Extremely Quick Guitar Dude

      This is card three of my “quick” cards.  I don’t know what I was thinking?  I wanted to give the Bouncing Brayer technique a try…but I had no time (or patience) to do it properly.  I ended up just jumping the brayer in a circle around the Whisper White card stock with Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie ink.  Looks a bit messy but not too bad.  Keep in mind, I was in a hurry.  Stamp the Extreme Guitar dude in the center in Basic Black Craft and call it finished!  Of course, I couldn’t just leave the dude floating in air so I added the Basic Black strip of card stock as a “stage”.  The sentiment is from the Bring On The Cake set.

     I know…it’s not the bouncing brayer look I was going for but it looks kinda “cool”!  I’ll try this again…when I have more time (and patience) to do it correctly.  Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you’ve been inspired to try something new today :)

Hugs,

Leslee

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Extreme Baseball Elements

 

      This is the second of three cards that I quickly made this past weekend.  For a young man’s birthday, this mix of Extreme Elements, the retired Just Baseball and retired Sporting is a perfect combination!  The Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White color combo works nicely as well.  I chose Cherry Cobbler only because this young man plays on a team whose jerseys are red in color.  I think that any other color would have worked nicely too.  Got to love versatility!  A quick distressing of the edge with the Cutter Kit and done!

     Not much to say about this card.  Only that it is extremely fun and makes me smile :)  I hope you’ve been inspired…extremely!

Hugs,

Leslee

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Extreme Birthday

 

     This month seems to be the month of never ending birthdays.  Along with that comes the never ending line up of birthday parties.  Yesterday was no exception…I took Adam to one party while Don took Jesse to a combined party for two of the cousins.  Of course, with as busy as I’ve been all week, I waited until the morning of to make three cards.  I quickly reached for my go-to set, Extreme Elements.  I LOVE this set.  It’s so quick and easy and can be used in a variety of ways.  For this card, I used some scraps that were tossed about on my desk.  The sentiment is from the Hostess Level 1 set, Afterthoughts.  These colors, Pacific Point and Cherry Cobbler, are so bold together.  A really nice looking combination for a young man. 

     This card came together very quickly.  Thank heavens for that!  And thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you’ve been extremely inspired :)

Hugs,

Leslee

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Scalloped Circle Card w/ Envelope

I don’t make odd sized cards too often.  Simply because I don’t have envelopes to fit or they won’t mail or require additional postage.  In this case, we weren’t going to mail the card so I decided to try my hand at creating my own envelope to fit the smaller size of the Scalloped Circle die.   

     I began with a standard medium sized envelope that Stampin’ Up! carries.  I adhered the flap to the back and cut off the end just so it covers the scalloped circle card.  Then, I used a piece of DSP (the retired SAB Ice Cream Parlor was used for this envelope) to create a new flap.  I punched a Scallop Edge and secured the paper to the inside of the envelope.  I punched a 2-3/8” Scallop Circle in the envelope so that you can get the card in and out easily. 

     I decorated my envelope to coordinate with my card using the Hostess Level 1 Birthday Bakery set.  I used several markers and a Blender Pen to color in the image on the card and left the image on the envelope with no color.  There is plenty of color on the DSP.

     The inside of the card is simply a strip of cardstock designed as a pocket to tuck a gift card into.  The sentiment is from Bring On The Cake.   

     I love how this card and envelope turned out!  The bright colors just make me happy!  I hope you’ve been inspired to do something that makes you happy today.  Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Leslee

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Surf’s Up!

     I’ve had this awesome stamp, Extreme Surfboard, for several months now.  I finally got to ink it up!  I had a young man’s birthday card to make.  Perfect set to use!  And talk about quick…less than 10 minutes!

     I began with a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  Brayered Bashful Blue onto the top, on a diagonal, to create the beautiful blue sky.  It took a few times to achieve the color I wanted.  Someone once told me that if you think it is dark enough, brayer it two more times.  She said that Classic ink will dry two shades lighter.  That’s what I heard, so that’s what I do.  How true?  I don’t know but I’m not going to waste my time to find out :)  The bottom corner, opposite the sky, uses Baja Breeze done in the same way.  Just keep adding until you like it and add two more.  Yes, I re-ink the brayer as often as I need to. 

     I stamped the surfer in Marina Mist.  That’s right…I wanted the blue of the water to show.  I then used a Basic Black marker to color in the silhouette of the surfer.  I used my White Gel Pen to add some white to the “sea spray” on the wave.

     The rest of the card is easy-peasy.  The Extreme Elements set makes the perfect back drop for this extreme surfer.  I created a piece of patterned paper with the one element on the Not Quite Navy cardstock.  The main image was layered onto a Baja Breeze mat.  Some Linen Thread was wound around the image panel and I adhered it to the base with Dimensionals. 

     I had so much fun with this card.  I really love the technique and will certainly be doing more of it.  I see other cards with this 'dude’ on it! :)  Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope that you’ve been inspired to get EXTREME! 

     By the way, do you brayer?  Or is it bray?  What is the proper term? 

Hugs,

Leslee

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