Global Design Project 50

With Father's Day just around the corner, I was on the look-out for a sketch that might lend itself to one for my extremely lovely father-in-law. For me, that pretty much meant it had to be compatible with the now retired Going Global stamps. Global Design Project's sketch came to the rescue.

That big textured block in the sketch got me thinking of embossing folders and that also lead me back to the World Traveller folder that matched that stamps. I got to playing with it.

The folder was inked with Marina Mist, then run through the Big Shot. I sponged the land areas with Crumb Cake and Soft Suede, while the oceans got some dabbings of Dapper Denim. Some coastlines were given an outline with Soft Suede marker to define them further. The latitude and longitude lines I sponged in Soft Suede, then rubbed with Versamark.  Then I applied gold powder, which I allowed to randomly go onto other map parts too. 

I made a card similar to this once before, but with different colours, and they're a lot of fun. For quite a while it just looks like one BIG mess that ought to end up in the bin but eventually it all comes together in a satisfying manner.

Then to complete the aged map look, I took to the background with Timeless Textures and Soft Suede on Soft Suede.

The compass was coloured in Dapper Denim and Soft Suede, sponged around the edges with Soft Suede and the rim run through Versamark and gilded.

Ingredients

Card: Soft Suede, Whisper White, scraps of Dapper Denim and Very Vanilla

Stamps: Going Global, Timeless Textures

Inks: Marina Mist, Dapper Denim, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Versamark

Other: World Traveller embossing folder, Gold embossing powder, Dapper Denim and Soft Suede markers, dimensionals, sponges, 2" circle punch, Dapper Denim enamel shape

As You See It Challenge 136 - DT card

Choosing a Top Pick and Featured Artist was a real challenge for us last time as there were so many awesome interpretations of the sketch. You obviously like the move to two weeks!

This time, at As You See It, we have a theme challenge for you.

My dad has passed away and my own dear husband absolutely does not have DIY in his DNA!

So tool cards were out in this house. 

Last year, I experimented a bit with faux metal finishes and so I've taken some of that on board with my play around with the World Traveller embossing folder. Here's how it turned out.

To make the map strip, I inked up the embossing folder with Lost Lagoon and embossed the paper strip. Then I sponged Sahara Sand and Soft Suede onto the country areas. Then I rubbed it lightly over the versamark ink pad and added gold powder. Before heating it up, I gently brushed off some of the powder so that it was mainly around the coastlines.

The compass I coloured with markers rather than an ink pad and I sponged the edge with Soft Suede. I added in some gold and the candy dot. The banner is lightly sponged with Lost Lagoon after I embossed the sentiment. 

The thing I like the most is the aged leathery book look of the base, created with using Timeless Texture and Soft Suede on Soft Suede.

I'd also like to enter this card into the sketch challenge at Stamp, Ink, Paper this week.

We'd love to see what you do with this theme, so join us. You have until the June 15 to show us what you've done.

Update: Delighted to be a Top Pick at Stamp, Ink Paper.

Ingredients

Card: Soft Suede, Whisper White

Stamps: Going Global, Timeless Textures

Inks: Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Versamark

Other: World Traveller embossing folder, gold embossing powder, Lost Lagoon marker, Soft Suede marker, sponges, dimensionals, candy dot

FMS 234 and Inkspire Me 247

Today is the last Friday of the school holidays so to me it seems like the last day of the holidays and I've pretty much been in my craft room all day. I recently bought the Going Global set of stamps and it seemed to me that they should get used before they retire at the end of May!

I've taken my inspiration from two challenges, the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches and the theme challenge at Inkspire Me.

At Stamp Camp earlier in the year, the wonderful Jackie Noble showed us a card that used retiform as a technique and I have been fascinated with it ever since. I've had another play with the technique for this card.

Ingredients

Card: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow scrap, DSP from Going Global paper stack

Stamps: Going Global

Inks: Tuxedo Black, Mossy Meadow, Sahara Sand, Versamark

Other: Gold embossing powder, Gold metallic thread, sponges