Hi crafty friends! I am trying to mix it up a bit this month for you. This card was done using Sam Poole's Carte Postale stamp set. I just love this set as they let you get really messy and have a bit of fun with them. If you like them, Sam has them in her online shop too. The background was stamped on Kraft card with a black archival pad using the various stamps in the set. Then I crumpled the card and brought out the lines by taking the Tea Dye Distress ink pad (direct to paper method) lightly over the top of the card. I used my scissors to distress the edge of the card even more then added some ink to those edges. The smaller background piece was achieved by using the heated pearl technique. If you have never tried this, it is quite fun and a bit messy. There is a section on it on my DVD, but to give you a quick rundown, you need to apply a layer of dries clear glue to black (I use glossy) card. Next step is to cover the glue with a layer of mica pearl powder all over it. Use an old brush to tamp the mica in to the glue a bit, then heat it until it bubbles. It is best to do that from underneath so as not to blow away your mica. It always comes out different each time but it is a great background for a multitude of things (especially guy cards!). I stamped the postcard on ivory card and cut it out, distressed the edges with my scissors and inked it lightly with Antique Linen to age it even more. I used a Tim Holtz memo pin to hold one of his tickets and added a few of his sprockets and gears for another bit of interest. I mounted the entire piece askew on to dark brown card, distressed the edges a bit more, added a few more worker stamps to the edges (those little stamps on the sets that aren't really large enough for a focal element, but are great for this sort of thing) and voila, finis! I love doing this kind of card as well as "my usual" and if you like it, I will show you some more scattered through this month's posts. Another winner today! From yesterday's post (Jan. 7th), I have randomly selected number 10 which was the comment left by Crafty Mop!!! Congratulations!! Email me to claim your prize americansue1@gmail.com All for now, Sue x
Good Morning Sue,
ReplyDeleteI like this card, not my style, I have not got into this so far!!!! Have seen this idea on your DVD and have been tempted.
Thank you for sharing all your wonderful cards.
Patricia xx
Gorgeous card and I love that background technique, I'll have to give that a try.
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
Well you know Im gonna love this card!! Anything with cogs or wheels and Im in love. Ohhhh Ive never heard of this stamp set (am I living in the dark ages??). Ive been looking out for a stamp with a postcard and these stamps look perfect. Thanks so much for showing this card Sue, I love it. Lee x
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteLove this card. I also love the fact that you are showing us more styles of cards. Thank you for all the inspiration. I am going to have to get some of the kraft card as i do like the crumpled effect with the distress ink on top.
Sue
Great card melanie
ReplyDeleteFab card, I love these style of stamps!!right up my street ! Trace x
ReplyDeleteSuch a perfect card for a gentleman ! I like it :-) TH and vintage = great !
ReplyDeleteDo you do anything inside the card as well , may I ask ?
Have a nice Sunday.
Brgds
T.
Great card Sue. Quite vintage and a bit different. Suit a man perfectly. Must admit these style of cards are a bit out of my comfort zone but will definitely have to give them a go. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Such a perfect card for a gentleman ! I like it :-)
ReplyDeleteI love this card!! great for men Sue xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteNot tried this type of card before but the glue & mica method sounds fun will give it a go.
Lydia
Its always difficult with men isn't it! I am going to try the pearl technique today. Brilliant card Sue.
ReplyDeleteLinda x
My style of card Sue. A winner! x
ReplyDeleteLove love this card I have your DVD and have tried this method and love the effect, like you said it is different every time. This card is right up my street and Sam's stamps are amazing. I watched the Creative Expressions shows on C&C yesterday and Julia did a 'Sue' technique (faux batik) so you see Sue you are influencing everyone lol
ReplyDeleteHeather x
Lovely card, great for a man. x
ReplyDeleteHi Sue , I for one would love to see more of this style of cards mixed in with your other cards.Yvonne xx
ReplyDeletePerfect card and not a spellbinders in sight, yesterday no ribbons, are you feeling ok? Lol - this is a really lovely card xx
ReplyDeleteI love the distressed look of the card. Great for a men's card.
ReplyDeleteClare x
Ooooo a card just up my street full of techniques and messy inky fingers at the end - heaven...love it Sue will give this a go this is a stamp set I don't own ..yet...its on my list of needs!!!lol.
ReplyDeleteMaggie :-)
Love this card. I'm a big fan of this stamp set too. Julia xxx
ReplyDeleteHi Sue, fabb card yet again. Lovely idea for the men. I'm going to have to buy these stamp sets. yet another item in my long list of must haves.
ReplyDeleteLots of love. Jenny L.
