Guy Card 3

 Simple enough guy card:

Stamp the background or

use patterned paper

(I used a Hero Arts background stamp)

Pressure emboss a scrap of

"chrome" paper with a Diamond Plate 

embossing folder (from Darice)

Paper punch a red circle

Die cut a nesting stitched label die

(Stampin' Up!) and rubber stamp

a sentiment (also from SU!)

I stamped screw head images in the corners,

but you cold add real brads or eyelets

Attach the circle and label with dimensionals

Thanks for looking =) 

Guy Card 1

If you are looking for masculine card inspiration,

I have several to share with you the next week. 

We have many friends and family members

that are "gear heads", so I like to make 

automotive themed cards for their birthdays.

Most of those birthdays are at this time of year!

This first card uses images from a Tim Holtz/Hero Arts set.

They are stamped in Early Espresso ink onto Vanilla card stock.

It is combined with two background sets by Stampin' Up!,

Highways and Byways   and Sanded.

Stamped with Crumb Cake and Tip Top Taupe inks.

I stamped the twill ribbon with an image from SU!

The front panel was cut into thirds then glued back in place

onto a piece of Crumb Cake card stock.

It's then layered onto a textured piece of Espresso card stock.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

CAS Sketched Mustang Card

Most supplies used were from Stampin' Up!, 

some of which are no longer available.

The background stamp was from Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking =) 

Truckin' 16th Birthday Card

Supplies:

- Hero Arts pickup truck image

-"16" die cut with a Cricut Create machine

-crumpled up Creamy Caramel card stock for the dirt

-sky is sponged over a home made cloud mask

Thanks for looking =) 

Peppermint Joy Cards

Super quick set of cards (6 total) I made to give out to some cousins this year.

Three sheets of white card stock, one 12 x 12 piece of decorative paper (from an old Die Cuts With A View stack), die cut tags, stamp image (Hero Arts), red and white bakers twine, adhesive then some doodling was all I needed to put them together.

Thanks for looking =)

Snow Much Joy cards

A quick set of cards made to give to young cousins

Faux Washi Tape Card

Washi tape rubber stamps, Stampin' Up!
"hugs and kisses", Stampin' Up!
"XO" heart stamp, Hero Arts
Faux mini brad
Red and white card stocks
Black ink
Mini tag punch, unknown

Donated to Operation Write Home

Paper Punch Hydrangea Card

While leaving a comment on another card makers blog,

I saw a link to a challenge site I've not visited before.

It was an inspiration photo challenge and I immediately had an idea !

 So, I decided I had just enough time to make this card

(it was a bit time consuming) 

and enter it before the deadline.

Now to make time to visit all of the stops

on the blog hop portion of the challenge !

Supplies and instructions:

Wild Wasabi, Pink Passion, Basic Black and Whisper White card stocks

Scrap of dark green hand made gift wrap for the leaves

Vellum scrap for tag

Basic Black marker to ink a portion of a Hero Arts stamp

Flower Trio paper punch, Stampin' Up!

Bleach for centers of flower petals

Leaf die, Spellbinders

I cut strips of Wild Wasabi card stock then ran them through

a paper crimper numerous times to break down the fibers,

causing the paper to separate. 

Once I could see the edges separating, I pulled the

strips apart creating two strips from one with one side

having a sort of hand made paper look to it.

I then crinkle them up to get rid of the ridges made by the crimper.

Occasionally I may need to flatten them out more with a bone folder.

I kept the "sueded/ faux mulberry" side facing out while weaving 

the strips together to replicate the look of the baskets

in the inspiration photo.

It is layered onto black card stock to make it pop a bit more

and to mimic the frame around the art work in the inspiration photo.

The hydrangea flower (pink hydrangeas in vases in the photo)

was made by gluing down

numerous paper punched mini flowers

onto a piece of scrap paper.

 Some of them

I lightly dabbed a bit of bleach in the centers 

and then slightly bent them upwards

for a bit of dimension.

TIP : If you want to use bleach on colored paper,

be sure to try it on a scrap piece first because many times

the color changes to an unexpected shade, not white.

I carefully inked only the Hello portion

of a sentiment stamp by Hero Arts, then stamped it on

a scrap of vellum I hand cut into a banner.

I chose Hello as my sentiment since there is

an H in the inspiration photo 

and

I am donating this card to Operation Write Home.

It would be a nice , cheery card to write home on. 

I used a scoring board and stylus to score a single line border

around the outer edge of the card front. 

Although this card looks thick and bulky,

 it is actually fairly flat, approximately 5 layers of card stock thick

at the thickest portion of the flower.

There are no dimensionals used, just the paper layers

and bending of some of the card stock pieces 

that are glued directly to each other.

