Roaring Birthday

Here's a perfect birthday card for a guy in your life.  This project is also posted on the Bombshell Blog.  Check it out.   The image is stamped using Tim Holtz Distress Ink, embossed with clear embossing powder, and then colored with Copic markers with a touch of sparkling silver added here and there using a Gelly Roll Stardust pen by Sakura.

And for any of you that might be wondering why I've been posting less lately.  It's simply that day job thing.  Work has been intense for the last few months and there's no sign of it letting up.  So when I come home, it's all I can do to run the kids to their engagements and then I'm just zapped.   I'm sure many of you can relate.

and the inside of the card

Supplies: 

Stamps: Speed Shop (Bombshell Stamps); greeting from Pennant Parade (Stampin' Up)

Ink: Distress Inks - Walnut Stain for the car and Vintage Photo for shading (Tim Holtz/Ranger); Riding 

Coloring: markers (Copic), Gelly Roll Silver Stardust pen (Sakura)

Hood Red (Stampin' Up)

Printed Paper: Lost & Found (My Mind's Eye)

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up)

Tools: circle punch (Creative Memories); scallop circle punch (Stampin' Up); Sequence embossing folder (Lifestyle Crafts)
Accessories: cocoa pearls (Close to My Heart), dimensional adhesive; clear embossing powder

The World Card Making Day/Mad Hatter Day

The gals over at Bombshell Stamps are participating in The World Card Making Day and combining it with Mad Hatter Day.   The challenge went out to the design team to make a project for the Bombshell Blog.

The helmet is from Vintage Motorcylces in honor of Mad Hatter Day and the bike itself is from Harley Bikes.   Both images are colored with Copics.  The greeting is from the Vintage Motorcycles set, heat embossed.  Shading with Distress inks.  Embossed silver cardstock using a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  Misc. ribbon. 

Angled shot to show some of the dimension.   I actually stamped and colored on the card base which is unusual for me.

Here's the inside of the card. 

Supplies
Stamps:  Bombshell Stamps (Vintage Motorcycle and Harley Bikes)
Ink: Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black - card front), Tim Holtz (Shading and motorcycle on the inside), Stampin Up Craft Ink (Black - for greeting)
Coloring: Copic Markers
Paper: Stampin' Up Cardstock (Crumb Crake, Very Vanilla), Neenah (for helmet), misc silver paper
Tools: Tim Holz embossing folder, Martha Stewart large corner rounder, EK Success small corner rounder
Accents: Ribbon, embossing powder (for greeting)

Sailing the Seas (PPA141, PP108)

I was looking at some of the challenges that I've been wanting to do and managed to combine the Paper Players 108 and the Pals Paper Arts 141 sketch challenge.  I missed the cut off to enter the Paper Players challenge, but enjoyed the color combo none the less.

I added an envelope...

Here's the inside of the card

Here's the sketch and color challenge that provided inspiration.

Supply List: 
Stamps: SU - The Open Sea
Paper: SU - Nautical Expedition DSP, SU - Regals Patterns Stack, SU cardstock
Ink: SU
Accessories: Square Brads - Paper Studio, SU - Baker's Twine,
Tools: SU Pinking Hearts border punch