Hello and happy Monday...er Tuesday rather! Great to have you visit again for another installment of Man Oh Monday. Coming up in June is one of the mega man holidays: Father's Day. In honor of such an auspicious holiday I have decided to dedicate all of May's Man Oh Man Mondays to Father's Day. I hope you will join me in celebrating the fathers and father figures in our lives in May!
Now on to today's cards (again rated Easy Going):
I was inspired by Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #114 video by Dawn McVey to create a couple of cards using the Star Gazer Additions stamp set. I chose to use Distress Markers for my cards, but if you have reinkers, watercolors, Distress Stains or Distress Paints this could work just as well. You could even use the ink pad themselves in much the way I used the markers. I used the markers in two different ways for these cards.
**Of note is that after I colored these images I let them dry overnight under a heavy object to help them to dry flat, but I placed them under a plastic object which meant they still were not completely dry so they are "artistic" and not flat. If you prefer flat put them under a heavy non-plastic object perhaps even wrapped in water absorbent paper towels. Just sayin'.
Card No. 1 | Simple Version
I white heat embossed the large image from Star Gazer Additions. I scribbled the markers onto the Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet and then liberally sprayed the ink with water and picked up the color with a paint brush and dropped big drops over the image and then used the straw to blow the color in different directions. I also flicked (best adjective I can think of and you may want toput a tarp over cover your work surface to avoid drops of color being everywhere!) smaller drops of color over the image and cardstock.
I added the panel to a piece of pewter cardstock and added a sentiment strip using dimensional adhesive.
Okay, I have to admit that the torn bottom of this card is purely accidental...an adhesive mishap which I decided to just go with and sort of supports the whole tie-dyed Seattle circa 1992 grunge look, I am sure tie-dying came about in much the same serendipitous way.
Card No. 2 | Flashy Version
I gold heat embossed the large image from Star Gazer Additions. I used the markers to color in the image directly. I then used the paint brush to drop water onto the image (remember that Distress products are reactive to water...cool stuff!) and used the straw to blow the water in different directions.
I added the sentiment strip which was bordered by some gold (the color is actually brown sugar which I often prefer to the real gold color) glitter tape and added some wood veneer stars for added embellishment (confession: the wood veneer stars were a clever ruse to cover the fact that the top star from the sentiment didn't quite fit on my white strip).
The card base was painted with some of the Distress Markers and water.
MOMM Tips:
MOMM Tip No. 1: Mix It Up. Use the same products for different results.
MOMM Tip No. 2: Go For It. Add that dash of drama. A little gold is appreciated.
**Of note is that after I colored these images I let them dry overnight under a heavy object to help them to dry flat, but I placed them under a plastic object which meant they still were not completely dry so they are "artistic" and not flat. If you prefer flat put them under a heavy non-plastic object perhaps even wrapped in water absorbent paper towels. Just sayin'.
Card No. 1 | Simple Version
I white heat embossed the large image from Star Gazer Additions. I scribbled the markers onto the Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet and then liberally sprayed the ink with water and picked up the color with a paint brush and dropped big drops over the image and then used the straw to blow the color in different directions. I also flicked (best adjective I can think of and you may want to
I added the panel to a piece of pewter cardstock and added a sentiment strip using dimensional adhesive.
Okay, I have to admit that the torn bottom of this card is purely accidental...an adhesive mishap which I decided to just go with and sort of supports the whole tie-dyed Seattle circa 1992 grunge look, I am sure tie-dying came about in much the same serendipitous way.
Card No. 2 | Flashy Version
I gold heat embossed the large image from Star Gazer Additions. I used the markers to color in the image directly. I then used the paint brush to drop water onto the image (remember that Distress products are reactive to water...cool stuff!) and used the straw to blow the water in different directions.
I added the sentiment strip which was bordered by some gold (the color is actually brown sugar which I often prefer to the real gold color) glitter tape and added some wood veneer stars for added embellishment (confession: the wood veneer stars were a clever ruse to cover the fact that the top star from the sentiment didn't quite fit on my white strip).
The card base was painted with some of the Distress Markers and water.
MOMM Tips:
MOMM Tip No. 1: Mix It Up. Use the same products for different results.
MOMM Tip No. 2: Go For It. Add that dash of drama. A little gold is appreciated.
That {finally} concludes this week's MOMM.
If you have any suggestions or questions regarding the upcoming focus on Father's Day, just leave me a comment! See you next week for our first MOMM Father's Day special.
If you have any suggestions or questions regarding the upcoming focus on Father's Day, just leave me a comment! See you next week for our first MOMM Father's Day special.
Happy creating,
Shay.
Supplies:
Stamps: Star Gazer Additions, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Versamark, Tsukineko; stone wash shadow ink, Hero Arts
Cardstock: stamper's select white, Papertrey Ink; pewter, Neenah Paper
Markers: tumbled glass, broken china, stormy sky, faded jeans, chipped sapphire, dusty concord and pine needles, Tim Holtz Distress Markers by Ranger
Other: opaque white and detail gold embossing powder, JudiKins; Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet, Ranger; stars wood veneer, Studio Calico; brown sugar glitter tape, American Crafts; drinking straw; paint brush; water; spray bottle; dimensional adhesive
