Once again I find myself in need of a guy card and there is no better set out there than Stampin’ Up’s Nature Silhouettes to turn to for just that occasion.  I also teamed it up with the Big Shot Texture Plate, Distressed and some Creamy Caramel card stock and Chocolate chip ink to get this great wood grain look for my background panel.   

Before we start let on the tutorial let me announce the blog candy I am giving away this week.

Check it out!  I am giving a brand new Stampin’ Up! set of Nature Silhouettes to one lucky winner.  All you need to do to enter for a chance to win the set is leave me a comment on this blog post telling me to enter you.  If you are getting this blog update via e-mail you will need to click HERE  and then leave a comment on the blog post.    No e-mail enties please.

A am taking a little drive to St. Cloud Minnesota (12 hours through beautiful states) tomorrow morning so I can teach my brayer workshops there.  I hope you ladies in Minnesota are ready to create some awesome projects, because here I come!

I will be back on Tuesday, June 8, 2011 and will announce the winner of the Nature Silhouettes set then.  I will use a random number generate to select the winner.  No need to butter me up for a better chance, lol.

Good Luck to all!!

Now let’s get started on the tutorial. . . . . .

Supplies:

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I brayered Bashful Blue ink on a 3.5″ x 4.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Bermuda Bay ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the Bashful Blue ink entirely.

Using a Creamy Caramel Ink Spot, smeared ink in a hill shape on the card stock using the edge of the ink pad.

Using the edge of a Close To Cocoa ink spot, smeared the ink in a hill shape to create a second hill.

Added a third layer of hills by smearing ink on the card stock using a Chocolate Chip ink spot.

Using a Close to Cocoa ink spot, smeared in a little hill on the Creamy Caramel layer of hills.

Also, smeared in a bit of Chocolate Chip ink on the right side of the card stock in the Close to Cocoa layer of hills.

Stamped the tree from the Nature Silhouettes stamp set at the left hand side of the card stock using Basic Black ink.

Stamped the deer using Basic Black ink.

Smeared in a bit of Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock.  Just up to the deer’s feet.

Added White Gel Pen highlights to the grasses, deer and leaves of the tree.

Smear my Chocolate Chip ink pad on my Distressed Texture plate.  Ran the texture plate through my Big Shot with Creamy Caramel card stock.  This creates the dark areas to be indented and really makes the embossing pop.  Great wood-grain look!

Punched tabs out of Bermuda Bay and Basic Black card stock.

Assembled my main image panel with 2 basic Black panels and my wood-grain panel.  Glued the tab punches on my left side of my card front and then chopped the excess tabs off with my paper cutter.  🙂

Stamped the Sentiment from Elements of Style on the card front using White craft ink.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

I hope you enjoyed this manly card tutorial and will give it a try.

Until my next post. . . live in the moment

Hugs,

Michelle

   Get ready for Brayer Workshops!  I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

St. Cloud, Minnesota 

Rockville, Maryland

North Chili, New York (near Rochester)

Kenova (Huntington), West Virginia

Helena, Montana

Middleburg Heights, Ohio 

Venice, Florida

Grinnell, Iowa

Piedmont, Alabama (Near GA border close to Cedartown)

Auburn, Washington (near Seattle)

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Savannah, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Soledad, California

Tucson, Arizona

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Houston, Texas

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar 

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