On the Road Again with Diesel Punk

Okay, so I see all my team mates are doing Spring Punk and I am so behind with my Diesel Punk.   Still I am so interested with this new genre and and wanted it give it it's due.

I love the way this card came out using all the fab elements from the Diesel Punk stamp set. I went with the checkered flag in the background paper and I created a bold crisp black/white look with the main stamp. I cut a main panel with the Vintage Cabinet Card die and embossed it with the TH Checkerboard texture fade and went around the outside with a very thin line of Versamark, using a Versamark pen. Then I heat embossed it with bright red EP. I stamped these two adventuresome men in Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink on white CS and then cut them out and affixed them to the embossed panel. Then I created another panel to overlay it using more of the same methods.

For my gas station sign, the red panel is just red CS cut with a Spellbinders die and then coated with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint. When dry, I went over it with Vintage Photo Distress Stain to accent the crackle. For the top white piece, I cut 3 thin pieces of chipboard and glued them together and then painted them with Picket Fence Distress Crackle paint. When dry, I stamped the image with Jet Black Archival Ink. The Diesel Punk sentiment was stamped on white CS cut with the Tim Holtz Tattered Banners die.

I so hope you take some inspiration on using the fabulous Diesel Punk stamp set.

Linda Coughlin, Guest Designer

The Funkie Junkie