You Can Never Cross The Ocean

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!

The Captain

Grunge Elements

Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection

Pierced Circles Dies

Pierced Rectangles Dies

Sailing on the High Seas with The Captain

Hi Friends!

I had a chance to create a card this week using the Artistic Outpost stamp sets, The Captain, Ephemera Backgrounds and Grunge Elements along with the Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad and the ODBD Custom Dies- Pierced Squares and Lattice Background (all items are available from Our Daily Bread Designs).

 

I love participating with online challenges and incorporated the Sketch Saturday Challenge #461  (using the #401 Sketch) along with the Try It On Tuesday “Transport 04/25” Challenge and the My Time To Craft #344 “Sequins orButtons” 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 wonderful samples as well!

To create this card:

1). Ink the ship image from The Captain  with archival black ink and stamp onto vanilla cardstock.  Immediately re-ink the same image with vintage photo distress ink and stamp over the initial image (I used my MISTI® to align the image).

2). Heat set the ink and then use a water brush to “watercolor” the distress ink over the image, adding additional watercolor with rusty hinge and walnut stain distress ink.

3). Die cut and emboss the image with the ODBD Pierced Squares Dies , mount onto espresso cardstock and trim close to the edge.

4). Sponge the same distress inks over the edges, stamp the Ephemera Backgrounds image and the large splatter image from Grunge Elements with walnut stain distress ink.

5). Die cut and emboss a piece of vanilla cardstock with the ODBD Lattice Background Die, sponge vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink over the die cut to “antique” the paper.

6). Layer onto espresso cardstock, add the dark brown twine strips along with the bow and mount the panel onto the white card front.

6). Cut the strips for the side from the Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper, mount onto espresso cardstock and adhere to the card front using dimensional foam.

7). Add the focal image to the card front with dimensional foam.

8). Add the twine bow to the card front and mount the button to the center to finish off the card.

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and visit- hugs and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

The Captain

Artistic Outpost Ephemera Backgrounds Unmounted Rubber Stamps

Grunge Elements

Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection

ODBD Custom Pierced Squares Dies

Lattice Background Die

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

The Captain

Hi Friends! 

I hope all of you are having a great week so far!

Today I am sharing this Mixed Media vintage style card on the Artistic Outpost blog and wanted to share it with you here as well.

This card uses the January 2017 AAO Release stamp set The Captain along with the AO Steampunk Gears Dies, AO Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper, AO Grunge Elements stamp set and ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies (all available from Our Daily Bread Designs).

I am going to link this card to the Splitcoaststampers Free for All F4A348 "Back to the Future" Challenge (from 10/21/16- so thankful that their challenges do not "expire") as well as the Word Art Wednesday #268-#269 "Anything Goes" Challenge. 

If you have not had a chance to visit us at the AO Blog yet or the challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration is posted weekly from all of my AO Design Team sisters on the AO Blog and the challenge sites have fabulous examples in their galleries as well!

To create this card:

1). Ink the ship image from AO The Captain with archival black ink onto a piece of vanilla cardstock with vintage photo distress ink, use a black pen to add details to the sails, etc. and “antique” the paper with neutral distress inks.  Ink the compass image from AO The Captain for the corner, add distressing with the large splatter stamp from AO Grunge Elements and stamp the coffee stain image from AO Grunge Elements with picket fence distress stain.  When you are satisfied with the “antiquing” of the panel, die cut and emboss with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies (the largest frame in the set).

2). Cut a panel of the AO Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad with the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies (the largest frame in the set), trim this panel and add to a black cardstock card front along with the stamped panel in step 1.

2). Cut a strip of the gear patterned paper from the AO Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad, mount onto espresso cardstock , lightly sand with a sanding block before sponging vintage photo distress ink over the edges.  Mount this strip to cover the seam on the joined papers on the card front.  Add a torn strip of the same gear patterned AO Vagabond Treasures Collection paper to the lower left corner (distressing with the sanding block followed by distress ink using a sponge dauber).

3). Die cut and emboss several of the gears from the AO Steampunk Gears Dies from espresso cardstock, mount onto the card front with antique brass brads.

4). Ink the sentiment from AO The Captain with archival black ink, stamp onto vanilla cardstock, antique with distress inks and the compass image from AO The Captain before die cutting and embossing with a smaller die from the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies.

5). Stamp the captain image from AO The Captain stamp set with archival black ink, stamp onto vanilla cardstock, sponge antique linen distress ink over the image, fussy cut and mount onto black cardstock, fussy-cutting close to the stamped image.

6). Mount the entire card front onto the espresso card base and add the sentiment along with the captain image using dimensional foam to finish off the card.

Thanks again for taking the time to visit my blog- I hope all of you have a fabulous weekend!

The Captain

Grunge Elements

Steampunk Gears Dies

Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection

Pierced Rectangles Dies

You Can Never Cross The Ocean

Hi Friends! 

I wanted to take a moment to share the step by step instructions on how to create the Mixed Media card that I designed for the January 2017Artistic Outpost Release.

This card was created with the brand new Artistic Outpost  (AO) stamp set, The Captain and the new AO Steampunk Gears Dies, AO Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad along with the previously released AO Grunge Elements stamp set and ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies (all available from Our Daily Bread Designs).

To create this card:

1). Ink the ship captain image from the AO The Captain stamp set with archival black ink and stamp onto vanilla cardstock, fussy-cut the image and layer onto black cardstock (fussy-cutting close to the stamped edge again) for additional thickness.

2).  Trim the background from the AO Vagabond Treasures Collection 6x6 Paper Pad,  mount onto vanilla cardstock before adding the knotted hemp twine along the printed banner image (I used hot glue to attach the twine).

3).  Die cut and emboss the different gears from the AO Steampunk Gears Dies from vanilla and dark brown cardstock, sponge with distress ink to age the paper and mount onto the card front with antique brass brads.  Adhere the entire panel onto the dark brown card base.

4). Ink the sentiment from the AO The Captain stamp set with archival black ink and stamp onto vanilla cardstock.  Add the distressing with the compass image from the AO The Captain stamp set and the large splatter stamp from the AO Grunge Elements stamp set using distress inks.  

5). Die cut and emboss the sentiment panel using the ODBD Pierced Rectangles Dies and add the gear die cut with a brad before mounting onto the card front with dimensional foam.

6). Mount the fussy-cut captain image with dimensional foam as well to finish off the card.

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope you have a wonderful week, my friends!

The Captain

Grunge Elements

Vagabond Treasures Paper Collection

Steampunk Gears Dies

Pierced Rectangles Dies

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