Duck Tape Meets Alcohol Ink

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

A couple of months ago our Craft Group added alcohol ink to

embossed Duck Tape.

Our demo leader had mounted Duck Tape on cardstock and dry embossed it

for us to work on.

We added alcohol ink over the top and were then to trim off the cardstock

edges.  I liked the look so I didn't trim.

It took a while to figure out what I wanted to do with the  piece.

It kept whispering to me "globe".

Then the whispers got louder and finally I listened.

I've had this stamp and die set in my NBUS box for quite a while.  It 

was way past time to use it.

I die cut the globe and stand from a snippet of brushed silver cardstock

and added it over a circle cut from a piece in the background box.

(I have boxes and boxes of stuff I need to use!)

The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed

with Pewter Embossing Powder.

I thought it was a good match for the embossed design and I have

another masculine card for my stash.

Hooray for another way to use Duck Tape!

Challenges:

Cardz 4 Guys - Add Texture to Your Card

The Male Room - Dry Embossing

Snippets - Where Sarn is hosting this time. (I used a snippet for the die cut globe)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  All Occasions (Jane's Doodles)

Ink:   VersaMark, Alchol Ink

Paper:   Brushed Silver, Not Quite Navy

Other:  Duck Tape, EF (?), Beautiful World Dies (SU), Pewter EP

Enjoy!

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Fall Botanicals for CAS Mix Up

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Is it starting to look like Fall in your neck of the woods?

The leaves are just beginning to turn here.

I have some leaves from last Fall though.  Some are pressed and

one preserved with VersaMark and clear embossing powder.

We don't get the vibrant colors of the northern states.  We see more yellow, gold and rust

mixed with lots of burgundy.

I plucked some leaves from our maple tree and pressed some between two

pieces of heavy cardstock using my Big Shot.  The bottom leaf shows that well.

As I said before, I pressed the little leaf in VersaMark and then heat embossed with

clear embossing powder.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Botanical Prints with stamping, die cutting and heat embossing

Cardz 4 Guys - Autumn Colors Birthday

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT), Forever Fern (SU-dots)

Ink:   VersaMark, Hello Honey

Paper:   Neenah, Linen, Blackberry Bliss

Other:  Maple Leaves, Big Shot, Clear EP, White EP, Stitched Rectangles (SSS)

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Enjoy!

Ducks in Flight

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

There's still time to join in at the CAS Mix Up June Challenge.

The lovely Viv is hosting the challenge this month and she's chosen...

This is a watercoloring challenge this month.

It's taken me several tries to get these ducks to look right, but

perseverance finally paid off.

I've stamped with Archival ink, done a watercolor wash for the sky, then

colored the ducks with markers, blending with my waterbrush.

I remembered this cattail die that a friend had given me and

cut it from the same piece of Mixed Media Pad cover and the background.

You can't tell in the photo, but it has lovely texture.

The challenge ends on the 24th.  I hope you'll join us at

CAS Mix Up.

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You sweet and thoughtful comments warm my heart!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Ducks (Deep Red), Celebrate Everyday (HA)

Ink:   Watering Can (Archival), Cherry Cobbler (SU), Faded Jeans (DI), Fired Brick, Pumice Stone (DM), Black Marker (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Merry Merlot (SU), Cover from Strathmore Mixed Media pad

Other:  Cattails Die (?)

Gelli Print Leaves

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Last week the very talented Heather Telford shared a video technique

using a Gel Plate, Acrylic paint and Leaves from her garden.

I loved her results both on this post and here and decided to give it a try.

I was thrilled with the results.

I have very few colors of acrylic paint (but more are on the way).

With my limited colors and some leaves from my lantana plant,

I was able to get some good results.  A first for me with a gelli plate!

Thanks so much, Heather for sharing your awesome talent with us!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snippets (PB), Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   Garden Green (SU), Field Day (MFT)

Paper:   Neenah, Field Day (MFT)

Other:  Gel Press, Acrylic paint (Plaid, Apple Barrel, Leaves, Leaf Die (MFT)

Masculine Cards

Hello friends.  I have a couple masculine birthday cards to share today.

