Born to Ride

Happy Sunday...and happy July! It has been a busy couple of days around here with Canada Day festivities. I am SO thankful to be finished school for the year and to have some time to unwind from the crazy pace of life.
Today marks a new sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps and it is a fun one! Check it out:

Here is my decidedly masculine take on it.

I have been dying to ink up the new One Wild Ride stamp set since it came with my first new catalogue order. When I saw this week's sketch I knew exactly what I wanted to do. The Basic Gray tag is stamped with the motorcycle image in Basic Black ink. I then added some smudges and spatters of silver metallic ink (reired). To create the tag itself I used the Angled Tag Topper punch (also retired!). The tag in the background is cut from silver foil sheets and it embossed using the Houndstooth TIEF (this one's retired too!).

The Smoky Slate background panel is stamped with the tire tread image from the One Wild Ride set as well as a couple of texture images from the Gorgeous Grunge set. I added more silver smudges (that image is actually part of the One Wild Ride set...awesome, eh?) before running the panel through the Big Shot with the Brick Wall TIEF. I layered the embossed panel on a piece of Tangerine Tango card stock and then adhered that to a Basic Gray card base. The sentiment is stamped in Basic Black on Tangerine Tango card stock and then die cut using the new Bunch of Banners Framelits. The only embellishments are some black metallic thread, a few silver enamel starts and the little Route 66 sign, which I stamped and fussy cut out.

On the inside I added a Whisper White panel on which I stamped another tread mark in Basic Black and some more silver metallic smudges. The sentiment is again stamped on Tangerine Tango card stock using Basic Black ink and punched using the ned Best Badge punch.

This is a fabulously versatile sketch...be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's projects and you'll see what I mean. Give it a go and share your creation with us over at Sunday Stamps...we'd love to see your work!


Product List

One Wild Ride Clear-Mount Stamp Set [141724] $28.00	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517] $24.00	Tangerine Tango 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111349] $10.00	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121044] $10.00
Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131202] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $5.25	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25
Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad [140932] $9.25	Metallic Silver Encore Pad [132142] $12.95	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [138288] $11.25
Bunch Of Banners Framelits Dies [141488] $35.00	Angled Tag Topper Punch [133323] $31.95	Best Badge Punch [140633] $23.50	Metallic Enamel Shapes [141678] $9.25
Basic Black Metallic Thread [141695] $4.00

A Two-fer...

Today I kind of cheated in a couple of ways.  First of all, my card uses a bunch of retired product...sorry...but I love the images and they were perfect for what I wanted to do.  Secondly, I combined two challenges in this one card!  Stamping 411 has a sketch challenge this week and Friday Mashup is all about monochromatic manly cards so....I convered 'em both in one card!  As most of you know, I'm taking an online course for work and as a result, my stamping time is pretty limited these days.  I need to economize and make the most of the few minutes I have, hence the two-for one card.  Now...enough justifying!  Here are the challenges:

Here is my card for both of these challenges:

Card for MU6 and SSC203 using Pedaling Past set and Motorcycle a la carte stamp (both are retired but the motorcycle is available as an MDS digital download!)

Close up of all the elements in the card!

Inside of card...sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes set (if you don't have this set yet, you NEED it!)

 Here is how I put this one together.  Starting with a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of the grid patterned Presto Patterns specialty paper, I spritzed it using my basic gray and basic black markers and my spritzer tool.  I set it aside to dry and then took a 3" x 3 1/4" piece of whisper white and stamped the various bicycle images from the Pedaling Past set in going gray (retired), basic gray and basic black ink.  Some images I stamped off once to get variety in the shades of gray.  I then sponged the whole thing lightly with going gray (I miss that colour!) and the edges only in basic gray.  I then stamped the motorcycle in Versamark ink and then heat embossed it using black embossing powder.  I stamped the sentiment in the lower right corner using basic gray ink and then adhered the stamped piece to a mat in brushed silver cut 1/8" larger in size.  That was then adhered to a second mat (the layer queen strikes again!) in basic black cut 1/8" larger than the silver piece.  Turning my attention back to the background piece, I sponged the entire thing lightly in going gray ink to bring out the grid pattern and then sponged the edges in basic black.  I then wrapped a length of black hemp twine (also retired) around it lengthwise several times, tying it in a knot.  I added a trinket key, also securing it with a knot. I adhered the stamped image using dimensionals.  The final element is the three silver brads in the upper right corner, as per the sketch.  I glued the whole cardfront to a basic gray card base.  The inside is pretty self-evident...I think you can likely figure it out...nothing fancy there!
Can you see why I just had to use so much retired product for this card?  I know it can be frustrating to go blog surfing and see something great that uses product you can't get anymore...so I apologize...and I'm willing to share!  If you live close-by you are more than welcome to borrow my stamps!