Three Cards for Men

Hello dear Blogger Friends:

I have today three sample cards  for three different occasions to give to those men in our lives...
For some reason I hear constantly around card makers and students that cards for men are difficult to design...
So here there are 3 samples for you to get inspired and choose from...
I hope you like them!

1- First...we start with a Happy Birthday card...
The background was made using the re-inkers from archival inks from Wendy Vecchi and alcohol...on "specialty stamping paper" which is crucial to achieve the technique!

The technique TUTORIAL;
on how to make this background can be found:  HERE

detail of the delicate "tools" die frame from Memory Box...
and the die for the "Happy Birthday" script die from Memory Box also...

last view of the back panels in diagonal die cut from the postage stamp squares die

2- This Second card can be use for any occasion
or for some men in your life that play music or just like music ... Who doesn't?

The background was made using 2 unique and different dies meant to be used as edges (the "sheer circles" and the "cubic"  edges dies) but here I decided to create a background with them...and place behind papers of different colors...

for the Corner I placed the "Tall Fern Corner" die from Memory Box

3- And lastly but not least...one of my favorites...
A card made using "Silks Acrylic paints", which I love using them...on watercolor paper

More SAMPLES
for the background using SILKS can be found HERE

a "steampunk" corner die was used to complement the colorful background
In this photo you can see the shine of the paints...
all mounted on white "Linen" cardstock paper! (for the back panels)

Front view

Thanks you for your company

and see you next time!

SUPPLIES

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Background Technique with Re-inkers and Alcohol

Hello Dear Friends:

This card was published at the Spanish blog: "A crear se dijo!"...for "Memory Box"...
The technique that I used is a fun and very pretty one...

It is made with "specialty stamping" paper from "Ranger", some re-inkers and plain rubbing alcohol...to give this "marbled" effect!

The background, as I said, was created using "specialty stamping paper" from "Ranger", some re-inkers from "Wendi Vecchi" line of archival inks... and alcohol...

technique step by step:
Step one: place some drops of ink "Archival" with some alcohol on a craft sheet...mix with a spatula/painting knife

step 2:
place the "specialty stamping paper" (important to use this paper for the technique)
on top of mix and "grab" some color...

step 3:
dry heat with a heat gun
repeat process until you like what you see...

here are some samples using different combinations of colors of re-inkers...

and here it is how I store my re-inkers; on plastic food containers...

Detail of the "marbled" background....

All framed with the scalloped stitched frame from Memory Box ...on linen cardstock.

I hope you like the technique!
To see other samples using this same technique CLICK HERE

Thanks for the company

until next time!

SUPPLIES

"Gracias cursive" die from Memory Box.

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