Mar 24 2008

Switching Gears

Published by Michele Boyer at 7:22 am under Inkadinkado, My Designs

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter!  Spring break is over (for us) and it’s back to our regular schedule…or so I hope.  During the break, we did manage to see Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!  That movie is SO cute!  I really enjoyed it.  My daughter’s favorite part (and one we’ve heard repeated *many* times since in a high-pitched squealy little voice):  “In MY world everyone eats rainbows and poops butterflies!”  (lol…I suppose it could have been a lot worse!)

I’m switching gears today, leaving the spring chickies and bright, sparkly papers behind for a guy card.  You know I love my browns so I enjoyed making this one.

Thinking of You

TOYO

I like the textured look of this Signature Suite patterned paper so I decided to try stamping directly onto the patterned paper.  I thought it was a bit of a risk since I wanted to color the image with Copic markers.  Sometimes the inks don’t blend so well on certain papers.  But I’m pleased with the result here.  In actuality, there wasn’t really all that much coloring to be done as this Inkadinkado owl image is highly shaded already.  I added some browns, colored in the moon then softened it a bit with the colorless blender pen, added a touch of orange for the beak and green for the eyes.  The white dots of the eyes were added with a white gel pen.

To add that “scratchy” look on the background paper, I lightly stamped Inka’s feather stamp using distress ink (which I also used to sponge the edges).

The little stitches were made using a piercing template, linen thread and a needle.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day! :)

Cardstock:  SU Naturals Ivory (base)   Patterned Paper:  My Mind’s Eye Signature Suite “That Boy” Rugged Stripes/Snake Skin Taupe and Mud   Stamps:  Inkadinkado Owl, Feather and Thinking of You   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Ranger Walnut Distress   Accessories:  Copic markers, mat pack/needle, linen thread, Paper Studio brads, white gel pen, sponge, pop dots.  Card size 5” x 7”.

15 Responses to “Switching Gears”

  1. # CherylQuilts at SCSon 24 Mar 2008 at 8:30 am

    This is fabulous…what a great masculine card! Colors are great with the DP…and the stitching is wonderful! Love that sentiment!

  2. # bonnie weisson 24 Mar 2008 at 8:41 am

    A classic beauty…rich colours and traditional image! Beau-ti-ful!

  3. # flossieon 24 Mar 2008 at 9:08 am

    Beautiful card, that is such a wonderful stamp.

  4. # Dawn E.on 24 Mar 2008 at 9:46 am

    Wonderful card! So rich looking! That stamps is fabulous too!

  5. # Melindaon 24 Mar 2008 at 12:34 pm

    What a gorgeous, masculine card! Love that hemp and really love the overall layout.

  6. # jacksonbelleon 24 Mar 2008 at 2:44 pm

    OH how I love this!!! GORGEOUS! That stamp is awesome, I need it! :) Love the paper you used too, you rock! :)

  7. # trudeeon 24 Mar 2008 at 7:13 pm

    WOWEE, that is GORGEOUS, M!!! love the little stitches!

  8. # Linda Marieon 24 Mar 2008 at 10:10 pm

    GORGEOUS!

  9. # Christina Fischeron 24 Mar 2008 at 10:12 pm

    So beautiful, Michele! Love these deep colors, and the stitching is terrific!

  10. # KATon 24 Mar 2008 at 11:58 pm

    Your card is beautiful… I love the colors, the pop of stripes in the middle and stitching! TFS

  11. # Deborah Golanon 25 Mar 2008 at 12:55 am

    A very handsome card indeed! Love it! Deb

  12. # Sara in WIon 25 Mar 2008 at 10:49 pm

    What a gorgeous card! I love that stamp…..looks so real!

  13. # Deeon 26 Mar 2008 at 2:20 pm

    Oh wow! This is fabulous Michele! I love that stamp and paper. Wonderful stitches too:)

  14. # Leslie (leslierich)on 27 Mar 2008 at 2:57 pm

    I love a card like this! The papers are great–love the browns–looks fabulous, Michele!

  15. # Rose Annon 27 Mar 2008 at 8:45 pm

    I love the papers you used with your owl, and the white highlights in his eyes! Your stitching looks fabulous!!

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