Mechanical Bird Card

Welcome to my bright and colorful semi-steampunk card. I love the look of gears and the mechanical bird image but I'm not always a fan of the dark and dreary colors that are typical of steampunk....so I opted for a non-traditional mix of colors.  I used three distress inks: lime, cranberry, and purple.

Mechanical Bird Card

Blank Page Muse Stamps:

Birds & Clocks Rubber Stamp Set
Cogs & Gears Steampunk Background Rubber Stamp
Metal Screw profile view Art Rubber Stamp

Supplies:

• Black ink pad
• Distress Ink Pads (lime, cranberry, purple)
• Spray bottle
• Clear mounting block
• Silver ink
• Black marker
• Brads

Directions:
1. Gently swipe a distress ink pad across a non-stick craft mat and then lightly spray with water until small beads form. Place a piece of white cardstock onto the wet ink and wipe it through the ink until all the puddles have absorbed.  Continue to add different colors of ink + mist to create the background.  Repeat the process until you have covered the whole bit of cardstock.

2.  Apply black ink the gear stamp and press it over the background of blended inks.

3.  Use a sponge applicator to add more ink as needed.  (I darkened the purple and added more lime.)

4.Stamp a bird image with black ink and color in using lime distress ink.  Stamp a screw with black ink and carefully cut out both shapes.

5.  Adhere the stamped background to a cranberry card base.  Apply the bird and screw to the lower right corner.

6. Use silver ink to stamp multiple clusters of small hexagon shapes.  Finally, add brads to the center of some of the gears.

Closer Look:

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A Real Classic

Hello all you Blank Page Muse fans!

 Cathy Norton here with a "classic" guys card for you!

Blank Page Muse supplies used:

1. Metal Screw profile view
2. Classic Car Front end view
3. A Real Classic Word Phrase
4. Embossing Powders - Chunky Rust & Patina Oxide

Other Supplies Used:

• Black cardstock
• White cardstock
• Washi tape
• Versafine ink
• Foam squares
• Heat tool

Start off with Metal screw stamp and Versafine ink. Stamp all over black cardstock.

Use the Chunky Rust embossing powder. Heat set it. 

Close up of Metal Screw. It really looks rusty!

 Take a scrap of white cardstock  and Classic Car Front end view stamp. Use the Versafine ink and Patina Oxide embossing powder. Emboss and cut out. Add to middle-ish of the card.

Take A Real Classic Word Phrase stamp a white cardstock square and stamp it out with black ink.  Use the Versafine ink and ink the edges of the square and then use the Patina Oxide around it.  Add foam squares to the back and add to card. 

Lastly add some washi tape to the card.

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