Endeavour Morse Inspired

Hello Crafty Friends!

It's the start of a new challenge over at The Male Room challenge blog where the bi-weekly challenge is all about making cards for the men in our lives. Here is my DT project ...

Each challenge, of course, has a different theme. For challenge #78 we are looking for makes Inspired By Television. Lots of scope there!

#78 - Inspired by Television - 31st January

I went for a make inspired by my favourite 'whodunnit' Morse, taken out of its Oxford setting and transplanted into a nautical theme mainly due to his first name being Endeavour, Nelson's flagship.

What did I take from it ...
You got the dots and dashes for morse code plus some letters and numbers - Morse in his younger years was a code breaker during WWII.
The musical score is for his love of anything Classic especially Wagner.
The lighthouse stand for him being kind of beacon, he can't be corrupted and hasn't got much time for bent cops.
The compass, well ... he follows his inner compass solving crimes.

Apart from that, the card came together using stenciling, stamping, masking and some colouring using watercolour and alcohol markers.

Fancy creating your own Television Inspired make, pop over to The Male Room for more inspiration and to link up your masculine makes.

That's it from me for today
Have a lovely day!
hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
Tempting Turquoise and Smokey Slate inks, black card - Stampin'Up!
brush markers, alcohol markers - The Works
Old Paper Distress Ink

from STAMPlorations:
True North, Lighthouse - Large, Mixed Media Grunge, Scribbly Splattery Grunge
   

Uppercase Alphabet Plate Die, Lowercase Alphabet Plate Die, Dots And Dashes Stencil
  
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September Mixed Media Challenge

Hello, Crafty Friends!

Welcome to this first Sunday in September and the start of a new Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. As you know Anything Mixed Media Goes as long as it is not a card and you use at least one stencil.

My DT contribution for September is ... a coaster ....

... which is now adorning my craft table for somewhere to rest the all important brew on.

Here are the basic steps on how I made it:

• die cut a large circle to fit a chipboard coaster base
• blend the background using turquoise, yellow and pink inks (I used Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo SU inks)
• use white Craft ink through the Dots And Dashes stencil
• sponge pink (Melon Mambo) through the Gridlocked stencil
• stamp the foot prints and sentiments from the Born to Roam stamp set
• apply Sparkle Medium (Cherry) using the Some Birds stencil
• stamp, colour and fuzzy cut the globe and sentiment from Born To Roam, create a shadow for the globe using copper coloured chalk and attach in place
• add sequin and coat with ModPodge

I hope you feel inspired to create something different .... why not link it up with the Mixed Media Challenge over at STAMPlorations. The theme is always Anything Mixed Media Goes except cards which means projects such as tags, ATCs, canvases, layouts, art journal pages etc,are perfect for entering, and you must have used at least one stencil (any brand) in your project. The challenge will close at the end of the month. You can find the full challenge details plus more Mixed Media inspiration here on the STAMPlorations Blog.

That's it from me for today. I shall be back soon with another project to share.

Have a lovely day!

hugs
Monika xxx

here is what I used:
ARTplorations Stencils: Gridlocked. Dots And Dashes, Some Birds 
  

STAMPlorations Stamps: Born To Roam