Hi Sue
ReplyDeleteAnother great card as usual.
SC
fab card love these vintage stamps angxx
ReplyDeleteGreat card!
ReplyDeletethis is a must for me to try
ReplyDeleteHi Sue I would love to see more of this style card as well as your usual. Usually your cards challenge me to come right out of my comfort zone, but this was like coming home, messy, techniquey, not a girly ribbon or flower in sight, I even get to play with my heat gun (as Dean from C&C would say 'the science bit'). With love & light Theresa. H
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card for the men in my life. I have your DVD but not tried this technique yet - am just mastering the buttons and bows!
ReplyDeleteAnne x
Hello Sue
ReplyDeleteA lovely male card .....or add a ribbon and some gems its a female card I love Vintage colours
LoveMarg
Dear Sue
ReplyDeleteI love this card and you could show as many of this kind as you like! Love my Kraft so never too many uses of that either! I think you should mix it up a bit. These kind of techniques are how I first saw you on C and C. Still want lots of spellbinder lessons though! Vee x
As said before - "Great for a man"
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I've been hoping you'd get inky again! I love your Spellbinder cards but really miss the gorgeous things you used to show with distress inks and alcohol inks. Ger x.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteLove this card i love all your cards.
like i said yesterday you are a very talented lady.
joyce e
Morning Sue love the Sam Poole stamps youve used in this card hazel xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card and the stamps are great.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Uta
A totally different style of card with not a Spellbinder die in sight! Not sure if this is quite my thing but it certainly looks interesting and a great idea for those oh so difficult men. Will definitely try the pearl technique.
ReplyDeleteFrances
SUE NICE CARD FOR A MAN
ReplyDeleteIT IS HARD WORK DOING MENS CARDS
FROM DEBBIE
I saw the technique on your DVD and am dying to try it out but haven't got any black glossy card yet. I love to get messy, its half the fun of crafting!!
ReplyDeleteLove the card Sue,
Vicki
Great card for a man! Carole Z xx
ReplyDeleteGreat card, cannt wait to try this technique! Terrie
ReplyDeletegreat card Sue - love the heated pearl effect.
ReplyDeleteI like the heated pearl technique. I have never tried that before, but can see a session of experimenting coming on. Thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteI just love, love, love Steampunk so this card is just up my street. Saw the shows on C&C yesterday which were great, your colleague certainly loves to get messy too. Thank you for showing us this card Sue. Regards, Anne Rx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card ideal for the men, but I don't think I would be able to create anything as good.
ReplyDeleteI will have to look into the techniques and work at my technique,please dont stop the spellbinders cards tho. Hope everyone has a good day.
Congratulations to yesurdays winner.
ReplyDeleteNot a Spellbinder, ribbon, bow or flower in sight - just another fantastic card. Brilliant for mens cards.
TFS
Hugs Amanda x
Great card Sue!Vintage is what I haven't tried yet.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday Morning Sue and all.
ReplyDeleteI'm not one for messy crafting...LOL, but i love your take on this card and for the 3 special men in my life, i'm game!!!
(Linda-Lyndyloo, l left a message for you on my blog,check the comment section)
Hugs Bim x
Hi Sue
ReplyDeleteJust love this style of card-more steampunk whenever you like!
Eileen x
Great man,s card Sue. I haven't tried doing vintage cards yet.
ReplyDeleteMorning Sue, another great card. I must try the mica and glue tech, very me!Lol! Thanks for the inspiration. Hugs, Carol S.xx
ReplyDeleteGreat man's card - although not my style
ReplyDeleteFind mens cards very difficult so this would be fine
Vie
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Great male card,xx
ReplyDeleteAnother great card Sue.
ReplyDeleteGood morning, I love the idea that you are showing us different styles of cards. Although this is not my style, I do think it is a lovely card. Who knows I may get tempted in the future.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
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Love this card Sue. Will have to revisit your DVD and start getting a bit messy!!!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic male card. Looking forward to seeing more of these.
ReplyDeleteNot really my style but a great card anyway
ReplyDeleteLove it, an excellent Man card, Very different from your regular style, but just as inspirational, thank you Helen O xx
ReplyDeletehi Sue,
ReplyDeleteanother great card Sue, love the vintage look
love Jan x
Great Card Hugs Bee
ReplyDeleteLove stamping so just loving all the stamping on this card xx
ReplyDeleteHi Sue,
ReplyDeleteI've been away for the holidays and loved getting the cards on e-mail. I wouldn't know how to produce a card like this, but is it different from your usual style and interesting to see thie change.
elaine J
Lovely grungy card Sue!
ReplyDeleteHave just had a sort out of my stamps and am just off to play. Happy crafting!!
Kate
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Hi Sue
ReplyDeleteWow! it's different again. I like this style of card as not everyone is into the 'pretty' look.
Lovely card Sue..(I don't like the yellow of teastain...good to know, I won't get that one :D)
Thanks again for sharing, it's great for inspiration, but also to see what we do want and don't, in the way of the products, so thank you :D
Sue xx
Wow Sue tottaly diffrent for you again, which is great to see.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue, this card looks great but I'm always apprehensive of trying new things. It looks great fun to do though. Maybe I should give "messy" a go instead of being "precise". New Year's resolution? Thanks again for your inspiration.
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Sonia - St Helens
Hi Sue, this card looks great but I'm always apprehensive of trying new things. It looks great fun to do though. Maybe I should give "messy" a go instead of being "precise". New Year's resolution? Thanks again for your inspiration.
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Sonia - St Helens
Hi Sue
ReplyDeleteLove this one, i have a card to do for my brother in-law so he will get similar to this one, just going to get the stamps on Sam's site. Thank you,
Lizzie (serial copycat)lol xx
Yes Sue, I think the answer is we WOULD all like to see a sprinkling of this type of card too, as even the ones who prefer your usual style were full of admiration for this one. Like yesterday, I loved all the techniques explained - some I had learned from your DVD, some I already knew, but one or two I'd forgotten I knew!! (must be an age thing!)- so it's always good to revisit, as I think Barbara Gray said on tv this morning. Enjoyed Julia's Creative Expressions shows yesterday. Congrats to Crafty Mop (wish I'd thought of that name, with my long hair!) Hope you are doing ok, Sue. Sue x
ReplyDeleteA very different card for you Sue but I like it!! Ann W
ReplyDeleteI usually like swirly, flowery cards, but this one is very different and I love it!
ReplyDeleteA really great card Sue, and it´ll be perfect for a male too. I´ll have to rey this technicque too, as it´s all new to me, but I like the way this background looks here. Awesome job here again hun.
ReplyDeleteI just love steampunk style cards and the grundge look ...you have just got this right Sue I love it ..x
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely - a great guy card (which are soooo hard to do!!)
ReplyDeleteFabulous card for a man. We all struggle with those!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely card! love vintage looks.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to try this technique you've described! I hope and pray it turns out any where near as cute as yours. Wonderful card. :)
ReplyDeletevery different from your usual, I love playing with inks card etc and seeing what I end up with
ReplyDeleteyou will be bankrupt with all these winners, it's your own fault for making such beautiful cards that we all want to see....LOL
lorraine
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I really must get more into the 'distressing' technique, I absolutely love this Male card, i am going now for a sneeky peak at Sam's site for a bit of shopping! I already have the ticket stamps from Sam and I love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for a different look Sue,
Sandra Riley
Hi Sue, a great card, I do like steampunk cards and have quite afew of Sams stamps which are great for the steampunk cards.
ReplyDeleteJanet xxx
Another great card dont know how you keep coming up with different ones
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice change. It has given me another idea to use the spellbinders sprightly sprockets dies I have purchased this week.
ReplyDeleteMore please,
Carol at Henlow
I love this card. It really speaks of foreign adventure and travel. I have some pictures and mementoes of a trip to Rome with my sisters and love the mica idea to highlight those special tickets to the private tour of the Sistine Chapel! Thanks for constantly giving us new ideas!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeletewell wasnt so sure about this card, but more i look the more i like it. Love mica and did some ladies when i started crafting about year ago. Time to go back to it i think. The colour is amazing. Really like the cogs too. Thanks for inspiring me.
Born again spellbinder
Nadine
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nzillingworth@hotmail.com
A good one Sue, we need variety to appeal to all tastes.
ReplyDeleteI don't like getting Messy LOL, but this looks a good man card.
ReplyDeleteJane xx
i need to do a male travel card this is so perfect. i will just have to adapt with the stamps i have. thank you for the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue , a very different card, I will have to learn about stamping,and the other methodes you use thank you for the inspiration
ReplyDeleteIta
Another great card, thax again Sue for the share :)
ReplyDeleteAnother very different card Sue and I love it. I do not remember that background technique on your DVD so I will have to revisit that.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteAnother great card, this style really does make male cards so much easier to make.
I will have to have a go at the background using the glue and mica powder.
Ria
I love this card Sue, I am just getting into messy crafting, so will have to look in Sam's shop and get these stamps.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue,
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love the vintage/steampunk cards.More please...... x
I like this one , I am a fan of the vintage/streampunk cards. Nice one Sue.