A die cut deer over some stamped trees...

and a gilded feather with some sponged embossed feathers.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Pine Trees (Inakadinkado), Snippets (PB), Sanded (ret. SU)

Ink:   Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede to sponge around deer (SU), Antique Linen (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Classic Natural, Crumb Cake (SU)

Other:  Cream Prismacolor Pencil (for antlers), Lots of Labels Die (SU), Small Deer (IO)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Basic Black, Very Vanilla (SU)

Other:  Feather Die (HA), Feathers EF (Recollections), Gilding Flakes (Eton Mess, Chariot of Fire (Indigo Blu), Sizzix Sticky Sheet, Gold EP

Oxidized Copper

Hello friends.  I'm glad you stopped by!

Here's another angle.

In my quest for a decent 'oxidized metal' card, I thought of a NBUS jar of

embossing powder in my stash. The name of it is Verdigris.  When I checked

the definition, I saw it's a word for oxidation of copper.

Sooo, I pulled out a piece of thin copper sheet and die cut it in the shape

of a maple leaf.  I patted a little Wow embossing pad over the top and

heat embossed with the Verdigris powder.

I used the same technique to add some Aged Gold embossing powder and

while it was still hot, sprinkled a little more of the Verdigris.

It's hard to see the forest of trees embossed behind the leaf.  I had a 

devil of a time getting a decent photograph!

There's still time share a card with oxidized metal at 

CAS Mix Up.

This technique is so good for masculine cards!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:   Shaded Spruce (SU), Neenah Classic Natural

Other:  Copper Sheet (Art Emb.), Verdigris EP (Ranger), Aged Gold EP (Stampendous), Gold EP, Subtle EF (SU)

Oxidized Metal for CAS Mix Up

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up.

This month's challenge is hosted by Susan and she chose...

I had seen a video with this technique but hadn't tried it.

I had a bit of trouble with the original technique so I moved on to

try one of the others we have listed at the challenge site.

I used silver foil and dry embossed a piece with my crackle embossing folder.

Then I patted my WOW Embossing pad randomly on the piece.

Using my fingers, I sprinkled some gold and copper embossing powder randomly.

When I was happy with the embossing and it was cool, I wiped a black StazOn

ink pad lightly over the raised parts.

I was in a quandary as to what to do with the piece when it was finished.

but when I saw this card that Loll had done, it all fell into place for me.

The cattail die was a gift from a friend.  I believe it came from Ali Express.

I used part of the die cut.

Our Design team along with our Guest Designer Arlene have some

wonderful inspiration for you.

Hope you'll give this technique a try and join us at

CAS Mix Up.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad, Jet Black StazOn

Paper:   Acrylic Paper (Strathmore), Basic Black, Silver Foil (SU)

Other:  Crackle EF (Darice), Copper EP, Gold EP, Cattail Die (Ali)

Wheelie It's Twofer Time

Hello friends. I hope you had a great weekend!

It's time for Darnell's Twofer Challenge #16

 First up is a birthday card for my grandson.

Looks like the motorcycle is starting to pop a wheelie.

I'm glad he isn't on it!

And for my Twofer

a crazy bird to lift someone's spirits.

These wheelie eyes make this bird look even crazier.

It makes me laugh. 

I've actually winked those eyes, but the camera doesn't see that.

I used watercolor pencils to color the first card and

Distress Markers and a water brush to color the second.

It's going to be fun to see how wheels are used this month over at

The Twofer Challenge

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps: Americana (LDRS Creative), Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS) 

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah, Basic Gray (SU)

Other:  Watercolor Pencils (Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft), Waterbrush, Simply Scored, Silver Gel Pen

Card Recipe

Stamps: Bird Crazy (TH), Blue Footed (IO) 

Ink:   VersaFine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Basic Black (SU)

Other:  Distress Markers, Waterbrush, Ultra Fine Black Sharpie, 1/2" Circle Punch, WOS

Decoy's and Hawks.

Hello stampers!

We recently had a special day at our house.

DH and I celebrated our anniversary.

