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May 1, 2009

Monster Scales








Sorry I have been a bad blogger this past month or so. LOL It has been one thing after another! I have been hard at work organizing my ribbon, which I can't wait to show you! Soon, I will explain WHAT I did and show you PICTURES! It took me a couple weeks! EEEK! THAT is when you KNOW you have too much ribbon! I think I actually reached that point and I didn't think it was possible! This ribbon addict is NOT reformed by any means, but perhaps I can be a TINY bit more conservative in my ribbon purchasing... MAYBE! heehee
For this card, I used my Monsters Ink stamp set by MFT. The little monsters are SO fun to play with. It was fun to make a card that wasn't girly and frilly... or PINK. LOL

The images were stamped in Memento black and colored with Copics. I used YG91, 93 and 95. The sidewalk was drawn in with an SU marker and a ruler. I used W1, 3 and 5 to color the sidewalk. The wispy shadowy thing was made using BG10 and BG13. I followed a tutorial found HERE to do it. I love the textured look on the boy monster. It is achieved using some Copic blender solution.

I wanted to mimic the boy tie on the boy monster, so I created one with ribbon and used it as an embellishment to balance out the card. I did some crazy stitching and added some simple black brads. To play up the sentiment, I cut out one of the girl monster's eyes and popped it up a bit.

To achieve the "scaly" background, I used my Cuttlebug mosaic embossing folder and then embossed in clear over the dry embossed piece.

I have a story about the sentiment used on this card. Kim sent me over the set while it was in the process of being finished and asked if I had any sentiment ideas. I printed out the set and stared at it and couldn't think of anything, so I went and asked my hubby to help me. He was deep in thought for a while and came up with 2 of the 3 sentiments for this set! Cute huh? The one I used is one of them and the other is: "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" which I thought was SO cute and fitting! Kim loved his suggestions and used them for the set! I was proud of him for really trying to help and loved his clever suggestions. :)

Stamps: Monsters Ink
Ink: black memento, Versamark
Paper: white, black , kiwi
Accessories: black brads, ribbon, Janome sewing machine, Copic markers, colorless blender refill, rag, SU marker, CB embossing folder, clear embossing powder, black dimensionals
Have a WONDERFUL weekend!
Hugs
Jody

12 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness these guys are so fun and cute.

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  2. Such a darling monster card! LOVE that CB embossed layer. Clever hubby, too. :)

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  3. I love embossing folders and I love clear heat embossing and I love that you did both! Super cute!

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  4. This looks awesome. I love the embossed background and the details on the monster!

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  5. how fun and cute this is love the backgd
    Hugs
    Norine

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  6. Great card!! I love how you clear embossed the cuttlebugged background - super cool!

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  7. What a great card. I love the way you've done the clear embossing, it's so fitting and looks fab. I've not tried that technique with them, will have to play now :o) Clever hubby too on coming up with the great sentiments

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  8. LOL I giggled when I saw this pop up...too cute! Love your cool background and sidewalk you created!
    Can't wait to see what you've been up to with all your yummy ribbon¡

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  9. So cute and creative. Great job

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  10. Love the scaley paper you used/made on the left! And how cute (and sweet) that your husband so thoughtfully contributed to something that you do and is important to you! :>

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  11. Love this - so cute - and that bow tie is just great! Can't wait to see what you've been up to with that ribbon! And wow your hubby is so clever!! :-)

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  12. Too cute, love the cuttlebug bg!!

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