Showing posts with label Masculine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Masculine. Show all posts

Monday, 12 September 2016

One stampset, Five ways : Stripes

Hello everyone,
     Riswana here with you today. We crafters always want to make the most out of our supplies right? Today I'll be sharing five different ways to use Stripes stamp sets.. I've used Mudra's Play with lines stamp set here.

Create Backgrounds:
          These lines stamps make it super easy to build a background..
I used Mermaid lagoon distress ink on the broadest stripe stamp, misted with water & stamped on a watercolor paper to get this distressed splotchy BG..

Make your own Patterned Paper:
           Yes.! you can make you own PPs with these cool stamps. You can use them as backgrounds, fussy cut & paper piece or any other way you like.!

I took a red cardstock & created a classic Buffalo plaid Pattern with Black soot DI. I like to use distress inks because they react with water, so I can smoothen out any area if needed. Also in this particular pattern, I added more black color at the intersection of lines to bring out more contrast.!
I love the masculine look of this card..


Here's another plaid pattern, this time with more colorful lines.. It may look complicated but it's actually very simple if you stick to the pattern & stamp in the same order.
I prepared my solid stamps with versmark ink & stamped on a scrap piece of paper to remove off some ink & then used distress inks to stamp the lines. this way the lines are less splotchy & more crispy. I've used Spun Sugar, Tumbled gass, Squeezed lemonade, Twisted citron distress inks.

Create Textures/Grid
         You can create grungy textures & grids with the stamp which has about six thin lines close by.. Here's a Clean And Simple card..


I got this idea as I was analyzing a Patient's ECG.! Talk about getting inspiration from everywhere lol.! I used Tumbled glass DI to get that subtle grid pattern & drew some waves with a black fine liner pen.. You can use browns & blacks to get a more grungy looking grid..

Make Borders:


I've used the stamp with stripes to create a cool border for this otherwise colorful card. It balances the design as well as the colors on the rest of the card..

A stamp positioning tool will be of immense help especially when it come to these types of stamps. But not to worry if you don't have one. You can use regular acrylic blocks to achieve beautiful results too :) I used a plain block without any grid on it & still managed to get through this ;)

That's all from me today. Hope you liked my projects and that they have inspired you to make innovative use of your stamps & make the most out of them..  Please do lemme know your comments and feedback.

Do check out our ongoing challenge HERE.

Supplies used:
Mudra Play with lines stamp set
Distress Ink Spun sugar
Distress ink Squeezed lemonade
Distress ink Tumbled glass
Distress ink mermaid Lagoon


Create. Have fun.
Rhiz.

Friday, 1 August 2014

Lulupu Challenge #36 - Make it Macho!

Hello dear friends! This is Deepti here and  I wish you all a very happy August.. ;) We really had some beautiful entries for the 3D challenge and we will be back soon with the results.. So keep an eye on this space.. And I would like to thank all the participants for taking part in our challenges. 

Now lets jump into our new challenge. Since it's that special month for all brother and sisters we thought why not stir up something for the men in our life! You are right - we are going masculine for this fortnight.

Lulupu Challenge #36
Make It Macho

Please find the general guidelines here
Challenge Guidelines
1. Only cards or tags are allowed for this challenge
2. We are looking for masculine cards and tags so it would be a nice way to create something for Rakshabandhan too!
3.You must use Distress Inks as a main product in your project
4. Have fun.. ;)

Well.. I made a grungy, mixed media card..


For the background I used a bubble wrap and peacock feathers, broken china, peeled paint and a little bit of vintage photo distress inks.. 


I have used alphabet stickers on speech bubbles wood veneers. 

I also added an embroidery thread, crackle accents, clear stickles and bling just to give a little bit of interest! I just love the crackled effect.. ;)



And the winner of our challenge will receive

Distress Mini Ink Kit 4



And that's it guys! Hope you like this card and hope I've inspired you enough! 
Kindly take part in our 'handsome' challenge and have fun.. ;)




Wednesday, 4 December 2013

Cooking up some Masculine Cards!!!

Hi ya!!!

How are you doing? I am good and excited like you all… I am sure you all would have seen the Blog Hop & Challenge happening currently… Thats simple and awesome Challenge with lots of exciting Prizes…

I am with two cards with this Months challenge, both are simple and masculine, So HERE is where you can see the full view and details about the cards.. Jus Hop on… 





So what are you waiting for keep your fingers crossed and start hopping…