I've mentioned before that he likes ducks.

He likes decoys too.

So I was excited to find this Decoy stamp by Impression Obsession.

It was so easy to stamp it with the MISTI.

I stamped and blended the colors with an Aqua Painter.

Easy, peasy and a big hit with the hubs!

To celebrate, we went to the movies and saw Wonder Woman.

An awesome movie!

As for the hawks.....

We've had some visitors the past couple of days.

Our first sighting was from the back door.  He was about 6 feet away on our deck.

Couldn't get to the camera without scaring him.

He followed a squirrel around the deck and at one point, lifted his wings trying to look ferocious.

The squirrel slowly moved out of range and off the deck.

Our feathered friend followed him to they yard

and was joined by another.

At that point, I got my camera.

We watched them playing in the gumballs and throwing them in the air.

They played together for quite a while.  Very like kids.

Then we heard another in a tree.

After a bit the two flew to our vehicles parked in the sunshine.

This last picture is of him just before he hunkered down on top of my car for a nap.

They were back yesterday.

DH was in the yard this morning and came around our deck and up the steps and one was perched on the railing.  He said he was 18 inches away from him.

That's too close.

I think we need to stop feeding the birds for a few days so they don't become the meal!

They don't seem to be too interested in the squirrels and they scamper about 

when the hawks are in the yard.

This is so amazing because we live in the middle of the city.

We have lots of trees around so we do see wildlife but not usually this close.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Decoy (IO)

Ink:   Distress Markers, SU Markers

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Basic Gray, Watercolor Card (Strathmore)

Other:  Aqua Painter, MISTI

Wilderness Awaits For Pop

I have DH's Father's Day card done early this year!

I haven't done the inside yet though.  That's the hardest part!

I've used a NBUS set that I bought especially for this image.

DH loves ducks and geese and such.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
FATHER'S DAY/FOR A GUY



I watercolored the image using Stampin' Up! markers, then
die cut it and matted that circle on a larger circle of dark green.
Then placed all that atop a dry embossed panel.

A reminder that this month's CAS Mix Up challenge is die cuts.

Using Stamping, Die Cuts, Watercoloring with Markers, Dry Embossing

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamp:  Wilderness Awaits, Crazy about You (both SU)

Ink: Black Archival (SU), SU Markers (Soft Suede, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke

Paper: Watercolor (Strathmore 140 lb cold press for base card), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Handsome Hunter (retired SU)

Other:  Circles Collection Framelits, Woodland EF (both SU)

Wetlands at Sunset

This week's Less is More challenge is
SUNSET

We recently took a couple days vacation (holiday)
at the Outer Banks.
This reminds me of the beach so I'm entering at 
Addicted to Stamps
HOLIDAY

The background was sponged and the birds were stamped.

Easy peasy, quick and easy.

So glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wetland, Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Blushing Bride, Rich Razzleberry

Paper:  Naturals White, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Other:  Stampin' Sponges, White Gel Pen, Corner Rounder (Fiskars)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Wetlands Birthday

Wetlands continues to be one of my go to sets for masculine cards.

I'm so glad it wasn't retired!

I inked the goose stamp with markers and stamped.

Using a blender pen and a bit of Crumb Cake marker scribbled on a plastic lid,

I colored the body of the goose.

I masked the goose and stamped the taller grasses "behind" the goose

with Delightful Dijon ink.

Some die cutting and some embossing with the 

Lil' Inker Stitched Circle die gave him a good place to hang out.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

MAKE IT MASCULINE

AAA Cards

The Masculine Touch

Addicted to Stamps

MAKE YOUR MARK

I used markers to ink the goose stamp.

Seize the Birthday

ANIMALS

Here's another of our recent visitors....

A baby bluebird

In typical baby bird fashion, when he saw his mama

he opened his mouth for a snack.

I'm glad you visited too.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Wetlands, Morning Meadow (retired)

Ink:  Mossy Meadow, SU Markers

Paper:  Mossy Meadow, Whisper White

Other:  Stitched Circle Dies (Lil' Inker)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted