Celebrating the 4th!

Can you believe it's almost the 4th of July?  I've been having some fun with my Stacked Postage dies and thought they would make for a great patriotic card. I recently used these versatile dies on my Vintage Airmail Collection Folio. You can also see my other festive tag posted later this evening.

I made the monoprint background on Distress Watercolor Cardstock using the Stars Layering Stencil and Faded Jeans Oxide ink. Tim Holtz has a great tutorial for this technique here. After the print was fully dry, I replaced the stencil, being careful to realign it. I used my blending tool to blend Distress Microglaze through the star openings, wiped the excess with a clean cloth, and removed the stencil.

I inked up one of the Ornate Trims stamps with Fired Brick oxide and spritzed lightly with water. The image is resisted by the microglaze, making those stars really pop among the stripes. I blended the panel with Frayed Burlap Distress ink, and finally blended microglaze over the entire panel to bring out the color and to protect it.

The frame was left over from that Mail Folio project. At first, I applied oxide color to the reverse side and applied Distress Resist spray to give the frame a polished look like Paula Cheney shows in her tutorial. I noticed the stars on this side, and decided they worked better than the airplane blueprint design on the reverse. I colored the 'frame' with Fired Brick oxide and Candied Apple ink,  and noticed the Resist spray boo boo. I decided to go with it anyway, and applied some  Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon to balance the shimmer on the Mirrored Stars I adhered in the opposite corner.

The Mirrored Stars were colored with Adirondack Snow Cap Mixative and Distress crayons in Faded Jeans and Tarnished Brass.

I cut apart and colored a Found Relative from the Occasions pack, added an altered Numeric and Milk Cap and chose one of the Occasions Small Talk stickers for my sentiment. I had to add the bits of Christmas Fringe to stand in as a bunting--just added a little blue ink and a spritz of Tarnished Brass Mica spray to take it from Christmas to 4th of July! Or you could use the plain white fringe. I love this stuff, and can't wait to get it in white.

I used some hoarded Nostalgic Distress card stock for my blue postage frame and mats. A little added ink brings everything together.

I hope you enjoyed this post, and if you celebrate it, I wish you a Happy and safe 4th of July! Thank you for stopping by!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

(APRIL PRE-ORDER) Sizzix Thinlits Set - Stacked Postage by Tim Holtz	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Stars	(EARLY FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Ornate Trims	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Faded Jeans	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Fired Brick
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Candied Apple	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot	(SEPTEMBER PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set- Metallics (Antique Bronze/Brushed Pewter/Tarnished Brass)
(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #9	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Fired Brick	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Tumbled Glass	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence	Ranger Distress Micro Glaze
(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Resist Spray 2oz	Ranger Tim Holtz Mica Sprays RMTK47964 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Snow Cap Mixative	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Found Relatives - Occasions
(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Milk Caps	( LATE SEPTMEBER PRE - ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fringe Christmas	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Numeric	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Small Talk Occasions	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Wonderful Dad Father's Day Card

Hello friends! It's that time again, the Funkie girls are revealing their takes on the current challenge 'Letter Perfect' at Frilly and Funkie. The challenge theme was chosen by me and here's the lowdown:

"According to Merriam Webster, 'letter perfect' is defined as "correct to the smallest detail". We're not asking you to be immaculate or flawless; we just want to see letters or words on your vintage or shabby chic project. They don't have to be the focus, but be sure we can see them!"

In need of a Father's Day card for my husband, I chose to make one using my latest purchase from The Funkie Junkie Boutique. I instantly fell head over heels with the vintage typewriter and clock diagrams in Tim Holtz' Inventor 1 stamp set. The detail is amazing and even with such detail, the image stamps crisp and clean. The typewriter has letters on it, and immediately came to mind when I thought of this challenge.

I started with Heavystock Mixed Media card and pounced it in puddles of watery Frayed Burlap and Iced Spruce Distress Oxides. I stamped the typewriter in Potting Soil Archival ink, and made an extra impression on scrap. I fussy cut the scrap, cutting just the typewriter to use as a mask. I place the mask over the typewriter and proceeded to do a monoprint using Tim's Cargo stencil. I blended Black Soot DOX over the back side of the stencil and spritzed with water to make the print. Inking the reverse side is important, because since you're dealing with letters you want it to face the right way. Tim's got a great tutorial on the monoprint technique using his stencils here, if you don't already know how to do it. I do mine a little differently, but it all comes out the same way.

I couldn't wait to use Tim's Ticket Booth Framelits for the first time. I used one of the dies to make part of my sentiment. For my Distress paint resist, I used his Type Lower Cling Foam stamps to spell out and stamp 'Dad' in Antique Linen Distress paint. When that was dry , I blended over with Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap DOX and splashed with water. I edged with Ground Espresso ink and added Remnant Rubs - Tiny Text and one from an old set all chopped up into little pieces. I grunged up an Index Clip with Rocky Road Baked Texture and added another old Remnant Rub inside.

'Wonderful' is cut from Classic Kraft Stock and a Pondering Words, Thin die. I sanded it, and blended with Ground Espresso ink. I backed it with a scrap that was colored with Antique Linen and Frayed Burlap DOX, adhering with Distress Collage Medium Matte.

I matted this panel on a panel of Classic Kraft Stock, and then again on a panel of Heavystock that I wrapped with Design Tape. This sweet typewriter text is from the Journey set.

I know it's hard to see 'Dad' on my card in my photos, but it's pretty obvious in real life. Geez, I hope my hubby sees it! I hope you've found some inspiration here, but there's plenty more over at Frilly and Funkie, where you can see some wonderful 'Letter Perfect' examples from my Frilly and Funkie teammates. Then I hope you'll play along for a chance to be be a random winner of a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique or be chosen as one of the Design Team's four favorites, with the top choice given the opportunity to be Guest Designer. Be sure to visit the blog for details.

I'm sharing with these challenges:

Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #49 – "Wrap it Up!" I wrapped my base with Design Tape.

Country View Challenges June 2018 - The Written Word Text around my card, over my card and words on the sentiment.

Creative Artiste Challenge #39 Anything Mixed Media Goes

Love 2 Create Challenge #9 Anything Creative/Mixed Media

Scrapy Land Challenge #91 Anything Goes Wonderful and Ticket are two Sizzix dies.

Thank you for your visit today and for all your wonderful comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

These products were used and can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

TIm Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock TDA53835	(LATE MARCH PRE-ORDER) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Inventor 1	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Frayed Burlap	(February Pre-order) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Iced Spruce	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Black Soot
(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Potting Soil	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Ink Pad	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Cargo	(APRIL PRE-ORDER) Sizzix Framelits Die Set - Ticket Booth by Tim Holtz
(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Type Lower Cling Foam Stamps	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Antique Linen	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rub - Tiny Text	(MID-JANUARY PRE-ORDER) Seth Apter Baked Texture - Rocky Road	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock
(APRIL pre-order) Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 30PK - Pondering Words, Thin by Tim Holtz	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDAK47933 (February Pre-Order)	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Journey Design Tape	Tim Holtz Ideaology Adornments Index Clips Fasteners TH93574