Retiring Sense of Time – Emboss Resist Card

So, here I am again, looking at my pile of soon-to-retire stamp sets and wondering, "Why, oh why, didn't I use these babies more?!"  Seriously!  Some of these sets I simply "had" to have, and here they sit, barely mounted and never used!  That has to be some sort of stamping sin I've commited!  Are any of you guilty of this?  Please tell me I'm not the only one! 

Take the retiring Sense of Time set, for example.  I saw SO many adorable cards created with this set that I absolutely LOVED.  It was a must-have!  I finally pulled it off my shelf for the first time this week.  So very sad.  It's not that I didn't love it…it is just that Stampin' Up! has way too many awesome stamp sets from which to choose! 

I decided I had better start inking this set up, so I chose it to create a birthday card for my husband, Andy…

OOoohhh! Now I remember why I wanted this set so much!  It does "collage" really well!  And, it coordinates with The Open Sea for even greater collage possibilities!  And, they are both great sets for masculine cards—like Father's Day!

Both versions of this card are pretty similar, but you'll notice that I used the Game Spinners for the clock hands on the second card.  They don't really spin; I glued them in place.  The second hour hand was trimmed shorter with the Craft & Rubber Scissors.

It's the background that I think is amazing on this card.  (Have you noticed that fun backgrounds are kinda my thing?)  This one was created using my most favorite background technique—Emboss Resist!

Background Layering How-Tos

• Randomly stamp gears image in Night of Navy ink onto Very Vanilla card stock.
• Randomly stamp travel log image from The Open Sea with VersaMark and Clear Emboss it with Clear Embossing Powder and the Heat Tool.
• Sponge on Crumb Cake and Early Espresso ink randomly over entire piece to "age" it and make the clear image "pop."
• Sponge Night of Navy around the edges.
• Distress the corners of the piece by tearing a corner, folding down a corner, or roughing up the edges.  Crumpling looks great, too, but I didn't do that here.

Other Card Details

• I cut out the clock dial and sponged around the edges with Night of Navy.
• I used the travel log clear-mount stamp from The Open Sea to dab on partial images onto the clock face using Crumb Cake ink.  I really like this look!
• I stamped the inner dial in Night of Navy and popped that with Dimensionals.
• I cut the Early Espresso Striped Ribbon (retiring) lengthwise for a skinnier, frayed-looking ribbon.
• I stamped the "love" image from Tiny Tags onto a Vintage Tag and either tied it around the sentiment or glued it underneath it. 

Here's the inside!  Whoa!  I actually decorated the inside…I'm so proud of myself!

Complete Supplies List:

• Stamps—Sense of Time (retiring), The Open Sea, Tiny Tags, Curly Cute
• Ink—Versamark; Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Night of Navy Classic Ink
  
• Paper—Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso card stock 
• Accessories—1-1/4" Early Espresso Striped Grosgrain (retiring), Vintage Tags, Game Spinners, Antique Brads, Clear Embossing Powder
• Tools—Craft & Rubber Scissors, Heat Tool, Distress Tool, Dimensionals, SNAIL

Order the supplies to make this project at my Too Cool Online Store!

*  *  *  *  *  

Don't miss out on this beautiful Sense of Time stamp set, and be sure to check out the Complete Last Chance Retiring Stamp List and order online before June 30, 2011.

Stay Cool!

Angie