Pipes Thank You Card

Hello Everybody!

I am happy to show ya'll a card that I made with a die cut that I have been wanting for a long time-and finally bought!  Yay!  It's the Pipes from Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

Here's my card:

So I knew I wanted to do something grungy with the pipes.  And I saw a video on YouTube-and I knew what I was going to use--sand and some tiny 3-D balls from Powertex to create the mixutre.  The lady on the video altered a phone so if you would like to see that check it here. 

First I cut the pieces out of watercolor paper so I would have stronger bases.

I used distress rusty hinge and fire brick inks to give the pieces color and then I used gel medium and glossy accents to put the sand and balls on.

I wasn't 100% sure how this process would go.  So I painted everything black!  Using black gesso.

It gets a little crazy here.  I used foil tape paper by Ranger and embossed it.  I used caramel and red pepper alcohol inks on the embossed foil. (I don't have the newer alcohol inks boo!)  Then I grunged it up a bit by adding and wiping black paint.  This background looked great when finished-but you know this doesn't get used.  No-it competed too but with the little pipe pieces-and I couldn't have the background still the show.  I liked the brick so much that I used just plain o' black cardstock.  But I had to share this!  It's beautiful ;)

Here's a close up of the pipe.  I used black, silver, distress bronze, distress salty ocean and shabby shutters and distress gold paints to try to achieve a patina rusty effect.  The drop of water is a recollections tear drop.

The sentiment is a Tim Holtz-and the background of it is ranger yupo paper and various ranger alcohol inks.  Not the new ones-I must use up what I have first! (Which is a lot-I'm just sayin is all I'm sayin.)

I love the pipes.  I am excited to make some more projects with this die cut.

I am submitting this to Watercooler Wednesday: WWC226 Dawn's Masculine Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!  :)