Friday, November 30, 2012

Jane's Doodle's Father's Day Card



Still kind of under a mountain of Christmas cards/DT assignments, but I thought I would pop in quickly to share a card I made a while back that wasn't picked up.

This was kind of a fun technique.  I first stamped the chevron border on the kraft cardstock in White Daisy pigment ink.  While it was still wet, I used an old dry baby wipe to lightly brush the surface.  This kind of softens the color and spreads a little ink over the entire surface.  Then I went back (again not waiting for the ink to fully dry) and stamped again using Outdoor Denim ink, but stamped it slightly offset from the original stamps.  This ends up creating multiple shades of blue since the portions that are stamped over the original pigment ink turn out lighter.



The background is kind of the star of the card, so I kept the rest pretty simple.  Just some twine and buttons.

Hope that you had a good end to your week!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - Kraft and Outdoor Denim Cardstock
Stamps:  Jane's Doodles - Patterns for Him, Just Dad
Ink:  CTMH - White Daisy and Outdoor Denim
Other:  CTMH - Kraft buttons; May Arts - Twine; Tombow - Mono Adhesive; 3L - Small Dodz Adhesive

17 comments:

  1. What a fantastic, guy card and super, fun technique, Miriam! TFS!

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  2. It's a beautiful card indeed Mirima!
    I can't get over the background!
    Beautiful ;-)

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  3. Beautiful! LOVING the chevrons!! FAB background you made!! And loving the buttons!!

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  4. WOWZA...that's some FAB stamping!!!!!

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  5. This sure is handsome! Love the Chevron background! The little buttons are fabulous additions, too! AWESOME work, Miriam! And remember, just because it's not picked up, it doesn't mean it's not a top card!HUGS!

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  6. Love that technique and these colors are FAB! What an awesome masculine card!!

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  7. What a cool technique, thank you for sharing how you did it! Your card turned out fantastic!

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  8. I totally thought that was PP!! Gorgeous stamping! It's perfect on kraft too! Love it!

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  9. Such a perfect fathersday card! LOVE it!

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  10. I love the chevrons, Miriam. They really make a wonderful design for any masculine card...especially a Father's Day card. Sorry it wasn't picked up because it's truly worthy!

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  11. Ooooh! Love, love the color combination! I love anything chevron!!!! What a great Father's Day card! I can't believe they didn't pick this up!!!

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  12. oh i love this...the kraft and those chevrons are perfect together.. Awesome card Miriam..

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  13. OHHH! I love the chevron paper! Perfect for Father's Day!!!

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  14. Wow, this is awesome, Miriam! At first glance, I thought you had used patterned paper!

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  15. I love this Miriam, the colours are perfect and the stamping is too!

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