CAS(E) This Sketch #273

Take the lines from the sketch, add metallic embossing powder and what do you get?  A masculine card for CAS(E) This Sketch.

For the bottom three sets of lines, (silver, platinum and copper) I used an old set from PTI.  I had trouble getting lines straight before so hadn't used this set in a long time.  Now with the MISTI and its ruler, getting lines straight is easy.  I know some people use a T ruler but I think mine is warped.  Anyway back to the card.  The two narrow gold lines are from the Concord and 9th plaid set and were the perfect distance apart to add my die cut PTI sentiment from coppery shimmer paper.  I repeated the platinum in the stamped sentiment from Clearly Besotted. 

We finally got the cottage opened up, the water turned on and the television hooked up.  I still have some cleaning to do but at least we can go up whenever the mood strikes us.  On the next visit I will connect the router to the newly installed modem so I can keep in touch with you all.

Just Us Girls #369

I am the host of Just Us Girls this week and the trend I picked is 'Metallics'.

The are so many wonderful metallic papers and embossing powders available that it shouldn't be difficult for you to make a card to join our challenge this week.

For my card I used the leaf die from Concord and 9th and embossed them in silver, gold and copper powder. I also dry embossed the leaf into PTI vintage cream paper for the background.  The border and sentiment are also copper.

The rest of the design team and guest designer Cecile Ribon have wonderful inspiration waiting for you at Just Us Girls.  Enter a card and you may be chosen Chic of the Week and may get a chance to be a guest designer.

I can't wait to see what you make.

The Challenge #58

I'm not sure what you'd call this card besides and entry into The Challenge. It started out as a woodgrain experiment from Karen's tutorial at Snippets on how to make your own, with the colors of the challenge photo in mind.  I like how it turned out for the card but it doesn't look much like woodgrain.

I added some platinum paper embossed with the Diamond Plate as a frame and also embossed the PB sentiment in platinum and colored the dots in it to match.  This card is going to my husband's grandson Ryan and coincidentally it's the same colors as the quilt I made him for graduation 3 years ago.

He told me he wanted blue, orange and black and fortunately I found some fabric that spoke to his love of golf, dirt biking and tennis shoes.  I forgot to take a picture of the quilt before I gave it to him so this is the only one I have.

These are also the colors in the photo inspiration.

I hope you've had a productive week.  I have so many things to do I actually had to make a list so I don't forget anything.  Thanks for taking the time to drop in for a visit.