Saturday, October 13, 2012

Cardabilties #61- Giving the Gears

"Giving the Gears" is what I have decided to call my card this week for Cardabilities.  I first thought of all the different stamp sets that I could use for a flower embellishment like the sketch, but then I needed a masculine card and bingo the gears came to me.


I started with a 2" strip of tin foil and adhered it to the card front.  Then I ran it through my Cuttlebug using the Gear Embossing Folder and shims on both sides of the CS to avoid embossing the other sections of the CS.  Then a simple frame was cut out of Black CS and adhered directly to the tin foil.  A series of cogs were punched out and sponged.  In order to give dimension to the cogs I used small strips of foam and inked the sides with black so that they would not be noticed when the card was seen from the side.

                     
You can see from the picture on the left the tin foil  embossed without any tearing.  I would highly recommend using this for any "metal" look when you don't have regular tin, plus it is safer (no cuts or scratches).

I hope you like what I have come up with.  Hop on over to Cardabilities now and see what the other Designers have in store for you.  Don't forget to give the sketch a try. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for dropping by.

Nancy

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10 comments:

  1. The tin foil works wonderfully!! I love the cascade of gears!

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  2. Love this card!! The gears look great!!

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  3. Isn't it so much fun to use everyday stuff like foil in our crafty adventures?! Great masculine card & take on the sketch

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  4. love your take on the card Nancy! such a great masculine card and looks fabulous x

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  5. Fabolous masculine card. I love the colors and theme for your card, as well how you interpreted the sketch!

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  6. I realy love what you did with Karan's sketch!

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  7. Perfect for man, especially for someone who likes DIY :) This silver embossed paper looks fantastic!

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  8. cool card ♥ love the detailed photos

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  9. Great card ! great masculine card... I should try one day some gears!!!

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  10. Super cool card...love it! ...HUGS...SK :)

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