WWC276 - Marsha's Challenge: Anything Goes with a Masculine Twist

Hello and welcome.  Today we are making masculine cards at The Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Marsha is our hostess.  I like the look of grunge/mixed media cards but I've never made one myself.  I decided to give it a try with this dragonfly.

My Process:

• I started by inking my glass media mat with various shades distress ink.  I sprayed with water and then laid a sheet of watercolor paper on the ink/water.  I dried with a heat tool and repeated this process a couple of times.
• After the panel was dry I stenciled and stamped random elements on the panel
• I then heat embossed the dragonfly and sentiment.

Supply List:

Visible Images "Live In the Moment" dragonfly stamp

Visible Images circle stamps

SSS Sketchy Lines background stamp

Tim Holtz Brick Layering Stencil

Ancient rubber stamp numbers

Stamps of Life sentiment

Nuvo Hot Chocolate Embossing Powder

Various colors of Distress Ink

Watercolor paper

I am playing along with:

Try It On Tuesday Make It Masculine Challenge

Tuesday Throwdown - For a Special Guy

This is a fun technique that I want to do again in the future.

I am so pleased that you stopped by!

Karen

WWC209 - Marsha's Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

Masculine cards are usually the most difficult for me and I needed one for my brother's birthday.  I love dragonflys and thought it would be fun to emboss a series across the page in Nuvo Hot Chocolate Embossing powder.

Last summer I won first place in AAA 4th Birthday CAS Challenge and the prize was a generous gift certificate to Visible Image's shop.  I did not have any of their stamps and I picked out 4 sets including this one called Live in the Moment.

I colored the wings with Copic markers (Y17, YG01, YG03). I then made an accent strip using Altenew Espresso Crisp Dye Ink and mounted it on a Kraft card.

For more masculine card inspiration pop over to Watercooler Wednesday's Masculine Anything Goes Challenge

I am entering this card in:

The Male Room Anything Goes Challenge  I think the images and colors are very masculine.  And for the optional twist, I did not use any designer paper.  I did hand ink the espresso accent strip. 

 

Cardz for Guys Challenge  Not sure if this is a wild animal, but it is a creature found in the wild.  

  This is my first time entering this challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen