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Inspiration: ColourQ #256 + Retro Rubber challenge #133 (Tim Holtz's Beer Blueprints, purchased two years ago)

I'm crafting up a storm during the quarantine and I'm shopping my stash for inspiration. I wanted to use the Blueprints stamps from Tim Holtz and I got the idea to stamp a partial image in each windows of the Foursquare Backdrop die from Lawn Fawn. I looked at my ColourQ combo sheet for inspiration and I liked the darker, masculine combo from challenge 256. I die-cut four rectangles out of white cardstock, used a blending tool to add Distress Oxide ink on each, spritzed them with water to oxidize them inks, dried them and overstamped each image using the same Oxide ink. I then inserted my inked panels in a frame die-cut out of Cajun Craze cardstock.

I was trying to decide where to go from there to embellish the card a bit. I added a sentiment over the pretzel panel, embossing it in Rose Gold powder. Sentiment reads, "It's going to be okay, even though we don't know how just yet." On the nose, right? I then added embellishments in matching colours on each panel, and stamped a green envelope to finish the set. Makes for a nice masculine card and could easily be adapted to other occasions by changing the sentiment.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Beer Blueprint (Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous); Souhaits instantanés (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Cajun Craze, Pumpkin PIe, Thick Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Inks: Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide (Ranger);
VersaMark
Accessories: Foursquare Backdrop Landscape Dies (Lawn Fawn); 
Ultra Fine Rose Gold Embossing Powder (Simon Says Stamp);
Buttons (Autumn Leaves); Corduroy Buttons, Regals Candy Dots (Stampin' Up!);
A2 Avocado Envelope (envelopes.com)

 

Comments

[Jan Clothier]

Lovely bright card, Cindy. Not only could you make it into something else with a change of sentiment, it's a style that could easily be adapted with other colours and stamps. It's a great retro set. Thanks for joining us again at Retro Rubber Challenge.

[Claire Grantham]

Love this!! It's so artsy, it should be in a frame. I hear you re: crafting up a storm. It's actually a lot of fun to shop my stash fully. Thanks for joining us this time at Retro Rubber. Cx DT

[D Idlet]

Beautiful card, love the buttons you added. Thanks for playing along with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.