Awesome Gears

Hi!

My last post was showing a card I made to share kindness.

Today I have a few more cards that I made for that purpose.

I wanted to make some cards that were a bit more masculine and I

decided to use the

"Cogs and Gears" stamp set from 

Inkadinkado

I arranged the stamps on my MISTI stamping tool

and stamped the images with VersaMark ink.

For the card on the left I only used the VersaMark,

which gives a watermarked image.

For the other 2 cards I stamped with the VersaMark

then brushed on some Perfect Pearls powder

which gives color and shine and only adheres where there

is the sticky VersaMark ink.

The banner was cut with the 

banner die from Simon Says Stamp

The sentiment is one from the 

Titled Banner Sayings set

also from Simon Says Stamp

This picture shows a little bit of the shimmery shine that the

Perfect Pearls gives.
I also used a little of the Perfect Pearls around the edge of the 

white card bases and the banners on 2 of the cards.

I love how these cards turned out,

I hope you like them too.

I hope you'll stop in again soon,

Father's Day isn't too far away and I have a series of

Father's Day cards to share with you.

Until then,

Create!

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Our Art Swap Card

Hi all!

Today I'd like to share the card I made for

Our Art Swap Group.

This one was to be black and white and one other color.

I stamped "Baroque Background" from Eureka Stamps

onto white card stock, then punched out 4 squares.

These were adhered to black card stock, then onto red card stock.

I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder for the white card stock layer.

I embossed the bottom and the top of the white card stock leaving a space without embossing where I stamped the sentiment

which is from

Tilted Banner Sayings Stamp Set from

Simon Says Stamp

The card below is the first card I made for this swap,

but it wasn't just what I wanted,

so I put that one aside and made the one above.

 

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been up to lately.

Please leave a comment if you will and come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

 

Congratulations! Inspired by Kristina Werner

Hi all!

Today I have a card that I was inspired to make by

this post that Kristina Werner posted on the

Simon Says Stamp Blog

I embossed the "Cling Dots" (Hero Arts) background

with clear embossing powder.

I used scraps from my stash

for the strips of paper that I adhered

to a scrap of kraft card stock.

I added a bit of baker's twine at the top

for a little more texture.

The "Congratulations"  is from the

"Tilted Banner Sayings 4x53/4" set

from Simon Says Stamp

I was lucky enough to win a $50 gift card from

Simon Says Stamp a while back and I'll tell ya,

it was tough deciding what to buy.

They have so many wonderful things

and their prices are very reasonable.

The banner stamp set and the dies to match

 were one of the things I purchased

 with the gift card and I'm loving them already.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you will leave a comment and

come again soon.

 

Until next time, Happy Crafting!