Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Mono Tool

Today’s card was inspired by two challenges I ran across. Challenge #6 at The Friday Mashup for a manly monochromatic card, and challenge #55 to do a card in monochromatic blues at Speedy TV that I just joined.

The first thing I thought of when I read about the two challenges was a piece of dp in my scrap pile. This is my first entry to both challenges, and I’m sorry to say I don’t own any of the Mark’s Finest Paper Stamps for the Speedy TV challenge, so I chose to use a SU set called Totally Tool to go with the dp.

Since I already had the dp picked out, I sort of worked this card backwards. The base card is a light blue, with a dark blue layer between it and the dp. The dp is from a DCWV The Guy Stack, cut to layer over the dark blue. All four corners punched with a Southwest punch, and dark blue twine wrapped into each of the slots. In my stash, I had some little Card Charms tools, I picked up at Michaels on the clearance rack a while ago, so I chose the screwdriver. The handle on the screwdriver was actually a different color, but since the challenge was for monochromatic blues, I painted the handle blue, and tied it to the twine with another piece of twine
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For the main image I chose the screwdriver and sentiment combined, stamped with Distress Embossing Ink and embossed with Faded Jeans Distress Powder, on the same blue as the base card, cut and embossed with a Nesties Label Six die, then sponged Faded Jeans Distress Ink around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by, and I really enjoy reading your comments.

Happy Stamping!
judy

9 comments:

  1. Hi Judy, so glad you joined us at the Friday Mashup with your card. Such a simple but effective use of paper for your background. Love the sentiment ain't it the truth! Cheers, Kasey ~ in Oz

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  2. Great idea to do a Monochromatic with a color scheme already in place.. That screw driver image is too cute! I really like your background paper with the twine. Thanks for joining us at the Friday Mashup this week!

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  3. Love how you mixed the two challenges. Love how you did the twine. Thanks so much for playing with us at the Friday Mashup!!

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  4. What a great guy card! Just perfect for Father's Day, birthday, etc! Thanks for playing along with us at Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge this week!

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  5. This is totally great!!!
    Thanks for sharing it with us at Speedy's Friends.

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  6. Wow, fabulous DSP! How perfect with the tool set! Love it! Thanks for joining us at the Mashup!
    Smiles,
    Lesley

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  7. fab sentiment....thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends

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  8. Great card! Love that DSP and the twine is a fantastic touch! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Friday Mashup!

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  9. Great card! Thanks for playing along with the Friday Mashup!

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