Impression Obsession “Masculine” Challenge

Good Thursday morning and welcome to the Impression Obsession “Masculine” Design Team challenge. Masculine cards can present a real challenge for me since I tend to favor making cards with flowers and/or floral scenes. For today’s project I turned to my  Deer Trio, Fir Trees, Tall Grass, Grass Border and Small Bird Set  to create a masculine scene.

I started by turning my brown ink pad face down and rubbing it up and down directly on a piece of white woodgrain embossed cardstock to apply ink and then heat dried the paper.  I cut a frame opening with a Matting Basics A die and a second frame in green with a Matting Basics B die. I attached the two frames together with strips of mounting tape, attached the grass border to the mounting tape and then attached the frame to the kraft card base with another level of mounting tape for dimension. Check out my double matted frame tutorial  if you would like to see step by step photos of how I make my frames.

I cut the deer and birds using kraft cardstock and colored them using a mini applicator and brown ink.  I cut and crimped the tree and attached to the card base with mounting tape. I cut a tall grass section and cut apart and attached the sections in behind the grass border with glossy accents.  I attached the deer with mounting tape and finished the scene by adding a few flying birds in the sky area and a few on the grasses attaching them with glossy accents.

Why don’t you come along and play with us. To enter the challenge go to the Impression Obsession Blog (all the details are there!). A random challenge card will be selected to showcase on the IO blog and you can to enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing! I hope you will go check out what the other IO teams members created for the challenge. Thanks for coming by today.

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Kittie Caracciolo(that’s me)

Laura Fulcher

Vicki Garrett

Impression Obsession Dies, Deer Trio	Impression Obsession Dies, Fir Trees	Impression Obsession Dies, Grass Border	Impression Obsession Dies, Grass
Impression Obsession Dies, Sm. Bird Set	Fiskars Paper Crimper, Straight	Essentials by Ellen: Woodgrain Embossed #110 Cardstock, White, 10 Pk	Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Gumdrop, 25 pk
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Peanut Cluster, 25 pk	Spellbinders S5-131 Nestabilities Card Creator A-2 Matting Basics A Die Templates	Spellbinders S5-132 Nestabilities Card Creator A-2 Matting Basics B Die Templates	Distress Ink Pad, Vintage Photo
Distress Ink Pad, Antique Linen	PanPastel Sofft Mini Applicators, 12 pk	Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape	Sizzix Accessory, Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies
Sizzix Big Shot Machine, Powder Blue & Teal	Accents, Glossy	Teflon Bone Folder	Tim Holtz Tonic Retractable Craft Pick

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