The Ton’s Summer 2017 Release Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends! I’m supper exited to be a part of  Ton’s Summer 2017 Release Blog Hop. 

You probably came from Mayline Jung blog. If not – you may consider starting from the beginning at The Ton’s blog and see what other designers sharing. Also you have a chance to win a prize.

EAGLE

For my first card I used new amazing Eagle Stamp Set. You all know how much I love realistic stamps, and eagle is something definitely missing on the market.

Cardmaking is my major passion when it comes to my hobbies. But I have another hobby – home decor. Which I only started doing maybe 3 or 4 years ago and for some occasions I’m still not completely set. And I try not to spend a lot of money buying home decor items (since I spend so much on stamps), DIYing them instead. So the last year I was adding some items to my Americana home decor collection, there were a lot of white-red-blue painting. Including painting of a wooden eagle (3D puzzle I got from eBay). So, why I’m telling you all this here? I like to tell the story of how a card was born (if there is a story). When I saw the Eagle Stamp Set I immediately knew that want to replicate the look of my wooden eagle and make it in colors of star-spangled banner as well.

And to do this I first needed a mask. So I stamped the eagle body using brown inks onto a masking paper and then cut apart the parts I wanted in different colors.

Then I moved to stamping it in red, blue and white (and by “white” I mean gray) colors, applying masks where I needed to protect cardstock from unwanted stamping. Basically I combined masking and layered stamping.

After I finished with stamping all layers and details of the eagle – I cut it out with my scissors.

Onto a white panel I created several red stripes using thin tape for masking and red ink for inking between applied tape stripes.

I stamped a sentiment onto the panel and foam mounted it onto a deep blue card base. Finally I foam mounted the eagle onto the panel.

BEER

My second card is made using another amazing and very realistic stamp set – Beer. We all often struggle with masculine cards. This stamp set can be a solution if a man likes beer (in fact all of them do).

For my card I went with chalkboard look. I really love chalkboard and it’s been a while since I last time did it.

I started with stamping the beer onto a white cardstock. Then I masked it using a mask cut out of masking paper and inked the whole panel with black ink. I let ink to soak into the panel (there was a lot to soak). I took a sheet of paper towel, pressed in into a white pigment ink pad and rubbed the whole panel with it transferring white ink onto the panel (using paper towel gave this look of chalkboard).

I stamped the sentiment using white ink as well and foam mounted the panel onto a white card base. With this card I tried to replicate the look of those posters you can see in bars and pubs. Hopefully I was able to do this 🙂

PRIZES

Three $25 gift certificates to The Ton’s shop will be given away to random commenters from the hop participant blogs.  To qualify, you must leave a comment on The Ton Blog Hop post. The comment period will close on Monday, June 12th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter on The Ton’s blog.

FREE GIFTS WITH PURCHASES

The Ton has 24 new stamps for their new Summer 2017 Release which includes up to four free gifts with purchases. For more information on The Ton’s incentive gifts, head over to The Ton’s blog. All new release products are available now!

GET HOPPING!

The next stop in the blog hop will be Emily Midgett. If you got lost, please go back to The Ton’s blog.

BLOG HOP

1. The Ton
2. Laura Sterckx
3. Tae Eun Yoo
4. Laurel Beard
5. Mayline Jung
6. Svitlana Shayevich (you are here)
7. Emily Midgett <- your next stop
8. Dana Gong
9. Vera Yates
10. Svetlana Pavlova
11. Eunji Jung
12. Amy Tsuruta
13. Laura Jane Head
14. Justine Hovey
15. Sveta Fotinia
16. Janette Kausen
17. Marika Rahtu
18. Jenny Lee Yamasaki
19. Amy Kolling
20. Lisa Harrolle
21. Lydia Fiedler
22. Brenda Noelke
23. Olga Matyushevskaya
24. Chris Dayton
25. Anna Kutsenko
26. Kay Miller

SUPPLIES

If you’re interested in the supplies I’ve used – they’re listed below. Where available I use compensated affiliate links (which means if you make a purchase I will get a small commission with no additional cost for you). Click on the letters below to go to a favorite store: Simon Says Stamp (SSS), Scrapbook.com (SC), Amazon (AZ), etc.
I truly appreciate your support!

Neenah Classic Crest Smooth Solar White Cardstock 110 Lb Click A Shop: SSS | AZ	The Ton Eagle Clear Stamp Set Click A Shop: TT	The Ton Beer Clear Stamp Set Click A Shop: TT	Altenew Warm Sunshine Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Mango Smoothie Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN
Altenew Persian Blue Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Sapphire Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Pure Graphite Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Industrial Diamond Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Silver Stone Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: AN
Altenew Limestone Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: AN	Altenew Dark Chocolate Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | AN	Altenew Espresso Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: AN	Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS	Hero Arts Pale Tomato Shadow Dye Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS
Hero Arts Unicorn White Pigment Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS	Ranger Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink Pad Click A Shop: SSS | SC	Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper Click A Shop: SSS	3l Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Small White Click A Shop: SSS | SC	3l Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Regular White Click A Shop: SSS
3l Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares Mix White Click A Shop: SSS	Ek Success Honey Bee Non-stick Scissors Click A Shop: SSS | AZ	Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Click A Shop: SSS | AZ | SC	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool Click A Shop: SSS | SC	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foams Click A Shop: SSS | SC
Tonic Studios Mini Guillotine Paper Trimmer Click A Shop: SSS | AZ