold Gilding Flakes - Cosmic Shimmer, embossing powder brush, Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame Die - MFT, Tombow Tacky Glue, foam brush, foam dots

October 2024 Card Chain Challenge Reveal

 Today's the day that we see all the cards exchanged for October over at the Card Chain Challenge.  Twenty eight people participated this time.

I received a card from Robyn in Australia and I sent a card to Daja in Germany!

For this months card I used one of the suggested Themes of bears and the Product - Plaid.

I made a little plaid vest for Theodore the bear to wear as he flew over  to Germany!

I cut a second piece of the base for Theodore and attached it to the back of him around the head, scoring the back piece, so he can stand up on his own!

on the inside                                                 from the back

We hope you will check out the challenge and join in with us!  All the details are over at the Card Chain Challenge blog.

You have to sign up by Nov 6 to join in for November!

I'm also sending Theodore to:

Cardz 4 Guyz: #359 A Taste of Autumn

Theodore has his fall vest on!  ends 11/11

Paper:  several shades of brown and pink - Bazzill, True Black, Dark Chocolate, White - Papertrey Ink, DP Tarten - Waffle Flower.

Ink:  Ranger Distress Brushed Corduroy (rubbed on edges)

Accessories:  Theodore Colorize Die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, glue.  Sentiment Strips - Waffle Flower

Inkspirational #325 - Word Prompt - Headwear

 We've got a fun new challenge over at Inkspirational today -  #325  Headwear!

I decided to go for a masculine birthday card.

I pulled out the fun Tailored Dies from Tim Holtz/Sizzix which is a set of 3 hats and several options of ties and jacket shoulders!  I also used postage dies, stencils and stamps from Waffle Flower as well as a sentiment from My Kind of Guy, a retired stamp set from Waltzingmouse.  I added a red gem to the top hat.  The stamps and hats are all up on foam dots.

What does the word Headwear inspire in you?   Please join us and link up your cards over at Inkspirational!

The challenge ends on 10/4

Also sending my card to:

Love those Pretty Papers

optional theme FALL

ends 9/30

Shopping our Stash

Don't really need another one  ends 9/23

I buy way too many Tim Holtz dies! 

 Tic Tac Toe

Center vertical row - Gems/free/die cut

ends 10/26

Stamps:  Postage Collage - Waffle Flower, My Kind of Guy - Waltzingmouse (retired)

Ink:  Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs - Ranger Distress, Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Paper:  Water Color - Canson Cold PRess, Kraft Stock - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology, DP Pastel Deco 6x6 Pack - Brutus Monroe.

Accessories:  Postage Collage Coloring Stencil, Postage Collage Die  - Waffle Flower, Tailored dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, red gem, foam dots.