For this week's Colour Creations blog hop, we're showcasing Crumb Cake - my favourite neutral. In a bit of a departure from my usual style of lots of layers and details, I have a couple of simple masculine cards to share.
I had a lot of fun creating these cards, with a technique shared by Laura Beacham, on her Facebook page Laura's Creative Pages and Cards. Starting off with one Very Vanilla card panel, and one Basic White card panel, I laid down strips (0.5cm wide) of Masking Paper to create sections to decorate. While the Masking Paper was in place, I used a Blending Brush to add Crumb Cake ink to the pieces of card. I then stamped images in each section, using Early Espresso ink. Removing the Masking Paper revealed the original card colour underneath.
CARD #1:
My first card was created with the piece of Very Vanilla card.
I masked off the sections, added Crumb Cake ink to the whole piece of card using a Blending Brush, then stamped a subtle cross-hatch pattern from Of Art & Texture. After stamping the main images in Early Espresso ink, I removed the strips of Masking Paper. At this point I splattered ink, using my Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends marker, all over the card front.
To create the sentiment "sign", I first stamped the spanner in Crumb Cake ink on a piece of Very Vanilla Card. The sentiment, from Friends For Life, was stamped over the top in Early Espresso ink. I added some splatters using my Dark Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends marker, then cut out the sentiment with a Deckled Rectangles Die. After sponging the edges of the die-cut piece with Crumb Cake ink, I glued it to a piece of Crumb Cake card that I also sponged with Crumb Cake ink. The two layers were embossed with the Timber 3D embossing folder.
Some Crumb Cake Baker's Twine was adhered to the back of the sign before it was glued to the card front. Adhesive-Backed Textured Dots were added to finish off the design.
CARD #2:
The main panel on this card started off as a piece of Basic White card.
I masked off the sections, and added Crumb Cake ink with a Blending Brush, creating a bit more of an ombre effect on this one - darker at the top, and lighter at the bottom.
Again I stamped the tool images in Early Espresso ink. I kept this one simple, with no added stamping or splattering. Adhesive-Backed Textured Dots were added to the background.
On a piece of Crumb Cake card, I stamped the spanner in Crumb Cake ink. The sentiment was stamped over the top, in Early Espresso ink. After cropping the sentiment with a Deckled Rectangles Die, I sponged Crumb Cake ink around the edges.
The strip of Misty Moonlight paper that anchors the sentiment, is from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper pack. I sponged the edges of the paper with Misty Moonlight ink, and added a few gems from the Tinsel Gems Three-Pack.
The card base is Crumb Cake, so I added a Basic White card panel to the inside. Before adhering it, I stamped some images in Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Misty Moonlight inks, and sponged the edges of the card in Crumb Cake ink.
Next up on tonight's blog hop is Andrea Sargent:
If the link doesn't work, or if you'd like to see a comprehensive list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog. Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Colour Creations shares, week in and week out.
Listed below are the products I used to make my cards. If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.
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