ReplyDeleteElaine W
Really really love this steampunk & 'messy'inky style! Just had a sneaky peak and Sam has designed a great range of vintage stamps.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeleteI love this card,i like the steampunk look.
Keep the cards coming....thanks
Julie x
A very different card. I love the the idea with the mica pearls and I will have to give this a go myself. Karen x
ReplyDeleteNot my style of card but wow does it look good. Often stuck for mens cards will have to try this. Thanks Sue
ReplyDeleteThis card is ideally suited for an older gentleman I know.
ReplyDeleteHe would be delighted with the colours and the theme.
Keep sharing your stunning cards with us
Thank you and Love To All
Sue XXX
Fantabuloso Sue x
ReplyDeleteHi I love checking in on your blog and I love the card looking forward to the next one
ReplyDelete:-) :-) T
Fabulous card Sue, My cards are usually very feminine and I get stuck for male cards, so I may try doing one in this style.
ReplyDeleteChris
This card really is a dream Sue, love the vintage colours and feel.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card.
ReplyDeleteI've only been reading your blog for a few days, but I love seeing all the different styles of card you have been showing. It's really inspiring to see what you have been up to.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue
ReplyDeletelove this card, not something i would do but good idea for a man. thanks for sharing
Jean
Very different style, thanks for bringing new techniques, I enjoy messy crafting
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the heated pearl technique, I have never heard of it before. I must buy your DVD! I really like this card - its nice to have ideas for the men in our lives - thank you xx
ReplyDeleteOH WOW WOW WOW This is fabulous and i am so jealous i have wanted this set since the launch but not yet have this one i will get it eventually im sure but in the meantime im just so grateful for the inspiration so thanks Sue xx
ReplyDeleteGreat - love the steampunk/vintage look
ReplyDeleteTracy x
Good to get ideas for male cards.
ReplyDeleteHi Sue,
ReplyDeleteWOW WOW WOW This card is wonderful and just my cup of tea, I love this technique its fab.
Carol x
Hi Sue, more techniques for us to try. Love the card all works so well together. All the best Suzie B xx
ReplyDeleteHi sue, i love the smaller background piece, another technique for me to try.I especially love the messy ones. Another great card
ReplyDeleteallyneed
What a wonderful card for the men in our lives! I don't think I've seen the heated pearl technique used; I really like the effect.
ReplyDeleteJust love these style of cards. I am collecting Sam Pooles stamps and especially love her vintage/steam punk sets. Love what you do with them Sue!
ReplyDeleteSorry Sue, I am very late posting my comment again.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny but I was only just saying to one of your followers (Bim) on her blog, that I see in your cards alot of my life's experiences. Whether it be things I've heard, seen or simply learned, something in your cards always seems to inspire me, except of late. My fault, not yours of course, my mojo was away on hols!! Well Sue, this card has started it off again, but as I've used so many words already, I'll be short (yea right! I hear you saying, LOL...).
Imagine an enormous, dirty old Post Office, something almost futuristic (in a steampunk way) at the turn of the last century, postcards & letters strewn across the counters & floor. The walls textured with age, everyone dreaming of better... It is the adaptation of Terry Prachett's book 'Going Postal'. Now you have 'your card' in my head.
I do hope you will keep mixing up the cards. I, like all your followers, love to see the variety of cards and techniques.
All the best Linda
Sue, I love how I can always count on you for inspiration. I have been in a rut lately so I've been going for a Tim Holtz-style card, but it doesn't come easily to me. I made one that I like, but a gazillion that I've thrown away! So I was very excited to see yours today. I can't wait to try your mica pearl background. I LOVE to try new techniques, so I have to thank you for posting how to do that one!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, you've convinced me that perhaps my weirdo name wasn't the problem.lol Hugs, Reva
Great card Sue! This technique looks really fun - will definitely want to try it some day :) Right now, I seem to have very little time for crafting but hoping things will settle down soon. Thanks for the great inspiration!
ReplyDeleteHi Sue. Like all your creations, I love this card. Anything that smacks remotely of Steam Punk and I love it. The small background is great. I love sludgy, grungey colours. Keep 'em coming
ReplyDeleteI really love this card
ReplyDeleteloving the vintage designs!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love this card, the car image and cog's look fantastic
ReplyDeleteLindsay xx
beautiful card!! :) love the image and paper :)
ReplyDeletewill have to have a go at this one just love it sue, love nattyboots
DeleteLove the metal embellishments.
ReplyDeleteI am really loving this style of cards lately. I've been wanting to do this kind of card and now you've given me so many different ways to work it. You are awesome!!! Hugs Mimi
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