Hi Friends!
I had a chance to create a card this evening
using the Artistic Outpost stamp sets, The Captain and Grunge Elements along
with the Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad and the ODBD Custom Dies-
Pierced Circles and Pierced Rectangles (all items are available from Our Daily Bread Designs).
I love participating with online
challenges and incorporated the Paper Craft Crew PCCS243 Sketch Challenge along
with the My Time to Craft #345 Masculine Challenge and the Addicted to Stamps and More #241 “Anything Goes” Challenge.
If you have not had a chance to check
out the Artistic Outpost blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you
to do so! Inspiration is posted
throughout the week on the AO Blog and the challenge galleries have gorgeous
samples as well!
To create this card:
1). Ink the young boy image from The Captain with archival black ink and stamp onto vanilla cardstock. Heat set the ink with a heat tool and use a
water brush to “watercolor” tea dye and vintage photo distress ink over the
image, trim and mount onto black cardstock.
2). Ink the sentiment from The Captain
with archival black ink, stamp onto vanilla cardstock and heat set the ink with
a heat tool. Use the large splatter and
grid images from Grunge Elements along with tea dye distress ink to add
distressing followed by sponging with vintage photo distress ink. Hand trim the sentiment into two, layer onto
black cardstock (creating the flag banners by hand).
3). Repeat the same distressing steps
above on another piece of vanilla cardstock, trim to fit within the black
cardstock frame (this frame was die cut and embossed with the PiercedRectangles Dies).
4). Mount the young boy image onto the
layered vanilla/black frame and set aside.
5). Ink the compass image from The Captain with
archival black ink, stamp onto vanilla cardstock, het set with the heat tool
and distress with tea dye distress ink using sponges and the large splatter
image from Grunge Elements.
6). Die cut and emboss the compass
with the Pierced Circles Dies and add the copper brad to the center.
7). Distress the edges of the Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper with a distressing tool, mount onto vanilla
cardstock (that has been distressed along the edges with the same technique as
in step 2), mount onto the black card front and sponge additional vintage photo
distress ink along the edges.
8). Create the background banners by
hand from scraps of Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper, mount
onto black cardstock, lightly distress with a distressing tool and add to the
card front.
9). Ink the coffee stain and small
splat image from Grunge Elements with walnut stain distress ink and add to the
background (for the sketch elements).
Mount the banners to directly to the card front, add the young boy image
directly as well and finish off the card by mounting the sentiment banners along
with the compass using dimensional foam.
I think that the sentiment on this card
would be great for an encouragement card or even a graduation card- what do you
think?
Thanks again for taking the time to
stop by and visit- hugs and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Super masculine card with so much detail.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up at ATSM. :)
Lovely card. Thank you for Joining us at My Time To Craft and waiting to see next time.
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Meena MTTC DT
Wow, Julie, lovely antique looking card. Thanks for participating in our Paper Craft Crew challenge this week. I love your style!
ReplyDeleteHi Julie! Gorgeous card and perfectly executed. I love AO stamps and have a pile sitting behind me to ink up. Thank you so very much for playing along with us at the Paper Craft Crew. We can't wait for you to join us for next week's challenge!
ReplyDeleteHi Juile, gorgeous card! Love the vintage and sepia tone feeling of this card. Amazing details and great use of the sketch. Thanks for playing along with the Paper Craft Crew. I will be featuring your card on the Paper craft Crew Top Picks.
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