I thought I’d share a little of my creative process with you in this post! Above are many backgrounds I created using Tim Holtz’ Distress Resist Spray which I received in my Simon Say’s Stamp June Card kit! I finally tried it out and ended up with these! Basically, I laid a stencil onto each piece of card stock, sprayed the Resist Spray over it, removed the stencil and let the paper dry; the spray acts just like heat-embossing and we all know how much fun that is! The really fun part was to choose my color combinations for each panel and then let it “speak” to me in regards to which stamps to use and how to design the cards!I LOVE this one!! I’m partial to a gray & yellow combination, and I love how that black got onto this panel! (I’m not actually sure how that happened!) I used Fossilized Amber, Iced Spruce and a little Black Soot distress oxide inks to sponge the color on. Speaking of Tim Holtz (I mentioned the oxide inks, right?!) this is one of my absolute favorite “man” sets and just love this vintage car! I heat-embossed it in black onto the panel, then over-stamped the other images in more Iced Spruce. I can’t recall who makes the “let’s get LOST” sentiment, but it’s perfect, isn’t it?! 🙂 A lovely Bazzill textured gray base finished this card! Remember when aqua and brown was all the rage?! I still love this soothing combination and added some Cracked Pistacio distress oxide ink to Broken China and Walnut Stain. The resist background was made with a cool script stencil. I pulled out another favorite Tim Holtz set for this card; it’s called The Great Outdoors and has some really wonderful images! I stamped the wood circle all over a white card base using Walnut Stain, then moved on to create my card. I tore the resist background in half (now I get to make a second card with the other half!) and sponged more Walnut Stain around the edges. On a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock, I sponged Antique Linen distress ink all over, then dripped water over it for cool texture. I stamped the trees in Cracked Pistacio and Walnut and stamped the deer in Walnut too. I used my Walnut distress marker to darken the deer in the foreground. More Walnut Stain around the edges! I heat-embossed the sentiment onto a scrap of textured card stock then adhered it to my card after assembling the other pieces. OH! Big surprise! Another Tim Holtz product; a stencil this time! 😀 I first sponged Fired Brick oxide ink at the bottom, then Carved Pumpkin over it and finally, Fossilized Amber at the top. Those “cool” darkish stains are from my dirty baby wipe as I was wiping the ink off the resist parts! Happy accident!! I kinda love this “dirty” card!! The Celebrate You stamp is from Neat & Tangled and I heat-embossed it in black right over my panel, then sponged Black Soot around the edges. A strip of black & white striped paper accents one edge and I mounted this onto a black base card. The last detail was to add Nuvo Drops all over and then spatter black paint over it all. I haven’t done paint-spattering in a while and I miss it! 😉 How beautiful is this background?! My favorite Iced Spruce oxide ink is paired with Shaded Lilac and a touch of Fossilized Amber, all sponged over the cool grid stencil. That resist spray is SO easy and SO cool! I’ve already written a post about this beautiful card but it needs to be added here! I used my spankin’ new Altenew set called Crown Blooms ; stamped out the images onto a piece of Bristol Smooth card stock, then colored with my Zig markers. I fussy-cut the bloom and leaf and layered them over the background where I’d stamped the little floral sprig. Lastly, the sentiment from Brutus Monroe‘s Super Sentimental set was heat-embossed in white onto a scrap of black, then mounted to the blossom. A base card of my favorite textured card stock by Bazzill in gray sets this off beautifully! Now…I have more backgrounds to play with so I’m out!! Thanks for visiting!
Sometimes it’s hard to come up with great “man cards” and I certainly am known for making tons of florals! But over the years I’ve created some masculine cards which I really love and want to share with you today! My first one is made using a very old, retired Stampin Up set called Fly Fishing. I’ve had it for many years and will never get rid of it! I used Stampin Up’s retired Old World Map and Crackle background stamps, Crumb Cake ink, and the images from Fly Fishing. Sponging ink around the edges and roughing them up gives this card a great distressed look! How about that lifted corner with a fishing fly stamped behind it?! 🙂 This card was also made with Stampin Up’s retired Old World Map and a very cool texture stamp which I’ve had for years. The ship image is one I bought from a Facebook stamping group, and I don’t know who made it. I think the little knotted twine gives this an added nautical feel! Okay, so a beer card!!! I made this for my husband and he loved it! I used Unity Stamp’s Keep Calm- Have A Beer set and embossed it in black then colored the beer with Zig markers. I added Crystal Effects clear glue as a glaze to depict the glass…just wish I’d thought to add beer foam somehow! The sentiment is also from awesome Unity Stamps! What guy doesn’t love a card with a vintage car?! I found and printed off this map of Vermont, sizing it down to fit my card and used images from Tim Holtz’ set Road Trip. The Chevelle stamp is made by Deep Red Stamps company. A fun baseball themed card using Stampin Up’s Take Me Out To The Ballgame and assorted texture stamps. The base card was embossed and sponged with ink to make the stars stand out. I love this card! This card was made especially for my husband who was taking guitar lessons at the time. The sentiment was perfect and the brown metal thingie is something I’d had in my stash for ages! I think it all came together beautifully! Isn’t this so serenely beautiful?! The main image is from Northwoods Rubber Stamps and I just love it! The base card was embossed with a pine branch embossing folder. I used Stampin Up’s Woodgrain background stamp on the sentiment strip. Here’s another ship card using the wonderful set Getting There by Tim Holtz! Distress oxide inks make this background so GORGEOUS!! 😀 Note: more aging/distressing/tearing and roughing up! I can’t stop looking at this card!! Lastly, I’ll end with this cool train card which I copied from one I found on Pinterest! Tim Holtz Getting There train and tickets…I hope you enjoyed my array of masculine cards and are inspired to create some of your own!
A customer requested a ship card for her Dad’s birthday; naturally, I pulled out Tim Holtz Getting There set which has this wonderful ship image! I had no idea what I’d make and am thrilled with how it evolved! Firstly, I tapped some Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink onto my craft mat, spritzed with water and dragged my panel through the wet ink. I did this several times, letting the color cover most of the card stock. After drying with my heat tool, I heat-embossed the ship in black . I then continued to build up layers of color on the panel using Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Black Soot and Picket Fence, drying between each color. When I was satisfied with the result, I stamped a nautical map image with Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink and sponged a little Fossilized Amber in the upper right corner for a bit of light. I wanted the water to have movement, so I poured a small amount of white craft paint onto my craft mat, and ran the edge of an old credit card in the paint, then swiped it around on the card to mimic waves. I LOVE how that looks!! I stamped a couple of nautical images in black, one from the Tim Holtz Getting There set and the anchor is from Stampin Up’s By The Tide set. Spatters of black and white craft paint give added dimension and interest. The final steps were to mount the panel onto a layer of red card stock, then a layer of white and finally, onto a gray base card. I stamped an older Stampin Up sentiment onto a scrap of paper, trimmed it into a pennant, sponged some Black Soot around the edges and lifted it with a piece of fun foam. This card took about 40 minutes to make and I absolutely love it!! I hope you do too!
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