Harrison the lion king

Hello everyone, I'm here with a card that I created for one of my nephews, Mátyás. I made it for his name-day. Hungary had a great king, Matthias Corvinus, or Mathias Rex in latin, and I played with this name to make my nephew happy.

And here is the tutorial.

I cut out the pieces of Harrison from different shades of brown. For this, I used textured paper. Then I assembled him. 

I took a rectangle paper and I put Harrison on it. I wanted a slimline card, so I cut off the unwanted parts from my panel. Then I blended red Distress inks to the surface. The background of the card was mostly coloured with Festive Berries ink. Then I added Aged Mahogany to the edges and Ground Espresso to the very edges. Then I spritzed with water.

The background of the nameplate was made with Broken China ink. The letters were cut out with Alphanumeric Label dies from black paper.

I used the same gold paint for the crown, the bigger layer of the nameplate and the stars.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harrison Colorize (665218)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Alphanumeric Label (664177)

Sizzix Bigz die, Crescent Moon&Stars (658716)

Sizzix Movers&Shapers die, Mini Crown&Fleur (657210)

Ranger Distress inks (Broken China, Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Ground Espresso)

etc.

In the very end, when I glued all the elements in place, I smeared Micro Glaze to the surface of the red panel. This is not just good for protection but also deepened the background colour.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Fur or Feathers

Birthday card with Harrison, the lion king

Hello everyone, I just finished this card that I made for the partner of my sister. He was born at the end of July, so according the horoscope he is a lion. This is why I made him this card with Harrison. 

I cut out a 14x14 cms base panel from a brown paper. It's not that one you see on the card. This panel is hidden, and I just used it to overlay the sky part and the grassy bottom part.

To the surface of the sky part I blended Salvaged Patina and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide inks. First I spritzed with water, then, when it was dry, I spattered with Stormy Sky Distress ink. For this latter, I used a drop from the re-inker.

The grass part was made with Bundled Sage and just a little Mowed Lawn Oxide inks. Here I did the same. First I spritzed with water, then spattered with Mowed Lawn re-inker (not Oxide). And for having grassy edges, I cut the top with the Deckle Trimmer.

The edges of the sky part and the grassy part was inked with Gathered Twigs ink.

The sun was coloured with Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed inks with a little brown at the edges.

Harrison was cut out from brown papers. 

The crown was painted with Schmincke Rich Gold paint.

The text was stamped directly to the grass part and I heat embossed with black embossing powder.

And one more thing... In the end I covered everything with Micro Glaze which enhanced the colours. Harrison became darker too. But I wanted to give my card a protection.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Colorize, Harrison (665218)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Circle Play (663868)

Sizzix Movers&Shapers, Mini Crown&Fleur (657210)

Stampers Anonymous, Tiny Text (CMS394)

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Bundled Sage, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, Salvaged Patina)

Ranger Distress inks (Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn, Gathered Twigs, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed)

Ranger Distress embossing powder (Black Super Fine)

Tonic Studios, Deckle Torn Edge Trimmer 

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Sun, Moon, Stars.

Mononchormatic - Harrison in black and white

Hello everyone, I'm here with my second post for our August,  Monochromatic challenge. This time I chose my old designs as inspiration, two colourful birthday cards with Harrison. One is here, and the other is here. But of course, I did some changes.

Here, I took a 300gsm watercolour paper and painted it grey. For this, I used mostly Hickory Smoke paint and a tiny bit of Pumice Stone. When it was dry, I dabbed watered Picket Fence to the surface.

Then I made stripes using the Shifter Stripes layering stencil and Hickory Smoke Archival ink.

Harrison and all die-cuts were made with different shades of grey cardstocks. 

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harrison Colorize

Sizzix Thinlits die, Circle Play

Sizzix Bigz die, Crescent Moon

Sizzix Bigz die, Baggage Claim

Stampers Anonymous, Shifter Stripe layering stencil

Ranger Distress Archival inks (Hickory Smoke, Black Soot)

Ranger Distress paints (Picket Fence, Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke)

Idea-Ology Botanical Remnant Rubs

If you have a monochrome project, please don't hesitate jo join our August challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Crafts online shop.

Happy birthday card with Harrison

I'm so lucky, Harrison has arrived to my home, thanks to Susan Seabert and the Country View Crafts! And when he arrived I started to assemble his pieces and then create a card. That's what I made!

Harrison's background with the stripes and stars was made by me. For this, I took a 300 gsm watercolour paper and washi tape ( an IKEA one). I put the washi tape evenly spaced from one another to the watercolour paper. Then I inked with Distress Archival ink (Faded Jeans) the surface. I needed Archival ink because I wanted to use embossing powder after and I didn't want the powder stick to other parts than I wanted.

After that, I used the Shifter Stars layering stencil and white embossing powder to make white stars on the blue stripes. I skipped the area where I wanted put Harrison, nevertheless I embossed half stars to the edge stripes too.

I spattered my paper with diluted Antique Linen ink and Inked the edges with Vintage Photo Archival ink.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Harrison Colorize (665218)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Circle Play (663868)

Sizzix Bigz die, Baggage Claim (664439)

Stampers Anonymous, Crazy Things by Tim Holtz (CMS237)

Stampers Anonymous, Shifter Stars layering stencil by Tim Holtz

Idea-ology Botanical Remnant Rubs

Ranger Distress Archival inks (Faded Jeans, Vintage Photo)

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Stormy Sky, Blueprint Sketch)

Ranger white embossing powder

I hope you like it!!! Thank you for stopping by!!!

And here's one last pic.