Hold on to your hats - I am finally early with something! This is my first valentine card for my DH! {Jerry if you are reading this please forget what you saw}. I made this card for the StampTV Countdown challenge. This one was to use distressed newspaper. It was the first time I used this technique and I really liked it.
Making masculine cards always seems to be a challenge, yet this one seemed to fit the bill.
Thanks for stopping by!
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Enjoy the Sunshine sold by GinaK
Paper: Pure Luxury White, in the Navy and Moonlit Fog
DP: None - Newspaper distressed with inks
Other: Spellbinder Nestability, twine, ribbon, Copics to color, heart
Challenges
365 Cards - Hearts
Mark's Finest Papers - Something new - the heart charm
Happy Sunday! I have been busy at my craft table with not enough time at the computer to get the cards up. I hope to get caught up some today since my housework and yard-work was done yesterday. It was a glorious day here yesterday with lots of sunshine and warm Florida breezes. Today is kind of overcast and rain is moving it - great day to be working in my "Craft Room with a View"! This card was made for the April release sketch challenge on StampTV. I wanted to try to get a vintage look which is not my norm. I found the tutorial on making a tissue paper flower on Splitcoaststampers and it was the perfect card to try it with. I cut out part of the glasses from Timeless Treasures so that it looks like there are actual lenses in it. That came out better than I thought it would. The DP was from Basic Grey's Green at Heart and the CS is Fresh Asparagus from GKD. Thanks for coming by.
This card was only made for a challenge on StampTV.I have been wanting to use the train stamp so this was how I chose to use it. I am sure that I will think of someone to send it to. The DP was something I won at a stamping get together a long time ago. It just screamed "TRAIN" and masculine. I know that the train is a little crooked but, as Jennie said, the train is going around the corner. Sound good to me! I used Copics to color the train and a few embellishments.
I finally got my box of goodies in the mail today and my fingers have a blister from cutting rubber. :-) Then for tonight's challenge I didn't even use them because I couldn't picture the card with pastel colors. Anyway - this is my first attempt at a wood grained look. It was made for the Blast from the Past challenge on StampTV. Since I do not yet own a Scor-Pal (on my wish list - hint - hint!) it did take a while to make the score marks on the card stock with a ruler and a mini scorer. I used the Guiding Light stamp set from GinaK, a button and some twine like ribbon. The second bird is cut out and popped up. The words are from the new Spring Florals set from Gina. I like having some masculine cards in my stash.
