You are a BADASS card

So this is totally a salvaged card. You can kind of tell in the lower right corner in the gray, there are some faint lighter squares. This was going to be a modern, simple, stylish card to give to a total badass. That didn’t work out quite so much.

 

On the sentiment: when I made this, I was trying to think of a card that said something that I really wanted to receive. And I came up with this because it's fun, not overly sweet, and still complimentary. 

So I started out writing BAD-ASS out by hand, and using a gold pen to make a neat pattern of squares near the bottom of the card.  Unfortunately I also wrote, “I think you’re a…” near the top of the card and hated it, so I decided to fix it by masking off the center of the card and inking the rest of the card so it would be a medium gray-color.

Then I spent some time trying to figure out some stripes of paper that I liked together here. I inked the striped pattern darker, so it wouldn’t be such a strong visual element. Then I spent time arranging it all (and rearranging it!) Then I added all of the embellishments on top.

I made these leaf embellishments myself with a leaf stamp from Martha Stewart on tan Recollections cardstock and then cut them all out by hand. I popped a few of them up with foam tape to make the bunches more interesting without being overwhelming.

I traced the edge of the gem on the little tag and then cut it out, so I could pop it up on foam tape and still have it hug the gem. Normally I’d just put it behind the gem, but this card has some very interesting dimensional elements and I wanted to continue that theme.

This card and the card I’m posting tomorrow are two variations on badassery. My philosophy is that there are many types of badasses, so it makes sense that there are infinite types of cards for those badasses. Duh. Also this card relieved some of my hunger to make collage cards for a while.

Paper:

Yuletide Joy Paper Pack by the Paper Studio (checked pattern and striped pattern)

Colorbök Paperpad in Cool Earthtones

Recollections Value Pack Cardstock Paper in Kraft
Recollections Value Pack Cardstock Paper in Neutral

Artist’s Tape

Inks:

Martha Stewart Art & Craft Marker in

Colorbox Chalk Ink in Charcoal

Gelly Roll Metallic Gold Pen

Bling:

Staples

Brown Teardrop Build a Bauble Gem by Prima

Recollections Rhinestone Stickers (Pearl)

Photo Corners made from Dymo Labelling Tape

thrift store gray lace

Glue

Scotch Mounting Tape

Tombow Mono Adhesive
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue

Stamp:

Martha Stewart Peg Stamp Starter Kit

Cutting:

Cutter Bee Scissors

EK Success Edger Punch, Fleur De Lis

Misc:

Bone folder

Provocraft Paper Trimmer

Typewriter: Xerox 6010 Memorywriter

Mistletoe Card

Hey everyone! Today I’m sharing a non-seasonal card. I thought about saving it until a more appropriate time, like July or something ,(what, you don’t celebrate Christmas in July?) but then I thought , hey, I’ve got it, I might as well show you!

This card started out because I was inspired by the tiny branch stamp in the Hero Arts Sentiment stampset. It’s tiny and funky, and I wasn’t really sure what to do with it, so I did some practices stamping to create twiggy wreaths and bushes. Then I realized I could pretend that the little sprig of branches was mistletoe!

So I quickly stamped out the tiny bush, colored the berries red with a Martha Stewart Art and Craft Marker, and clear embossed the berries by using my Zip embossing pen to go over the red berries.

I thought it needed a bow, so I stamped one from the Martha Stewart Peg Stamping starter kit on red paper. I gave it some dimension by inking it in Versamark, and then inking the edges only with Versafine Onynx Black. I cut everything out, and adhered the two pieces together with Scotch foam poster tape (same as stuff like pop-dots, but cheaper!) I then set it aside for a  few days—I wasn’t really planning on doing much with it.

 But then a few days later, I came up with the most hilarious line to go with it, so of course, I had  to make this!

Supplies

Recollections Value Pack Cardstock in Kraft

Colorbök Textured Cardstock in Cool Earthtones

Colorbök Textured Cardstock in Cool Earthtones

Martha Stewart Peg Stamping Starter Kit (bow stamp)

Hero Arts Sentiment Stamps

Versafine Ink in Onynx Black

Versamark Stamp Pad

Black Pen

T-Square Ruler

Poster Tape

Cutter Bee Scissors

Clear Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Bone Folder

Martha Stewart Art and Craft Markers

ZIG Embossing Pen

Tombow Mono Adhesive

Deepest Sympathy

This card started out with a totally different look-I had an card where I had had to cut off most of the front of the card, and I was playing with different ways to deal with the wreckage and create a new card-front, when it occurred to me how wonderful and soothing these three blues were!

Then I just cut some organic curves into the shapes, picked a sentiment from Hero Arts, stamped it, cut it into a circle, inked the edges, punched a hole, and attached with some string. Done! Really easy, and really beautiful.

Supplies:
Colorbök Paperpad in Cool Earthtones
Recollections Value Pack Cardstock Paper in Neutral
Fiskars Scissors
Tombow Mono Adhesive Tape runner
Thrift Store String
Antique Hole Punch
Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool
Martha Stewart Crafts Circle Cutter
Hero Arts Everyday Sayings Stamp Set