I'm entering this card in the 

House of Cards End Of Term Blog Hop

and

Cards In Envy - Girls, Girls, Girls

Thanks for looking =) 

What's Up? Pickup Truck Card

Fairly simple - and mail friendly ! -

card I made four of to donate to 

Operation Write Home.

The above card has brown acrylic paint 

details added to simulate mud ;

the card below does not.

Which do you prefer ?

I do like the "muddy" one

although my application of the "mud"

needs some practice -

and maybe more "mud" ;)

Closeup to show the "mud" and

Silver Signo gel pen chrome highlights.

Diamond Plate embossing folder by Darice

adds just enough texture detail, yet not make it too thick.

Stamps by Hero Arts

dye inks and aqua painter, Stampin' Up!

watercolor paper

silver metallic card stock

white card stock

I'm entering this card in the Hey Dude challenge at

Cards In Envy

then sending four of them in my last box of donations to

Operation Write Home.

Thanks for looking =)

Love Bug VW Beetle Card

Two more cards I made to donate to 

Operation Write Home.

Hero Arts VW and XOXO image

Snap stamps for "love bug"

Red, White, Black card stock and ink

Hearts embossing folder, Cuttlebug

gray ink and aquapainter

Silver Signo gel pen

heart paper punch

stapler (not seen in photo because I did it after I took the photo-

I stapled the banner on the left card at the right edge)

Thanks for looking =)

Girl/Boy VW Beetle Cards

Created for the Mid Month Throwdown at

Operation Write Home -

 make a Masculine and a Feminine card using the same card layout/design. 

I didn't read the theme quite right,

 I used the same IMAGE and occasion, not layout. 

I'm slowly getting my final box of handmade cards completed

to donate to OWH. Much slower than I'd like right now as I

managed to pinch a nerve in my back and am hurting,

unable to do much for the time being........ ugh.

All cards must be received at OWH by August 1st !!!

Anyway, here are the supplies used:

Hero Arts VW and vehicle background stamp

various Stampin' Up! greetings sets

white, black, pink, blue, gray, red card stock

the gray piece was speckled with bleach

various inks and colored pencils

silver Signo gel pen

circle punches

Thanks for looking =) 

Biplane Card - sketch challenge

This is the second set of cards I made using sketch challenge #250

at Operation Write Home as my inspiration.

See my first using a train image and browns set posted yesterday.

I omitted the two smaller circles/embellishments since my background

on this card was so busy already. 

Stamp images are from Hero Arts and

embossing folder is from Sizzix/Tim Holtz.

The twill background stamp on the hand cut banner is from Stampin' Up!

Various shades of gray card stock and inks.

Handmade cloud stencil and sponge to ink over for the sky.

Nestabilities circle dies. 

1/4"circle punch, silver card stock an Crystal Effects to make the faux brad. 

Thanks for looking =) 

OWH Sketch Challenge 250 - train card

Sketch Challenge #250  was posted today at Operation Write Home- 

along with a link to the pdf file containing all 250 sketches to date !

This card came together quickly, 

so I whipped up four of them 

to donate to Operation Write Home.

I've been working on cards for Operation Write Home
the past couple of weeks as time allows.
I started to fill a box last year, then life/other projects
 got in the way and I never finished filling it.
I'm determined to get it done - sooner rather than later!
No, it isn't necessary to send an entire box full of cards
at one time. Any amount at any time is fine, but I like
to put as many as I am able to in one shipment.
I'm slowly getting there !

I'll be sharing lots of cards I have made over the next month or so.

SUPPLIES:

Kraft, Vanilla and Espresso textured card stocks

Espresso ink

Hero Arts AC007 Past Times stamp set

Sizzix Tim Holtz embossing folder

Nestabilities circle dies

1/4"circle punch, gold card stock and Crystal Effects to

create faux brads

I left this card blank so it could be used for any number óf reasons.

There is a biplane stamp image in this set and
an airmail themed embossing folder that I will use to
make another set of four cards with this sketch.
Maybe I'll follow the sketch more closely on that one ;)
I'll share them tomorrow. 

Thanks for looking ! 

Be sure to check out the challenge page to

see the lovely inspiration card as well as

the InLinkz to the fantastic challenge participants cards.

The challenge is permanently open, make a card and share it !

Washi Tape Valentine's Card

I am so pleased with how this simple card turned out !

I've only used Washi tape a couple of times and I rarely use extra embellishments, such as the rhinestones on this card, just randomly placed on a card. I normally incorporate them into the main image as a highlight or use them to anchor something.

The stamp set is from Hero Arts. I stamped it in red then went back over the "friends"portion with a black marker, stamping it onto scrap paper then tearing it out before adhering to the red heart.

The washi tape was found in the hardware section of our local Big Lots store a couple of years ago and I don't remember the manufacturer . The packaging is long gone since I took the tape rolls out and store them in an empty cylindrical container (originally held Crystal Light).

