Man Oh Man Monday No. 10 | Father's Day Edition No. 02

Happy Monday to you!  A quick card and post today as allergies have pinned me to the mat.

 

 This card is all about using tons of different stamps that catch your fancy to create a background that says a lot about the awesome dad in your life.  To finish off the panel I simply stamped out "dad" with an alphabet stamp set (inking the edges) and added it to the background using dimensional adhesive. 

For more interest I added the stamped panel at an angle and curled up the edges (under the edges I also added some dimensional adhesive).

That's it for Man Oh Man this Monday.  Have a rad week!

Happy creating,
Shay.

Supplies:
Stamps: all stamps Studio Calico/Hero Arts except Neat Things, Hello Forever for Studio Calico and "you are loved" from Halley's Comet kit, Paislee Press for Studio Calico
ink: green hill and orange soda shadow ink, Hero Arts; broken china and black soot, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger 
cardstock: grey from stash
patterned paper: Hey You! 6x6 paper pad, Basic Grey
Other: dimensional adhesive; foam ink applicator, Inkssentials by Ranger

Man Oh Man Monday No. 9 | Father's Day Edition 01

Today is the first MOMM focusing on Father's Day. Today's card is traditional in color, design and pattern so it can easily be given to a grandpa too.  I have a thing for travel related anything.  I can't seem to pass up maps, planes, air mail iconography on fabric, stamps, papers and elements.  Perhaps this has to do with so many good memories travelling in the car.  I still love car rides, plane trips, boat expeditions and travel excursions.  I think travel themes are a natural fit with guys too.  I know the male members of my family all have affection for one type of vehicle or other or just in travel in itself.  You will see this theme come up time and time again from me.  I just can't help it!

 

When I thought about making a Father's Day card I pulled out some of my travel themed stamps from Tim Holtz.  Nearly all Tim Holtz products are a crafty gal's best friend when you need to make some testosterone enriched cards.  In particular I grabbed the Travel Labels stamp set.

 

 

I really love creating backgrounds with stamps.  Using the larger Fiskars stamp press and all of the stamps from the stamp set I created a pattern that I stamped in Versamark upon a piece of patterned paper from the He Said She Said He Said 6x6 paper pad.  I then heat embossed the images with clear embossing powder.  

This is when I pulled out my Distress Inks.  You can't go wrong with some Distress Inks and ink blending tool.  There is fun to be had (I don't get out much obviously) in seeing the images being revealed as more and more ink is placed on the paper and the embossing powder resists the ink. 

I wrapped some ecru crochet cotton around the resist panel and attached a round tag that I stamped with a sentiment from Fillable Frames #4 using some Hero Arts pool ink.

I finished off the card by adhering the resist panel with dimensional adhesive to a piece of patterned paper from the same 6x6 paper pad and then a kraft card base.

MOMM Tips:
MOMM Tip No. 1: Go with Tim Holtz.  Products designed by a man with a man's sensibility.

MOMM Tip No. 2: Customize pattern paper.  Heat emboss on patterned paper for a new look that is perfect for your project.

So there you have our first MOMM Father's Day card.  I'll be back next week with another card to inspire you to tackle your father's day cards.

Happy creating,
Shay.

Supplies:

Stamps: Travel Labels, Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous; Fillable Frames #4, Papertrey Ink

Ink: Versamark, Tsukineko; tumbled glass, shabby shutters, stormy sky, faded jeans, black soot, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger; pool, Shadow Ink by Hero Arts

Cardstock: kraft, Papertrey Ink; white, Georgia Pacific

Patterned Paper: He Said She Said He Said 6x6 paper pad, Teresa Collins

Other: Inkssentials non-stick craft sheet, Ranger; Inkssentials ink blending tool, Ranger; large stamp press, Fiskars; clear embossing powder, Ranger; heat gun; Tag Its Kits cutting dies, Lifestyle Crafts; Cuttlebug, Provo Craft; dimensional adhesive; ecru crochet cotton, DMC

Paper Wings Productions' May Design Team Blog Hop

Welcome Paper Wings peeps!

With April showers brings "May Flowers" which happens to be the theme for this month's Paper Wing Productions' Design Team Blog Hop and giveaway! If you've arrived here from Dana's blog, then you're in the right place. If you just happened to stumble into the hop, please CLICK HERE to start from the beginning because you won't want to miss any project.

My backyard is coming into bloom.  The fiery flowers on the pomegranate tree are bursting open and the dainty white flowers on the lemon tree are lending their sweet scent to the air.  We just planted jasmine to climb up the back fence and charm us with their fragrance.  Flowers are such lovely blessings and this month our creativity is in bloom using Paper Wings Productions stamps to bring you some floral inspiration. We’re also giving away a gift certificate to Paper Wings Production’s online store to one lucky follower.

For a chance to win, all you need to do is:

• be a follower of the Paper Wings Productions blog, The Aviary. 
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave them some love. Then go back to The Aviary and leave a comment letting them you completed the hop. 
• to increase your chances of winning, like the Paper Wings Productions Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop. 
• then just come back and let us know! Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of the additional entries. 

The winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 on the The Aviary.

I decided to make a little gift of notecards that can be given to your mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, friend or another mother figure in your life for this upcoming Mother's Day.

My color palette and the papers I chose are funky and bold with a dash of fun thrown in for good measure.  No shrinking violets here!

What I love about this project is that we all have so much patterned paper, colored cardstock and inks that we can easily make this for anyone and customize it to suit their taste in a short amount of time for practically any occasion.  Need a hostess gift?  No problem.  Need a gift for your child's teacher?  Not an issue at all.  A neighbor is moving away?  Send them off which this gift to keep in touch!  Meeting with a friend who is going through a rough patch?  This makes a thoughtful gift to show you care.  Going to a wedding shower?  Make a batch of these up to match the wedding colors/theme and add the bride's new initials so she can send out personalized thank you notes.

I wanted to show you a very simple version that you can use as a jumping off point.  I stamped the flower with leaves from Flower Power or Floral in Versamark on a piece of blue cardstock and attached it to a larger sheet of patterned paper.  I mixed it up by using several different sheets of patterned paper from the same collection pack.  You can make dozens of these in no time.  For more interest simply heat emboss the image or stamp a word, name or initials over the image using any number of Paper Wings Production's alphabets like Perfect Alphabet, Funky Alphabet or Whimsical Solid Alphabet.

For the envelope I stamped the floral border from Kind Words or Moments on the back flap and also on the bottom of the front of the envelope as well as used the frame from Life Framer for the address and again stamped the flower with leaves image from Flower Power or Floral.

Next I stamped all the little flowers from Flower Power and Single Flowers in matching inks on some mailing seals and added the sentiment from Sophie over each one in brown ink.  I love the mailing seal as it adds a sweet little touch to an envelope.

We all know how important packaging a gift is...it makes all the difference.  To package my notecard set I reused clear packaging that I then wrapped in three layers of strips of patterned paper.  The bottom layer is punched with a daisy border punch and the top strip stamped with the floral border from Kind Words or Moments.  I finished it up with a bow cut from another piece of patterned paper.  I must admit I really adore the bow.

Now it's time for your next hop on this parade of flowers.  Make sure to head on over to Carrie's blog next!

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way:

 

Laura Austin Tatsch - http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com/

Dana Tatar - http://datatar.blogspot.com/

Shay - http://verdigrishall.blogspot.com/ <=====YOU ARE HERE

Carrie Avery - http://www.carrieavery.com/

Tara Chaussee - http://secretbeesstudio.blogspot.com/

Amber Rasmussen - http://sew-ink.blogspot.com

Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com/

The Aviary­ - http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/

Thank you so very much for visiting with me and have fun being showered by the May Flowers blog hop!

Happy creating,

Shay.

Supplies:
Stamps:

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Inks: Versamark, Tsukineko; pale tomato, green hills, red royal, pool, bubble gum and orange soda shadow inks, Hero Arts; dark chocolate, Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: blue, Neenah Paper
Patterned paper: Marmelade paper pack, Marcella by K&Company
Other: daisy lace deep edge punch, Martha Stewart Crafts; bow tie die, Lifestyle Crafts; Cuttlebug, Provo Craft; mailing seals, Avery

Man Oh Man Monday No. 8 (on Tuesday)

Hello and happy Monday...er Tuesday rather!  Great to have you visit again for another installment of Man Oh Monday.  Coming up in June is one of the mega man holidays: Father's Day.  In honor of such an auspicious holiday I have decided to dedicate all of May's Man Oh Man Mondays to Father's Day.  I hope you will join me in celebrating the fathers and father figures in our lives in May!  

Now on to today's cards (again rated Easy Going):

I was inspired by Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #114 video by Dawn McVey to create a couple of cards using the Star Gazer Additions stamp set.  I chose to use Distress Markers for my cards, but if you have reinkers, watercolors, Distress Stains or Distress Paints this could work just as well.  You could even use the ink pad themselves in much the way I used the markers.  I used the markers in two different ways for these cards.

**Of note is that after I colored these images I let them dry overnight under a heavy object to help them to dry flat, but I placed them under a plastic object which meant they still were not completely dry so they are "artistic" and not flat.  If you prefer flat put them under a heavy non-plastic object perhaps even wrapped in water absorbent paper towels.  Just sayin'.

Card No. 1 | Simple Version

I white heat embossed the large image from Star Gazer Additions.  I scribbled the markers onto the Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet and then liberally sprayed the ink with water and picked up the color with a paint brush and dropped big drops over the image and then used the straw to blow the color in different directions.  I also flicked (best adjective I can think of and you may want to put a tarp over cover your work surface to avoid drops of color being everywhere!) smaller drops of color over the image and cardstock.

I added the panel to a piece of pewter cardstock and added a sentiment strip using dimensional adhesive. 

Okay, I have to admit that the torn bottom of this card is purely accidental...an adhesive mishap which I decided to just go with and sort of supports the whole tie-dyed Seattle circa 1992 grunge look,  I am sure tie-dying came about in much the same serendipitous way.

