Stampin Friends May 2023 Blog Hop - Celebrating Men

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We are getting sooo close to the warmer months up here in New England.  It feels like it is taking forever!  But looking at the forecast for this weekend, it may be a time for my husband to take out his motorcycle.  This is our preferred choice of means to travel in the warmer months. 

 

OK, all this talk about motorcycles brings me to this month’s blog theme, celebrating men. One of the best ways I know how, is by making greeting cards with a motorcycle theme.  For this project I CASE’d two “moving” technique that Frenchie Stamps demonstrated a little while ago.  

 

If you are following along the hop, you have arrived from Steph’s blog. Be sure to read through my blog, comment below and continue to Barb’s blog.

If you get lost along the way, no worries, you can find a list of Blog Hoppers at the end of each Blog. ENJOY!

 

 

MATERIALS NEEDED

Stamp Set: Legendary Ride

Paper: Basic Grey CS (5 ½” x 8 ¼”, scored at 4 ¼”) (card base)

Basic White CS (4 ¼” x 2 ¼”; scraps)

Basic Black (4 3/8” x 2 3/8”)

Metallic Silver Specialty Paper (2 ½” x 5 ¼”)

Ready to Ride DSP (2 ½” x 5 ¼”)-retired but just HAD to use it.

Ink:  Momento Black

Tools/Accessories: Metal Plate 3D; Classic Matte Dots

 

MOTION TECHNIQUE 1: SMACKDOWN TECHNIQUE

1. Ink the stamp in a color of your choosing.
2. Stamp the image firmly onto card stock.
3. Without reinking the stamp, move the stamp slightly and stamp again.
4. Move stamp again, and without reinking, stamp another image.
5. Continue until you run out of ink, or are pleased with the number of images. 

MOTION TECHNIQUE 2: STAMP DRAGGING

1. Ink the stamp in a color of your choosing.
2. Stamp the image at one edge of the card stock.
3. After you stamp down, do not lift the stamp, drag it in the direction you want to motion to be.
4. For the motorcycle because it is facing to the right. I stamped it at the right edge of the paper, I then dragged it towards the left.

Both of these techniques are fairly easy and can be used with most stamps!

 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. First, I like to get my stamping out of the way, so all I need to do is assemble the card in the end.  Stamp your image using one of the two techniques above. Adhere this to the Basic Black CS and set aside.
2. Stamp your sentiment in momento basic black ink and fussy cut around it.  Set this aside.
3. Fold in half the card base and adhere the 5 ½” x 2 ½” Ready to Ride DSP to the card base front towards the bottom.
4. Run the Silver Metallic Specialty Paper through the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine using the Metal Plate 3D.  Adhere these to the card base front towards the top.  It will overlap the DSP.
5. Adhere the motorcycle panel to the metallic portion of the card using dimensionals.
6. Then adhere the sentiment towards the bottom right-hand side of the card using mini deminsionals.
7. Lastly, embellish with classic matte dots.

Who says card making needs to be hard.  With some simple techniques (like the ones above) you can make some amazingly, impressive cards!  I hope you enjoyed this month’s blog post!!  Comments of any kind (well hopefully nice ones, lol) are greatly appreciated.  When you are done be sure to hop on over to the next blogger, Barb on the list!

See you next month!