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Posted on May 23, 2025 9:56 PM by Julie Comment

Masculine cards can sometimes leave you at a loss for ideas. These new silhouette dies are perfect and so easy to build a scenic card using them. The background is color blended then the scene added on top and finally the silhouette fisherman. Sure to impress the men in your life.

For the Inspiration Challenge IC1016, we are visiting Cotton & Crete and their Pinterest Board. The cover of THIS book was my inspiration.

To make my card, I started with white panel cut just about 1/4″ smaller than a standard 4.25 x 5.50 card front. I used the inks & blending brushes to color it, roughly mapping in where I wanted the colors to change. After putting it into the Misti, I stamped the silhouette grasses at the very bottom & the silhouette trees at the top where the color changed from blue to sunrise/sunset colors. To add a little more interest, I die cut the center w/ rectangle die & edged it w/ a black marker. A slightly larger white deckle layer was added to a thin black mat & attached behind the center scene, then attached back on top of the rest of the scene. A narrow black mat was added underneath it before attaching to the card. The greeting was stamped & the fisherman silhouette added.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: (click the names below the pictures to take you to the products)

Stamps: Brass & Bliss: Father’s Day set, All is Calm, Silhouette Wildflowers

Paper: Staples 110# white, black

Ink: Versaclair Nocturne, Brass & Bliss: Color Fuse inks set #1, set #4, set #7, set #11

Accessories: Brass & Bliss: Rectangles, Deckled Rectangles, Silhouette Fishermen dies, Detail & Lg Blending Brushes, MISTI

Father’s Day set 36037	All is Calm 36009	Silhouette Wildflowers 36028	Silhouette Fishermen die 5818-01D	Deckle Rectangle dies 5176D
Rectangle dies 5003D	Large Blending Brushes	Detail Blending Brushes	Color Fuse Ink set #1	Color Fuse Ink set #4
Color Fuse Ink set #7	Color Fuse Ink set #11	Scotch ATG	MISTI	AC color card stock
Staples 110# White Card Stock	Versafine Clair ink

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Tool Time Dad

Posted on May 22, 2021 10:25 PM by Julie 1 Comment

A big congrats to Aimeslee, the newest Featured Stamper (FS746) on Splitcoast. She has a lovely gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the layout (for the most part) & the embossed bg, but I used different dies, colors & a different embossing folder.

For my Father’s Day card, I started by die cutting all the tool in red & mirror silver then putting them together. The jeans pocket & bg are some really old dp I had & it was a little too gray, so I sponged on some blue ink. For the pocket, I cut it first w/ a stitched square then took an angled border die across the bottom. I used a gold gel pen to create the “thread” stitching & added a piece of cardboard under the pocket & tucked the tools inside. The measuring tape is a piece of twill ribbon that I used a red Copic to color. The silver bg was embossed w/ a metal plate folder & I used a dk gray Copic to add some antiquing to it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Stamps: Toy Blocks & Letters Combo (retired, pls consider either the Dad Phrases set or Sm Classic Alphabet)

Paper: Staples 110# white, Kraft, denim dp (unknown), mirror silver, red scraps

Ink: Distress oxide brushed corduroy

Accessories: Rubbernecker Stamps: Rectangle Stitch, Borders #1 (retired, pls consider the Classic Edge Cuts), Tools, Stitched Square dies, Sizzix Diamond Plate/Riveted embossing folder set , Crossover II

Tools die 5409-02D	Square Sm. Stitch dies 5011D	Rectangle Small Stitch dies 5013D	Small Classic Alphabet die 5618D	Classic Edge Cut dies 5807-01D
Dad Phrases 3419	Copic Sketch Markers	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Mirror Board	Scotch ATG
AC color card stock	Sizzix Diamond Plate/Riveted set 657848	Distress Oxide Inks

This entry was posted in Birthday Embossing/Dry or Heat Masculine/Father's Day Rubbernecker Stamps Splitcoast Challenges Sponging/Color Blending and tagged Birthday Dad Embossing/Dry or Heat Father's Day Splitcoast Sponging/Color Blending

Serendipity SSCB#44 – My Guy!

Posted on June 3, 2015 12:00 AM by Julie 5 Comments

Welcome to the June Challenge for Serendipity Stamps! This month the challenge is My Guy (masculine card)! The Design Team has the added challenge of using texture (embossing, fabric, etc.). You can get all the details over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog. We have something new…a “Stamp of the Month”. Each month a different image will be 50% off. This month- it’s the Grill. Be sure to check out the great deals on the Clearance Stamps, too. And as always, we have a have a gift certificate up for grabs to a random player.

My first thought at this time of year for a guy card, was of course, Father’s Day. I had the idea to use the train image, but then I realized I had forgotten to get a Father’s Day greeting. So I guess necessity IS the mother of invention, lol. I searched the word dies & made the DAD out of the Day die.

For the background frame & mountain part of the scene, I used Brusho water color crystals by sprinkling them onto damp water color paper, then blending them out with a wet paintbrush. I added a bit of shimmer by washing over it with some pearlescent water colors.

Here’s the picture of the background, showing how I die cut the large piece & made a frame out of it. From the center, I found the area I wanted for the mountains and die cut a circle around it. By masking, I stamped the background part of the scene & filled in with more of the trees. I added a woodgrain embossed white front & the cut out train. The envelope ties were also fussy cut and added behind the die cut oval w/ the greeting. The upper left corner element is just a leftover piece of the water color background and a Candi dot.

The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used on the train image.

Supplies:

Stamps: Serendipity Stamps – Train on Track, Envelope Tie, Love You (small)

Paper: Neenah white, water color

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx (scene on w/c paper)

Accessories: Serendipity Day die, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circles & petite ovals dies, Copic markers, Brusho water color crystals, water color shimmer paints, woodgrain embossing folder (Paper Studio), Candi dot

Please be sure to stop by and comment on all the DT blogs to increase your chances of winning! And we have a special guest this month… Tracey McNeely

Thanks so much for stopping by!

This entry was posted in Cuttlebug/Quickutz/Sizzix Embossing/Dry or Heat Masculine/Father's Day Scenes/Landscapes Serendipity Stamps Spellbinders Nestabilities Watercolor and tagged Brushos Copic Cuttlebug/Quickutz/Sizzix Dad Father's Day out of the box scenes Serendipity Stamps Spellbinders water color