Sunday, 3 May 2015

Road Trip

Welcome to my post for this week's challenge at The Paper Players, where Sandy has given us a Transportation theme.

I pulled out my Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz set called Travel Ways but really wasn't in the mood to create a vintage card, so I took the vintage-looking images and created a CAS card.


First I stamped the car in black onto the card base and clear-embossed it.  I then used the ink-smooshing technique again (love how easy that technique is!) and used the colors from ColourMe, but in Distress inks - Rusty Hinge, Scattered Straw and Wild Honey.

Once I was happy with the ink placement, I stamped the sentiment in Archival Black ink and my card was finished!


Thanks for visiting.  The rest of the design team have some wonderful cards using this theme, so I hope you'll have time to join us.


Products used:

Stamps:  Travel Ways (Stampers Anonymous)
Ink:  Archival Black, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge
Cardstock:  White
Accessories, Clear EP, Acetate

Cheers
Karren

 Edited to Add:  This card got a shout-out at Colour Me.


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19 comments:

  1. Lee Ann Barrett4 May 2015 at 00:34

    This is the perfect cas card, Karren! Love how it turned out; aren't those colors awesom?! I used them for a challenge as well. Cool car, too! :) Lee Ann

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  2. Linda Callahan4 May 2015 at 02:06

    Oh man I love this!

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  3. Claire Broadwater4 May 2015 at 03:34

    WOW! What a perfect CAS card, Karren! I adore that antique card! This is perfect for any guy! Love the colors, too! XX

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  4. laurie4 May 2015 at 03:52

    Your "smooshing" turned out awesome! I love that image, and the sentiment is perfect.Have a fun Sunday!

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  5. Jen Mitchell4 May 2015 at 08:23

    This looks so much like a vintage car bursting out of a time warp! How do you think of these things???

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  6. LeAnne4 May 2015 at 09:14

    I am IN LOVE with this card......and car! I love EVERY SINGLE THING about it!

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  7. Kim S4 May 2015 at 10:42

    Fabulous! It looks kind of rusty like an old car - yet it glows (kind of like I feel starting a road trip!)

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  8. Linda Handford5 May 2015 at 01:31

    Love your card, so simple but stylish, great card :)

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  9. Tanja5 May 2015 at 05:50

    love your smooshing - a lot of fun and fantastic effect - thanks for joining us at Colur me...! this week

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  10. Narelle Farrugia5 May 2015 at 22:57

    Soooooo coo! Love your totally fabulous CAS masculine card!

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  11. Nance Leedy6 May 2015 at 13:53

    Totally fabulous, Karren! The colors, the layout that big, shiny car--love it. You rocked this challenge, my friend!

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  12. maria f.7 May 2015 at 01:10

    This is wonderfully done. Congrats on your shout out at Colour me.

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  13. stampwithsandy7 May 2015 at 04:05

    I absolutely love this, Karren! What a super cool car. Wish I could see how shiny it is in person!

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  14. Debbie Mageed7 May 2015 at 08:05

    This card sure brings back some memories for me! I have no idea what smooshing is but I sure love the effect on your card. This is a great masculine card!!

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  15. Unknown8 May 2015 at 05:55

    What a great way to combine all those colors! I love your 'smooshing' and will have to look that up so I can learn to do it too!! I love your style of clean and simple!!

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  16. Joanne James - The Crafty Owl8 May 2015 at 08:01

    A fab CAS card Karren - I'm off to learn about ink smooshing too, it is the perfect background to your roadster!

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  17. Ann Schach8 May 2015 at 15:26

    Wow, Karren! Smooshing certainly created the perfect background for this fabulous card! Great job!!!

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  18. Anne Marie Hile9 May 2015 at 16:08

    I love how you turned the vintage image into such a rip and clean CAS card, Karren. Love how you mixed the colors on the stamped background, too. Just gorgeous!

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  19. Marika 19 May 2015 at 22:54

    Love that background! Will you explain it to me, please? So do you ink you craft mat and sprinkle some water and then put a paper on it.. I translated the word and this is what google translate gave me "use a sharp knife so as not to smoosh the broccoli" :D

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