WWC276 – Marsha\’s Challenge: Anything Goes with a Masculine Twist

June 17, 2020 Karen Brown4 Comments

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

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Guest Designer for Craft Stamper Magazine

July 12, 2019 Karen Brown3 Comments

I am so pleased to have been selected to be the Guest Designer for Craft Stamper Magazine this month! Hop over to their July \”Take It or Make It\” website for some inspiration or to enter your stamped creation.

Since it is summer I went with a bold nautical card. I won the Visible Images Create Your Own Calm stamp set in a card challenge and this is what I crafted. The background is watercolored with three colors of blue/blue-green watercolor paints. I wet the watercolor paper and then dropped in colors randomly and let them blend as they pleased. I then white heat embossed the darling seahorse and rings. I trimmed the panel down so that I would have a contrasting white strip when I mounted on a white A2 card. I heat embossed the sentiment on vivid blue card stock and then trimmed it with a stitched die.

I hope you like this card and that you will submit your creation to Craft Stamper Magazine\’s Take It Make It Challenge.

I am entering this card in:
The Rainbow \”Blue Breezes\” Challenge

Country View Blues and Greens Challenge
Help yourself to our buddy button

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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WWC209 – Marsha\’s Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

February 20, 2019 Karen Brown6 Comments

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

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WWC202 – Dawn\’s Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge

January 2, 2019 Karen Brown2 Comments

I made my youngest daughter an assortment of cards as a Christmas gift. Megan is a cute blond who owns her own marketing company so I thought this image was perfect.

The stamp set is Clover by Rubbernecker. The sentiment is Visible Image\’s Live in the Moment which was fun to use as I won it as a prize in a challenge this summer. Link to Yappy Birthday card

I colored Clover with Copic markers and then added three pearlescent sequins for a little interest and shine.

My card is among the artist cards for Dawn\’s Watercooler Wednesday Feminine Anything Goes Challenge. Come take a peek and play along.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

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Modern Christmas Thank You Note

November 17, 2018 Karen Brown8 Comments

I am trying to stay ahead so I began creating my holiday thank you notes. The idea for this card came to me over several days. I won a challenge this summer and the prize was a gift certificate to Visible Images. I selected several stamp sets and thought it would be fun to do a modern card using some of the circles and spheres that came in the sets. Aqua and red are perfect for this time of year.

I embossed all the images in silver on watercolor paper and used just two watercolor hues. I changed the shades by adding more water to the areas I wanted less intense, so while I had just two colors on my pallet, I had several pools of aqua and red in varying shades to work from. I added a strip of aqua to the edge to accent the colors. I love the shine and shimmer from the silver embossing powder.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Color Throwdown #519 Challenge I got my color inspirations from this challenge. I had been pondering aqua and apple green, but when I saw this challenge I knew I wanted to use red and aqua.

Simply Less is More #384 Metallics Challenge I love their metallic prompt!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen