Masculine Praying for You- Prayers for a Dear Friend

Hi Stampers!!

This week’s PP248 Paper Players Theme is "Masculine", so I wanted to share a card that I created for a dear friend that is experiencing pain with some undiagnosed health issues.

I also incorporated the Splitcoaststampers’ CC526 Color Challenge (see details here and gallery here) and SC534 Sketch Challenge (see details here and gallery here).

We are praying that the doctors will be able to identify the source of the pain and be  able to give him some relief.

Again, if you have not already done so, I hope you will find the time to visit the above sites to check out the wonderful Design Team samples as well as the galleries!

To create this card:

Stamp the Geese and Trees (Impression  Obsession®) focal image using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock.

 Using an AquaPainter™, apply Tempting Turquiose, Rose Red and Island Indigo Classic Ink to the sky area (brushing some across the moon to resemble clouds).

Use a Faber-Castell® Pitt Pen Black Marker to darken the branches (and fill in the “snow” that is on the branches from the original image- the pointellism in the background is part of the stamp :-)).  

Apply a bit of gray to the geese with a Stampin’ Up! retired watercolor pencil.

Trim the image and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Use the Crimper Tool to crimp a piece of retired Designer Series Paper (DSP)  and distress the edges with the Distressing Tool.

Tear the bottom and roll up by hand- distressing with your fingernail, adhere the distressed panel onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim the panel again and mount onto the Whisper White card base.

Add the focal image panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Stamp the sentiment from My Favorite Things® Sympathy using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch and mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock (creating matching banner points with the Hexagon Punch as well).

Ink the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, stamp off onto a scrap piece of paper and stamp onto the sentiment.

Use the AquaPainter™ to apply diluted Tempting Turquoise over the sentiment and mount the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Gorgeous Grunge, Geese and Trees (I/O), Sympathy (MFT)

Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Classic Ink- Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Island Indigo; Faber-Castell® Black Pitt Pen Marker, Stampin’ Up! Gray Watercolor Pencil

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, retired World Spectacular DSP

Accessories: Crimper Tool, Distressing Tool, AquaPainter™, Hexagon Punch  

Thanks again for visiting- have a wonderful weekend, my friends!

Prayers Are With You- A Sketch, A Color and A Masculine Theme Challenge

Hi Stampers! 

I had a chance to stamp last night and created a quick easy card using the Freshly Made Sketches FMS181 Sketch (tilted the panel in the opposite direction) along with the Splitcoaststampers CAS319 “Make It Masculine!” Challenge (see the details here and gallery here) and the CC525 Bingo Game Color Challenge- I used the bottom horizontal column (see the details here and gallery here). 

If you have not had a chance to do so, I hope you will find the time to visit all of the above sites- they have fabulous Design Team samples and wonderful inspiration from their galleries!

To create this card:

Using Cajun Craze Classic Ink, stamp the rooster and weather vane from My Favorite Things (MFT) Life’s Direction onto a piece of Soft Sky cardstock.

Add shadows with the Smoky Slate Stampin; Write marker. 

Use the Big Shot™ with the MFT Stitched Rectangles Die to cut out the image.

Create the honeycomb background with the Stampin’ Write Soft Sky Marker and the Mini Punchenella Stencil from Balzar Designs® , add the retired Pewter Brad and mount the panel onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock (you could use a Sponge Dauber with Soft Sky Classic Ink versus the marker but I used what I had closest to me at the time :-)) 

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of retired Merry Moments Designer Series Paper (DSP), trim and mount onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock.

Adhere a piece of retired Old Olive DSP to the top of the panel and cover the seam with a scrap piece of Cajun Craze cardstock and mount the background panel onto the Soft Sky card base.

Stamp the sentiment from MFT Sympathy using Cajun Craze Classic Ink onto a piece of Vellum, allow the ink to dry and trim the vellum along with a matching piece of Soft Sky cardstock.

Adhere the Soft Sky layer to a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock and add the vellum sentiment using retired Pewter Brads in the corners.

Mount the focal image along with the sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: MDT Life’s Direction and Sympathy

Ink: Cajun Craze Classic Ink, Stampin’ Write Soft Sky and Smoky Slate Markers

Paper: Soft Sky, Cajun Craze, Vellum , retired Merry Moments and Old Olive DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Stitched Rectangle Die, retired Pewter Brads, Mini Punchenella Stencil from Balzar Designs®

Thanks again for stopping by- have a wonderful evening, my friends!