Masculine Birthday

The challenge over at The Male Room is to make a project with an embellishment.  Considering that most embellishments are girly, it took a bit of thinking.

I started with a piece of heavy mirror paper, and embossed it with a Sizzix diamond plate folder.  I used very old Scraps of Time Walnut Ink Crystals semi dissolved in alcohol blending solution.  Even though I wore gloves, I am shocked and surprised) that my hands are NOT stained with the ink!!  I am a bit of a sloppy creator :).  I attached the sentiment with brads (my embellishments). 

Happy Birthday!

The Male Room has an Anything Goes challenge, optional twist, no designer papers.  I needed a birthday card for my BIL, so perfect timing!!

Older SU sentiment.  I used a few different alcohol inks to create the distressed/rusted look on the metallic paper, then embossed it with the Diamond Plate folder.  The studs were gold toned.  I sanded them and used the same alcohol inks to make them coordinate with the paper.  I may have to make more of this one!

Happy Birthday!

Congratulation to The Male Room on their 100th challenge!!  Let's Celebrate!

Mirror paper embossed with Diamond Plate folder, sentiment die cut with a Sizzix die.  Pop on over to Words 2 Craft By for our Angels challenge!

Words2ScrapBy June Challenge - It's a Man's World

June is all about the men in our lives - fathers or not.  The challenge this month for Words2ScrapBy is "It's a Man's World".  I don't think that I say thank you enough to the men in my life.

Diamond plate embossing folder, shiny silver paper, distressed with Staz On ink.  Large eyelet, Fiskars sentiment.  The edges of the white sentiment are pierced using an old sewing tracing wheel.  I lay the paper on a sheet of fun foam, line up a ruler, and roll the wheel along the edge.  Don't press too hard - or you will perforate the paper!!  Ask me how I know....

Come play along with us at Words2ScrapBy!!!

Shopping Our Stash #138 - Oh, Shiny!!

This week's challenge over at Shopping Our Stash is Oh, Shiny!

A year or so ago, I bought a ton of this shiny card stock for next to nothing.   I love how it looks when embossed with a diamond plate folder.  Makes a nice masculine card.  Operation Write Home is always in need of masculine cards, so I made a bunch of these:

It is such a challenge to photograph reflective surfaces!!!  Old All Night Media sentiment.  Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Be sure to check out the Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com February challenge  - the Olympics!!!