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Masculine Card

I’m not sure where my mojo is, but it definitely isn’t around at the moment. It took me forever to decide on a card for the challenge at As You See It and as many of you know, it is one of my favourite challenge sites. The current one is about colour, Challenge #381 – High Tech Handsomeness and here is my effort. And because I’ve used a folder I am entering it as a second card at CYHYP Anything Goes With A Twist of Cloudy Day . Twist not taken.

Even though I like the colours and the image that was part of the inspiration it took me some time to decide what to do. I started with the folder which is by Sizzix called Mechanics Texture Fades. I chose the slate gray CS and embossed it then went over the raised parts with a blue ink cube. My card base is basic gray so the layer was cut down to allow the darker gray to show up as a frame. I actually got this layer on straight for a change. I remembered that I had a stamp/die set that is an unbranded set. After stamping the truck I stamped the packages, heat embossed them, then die cutting after they were coloured. Prisma pencils were used to colour. These unbranded sets are useful but not fantastic and in the one I have there is a fault in the die for the parcels. As well the stamps are so soft that one has to be careful to get a decent impression.

Once I had everything coloured and put together I added foam tape behind for dimension, looked for some PP that allowed me to ground the truck and added it to the 3D layer. I wasn’t sure about a sentiment but in looking for the PP I also found some sentiment strips from Idea-ology so I chose one of those and added it at the bottom.

We had a massive and violent lightning storm right overhead a few weekends ago. It lasted 6 hours and hit one of the transformers on a pole that brought power to 5 houses. It was an almighty bang and almost made us fall out of bed with shock at the noise. Of course everything went dark and we waited for our generator to kick in. Sadly it didn’t, because the lightning also took out the control panel on the generator. Fortunately we have surge protectors on our panel and we had turned off the computers and other electronics as a precaution. We’ve been dealing with the aftermath ever since as so many little things no longer work. I have two kitchen appliances not working, our ventilation system control panel has to be replaced, a roof exhaust fan is also broken and many LED light bulbs just gave out. Now that we have quotes on most of it we’ve started an insurance claim. Just the generator alone is a $2,000 repair. We would have preferred not to claim but we are now way over the deductible and after speaking with the company the adjuster agrees that it is necessary and likely to be covered. We consider ourselves lucky as it could have been so much worse. One of our neighbors had a power bar start to smoke and burn and it freaked me out because if she hadn’t been awake to find it her house might have burned down. I guess this saga is the reason my mojo is a bit lacking. Anyone denying climate change needs to start rethinking in my humble opinion.

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate you, your time and any comments you may leave.

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  1. I like your embossing folder. I always use any gears I can find with a truck. Good job on the colors. Sorry about the storm causing so much damage. We tend to lose our food as repairing or replacing a transformer takes too many hours.

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    1. Thanks. We were lucky, we had an emergency call out for the generator and the technician managed to get it going so freezers were okay. Still needs a replacement control board, but at least it is working for now.

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  3. Cool looking masculine card with a background of wheels and gears. Quite a long process you and hubby have been dealing with in the aftermath of that violent storm a few weeks back and definitely a claim should be submitted.

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  4. Great card. I like the truck with gears EF. Great job of coloring the raised areas. Sorry about all your problems after the bad lightening strike. That created havoc for a lot of people.

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  6. What a fun and fabulous card . . . love the uphill incline design! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge!  Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.  Darlene . . . Can You Handle the Pressure Co-Owner

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  7. Great masculine card and creative way to use the colors in this challenge. Gosh I’m sorry about your severe storm and the damage it’s done. Hope the repairs are made quickly for you.

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  9. Yikes! So sorry about the lightning damage! We had a similar experience during a lightening storm when a transformer near our house was hit! The bang it made caused us all to jump and scream! We lost a couple of things, but not as bad as your damage! Love your mechanical background on the card, Johanna! It has so much depth! And what a great sentiment! Thanks for playing along with us at As You See It Challenges!

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  10. So pleased to read that we’re a favourite with you! We love having you play with us at As You See It! This embossing folder – I absolutely love it and it works a treat with the colours. The addition of the truck really ramps up the masculine vibe of it. Great job with the colours. Honestly, I don’t know what I was thinking – what seemed a great idea last November when I picked them looked pretty odd in September when I came to create with them!!

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