Howling at the Moon – Tutorial #461

Hi There,

It’s been a tough past couple of days and when your sad it is hard to be creative.  At least it is for me.  But today I forced myself to sit down and pull out the stamps and card stock.  I was amazed at how much better I feel.   

I want to thank all of you for your sympathy comments, e-mails and facebook replies.  Reading them made me feel very loved and understood.  Big, big cyber hugs to you all!     I just wish our dog Lucas could read.  He is missing Abby so very much. 

Now a bit about today’s card.  When I want a masculine card, I often reach for the Stampin’ Up! Nature Silhouettes set.    I did a bit of masking and brayering and came up with this.  Check out the tutorial below.

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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . .  .

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Punched a circle from the sticky part of a post it note used it as a moon mask on a 3″ square piece of Whisper White card stock.

Brayered Pacific Point ink from the top of the card stock all the way to the bottom.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink, not covering all of the Pacific Point ink.

Brayered Night of Navy ink, not covering all of the Not Quite Navy ink.

Removed the moon mask and sponged a bit of Bashful blue ink in the moon.

Stamped the wolf using Basic Black ink.

Tore a post it note and used it as a mask to create the rock formation.

Sponged Basic Black ink in the unmask area.

Removed the mask and added White Gel Pen dots for stars.

Distressed the edges of the card stock using Basic Black ink and a sponge.

Textured a Bashful Blue card stock panel using the Sizzix Flourish Texture plate an the Big Shot Machine.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink over the textured card stock.

Stamp the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Set Elements of Style using Basic Black ink on a scrap piece of Bashful Blue card stock and then punched it out using a 1 1/4″ circle Punch.

Added a 5″ x 6″ Basic Black Panel, 4.75″ x 6.25″ Bashful Blue Panel, 3″ x 4.25″ Basic Black Panel, the texturized 2.75″ x 4″ panel, 3.25″ Basic Black panel and my main image panel.  Also added Basic Black Ribbon and hodge podge hardware.

Here is my finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

Ma

Until my next post. . . .  . . .

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