What’s better than taking mountain rides on a dirt bike. If you have a sense of adventure, then it’s a way to get outside in the fresh air, the wind in your hair and grit in your teeth.  . 

While a say this is a masculine card, you can also use this for a female who has an interest in these types of experiences. However, this card is for my grandson who turned 16 years old this week.  He likes speed and adventure.

I never rode a dirt bike, however, I did ride on the back of a motorcycle. You have different perspective compared to riding in a vehicle.  It’s all about the sights and the sounds.

Because the stamp is manufactured from a specialized photopolymer it is reversible.  You can use both sides of the stamp to create your images. 

Mountain Rides Card Recipe

Stamp Sets: Mountain Air, Petal to the Metal.

Ink: Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Tuxedo Black, Mossy Meadow, So Saffron, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede, Early Espresso.

Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Old Olive.

Accessories:Die Cutting & Embossing Machine, Majestic Mountain Dies, Purple Posy Stampin’ Write Marker, Stampin’ Blends: Balmy Blue Duo, Basic Black Light, Smoky Slate Duo, Paper Snips, Stamping Sponges Aqua Painter Brush.

Cutting Measurements

Early Espresso card base – 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored at 4-1/2″

Soft Suede panel – 5-1/4″ x 4″.

Whisper White – 5″ x 3-3/4″ (stamp the scenery background), scraps for mountain ridge.

Old Olive – scraps for forest and grasses.

Soft Suede – scraps for ridge at the bottom of grass and the road.

Instructions

• Ink the mountain stamp on the non-etched side with Purple Posy marker and stamp off on scratch paper.  Stamp the mountain about a 1/3 of the way down the Whisper White cs. Clean the stamp and ink with Night of Navy, stamp off once and stamp on previous mountains leaving a narrow border of the other mountains.
• Ink the etched side of the stamp with Night of Navy.  Stamp on a piece of scrap Whisper White. Use your Aqua Painter Brush to pull the ink into the white space on the mountains.  Die cut with matching die, Adhere to the previous stamped mountain, leaving a border of the light blue mountains.
• Stamp the trees and grass on Old Olive with Mossy Meadow ink.  Attach to the mountains.
• Tear a strip of Soft Suede cs and sponge the top and bottom with Early Espresso ink.  Stamp the tire tracks from the Petal to the Metal stamp set with Early Espresso ink.  Attach to area below the grass.
• Tear another piece of Soft Suede on the top and sponge along the tear with Early Espresso ink.  Also, sponge the some of the cardstock.  Attach below the piece with the tire tracks.
• Sponge the top of the Whisper White with Balmy Blue ink. Stamp the sun using the smooth side of stamp with So Saffron ink.  Turn the stamp over and ink with Crushed Curry.
• Stamp the dirt bike, or one of the all terrain vehicles on Whisper White cs with Tuxedo Black ink.  Color with a variety of Stampin’ Blends.  Fussy cut with Paper Snips and attach to the left side of card so that the bike appears to on the road.
• Stamp a sentiment on the right hand side with Early Espresso ink.
• If you wish, you can stamp a sentiment on a Whisper White panel and attach to the inside of the card.

So, if you know someone who likes to go on mountain rides, and/or like to ride dirt bikes, then this card is for them.

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