Thought I'd pull some metal out for this week's Texas Tuesday. This is the Dijon color from Ten Seconds Studios - not my favorite color but perfect for that vintage look. The windmill was stamped with Stazon ink after everything was embossed and sanded but then I sanded the windmill a little because it was a little too shiny. Then I bordered it with some of the Chocolate Brown metal and used one of the Ten Seconds rollers for the texture. It sort of reminds me of those old metal signs you used to see at gas stations and truck stops. Not that I remember that far back!
And since I had already made a big metal mess, I went ahead and made this with the Periwinkle metal. Because most of my stamp images are fairly simple, they work great embossed in metal. 'Whatever makes your wild hair blow' doesn't come out to well in the photo but looks good in real life (whatever that is).
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Dijon metal reminds me of baby poop, but it is one of our most popular colors and goes with just about any paper line on the market. You are becoming a regular metal artist. Cool cards.
Posted by: Cheryl | July 06, 2010 at 09:51 AM
Great idea Mark! Love your cards! Tina
Posted by: Tina Covington | July 06, 2010 at 10:01 AM
Hey Mark these are funky cool! I don't have any of this metal but it looks like fun! How did you do the embossing?
I love the windmill stamp and the cowboy hats too! Great cards all around!
Posted by: Betty aka ZacksNana | July 06, 2010 at 11:45 AM
I agree w/ Cheryl...looks like baby poop...but using the windmill for the A is very creative! Love it!
Posted by: Shannan Teubner | July 06, 2010 at 01:25 PM
Having a baby right now, I don't thik the dijon metal looks like baby poop. It's a tad too yellow for that I think. Regardless, I really like how the first one turned out. The second one is cool too, but I prefer the first one.
Posted by: Jennifer Moore | July 06, 2010 at 02:53 PM
Great looking cards! Love the way you put them together-really cool!
Posted by: cardsister | July 06, 2010 at 04:12 PM
I love the cards but the Texas and the windmill for the A is Awesome!
Posted by: pam | July 06, 2010 at 04:27 PM
Awesome! Diggin' the metal look.
Posted by: Linda Mcclain | July 06, 2010 at 07:53 PM
very nice, I also prefer the 1st. But, the 2nd is great.
Posted by: susan russell | July 07, 2010 at 12:14 AM