Saturday, June 4, 2022

Nightscape Guy Cards

Hello everyone! I am back today sharing two guy cards featuring the brand new June Product of the Month Grunge Gears Stencil from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I confess, I had zero inspiration before this stencil arrived in the mail. I just started pulling sets out I thought might work with it and let the ideas flow from there.



I created the backgrounds almost exactly the same way. The lighthouse one is fainter because I started with a layer of speckled egg distress oxide ink since I wasn't sure I liked the first one I did. In the end, I decided to use both.

First, I taped down the stencil over a piece of white cardstock. Then, I went over it with distress oxide inks(picked raspberry, wilted violet, faded jeans and chipped sapphire). I continued to blend the inks until I was happy with it. Once I removed the stencil, I went over the background lightly with a combination of faded jeans and chipped sapphire. I die cut the panel, masked off a line with post-it notes where I wanted the water to be and went over that section heavy handed with chipped sapphire.

After I removed the post it notes, I heat set the ink and embossed the images with black powder along the water line. Don't forget to use an anti static powder first! I used post-it notes to mask off the embossed areas to add white paint splatters to the top and water texture to the bottom with white pigment ink and a texture stamp. Finally, I stamped the sentiment with black ink directly on the panel, matted the panel with black and attached to a white base. 




 



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4 comments:

  1. Super cool gear stencil!! Perfectly masculine and a fantastic take on our "on the water" challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! Thanks for joining the fun and playing along with our challenge!!

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  2. Wow, those scenes really make in impact, they are stunning! Love the bold colors and how you used the stencil Thanks for sharing with us at Cardz 4 Guys and at Krafty Chicks.

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  3. These are just gorgeous! LOVE the backgrounds of both! Thanks for joining us at Try it on Tuesday! ((HUGS)) Helen

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  4. Both of your cards are absolutely wonderful, I love those rich blues! Greta card design, Hugs, Chrisx

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