Good morning! I can't believe it but I slept for almost TWELVE hours last night! I must have really needed it! We had a long, busy weekend - fun - and I never sleep well when I have stuff going on, it's hard for me to turn off my brain. This is a quiet week for me thankfully!
I know I talk about the reverse stencil technique often, and I wanted to share 2 cards today where I use the same stencil but I use it traditionally on the first card, and in reverse on the second. Here we go!
This Twirly Mask stencil is from the April release at
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I had a piece of watercolor paper in my background stash that just had some yellow & blue inks on it, so I grabbed that. I applied some Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Ink through the stencil quite heavily, then spritzed with water and let dry. I stamped Hello friend several times with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I stamped the shell with flowers from Pink & Main's Floral Shells set with Versafine Black and embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored with Copics and attached with foam dimensional tape.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #276 - Spring
Stamping Sensation April - AG/Optional Inspired by Nature
Triple B - Birds, Butterflies, Blooms
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Now here's where I took the already-inked-up stencil and spritzed it with water, then lay it down on another scrap piece of watercolor paper in my stash that already had the blue ink on it - I love the blue and orange color combo. I let the stencil sit while it dried, then sponged the edges with some more blue ink and mounted it on an orange cardstock base. I die cut the flower from white cardstock and attached with a fine point glue applicator, then added a tiny sticker sentiment:
I'd like to enter this one into the following challenges:
AllSorts #847 - AG/Optional In the Garden
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Paper Funday #86 - AG/Optional Die Cuts/Punches
Thanks for visiting! Peace.
An unusual stencil and
ReplyDeletelooks particularly good behind the delicate die cut flower, perfect for our garden theme at Allsorts challenge, thanks so much for joining us.
B x
Very creative and pretty!
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Diane
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{Triple B} Co-Owner
Two lovely cards using this beautiful stencil. Thank you for sharing your second card in the Allsorts Challenge using the In the Garden option.
ReplyDeleteLiz xx
What a super abstract design, perfect for the garden at Allsorts. Thank you for sharing, Sarah
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