Without the Rain

Today's card is for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #172.

I picked the middle vertical row and am embracing the bright side, lol.

The mosaic background - which represents the arches of a rainbow - was stencilled with texture paste and then sprinkled with 'rainbow colours' of embossing glaze. Once the paste was dry, I heated the glazes to melt them and give this gorgeous bright, shiny finish. The GK Chesterton quote was done on the computer. 

Materials used:

• card - basic black, basic white, smoky slate
• distress embossing glazes - candied apple, wild honey, twisted citron, salty ocean, wilted violet
• other - Umbrella Man die (Tim Holtz), mosaic stencil (Tim Holtz), texture paste, craft foam, Big Shot, heat tool, spatula

Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kerry

Accept Who You Are - CAS on Friday challenge #224

Welcome! It's time for another clean and simple card challenge with CAS on Friday and this time around our theme is MALE cards.

I have kept my card incredibly simple, allowing my die-cut piece to take centre stage - even the few tiny paint splatters are localised to the sentiment.

Materials used:

• stamps - Theories (Tim Holtz)
• card - basic black, watercolour
• distress oxide inks - candied apple, carved pumpkin, mustard seed, mowed lawn, salvaged patina, wilted violet
• dies - Umbrella Man (Tim Holtz), stitched rectangle
• other - white embossing powder, heat tool, Big Shot Switch, Dimensionals, craft foam, black marker, MISTI, water spritzer, blending brushes, white paint

We'd love you to join us in creating a CAS card for a male someone in your life. More inspiration can be found at the CAS on Friday blog where my fellow team mates have plenty to get your creative juices flowing!

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry

For the Guys

I recently had a play day where I just made a whole bunch of distress ink backgrounds, then had the fun later of turning some of them into cards - in this case, masculine cards. Always helpful to have a few on hand.

This one is twisted citron and cracked pistachio with a stamp from Tim Holtz's Theories set.

For this one I used antique linen and vintage photo on my background. Timekeeper, Umbrella Man and Tiny Type Upper dies are all TH. The man is cut from 'leather' cardstock and has great texture.

Here's peacock feathers and hickory smoke. I cut the main panel from the background then matted and raised it. The white dots are grit paste, so they have great texture.

These colours are squeezed lemonade, hickory smoke and black soot. Grit paste again on this one, coloured with squeezed lemonade for the lighter stencilled areas. 

Thanks for dropping by. Stay safe.

Cheers

Kez