Surfing Gabriel!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a masculine card using Surfing Gabriel - TT516 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and No Waves - FR011 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Gabriel is enjoying the waves and the bright skies. I can't wait for the weather to warm up here so that I can start swimming again too!

To make my card this week, I die cut a square from Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out. A larger square was cut using Waffle Flower - Nesting Square dies and spare blue cardstock. The image and sentiment were both stamped using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured in the image with Copic markers. Then, I created a mask and put it over top of the coloured image and added in my clouds using various Tim Holtz inks listed below and Avery Elle - Pierced Clouds Die (Used to create stencils). To create the spray on the waves, I mixed a little bit of FolkArt - Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint and Delta Ceramcoat - White paint and applied it to the coloured image using a 1/4" H.J. Domed Dry Stipple brush. For a little extra sparkle, I added some DecoArt Glamour Dust while the paint was still wet.

Brother Scan and Cut was used to die-cut around the sentiment. Edges were inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Blueprint Sketch. A second circle was die cut using Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles out of aqua cardstock and inked with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers.

To assemble the card, I used Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5 for the base. Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean was used to ink around the edges of the card. The coloured image was glued to the larger square and the sentiment was glued to the larger circle. 3M VHB - 2 sided tape was attached to the backs of the larger circle and square and attached to the base card. To finish it off, YNS Gumdrops were added.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Surfing Gabriel - TT516 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: No Waves - FR011 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink - Broken China, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Blueprint Sketch, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5 (Assorted Box of Cards), Aqua cardstock, Blue cardstock

Die Cuts: My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out, Waffle Flower - Nesting Square dies, Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles

Stencil: Avery Elle - Custom Steel Dies - Made in the USA - D-05-01 PiercedCloudsDie (Used to create stencils)

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Picket Fence - Blending Brush, 1/4" H.J. Domed Dry Stipple, YNS Gumdrops, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R30, R20 (Eyes: Sakura Glaze - Black, Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen)

Hair: E47, E44, E43, E40

Swim Trunks: B79, B69, B66, YG03, YG01

Surf Board: Y38, Y17, Y15, YR18, YR16, BG57, BG32, BG11

Water: BG70, B93, B91, B52, B41, B06, B02, B01, B000

Water Droplets: B06, B02, B00

Sentiment: B000

Foamy Water: FolkArt - Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint, Delta Ceramcoat - White, DecoArt Glamour Dust

Check out some other fun new stamps from the vault for Boys and Men here:
THE VAULT IS OPEN! MEN & BOYS RELEASE Archives - High Hopes Rubber Stamps (highhopesstamps.com)

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

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