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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

A Birthday Tool Shed

Hiya friends!  Just a quick post tonight (since Sunday's was a monster one, lol!) to share another card I made with Lesley's fun tic-tac-toe challenge over at The Paper Players.  I needed a card for a male co-worker and the blue, dry embossing, masculine elements gave me the creative boost I needed!
These punch art wrenches are all over blogland and is the perfect accent for our very own Mr. Fix-it's birthday card!  Of course, a wrench is kept in the tool shed, right?  I don't own the Tool Shed background stamp but it's a download in My Digital Studio (MDS)--perfect!  In MDS, I made a box (with the square punch shape) about the size of an A2 card front.  I colored the box with Crumb Cake, layered the Tool Shed stamp over it and "colored" the stamp in Early Espresso.  Then I printed it onto Very Vanilla cardstock, sponged the edges and the result is my own DSP!
How 'bout that Woodgrain embossing folder from the brand-new, just released Holiday Mini catalog?  Swoon.  You know that was the first thing on my pre-order!  I sponged it with some espresso ink to really bring out the deep texture.  Love it!  Speaking of the Holiday Mini, do you have yours?  It's GOR-JUSS!!  If you need one, and you're not already working with a demonstrator, let me know and I will mail one to you!

Remember, there's still time to play along with us over at The Paper Players.  Check out the Tic-Tac-Toe board and join us before Friday, August 3rd at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by!
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12 comments:

  1. Awesome stuff here Nance, also swooning over the woodgrain texture, how fabulous! Can't wait to hear about your trip.
    Hugs,
    Lesley

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  2. This is an amazing card! Love the details...

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  3. Fabulous card!! The wrench is wonderful and your colors and layout make it even better!

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  4. Nance Love this card! I really like the BG toolshed, which I don't have either, but WILL be getting in digital...
    I absolutely love the wrench and I made one two years ago for my brother... I think I got the punch art from Linda Aarhus. Too too cute. You really went up a notch with the handle brads.. how cute.
    Hugs.

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  5. Yep I knew that woodgrain had your name all over it when I saw it in the catalog! love the mega-wrench! Great guy card!

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  6. gorgeous!!!! I love the pop that the woodgrain EF adds (and as soon as I saw it in the mini, I knew you would be adding that to your preorder!!) :-)

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  7. This is fantastic! I love that wrench and your background and embossing is fabulous! A very manly card!!

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  8. Oh Nance! This is fabulo-so! I bet your co-worker loved it!

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  9. Look at you, Nance rocking two cards this week! This is a FABULOUS masculine card, perfect for any "tool guy". (coming from the gal who always gets pliers and a wrench confused...lol!) Gorgeous layout, too. Hope you had a fun week, friend! Big hugs! :)

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