Saturday, August 24, 2013

Using Up Some of Those Hoarded Supplies

Helllllo!! Well, summer is officially over now as the Kiddo's started school this past week. Now, I get the pleasure of trying to figure out three different schedules again!! The sport practices are what throw me for a loop!! All three boys are involved in one or two different sports, so keeping track of who is where and when can get my head a spinnin', LOL!

I needed to come up with yet another masculine teenage birthday card this weekend.  Of course, MoJo decided to throw a little fit since I've neglected her for a while and decided not to cooperate when I needed her most! Go figure!! You would think that by now I'd realize that I am not one of those who can just turn on the "WOW" creative juices on a whim!! I need to keep that line dripping at all times or it takes a while to get the wheels turning again!!

I had a very vague idea floating in my head, but have to admit that the supplies (or lack of) dictated that I forge a different route.  While not the direction I would have preferred to go, given my last minute ahem! deadline and lack of MoJo, I'm thankful that I got a card made and used up a bit of of chipboard pieces that I have had in my stash forevah!!!

I started with some Pure Luxury card stock in Ivory, because much to my dismay, I discovered that I'm out of white!! YIKES!! I dripped a couple of drops of Distress Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass on my craft sheet and spritzed with water.


Using an old toothbrush I splattered the watered down ink on the front of my card.


I did a little sponging around the edges of the card with Distress Ink Vintage Photo.  I then decided to keep things simple and adhered some old DCWV chipboard embellishments and idea-ology alpha parts Ransom numbers that I swiped with Distress Paint in Picket Fence.


Not necessarily a WOW card, but it rated a "That's cool" from the Youngest Kiddo, so that must count for something!!

Now I just need to keep that trickle of ideas going!!

'Till next time.................hope you have a creative week!!

6 comments:

Melody (lacyquilter) said...

Great card - perfect for a young teen.

Glenda said...

I love all the cool elements to this card! It will make some young teen very happy!

Stef H said...

i LOVE the spattered look and this is totally fabulous!

trust me... YOU of all people can turn out a WOW in a matter of seconds without a 2d thought!!!!

keep on smiling!

hugs :)

Sylvia said...

What a fun birthday card, Starla, you always think up some good masculine teenager cards! Hope you had a nice summer! Happy Thursday!

Micki said...

I love it. You know me, love splatters and drips and it's perfect for a teen. I totally agree with Stef H.......:-)

dawnmercedes said...

you're a whiz with splatter!