Dreaming of the Boundless Sea

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  I had a chance to play around with the January 2017 Artistic Outpost Release stamps, dies and paper again this week and decided to create a vintage style card using the Mojo Monday #483 Sketch Challenge.

 If you have not had a chance to visit us at the AO Blog yet or the Mojo Monday Challenge site, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration is posted throughout the week from all of my AO Design Team sisters as well fabulous inspiration weekly from the Mojo Monday DT and their gallery!

To create this card:

1). Ink the young man image from AO The Captain with archival black ink onto a piece of vanilla cardstock and add distress inks (I used vintage photo, walnut stain and tea dye) to age the paper.  Trim the image, add a bit more distressing with the large splatter stamp from AO Grunge Elements and mount the image onto black cardstock, trimming close to the edge.

2). Cut two pieces of the AO Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad (per the sketch) and mount onto black cardstock, trimming close to the edge.

3). On another piece of vanilla cardstock, ink the AO Ephemera Backgrounds ledger stamp with archival black ink, stamp on an angle, mask off the edge and continue to layer this stamp to fill the entire panel.  Add the anchor and compass image from AO The Captain stamp set along with the large splatter stamp from AO Grunge Elements using vintage photo distress ink, distress the edges of the panel and mount onto black cardstock.

4). Ink the sentiment from AO The Captain with archival black ink, stamp onto vanilla cardstock, antique with distress inks and mount onto black cardstock.

5). Die cut and emboss several of the gears from the AO Steampunk Gears Dies from espresso cardstock, apply a bit of antique brass distress stain and cut a few in half.

6). Add the AO Vagabond Treasures panels to the card front along with the sentiment, add the black satin ribbon with the ribbon slide (wrapping the ends behind the panel) and mount the entire card front onto the white card base.

7). Insert an antique brad into one of the gear dies, add the AO The Captain stamped youth image to the card front with dimensional foam along with the AO Steampunk Gears Dies to finish off the card.

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend!

The Captain

Grunge Elements

Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection

Steampunk Gears Dies

Artistic Outpost Ephemera Backgrounds Unmounted Rubber Stamps

SC628 My Bounty is Boundless

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!  It’s time for the new SC628 Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers and I decided to create another masculine card using the Artistic Outpost January 2017 Release stamp set, The Captain along with the AO Steampunk Gears Dies, AO Vagabond Collection 6x6 Paper Pad, previously released AO Ephemera Backgrounds stamp set and ODBD Circles Dies and ODBD Pierced Circle Dies (all available at Our Daily Bread Designs). 

I am also linking this card to the Deep Ocean Challenges #146 “Anything New” Challenge and the Happy Little Stampers January 2017 Mixed Media “Layers” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to visit us at the AO Blog or Splitcoaststampers’ Sketch Gallery as well as the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). Die cut a circle for the ship image using the ODBD Circles Dies from the AO Vagabond Collection 6x6 Paper Pad. Ink the large ledger image stamp from AO Ephemera Backgrounds with dark brown ink and stamp over the panel.

2). Using a stencil and palette knife, apply crackle texture paste over the background and set aside to dry.

3). Die cut and emboss the layering circles from the ODBD Pierced Circles Dies from dark brown cardstock, apply brass and copper distress stain over the paper to create a metallic appearance.

4). Ink the ship image from the AO The Captain stamp set with embossing ink, then with archival black ink, stamp onto a piece of vanilla cardstock and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  

Watercolor the image with distress inks- vintage photo, walnut stain and antique linen.  Ink the compass image from AO The Captain stamp set with the various distress inks and stamp in the corner of the panel.

5). Once the texture paste has dried, adhere the stamped ship panel from step #4 behind the die cut circle, distress the edges of the panel and mount onto a piece of vanilla cardstock, distressing the edges again.

6). Adhere the die cut layered circles from step #3 over the opening of the ship and add the antique brass brads.

7). Die cut and emboss the gears from dark brown cardstock using the AO Steampunk Gears Dies, color with the brass and copper distress stain and adhere to the smaller gears to the card front with antique brass brads.

8). Stamp the sentiment from the AO The Captain stamp set with archival black ink onto vanilla cardstock, trim the panel and distress the edges.  Apply antique linen distress ink directly to the paper and “huff” onto the compass image to re-activate the ink and stamp onto the upper left hand corner.  Mount onto dark brown cardstock and distress the edges before adding the knotted hemp twine and mounting onto the card with dimensional foam.

9). Add the largest gear on the right with dimensional foam to finish off the card.

I hope that I have inspired you with this card and if you have time, come join in the fun with the SC628 Splitcoaststampers’ Sketch Challenge!  Hugs and have a blessed week, sweet friends!

The Captain

Artistic Outpost Ephemera Backgrounds Unmounted Rubber Stamps

Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection

Steampunk Gears Dies

Pierced Circles Dies

Circles Dies

Artistic Outpost January 2017 New Release!

Hi Friends! 

Welcome to the January 2017 Artistic Outpost New Release and Blog Hop!  This month, Artistic Outpost is releasing the new stamp set, The Captain along with the new AO Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper and the new AO Steampunk Gears Dies (all available from Our Daily Bread Designs).

I love the vintage seafaring images in the AO The Captain stamp set plus the new AO Steampunk Gears Dies are the perfect complement as well as the fabulous new AO VagabondTreasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad!  

Masculine cards are sometimes difficult to design but with this January2017 AO Release, the work is almost done for you!

We would love for you to hop along with us (see details below) so I will post more detailed step by step instructions for each card at a later date.

My first card features the AO The Captain stamp set, the AO Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection 6x6 Paper Pad along with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles and Rectangles Dies. 

My second card again features the AO The Captain stamp set, the AO Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection 6x6Paper Pad as well as the new AO Steampunk Gears Dies along with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies.

 I had so much fun playing with the new Artistic Outpost The Captain stamp set, Steampunk Gears Dies and Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad and I hope I have inspired you today :-)  

We hope that you will take the time to visit my Artistic Outpost Design Team “Sisters” (you could possibly win a prize- see below):

   Arvil  *  Lisa  * Terry  * Julie (you are here) 

Prize Information: Just for commenting on the Design Team Blog Posts, you have a chance to win a $15 Gift Certificate to the ODBD Website.  You have until January 13, 2017 at 10:00 PM CDT to leave comments on the participating AO DT blogs for a chance to win! One random winner will be selected from the comments left on the designers blogs, the winner will be announced on the AO Blog on January 14, 2017, be sure to check back there to see if you have won! 

I am linking the first card to the Word Art Wednesday #264-#265 "Anything Goes" Challenge and the second card to the Simon Says Wednesday "New Something" Challenge. 

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a chance to comment (and possibly win) plus I cannot wait to see what you create with the new Artistic Outpost January 2017 Release!