thinking of you

This week's sketch at CPS is very clean and simple.  I loved it and used the sketch very literally. 

I used TPC Studios Ancestoral Stripe:

Along with the paper, I used CTMH colonial white cardstock, CTMH ivory organdy (discontinued), Card Chatter - Sympathy stamp set, and Mocha Opaque gems.  The trinket pin is Tim Holtz.

Adventure

Every time I make a man's card, I wonder why I don't make more of them.  I so love the flowers and all things pretty, but I really enjoy working with the warmth of masculine colors.  I combined three challenges for this card starting with the sketch from Get Sketchy -

Then I added the Stamping Royalty challenge (dry embossing) and The Cuttlebug Spot (dry embossing and twine).

I dry embossed a piece of paper with the Cracked Tim Holtz embossing folder.  From there I sanded the embossing with the Imaginisce de-stress tool, and then rolled the whole thing up into a tight little ball to give it even more of a worn look.  If you use this technique, you'll notice that the paper is really, really soft like leather. The trees and word are from an old, old (and long retired) CTMH stamp set - Hook, Line, and Sinker.  This twine is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

In order to achieve that look on the trees, I simply colored them with markers (olive and cocoa CTMH) and then breathed on them.  An old, old trick but still the one I like the best.  I stamped the word adventure in olive green ink and then rolled the bottom edge in cocoa.  I put the center tree on the card with foam circles to add just a little more dimension.

Thanks for visiting today!

Learn to Pause...

This is my second post for the day, so be sure to scroll down for the Let's Scrap reveal!  In this card, I've used the Alcohol Ink Faux Bleach technique over at Splitcoast Stampers.  When this was shown last week, I couldn't wait to sit down and try it!  I knew excatly what alcohol inks and stamp I wanted to use for this:

I have used two different alcohol inks - butterscotch and lettuce.  The wildflower stamp is from Hero Arts, and the sentiment is Tim Holtz.  Click on the link above to see exact directions and give it a try!  It's such a pretty technique!!