Happy Tuesday!
Father’s Day is coming up so I thought I’d share a fun masculine card idea with you featuring the popular paper dolls by Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide and a bunch of kraft colored goodness 🙂
I started by working with a variety of Distress Oxide Inks on a #8 manila tag. I used what I like to call the ‘dip & drip’ technique- rubbing a few colors onto my Ranger Craft Sheet, spritzing with water and dipping the tag into it. I let it drip a bit, then dried with a heat tool and repeated the process. The Oxide inks layer beautifully, giving a really funky effect. I finished off the tag with some brown ink around the edges. I also stamped a vintage button border in the same brown along the left side and added a few rings of white paint (using a lid as my tool). The card background is also Distress Oxide, a simply stamped a small dot background onto the kraft card base and a few of those paint rings as well.
I’ve been looking for things to seat the sitting dolls on, and this coffee cup seemed like a fun ‘larger than life’ option- especially for my coffee loving Dad!
I always like to add texture, and this mustache ribbon from my stash, the burlap coffee sleeve and the decorative brads helped to complete this card. It can be a challenge for a lot of us making masculine cards that aren’t boring, but details like this make it easy!
I hope you got a bit of inspiration for some masculine creations this week!
Inky hugs,
Tara
Materials Used:
Tim Holtz Paper Dolls
Assorted Colors of Distress Oxide
Sizzix Coffee Die
5×7 Kraft Card
#8 Manila Tag (#5 fits nicely on an A2 card)
Small Dots Background Stamp
Sentiment Stamp by Hero Arts (from years ago!)
Assorted decorative brads from my stash
