Woodblock Wednesday July 2023

 

 

Hello and welcome.  It's time for another Woodblock Wednesday challenge so let's bust out those woodblock stamps we all have and are hoarding.  My card(s) this month is featuring a couple of long retired Stampin Up sets: Highly Decorated jumbo wheel, Wonderful Words and Courage and Honor stamp set.  I'm sending these to a friend who's doing a thank you for your service card drive for a local veterans home.

I started out by stamping the main images in memento tuxedo black ink on some corn husk card stock before coloring using Castle Arts pencils, layering and adding brads.  I then stamped the card using the Highly Decorated jumbo wheel and some garden green ink before overstamping the saying in memento black.  After adding my image panels using pop dots, I was done.  I'm happy with how these turned out.

Challenges entered: 

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps/wheel)

Woodblock Wednesday July 2023 - Use Your Old Wood Block Stamps (saying/main images)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us in this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Garden Green

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Brads, Pop Dots

 

 

Courage

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for a card drive for veterans a friend is doing.  It's take me quite a few days to photograph and upload thanks to the migraine I've been dealing with.  My part of California was in the 90's last week and now we're in the high 60's to low 70's.  Quite a difference in temperatures and a known migraine trigger for me, however, I'll deal with the migraine to avoid the heat any day.

 

My card uses an old, long retired Stampin Up set called Courage that I received as a RAK from a friend (NBUS) and is great for mass producing cards.  I started out by stamping the image, and saying, in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Castle Arts pencils and a Prismacolor blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled/blended Tim Holtz chipped sapphire, walnut stain, fired brick and old paper distress inks using my Picket Fence blending brushes to "age" the image a bit before layering and adding some red star brads from my stash.  I then distressed the edges using an old Stampin Up distressing tool before adding it to my card using pop up glue dots.  The final touch was adding the flag stars using a white gel pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May 2023 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set) 

Word Art Wednesday #597 to 597 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying outside/inside) 

Jan's Digital Stamps May 2023 - Anything Goes 

Make My Monday 22 May 2023 - Masculine 

Use Your Stuff #485 - Anything Goes 

Retro Rubber #207 - Anything Goes Using Rubber Stamp (received stamp set 2yrs ago)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Old Paper, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain

Card Stock: PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlett Jewell; MFP Corn Husk

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, White Gel Pen, Distressing Tool