Mixed Media Masculine Card

Crafty Cardmakers this month has a masculine card challenge, just in time for Father's day or a summer birthday. 

I decided to create a mixed media card for a friend for his birthday.  I used a Stampington and Company rubber stamp for the main image and several different stamps for a collage background.

I also included a large gear die cut, metal gears, and part of a measuring tape layered on the card. 

Closer look

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Traditions - Christmas

Cindy chose a great theme for this week’s challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges, heat embossing. There are so many possibility to do some great Christmas projects with this technique. Heat embossing, I think was the element of card making that first attracted me to the craft and I rarely pick up my heat gun anymore. Time to get it out again.

I decided to make a tag for this challenge and use a Camel Silhouette stamp by Stampington & Company. I stamped my camel stamp in Versa Mark ink and embossed the image with detailed black embossing powder. I then used my distress inks in the colours of antique linen, aged mahogany, iced spruce and festive berries to colour the background of the tag. I then stamped in black Stazon ink the Joy stamp by Hampton Art and the word Christmas by Endless Designs.

The metal Tradition tag was from my stash along with the moss green fibers. I liked the way the tag came out and I think I will make some a few more. It is good to have a collection of cards and tags made well ahead of Christmas and one way of making sure you are ready this year is top join us at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges every week. 

Judy

Come and Get It Challenges - It Is All About Colour

It is all about the colour for this challenge from Come and Get it Challenge, navy, pink (rose) and vanilla. I chose to use a butterfly stamp I have in my collection by Stampington and Company and embossed it with navy embossing powered and coloured it with my Copic rose coloured marker. Using my flower punch, I punched out a strip of vanilla coloured paper and a strip of rose coloured paper and after I constructed the rose I added a matching pearl for the centre.

I added a layer of embossed vanilla paper, a layer of punched navy paper, and navy ribbon to finish the card off.

thanks for stopping by.

Judy