Welcome to Bike Week - Monday

Hi everyone and welcome to Bike Week here on my blog.   I'll be popping in every day this week, all the way thru Friday, sharing cards with a Bike Week theme.   As someone who has spent a few vacations on the open road with my husband, attending the famous Bike Week in Daytona, FL and bike rallies in the Black Hills of Sturgis, South Dakota, I was super excited when The Ton came out with their Motorcycle line of stamps and dies.  What an awesome idea for some fun, masculine cards!  But for as many men as I know who ride, I also know a few amazing women with bikes of their own.

This week I thought it would be fun to make up a bunch of cards for men and women, using the The Ton's two motorcycle stamps and coordinating die sets:

Motorcycle Layering Set - 6x8

Motorcycle Boss - 4x6

Anyone who has been to a motorcycle rally has seen the rows and rows of bikes lined up along the streets, in parking lots and even along the beach.  Ok, well not so much in the sand but as close as they can get!  Daytona's Bike Week is a sight I'll never forget.  Thousands of bikes among the palm trees.  The serene ocean setting invaded by shiny chrome and revving engines!   So for my first card I brought out The Ton's Palm Tree stamp set to help create a fun and easy background that reminds me of Daytona.   

• I started by doing some simple, straight line masking and ink blending with The Ton inks:  Vanilla Frosted Cupcake and Warm Hazelnut for the sand, Cobalt Breeze for the water and Cali Blue for the sky.

• Then I stamped the smallest palm trees directly onto the card using The Ton's green inks:  Soft Garden, Bright Fern and Deep Emerald for the palms.  Found Topaz and Aspen Cocoa for the tree trunks. 

•   I added a sentiment and seagulls using Noir.  The texture on the sand was achieved by sprinkling on a few water droplets.

 

Keeping the background simple helps to draw all the focus on these awesome motorcycles from 

 The Ton's Motorcycle Layering set.  

• I used The Ton's gray tone inks to stamp the bodies of these motorcycles:   Light Onyx first, then Noir for the second layer, Crystal Pewter for the third and Smokey Quartz for the final layer.  As long as I have my Misti stamp positioner loaded I stamped up about a dozed of these for future cards. 

• I chose bright coordinating colors to stamp the fenders:  Iris Bloom and Violet Fringe for the purple and Bright Emerald and Hot Tourmaline for the teal color.

• For sparkle I used a clear Wink of Stella marker over the bright colors.

 

Do you have either of these stamp sets yet?  Well, I have some awesome news!  The Ton gave me a set of each to give away!   That's right!  

• Two lucky commenters will win one of these stamp sets!  All you have to do is ride along with me this week and leave a comment each day, here on my Bike Week blog postings.  
• The first random winner chosen will get first choice on which stamp set they win.  The remaining stamp set will go to the second random winner chosen.  
• (Sorry, open to US residents only, due to shipping restrictions.)  
• I'll give you through the weekend to get your comments in and will announce the lucky winners on Monday, May 7th.  

Just a quick note:  The Ton shipping dept. is currently on hiatus but will be back in the shop on May 10th and will get your orders out promptly. 

Thank you for riding along today!  Stop on back tomorrow to see two more motorcycle cards using The Ton's other stamp set Motorcycle Boss.   Remember to comment below for your chance to WIN!