Thanks for looking =)

Motorcycle Greeting Card

Motorcycle image from Hero Arts, Diamond Plate embossing folder from Darice, gears dies from Joy Arts.

I added some color to the black stamped image with paints and a silver gel pen.

The card design is based on a sketch at Operation Write Home (#246).

Thanks for looking =)

Sketch Challenge 246 at OWH

Created for sketch challenge #246 at

Operation Write Home.

What a fun,  simple sketch.

I'm going to make a couple of kids cards with it, too !

Image is from a Hero Arts stamp set (bought through Joann.com) and

water colored with Stampin' Up! ink pads/aquapainter.

Silver Signo gel pen used on the "chrome".

Crystal Effects detail on the headlights and windshield.

Gear dies are from Joy Crafts (bought through Joann.com).

Darice brand Diamond Plate embossing folder (bought through Joann.com).

Thanks for looking =)

Father's Day Card

This card was created based on sketch challenge #226 at Operation Write Home.

Truck image, Hero Arts Past Times
Sanded and Crackling background stamps, Stampin' Up!
Happy Father's Day, All Year Cheer 2 stamp set, Stampin' Up!
Vanilla, Kraft, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso card stocks
and inks, Stampin' Up!
Gold embossing powder and Versamark ink
gold mini brads
sponged ink along edge of Kraft card




TIP: Use removable sticky notes to ink portions of a rubber stamp if you do not have a marker to easily put ink where you want it. I cut a sticky note to cover HAPPY and DAY in order to ink FATHER'S with Versamark ink then removed the sticky notes to stamp FATHER'S onto the Chocolate Chip banner. You could do the same thing to ink HAPPY and DAY, but it was easy enough for me to just dab ink from the corner or my ink pad onto each of those words.

Thanks for looking =)

Easy Vintage Masculine Cards

Midweek Throwdown Challenge at Operation Write Home: anything masculine


Balloon and biplane image from a Hero Arts set.
Embossing folders, Sizzix/Tim Holtz
Thinking of You, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set from Stampin' Up!
Sending You My Love, Stampin' Up! set
circle punches
Light gray, medium gray, textured dark gray and glossy white card stocks
black and gray inks
removable sticky notes, cloud stencil, white crayon, sponges for creating the "photo"
Crystal Effects - to make the faux brad
hand cut banner


Thanks for looking =)

Color Challenge at OWH

The Midweek Throwdown at 

Operation Write Home is

a color challenge this week -

teal/turquoise!

Supplies form Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Circle Card Thinlits die set ,

Dots and Daisies background stamp,

Bermuda Bay ink and card stock,

white Signo gel pen,

aquapainter,

yellow scrap flower punches,

yellow rhinestone (unknown)

scrap of shimmery white paper (underneath HI die cut)

TIP: Die cut the card before stamping the background.

Cut a mask from sticky notes to cover the circle portion .

Cover the circle with the sticky note mask then carefully stamp the 

background. If you use a large background stamp as I did,

it won't be large enough so you will need to line it up and stamp it

twice to cover the background. 

I colored the little outline flower images in

with ink and an aquapainter. 

To save time, consider cutting decorative papers

and adhere them over the card base OR

cut the card from decorative card stock.  

The above card was inspired by a sample I came across

somewhere, sorry I don't remember who to give credit

Bonus second card:

Hero Arts stamps

Thanks for looking =) 

Operation Write Home Card Bowl 2014 - Challenge 2

Challenge 2 for the Card Bowl at operation Write Home:
 Use BROWNS to make masculine cards.
This time I tried to make them more suitable
for teenage boys. 

On The Go stamp image from Stampin' Up!

stamped on glossy white card stock with gray ink.

I stamped with Versamark ink then heat embossed black

embossing powder on top of it, slightly off center. 

I was trying to give the image a feeling of motion.

I sponged brown inks over a torn paper mask

to create the ground.

Three shades of blue ink sponged on for the sky.

Various inks, bleach and water as well

as crumpling of the paper to make the distressed layer.

Faux brads are 1/4" circle punched brown card stock

 with clear dimensional liquid applied to the tops.

Grungy stamp on the bottom brown layer, Stampin' Up!

I had too much fun making this one -

I dug out my acrylic craft paints to splatter

"mud" on the water colored truck image !

I also used a silver Signo gel pen for "chrome".

Stamps are from Hero Arts.

Stamped, hand cut then applied with dimensionals.

Ribbed cardboard from inside a light bulb box.

More home made distressed card stock to resemble dirt.

Plaid card stock base, Lasting Impressions.

Home made cloud stencil I sponged 

Bashful Blue ink over for the sky.

Go check out the blog post for many inspiring submissions -

and play along ! 

http://operationwritehome.org/odbd-february-challenge/

Thanks for looking =)