Masculine and Vintage

  Hello My Crafting Friends,   On July 1st  the summer/fall design team for Paper Crafting World was announced.  We are sharing a new format this term which will include individual postings featuring PCW digi stamps and cut files, tutorials, projects, and freebies along the way.   I have the privilege of creating the first post for this new format. I found these fabulous Moxxie papers when I was in Texas and wanted to use them to create a masculine card using the PCW digi Sailboat.  

The sentiment is a quote I found written by Whoopi Goldberg.  I think it's perfect for the essence of the card.

Because these papers have such a vintage look, I decided to use several distressing techniques to make the card come together.  Here's a close up to help you see the distressing.

  I decided to share a few pictures that explain the techniques (in case distressing is new to you.)

 First I roughed the edges of the patterned papers using a single blade of my scissors.

If you slightly dampen the paper first it shreds a little more easily, but be careful not to over tear.

 

 Then my favorite go-to technique is to ink the edges and corners with chalk ink.

 

 A crimper adds some nice dimension.  I actually crimped the bottom section of the card.

 

 I often use Spellbinders dies to cut and mat my images.  After embossing, but before removing the image from the die, I use a fingertip sponge and Distress Ink to ink from the die inward to the edge of the mat.  When the sponge was almost empty of ink, I sponged over the entire surface to get a more vintage look.

 

Finally, the choice of Copic colors is important to attain the look I was going for. None of these techniques are new or unique, I just thought I'd share the process I used to get the look that I think the papers called for.   I hope you'll plan to visit My Paper Crafting each day and see the Sizzlin Summer projects my fellow Paper Crafting World designers will share.   I would like to enter this card in the following challenges: Cards for Men, "Boys will be Boys" Crafting by Designs, "Anything Goes" A.R.T.#3 " Anything Goes" Crafts 4 Eternity " Heavy Metal" QKR Stampede "Anything Goes" Sister Act "Anything Goes"