Garage Gears Gatefold Shutter Card

It's been a long time since I made a shutter card and I had forgotten how much fun it was to make one.
There are many tutorials related to this interactive card but I chose to use the one by Sandy McIver here

Since the theme in my upcoming class is Masculine cards featuring the Geared up Garage bundle I used that to make this card.

Measurements:

• Tranquil Tide card base 5 1/2 by 8 1/2"  scored at 2 1/8 and 6 3/8"
• Classic Garage DSP 1 3/4 by 5 1/8" (2) for front
• Inside center:  Tranquil Tide 5 1/2 by 3"  and DSP 5 1/4 by 2 3/4"
• Whisper White 3 by 3 for sentiment
• Tranquil Tide 4 by 3 1/2" scored at 1/2" on short side (2 pieces) for shutter
• Tranquil Tide 1 by 11" for belly band

Decorations for belly band:

• 2 3/8" circle die
• Scallop circle die

Shutter pieces:

• Measure half way down each side to find a point in the middle ( 2" on 4" side and 1 3/4" on 3 1/2" side)  With a pencil draw a line from this midpoint to each of the corners.  \
• Fussy cut the notched area out.

Stamp:  Geared Up Garage

Ink:  Basic Gray, Black Memento, Lovely Lipstick reinker mixed with Champagne glimmer paint

Papers:  Tranquil Tide, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Classic Garage DSP

Accessories:  Layering Circles Framelits, Geared Garage Dies, Classic Garage Metal Elements, 1/4" ribbon, Dimensionals.

Gears Happy Birthday - SUO Challenge # 215

The challenge this month at SUO Challenges is "birthdays", a timely challenge for me because I have a lot of birthdays in the next two months.  There were 3 family members celebrating birthdays on the same day!

Cards for guys have always been a challenge, but with the new "Geared Up Garage" with the coordinating framelits plus DSP this task is much easier.

The colours for this card were easy to pick.  I  selected the DSP I first, and chose my colour palette from that.  Not only did I choose my colour palette, but I was also able to use the coordinate framelets to die cut images directly from the DSP.  I did that for all the cog gears and the gas can  The cars were also obtained directly from the DSP, only I fussy cut them, although I realized later  that I could have used the framelits. Alternately I could have stamped the images and then die cut them.

This Tranquil Tide Z Fold card base is 5 1/2 by 11" scored at 5 1/2 and again at 8".  The 1 1/4" by 11" band is also scored the same.

Each of the sections is layered with Very Vanilla and then one of 3 patterns of the DSP.  The band is also layered with Very Vanilla and then mainly gray DSP which was embossed with the Maps etc Embossing folder.

All cardstock, DSP, die cut and punched images were sponged with Basic Gray ink.  This was the most labour intensive part of this card.

The birthday sentiment is from "Better Together".  It is stamped in Tranquil Tide ink and then punched using the Everyday Labels punch.

One of the cars was adhered to the band; the second on the back portion of the car. The die cut cog wheels were placed on different locations and a car key metal element is added by each car.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Geared Up Garage, Better Together

Inks:  Tranquil Tide, Basic Gray

Papers:  Tranquil Tide. Very Vanilla, Geared Garage DSP

Accessories:  Maps etc Embossing Folder, Classic Garage Metal Elements, Gear Garage Framelits, Everyday Label Punch

Tarnished Foil Background Technique

The Tarnished Foil Technique is the technique challenge of the month for a group I belong to.  It's a technique I have wanted to do for quite some time. This technique uses any embossing folder with any colour  of  foil, Stazon ink and layers of  two different embossing powders to create a patina background. I used a tutorial on you tube video here

1.  Emboss a 3 3/4 by 5" piece of gold foil paper and emboss with the Petal Burst  embossing folder.
2.  Apply Black Stazon ink in strokes from top to bottom and side to side across surface of embossed foil.  Dry with heat tool.
3.  Apply Versa Mark covering entire surface
4.  Emboss with silver embossing powder.  Let dry.
5.  Apply Versa Mark in random areas
6.  Emboss with copper embossing powder.  Let dry
7.  Apply Black Stazon ink as in step 2.  Let dry.

Note:  If gold foil paper is used , emboss with silver and copper:  if copper is used emboss with silver and gold i.e colors opposite of the original foil used.

Finishing the card:
1.  Mat the Tarnished foil piece with a 3 7/8 by 5 1/8 piece of Basic Black card stock.
2.  Mat this with a 4 by 5 1/4 piece of Gold foil (cut center out to be used for a later project)
3.  On a 2 by 4" piece of Basic Black card stock, emboss "Hello beautiful" from Butterfly Gala in silver embossing powder - at the left end.  Attached to card front.  Add a 1/8" piece of copper trim above and below this black strip - with a small bow below the embossing sentiment.
4.  Punch 4 black and white butterflies from the Butterfly Gala DSP (SAB) using the duo Butterfly punch.  Attach two to the card front at the centers only. Add 3 clear faceted gems to the top upper right.

5.  Adhere tarnished foil background to a Basic Black card base.
6.  Finish inside.  On a piece of 4 by 5 1/4" Whisper White card stock, stamp sentiments and add the remainder 2 butterfly.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Butterfly Gala

Inks:  Black Stazon, Versa Mark

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Gold Foil, Butterfly Gala DSP

Accessories:  Petal Burst embossing folder, Silver and copper embossing powder, 1/8" copper trim, Clear faceted gems, duo Butterfly punch

Here's another card made using this technique only this time I used copper foil, therefore I embossed with gold and silver embossing powder, and the Tin Tile embossing folder.

The card was finished using the Geared Up Garage stamp, framelits and metal elements.