Card-I-O

Card-I-O

Hi there!

Can you believe we are half way

through the first month of the

New Year?

Time just goes whizzing on.......

Except here, where we aim to

help you rest and relax for a moment

Today, Claire Jackson has an idea

for to take away the "difficult" from

those difficult men's cards.....

 "It’s often difficult to think of designs for men 

but Card-io stamps are very versatile and combine together 

to create an endless variety of scenes, 

which can instantly become more masculine 

with different colour inks. 

Cut a 5” square of white card. 

Stamp the buildings in the foreground in eggplant.

Mask the foreground buildings off and stamp the church 

and a small building in perfect plumeria

Leave the masks in place and use a 

torn piece of card to create a hill line. 

Using a sponge add Spanish olive to create hills and grass

 Stamp the branch around the top in jumbo java,

 repeat each time before reinking to get second and third impressions. 

This helps to add depth. 

Add a row of bottles at the bottom

Cover over the bottles with a piece of card 

so that the bottom edge lines up with the base of the bottles. 

Stamp the leaf in different colours to create a shelf. 

Add the glass and bottle opener

Stamp the leaves and hops over the branches in different colours, 

each time stamping two or three times before inking the stamp again

With a sponge gently add diffuse green ink over the leaves and branches 

and around the edge of the card to create a border. 

Add a sentiment around the edge.

These stamps are great for quickly making batches of cards. 

Play around with different colours for different seasonal effects.

Materials used: 

White card
VersaMagic Dew Drop Ink: Spanish olive, hint of pesto, eggplant, perfect plumeria, jumbo java
Card-io Majestix Clear Peg Stamps: last orders
Card-io Clear Stamps: greenery 1
Card-io Clear Stamps: Christmas scenery 3
Sponge dauber

Thank you Claire for a super card

with a masculine feel.  Normally

so hard to do 

'Till tomorrow everyone

Mickie xx