Black is my husband's favorite color, so I challenged myself to make him an all black card for his next birthday, and this was the result!
Since he loves soda the way I love coffee, I glued some bottle caps and soda tabs to a piece of corrugated cardboard, along with some black buttons. Then I went over everything with a heavy coat of Prima black gesso, waited for it to dry, and sprayed it with some black and silver sprays. Thinking it needed more texture, I added some strips of fibers in between the ridges.
On the base of my card, I embossed the Chicken Wire Background stamp from Red Rubber Designs with Lindy's Stamp Gang Queen Sheba's Silver Embossing Powder.
I used the same embossing powder for the sentiment stamped onto a piece of vellum with the Sweet Sayings Stamp Set. Around the edges, I rubbed a little bit of Inka Gold Platinum, along with touches on the bottle caps and gesso work. The chipboard numbers were covered with black gesso, some black and silver sprays, and a coat of Tim Holtz' Crazing Medium for a little crackle. Then I added some Black Soot Distress Stickles for some sparkle, which also went over most of the gesso work.
It's hard to tell in these photos, but I embossed some phrases onto each bottle cap with the same silver embossing powder, as well as black, with the Sweet Sayings and Savvy Sayings Stamp Sets to spell out hugs & kisses, Happy Birthday, and I love you.
Challenges:
More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes with Optional Black
Creative Artiste Challenge Blog ~ #20 Anything Mixed Media Goes
A Vintage Journey ~ November Challenge Cracking Up (Crackle on the numbers)
Ooh La La Creations ~ #218 Birthday Celebrations
Since he loves soda the way I love coffee, I glued some bottle caps and soda tabs to a piece of corrugated cardboard, along with some black buttons. Then I went over everything with a heavy coat of Prima black gesso, waited for it to dry, and sprayed it with some black and silver sprays. Thinking it needed more texture, I added some strips of fibers in between the ridges.
On the base of my card, I embossed the Chicken Wire Background stamp from Red Rubber Designs with Lindy's Stamp Gang Queen Sheba's Silver Embossing Powder.
I used the same embossing powder for the sentiment stamped onto a piece of vellum with the Sweet Sayings Stamp Set. Around the edges, I rubbed a little bit of Inka Gold Platinum, along with touches on the bottle caps and gesso work. The chipboard numbers were covered with black gesso, some black and silver sprays, and a coat of Tim Holtz' Crazing Medium for a little crackle. Then I added some Black Soot Distress Stickles for some sparkle, which also went over most of the gesso work.
It's hard to tell in these photos, but I embossed some phrases onto each bottle cap with the same silver embossing powder, as well as black, with the Sweet Sayings and Savvy Sayings Stamp Sets to spell out hugs & kisses, Happy Birthday, and I love you.
Thanks for looking!
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Challenges:
More Mixed Media Challenge ~ Anything Goes with Optional Black
Creative Artiste Challenge Blog ~ #20 Anything Mixed Media Goes
A Vintage Journey ~ November Challenge Cracking Up (Crackle on the numbers)
Ooh La La Creations ~ #218 Birthday Celebrations
A fabulous card. Great depth and fantastic textures.
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Great textures and depth and fantastic to challenge yourself to create an all black card. Love the backdrop. Thanks so much for joining in A Vintage Journey Challenge. Tracy x
ReplyDeleteFabulous card lots of lovely textures.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at OLLCB
Hugs Julie xxx
What a funky industrial grunge look you've created for your husband's card... and the black is so dramatic! Thanks for joining us on A Vintage Journey.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
Great masculine bday card! Love the texture! Thanks for joining us at Ooh La La!
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