Grunge it up card with video tutorial

Hi everyone,

It's Monday and that means a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! This week it's all about "Grunge it up".

Grunge is actually my favorite style. And then I mean the really "classic" grunge style, as I like to call it. With a lot of brown, and a bit of green with blue. But also with the gears and the rusty elements. It has been a while since I made such a grungy project and I was very happy to completely go wild with this theme and enjoy myself for this card. It's one of my new favorites, perhaps my new favorite in general...

 

I started with Distress Oxide and added in Infusions right away. This gives it just another effect, especially because of the concentration of the pigment and the walnut crystals that dissolve later on and that makes it even more grungy. Seth Apter makes very nice grungy stamps and dies, so I used two of them, the Citrus Slice and Drip Drop. I applied Distress Grit-Paste and painted them black. Next, I gave it a look that resembles decayed metal using Nuvo Mousse and Metallique Wax. The gears of the Gearhead dies set got some Texture Paste applied onto them, which gives a more subtle texture, and then I also edited them with both Nuvo Mousse and Metallique Wax.

 

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simon says stamp craft tacky glue	Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger TDO56041	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide VINTAGE PHOTO	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide WALNUT STAIN
Paper Artsy IN THE NAVY Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy BLACK KNIGHT Infusions Colored Stain CS12	Paper Artsy A BIT JADED Infusions Colored Stain	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress GRit Paste	Tonic SEASPRAY GREEN Nuvo Embellishment Mousse 817N	Tonic BLACK ASH Nuvo Embellishment Mousse
Martha Stewart GUNMETAL 2oz Multi-Surface Metallic Acrylic Paint 32990	Prima Marketing OLD SILVER Art Alchemy Metallique Wax 963996	Prima Marketing AGED BRASS Art Alchemy Metallique Wax 963965	Prima Marketing VINTAGE SILK Art AlchePrima Marketing VINTAGE SILK Art Alchemy Opal Magic Waxmy Opal Magic Wax	Prima Marketing BRONZE AGE Art Alchemy Metallique Wax	Sizzix /tim Holtz Gearhead Thinlits
Seth Apter Spellbinders Drip Drop die	RANGER TEXTURE PASTE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GROUND ESPRESSO Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot Paint	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE FOAM SQUARES Black	Freckled Fawn Black and White Polka Dots Washi
Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Versamark Watermark Stamp Ink Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon BLACK SOOT	Simon Says Stamp Big Birthday Wishes Stamp Set	American Crafts Zing! METALLIC PEWTER Embossing Powder	Embossing Antiquities - Cement
MISTI stamping tool	Tonic EBONY BLACK Nuvo Crystal Drops	Tim Holtz Collection Stencil in School House	S3-240 Spellbinders Seth Apter CITRUS SLICE Etched Dies	Tim Holtz Idea-ology MINI FASTENERS Brads Screws Hardware	Tim Holtz Idea-ology LONG FASTENERS Brad Hardware
Prima Marketing MINI BRADS Sunrise Sunset Vintage Trinkets	Zig Watercolor brush	Prima Finnabair clear stamp Read To Me

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Challenges:
Creative Artiste - Anything Mixed Media Goes
A Vintage Journey - Melt it (embossing powder)

Thank you for stopping by! Love to see you next time!

Hugs,
Sandra