Seattle Skyline Birthday Card

I was born and raised in Northern California, but I have lived in Southwest Washington for over 8 years.  I absolutely LOVE living in the Pacific Northwest.  One of the joys of living here is being so close to Seattle.   My friend's birthday is this month and I thought it would be fun to send her a card with the Seattle skyline on it.  Hopefully it will make her miss me enough to come up for a visit.  ;) 

To create a skyline card for yourself follow these steps.

1. Stamp skyline in dark ink
2. Sponge over inked image.  I started with green at the bottom, moved up to yellow at the horizon and finished with a blue sky.  Change colors to get a sunset, sunrise or twilight horizon.

Stamps: Sketchy Cities America 2, Sohcahtoa  (Altenew) 

Ink: Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron (Distress) Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accesories: White Uniball Pen (Signo) Clear Embossing Powder (Stampin' Up) Wink of Stella

Altenew Clear Stamps, Sketchy Cities America 2

Altenew Clear Stamps, Sohcahtoa

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Cracked Pistachio

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Peacock Feathers

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Squeezed Lemonade

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Twisted Citron

Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad, Salty Ocean

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Tumbled Glass

Ranger Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam, 1 Inch Round

Ranger Ink Blending Tool, 1 Inch Round

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Uni-ball Impact Gel Pen, White

Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker, Silver

Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator

WOW Embossing Powder, Regular - Clear Gloss

You Rock!

Boy, does it feel good to be back in the stamp room again.  :)  This week the challenge at StampNation is being sponsored by Altenew.  They are a new stamp company that has bold, graphic, yet classy designs.  It's been fun to work with their stamps.  I was so inspired I decided to make a second card for my blog so I could share it with you.

I also turned my "practice" piece into a card as well.  These will be great for my boys. They can give them as graduation cards, birthday cards or even thank yous.

I was inspired by the current CAS*ology challenge for this one.  I knew going in that I wanted this card to be clean yet also graphic.  The current challenge is Celebrate.  Perfect timing for all the graduations we have been going to.  Congrats to CASOLOGY for their 100th challenge.   Thank you for helping me to create CAS cards.  Your challenges and awesome designers have taught me so much.

CAS*ology100

Of course, I made another card exclusively for the design team at StampNation.  Here is a sneak peek of my card, but you will want to head on over to the forums to see all the different ways the rest of the design team used their stamps from Altenew.

Did I mention there are prizes this week too?  Altenew is giving away 2 stamp sets to a lucky member that participates in this week's challenge.  You don't have to use Altenew stamps to enter the challenge, but if you have some we would love to see you use them.  :)  See you in the forums.


You Rock! Card Supplies:
Stamps: Sohcahtoa (Altenew)
SU Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow
Misc: Black/Gray Baker's Twine, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Friend Card Supplies:
Stamps: Super Script (Altenew)
SU Ink: Coastal Cabana, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Soft Sky
Misc: Aquapainter, Versamarker, White Embossing Powder, Gold Embossing Powder, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (SU), Crystal Effects