Simon Says..........Father's Day/Masculine

It's the first Wednesday in June, and time for another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!  

Our theme this week is Father's Day or Masculine creations.  And the design team are using Ranger products.  Here's my first card for today.

supplies: Hero Arts Silhouette Grass, distress inks: mustard seed, wild honey, salty ocean, peacock feathers, and antique linen

I stamped the grass silhouette in brown ink and embossed it in clear embossing powder, then masked off a circle to sponge in my sun colors, then filled in the rest of the card with the sky, sea and sand.  I trimmed the inked panel, framed it with a dark brown cardstock, and added it to a kraft card base.  My sentiment was trimmed into a banner and popped above the card.

For my 2nd card I used an embossing folder as a kind of stencil to make my design.

supplies: white and Faded Jeans cardstock, argyle embossing folder, faded jeans and peeled paint distress markers, SSS Happy Birthday die

I laid down color from the markers on the side of the folder that normally would push the paper upwards when embossed.  Using markers allowed me to get in these tiny areas with more than 1 color.  Next I spritzed the inked folder pretty liberally, until the inks beaded up, then pressed a piece of regular cardstock down and pressed all around until I could see that the inks had absorbed into the paper.  There are a few splatters here and there, which I think just add to the charm of this technique.  I have really been enjoying this technique and it gives us another use for all those embossing folders!

Now it's your turn!  We have a $50.00 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store for a random winner of our challenge!

 

*Hero Arts Designblock SILHOUETTE GRASS Rubber Stamp s5316	*Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad DARK CHOCOLATE Brown ink007	*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD SALTY OCEAN Ranger SUMMER	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger SPRING	*Hero Arts KRAFT PAPER 65# Card stock ps627
*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# DARK CHOCOLATE DC7	*Tim Holtz Distress MARKERS PEELED PAINT Ranger TDM32601	*Tim Holtz Distress MARKERS FADED JEANS Ranger TDM32533	*Simon Says Stamp HAPPY BIRTHDAY Craft Dies SSSD111345

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