Monday, 14 January 2013

More Maps

Following on from yesterday's card, I made this one using part of a more modern map. The map is subtly stencilled with distress ink & gear stencils (a bit difficult to see in the picture below), before matting onto black card and a card blank. It's great to use bits of maps that might mean something to the recipient, and you can often pick up out-of-date maps very cheaply.

"More Maps"

The banners are strips of diecut silver mirror card, embossed with a cogs folder and painted over with black acrylic paint. The paint is allowed to dry before lightly rubbing with a dry cloth to reveal some of the shiny detail.

"Justrite Stamp"

I love these Justrite stamps with the matching dies, and this one is perfect for a man's card. Stamped in black archival, the image is heat-embossed in clear and coloured using Promarkers before distressing the edges with Pumice Stone distress ink. A second diecut is made from black card, then cut in half horizontally and positioned behind the main image bringing out the top and bottom edges to make a shadow frame. I learnt this technique from Sue Wilson and it's great for making frames when you don't have a second die the size you want. The image is mounted onto the card using foam tape for extra dimension.

"Embellishments"

I do sometimes use ribbon on men's cards, but often prefer something a bit mechanical. A length of chain and some packaging add a bit of texture (fixed in place with matt multi-medium), and the blades on this fan charm really reminded me of the propellor on the aircraft.

Ingredients:
Justrite stamp set - Going Places Vintage Labels
Spellbinders Justrite Custom Die - JB-03730 Vintage Label & Banner Dies
Map
Archival ink - Jet Black
Stampendous Embossing powder - Clear Detail
Distress ink pad - Pumice Stone
Promarkers (to match map colours)
cardstock: black 160gsm, white 160gsm & 300gsm
chain, packaging, charm to decorate
adhesives: foam tape, PVA, Pinflair, matt multi-medium

Entered for the following challenge:
Justrite Friday Challenge 088 - Sketch
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8 comments:

  1. brenda14 January 2013 at 12:57

    Another very inspirational piece Maddy and lots of nice texture on this one as well.

    B x

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  2. Sue14 January 2013 at 13:19

    This is wonderful Maddy. The map makes such a great backing to that fab image and the embossing looks brilliant. I love the chain and charm detail too.
    hugs Sue

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  3. Holly Young14 January 2013 at 15:51

    wonderful! Loving those embossed flags!

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  4. Silvia(Barnie)14 January 2013 at 22:44

    A wonderful birthday card, great background.

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  5. Jasmine By Design16 January 2013 at 00:27

    WOW! I love these map cards too! So glad I came by. x

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  6. Jean16 January 2013 at 20:35

    What a great male card, love the backing paper xx

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  7. Unknown20 January 2013 at 01:45

    Great card. Using that map was a fabulous creative idea.

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  8. Sheri23 January 2013 at 05:59

    Another fab charm and masculine card! Thanks for joining us again at JustRite Inspiration ;-)

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