Card No. 2 | Flashy Version

I gold heat embossed the large image from Star Gazer Additions.  I used the markers to color in the image directly.  I then used the paint brush to drop water onto the image (remember that Distress products are reactive to water...cool stuff!) and used the straw to blow the water in different directions.

I added the sentiment strip which was bordered by some gold (the color is actually brown sugar which I often prefer to the real gold color) glitter tape and added some wood veneer stars for added embellishment (confession: the wood veneer stars were a clever ruse to cover the fact that the top star from the sentiment didn't quite fit on my white strip).

The card base was painted with some of the Distress Markers and water. 

MOMM Tips:
MOMM Tip No. 1: Mix It Up.  Use the same products for different results.
MOMM Tip No. 2: Go For It.  Add that dash of drama.  A little gold is appreciated.
 

That {finally} concludes this week's MOMM.

If you have any suggestions or questions regarding the upcoming focus on Father's Day, just leave me a comment!  See you next week for our first MOMM Father's Day special.

Happy creating,
Shay.

Supplies:
Stamps: Star Gazer Additions, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Versamark, Tsukineko; stone wash shadow ink, Hero Arts
Cardstock: stamper's select white, Papertrey Ink; pewter, Neenah Paper
Markers: tumbled glass, broken china, stormy sky, faded jeans, chipped sapphire, dusty concord and pine needles, Tim Holtz Distress Markers by Ranger
Other: opaque white and detail gold embossing powder, JudiKins; Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Ranger; stars wood veneer, Studio Calico; brown sugar glitter tape, American Crafts; drinking straw; paint brush; water; spray bottle; dimensional adhesive

Papertrey Ink's April 2013 Blog Hop: Tilted

Welcome, welcome, welcome!  A bit a redundant, but I think I made you feel welcome, right?  I am so happy to have you visit today for my take on April 2013 Papertrey Ink Blog Hop's theme:

I know that there will be amazing projects featured by you.  Here is what I cooked up:

Card No. 1

First up this handy dandy card using the new Handy Hardware set which is perfect for masculine birthdays, congratulations, encouragement, forgiveness, thank you and father's day.  The inspiration for this card came from the over-the-top-talented Betsy Veldman from this card HERE (see the second card down with the saw?  Yes, that's the one...see the resemblance?).  I stamped planks of wood using Background Basics: Woodgrain on kraft then cut them into 1/2 inch strips, inked the edges and installed them at an angle upon my card.  An even easier version of this card could be made using the Background Basics: Farm & Barn, but unfortunately I don't own that set yet.  Perhaps you do though?  It would be worth a try.  I could also see this done in a weathered wood color scheme.  I love you woodgrain...4ever.

Card No. 2

For my next card I went a different more colorful and feminine route.  I love flowers, but strangely I don't use them all that much.  I could not resist the new Happiness in Bloom set with it's bold and fun florals and then the teardrop border.  Even before I received this stamp set I had designed the card which is very similar in design to the bottom right hand card on the inspiration picture by the always inspirational Maile Belles.  I used Distress Inks with the stamp set to create my border of flowers.  I did a bit of a watercolor effect as Distress Ink fills in better and blends better when sprayed with water.  I also masked off the largest flower so it is in the foreground.  I filled in some of the areas with watered down ink and a paint brush.  For added dimension I used a gray Copic marker around the flowers.  I cut around the bottom of the flowers and added the leaves.  The background was stamped repeatedly in navy.  I have a big crush on navy at the moment.  With dimensional adhesive I adhered the flower section to the card base. 

Card No. 3

Then I did another card...clean, simple and graphic this go around.  Diagonal stripes stamped asymmetrically on the top of the card using Background Basics: Super Stripes and finished off with Wonderful Words: Hello die cut from both POW! glitter paper and from a coaster for dimension.  Hello indeed!

Card No. 4

  

I used the negative block from the POW! glitter paper for the focal point of my last card.  The word was cut out of the paper at an angle.  Behind the glitter paper I stamped the hello from the Wonderful Words: Hello mini stamp set in raspberry fizz.  I adhered the POW! glitter paper using dimensional adhesive and voila it is one dy-no-mite card.

That's it from me.  Thank you so very much for stopping by and I hope to you come visit again soon! 

Happy hopping,

Shay.

Supplies:

Stamps: Background Basics: Woodgrain, Handy Hardware, Happiness in Bloom, Background Basics: Super Stripes and Wonderful Words: Hello, Papertrey Ink

Inks: soft stone, dark chocolate, limeade ice, aqua mist and raspberry fizz, Papertrey Ink; charcoal and navy shadow ink, Hero Arts; wild honey, dried marigold, worn lipstick, picked raspberry, fired brick, shabby shutters and mowed lawn, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger

Cardstock: stamper's select white and kraft, Papertrey Ink

Specialty Paper: POW! glitter paper in jade, American Crafts

Die: Wonderful Word: Hello, Papertrey Ink

Other: coasters, Papertrey Ink; Cool Gray No. 00 (C00) marker, Copic; ink blending tool and foam, Inkssentials by Ranger; Cuttlebug, Provo Craft