Hello, happy new week!
I've got a tag and a birthday card for a guy to share today.
Tag Tuesday's theme is Farm Animals, so I made this, using the rooster in Clear Dollar Stamps' Rooster Sunrise clear stamp set. I stamped it with Nocturne VF Clair and heat-embossed with clear powder on Distress stamping card. Then I got out my ancient Distress Markers and colored him up. The sky and the ground were stippled and blended with Distress inks.The image was cut using a Spellbinders die.
I'm linking the tag to Tag Tuesday, Hosted by Michele: Farm Animals.
Then, I put the tag on a card, which I'm also sharing with you:
Then I used one of my new tiny sea sponges to pat gesso all over the stenciling, toning the inense color down a bit. I ran a black marker all around the edge before adhering to the card base.
And the back and inside of the card. The stamped sentiments are part of the same Clear Dollar stamp set.
Now, let me explain the inking technique I did called Opalite Smoosh that I learned from Technique Junkies newsletter back in the day.. Opalite is/was an iridescent pigment ink sold by Tsukeneko. Don't know if it still is. The Sizzix gears and circles were cut out of one of the pieces of card the technique was done on. It requires Opalite reinkers, which I still have. You just squeeze out the ink onto your card and "smoosh" it to cover the card with a credit card or the like. It takes a long time to dry because it's a thick pigment ink but then you can stamp a design on it once dry. I stamped a plaid pattern on this sheet. I'd forgotten all about it until finding the sheets I did in my backgrounds envelope. It makes a fabulous metallic for gears, don't you think? I think it looks pretty masculine and the gears are appropriate for a farm. Every tractor has them!
Thanks for the visit.
Have a great day!
XOX
CHALLENGE LINK-UPS for CARD:
I used Memory Box Texture Shine stencil on card background
Media: Paper, Stamping ink, Embossing Powder, Distress inks (Stenciling & Stippling), Gesso, Opalite pigment reinkers
New pack of sponges and first time using Opalite Smoosh samples.
18 comments:
Aimeslee!! Your tag is terrific all on its own but then to put the gorgeous bright sun rays behind and with the gear accents just ratchets up the spectacular farm country barnyard look of the birthday card! Marvelous! Thanks for including FarmQuest's light theme in your planning and sharing! --Becca
P.S. Thanks for including your farm-tastic birthday card at FarmQuest General Store for its anything farm and/or country goes topics competition! --Becca
I like how you added this tag to your card. And the big sunshine background works great with your rooster. It feels like summer. :) hugs-Erika
Beautiful background! Just perfect for the early riser Mr. Rooster! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Triple B challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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What a great card, I like the details and the image is colored wonderful, thank you for playing our Stamp Act challenge at Krafty Chicks Challenge. Have a great day!
Leanne DT Member/KCC
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A Super masculine card, with lovely bright colours, love the theme and your design Aimes, a cracker of a card.
Faith x
That sunbeam background is terrific - love the multi-coloured rooster as well. Thanks for sharing with us at HLS Birthday :)
I've got a thing for Chickens lately so of course I love this image! Great design Aimes, Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Funday Challenge. We hope to see you again soon.
Donna xx
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Great idea to create the tag and then incoporate it into a card Aimeslee. Thank you for entering the Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.
Great sun rays for that fantastic rooster.
Wonderful stencil work and it pairs so well with all the fun details you've added to this card. Thanks for joining us at The Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge.
Very nicely done! Thanks so much for sharing with us at A Place to Start!
Hugz,
Chana
How majestic is that cockerel, great addition to the tag. Thanks for always playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you back in 2024. Happy Christmas Aimslee.
Fun colored rooster - Thanks for joining in at AAA Birthday
AND for joining in at HLS Stencil
Such a fun tag card and lovely colouring ….love your background too
Thanks so much for joining us on the Passion for Markers Mega Christmas challenge…. Happy Christmas 🎄
Love and crafty hugs from
Wendy (DT)
Lovely card thanks for sharing at PFM and Happy New Year
A great colourful design - love your stencilled background.
Thanks for joining us at The Paper Funday Challenge.
Helen x
DT
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