Taylored Expressions "Make It Masculine" Blog Hop!

Hi! It's my second time participating in Taylored Expressions "Blast from the Past" Blog Hop! The theme for the hop is "Make It Masculine", which is fairly easy since my three sets are all outdoorsy. I just had to remember not to use any ribbon, frills, or bling.

Here's my card!


I used Taylored Expressions Branching Out Coordinates set for this card. I think the owl is really cute and decided that he wanted to go for a swing. I figured that making a punny card, using earthy colors, wood-grain patterned papers, and staples would make the card masculine enough.

I did a bunch of masking to make the scene using Judikins Eclipse tape. I colored the scene with Copic markers (note to self: next time make the owl a bit lighter), then used Grumbacher's Miskit Frisket, which is a liquid mask that you apply with a brush, to cover the images. I got out the airbrush and had a go with it with the usual mixed results. I like the effect, but don't like that airbrushing leaves a sticky film on the piece which attracts dust and my shedding hair. I need to find out if that's normal or something that I'm doing incorrectly. After I airbrushed, I removed the Frisket, which removed cleanly without hurting the paper or the coloring--yahoo! Glaze pen was added to the owl's eyes and beak.

The patterned papers are from Cosmo Cricket. I used my Ideology Tiny Attacher, which is a fabulous tool. I also used Spellbinders dies for the sentiment.

The photo is kind of dark because it was taken at night and because my mad photography skillz are more bad than mad. What's scary is that I've improved. Whoa! I'll try to get a better photo tomorrow if the weather cooperates.

Thanks for visiting today.

Here's the list for the hop! I'm sure there's some serious eye candy out there, so have fun hopping along!

Here are the entries from the Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop! Stay tuned for details on how you can sign up for the customer blog hop next month!

1.	Taylor VanBruggen	19.	Rebecca Ednie
2.	Sankari Wegman	20.	Monika Davis
3.	Nancy Jensen	21.	Karen Giron
4.	Pattie Goldman	22.	Kelly Collins
5.	Carole Rinear Chesser	23.	Nancy McKinney
6.	Niema Bryson	24.	Kelli Hull
7.	Lori Craig	25.	Margie Cortina
8.	Tracy Clemente	26.	Amber Hight
9.	Julia Aston	27.	Crafty Math Chick
10.	Bonnie Ratzloff	28.	Wendy McGaffey
11.	Natalie Houston	29.	Stephanie Kraft
12.	Kathi Rerek	30.	Cindy Coutts
13.	Michelle Single	31.	Candace Pierce
14.	Stacey Schafer	32.	Wanda Guess
15.	Lisa Hjulberg	33.	Jessica Willison
16.	Sharon Pence	34.	Geeta Suggs
17.	Dawn Barghorn	35.	Jodi Collins
18.	Jasmin Owsley	36.	Danielle Lounds

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