Gather in Love

Hello

I wanted to get a chance to play with this wonderful Skeleton Leaf stencil and this great sentiment from Impression Obsession. They just seemed to go together well.  

I love this time of year when we are reminded about all we need to be thankful for.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and positioned the leaf over the top securing it with some Pixie Spray.  Pixie Spray is a repositionable spray for use with stencils. 

Next, I took a baby wipe and squeezed on a small amount of Peeled Paint Distress Re-inkers onto it.  ** Wear rubber gloves to prevent your hands from being all inky**

I took the inked baby wipe and pressed it onto my stencil.  Still using the same wipe, I squeezed on some Peacock Feathers DI and repeated the process.  I find this technique gives the inked background a more subtle look, more hand painted.  I added a bit of Salty Ocean and let the piece dry.

When it was dry, I splattered the front with some more ink, then stamped the sentiment using my Misti.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the stencil I used:

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*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- SO THANKFUL

Crafting With Attitude- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Gather in Love (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress Re-inkers

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); blue cs

Accessories and Tools- Skeleton Leaf Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs; Misti (My Sweet Petunia;

baby wipes; paintbrush; Pixie Spray

Snow Fun

Good Morning

Time for a fun card using some stamps from MFT and this great stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

I began by placing the Interlocking Squares stencil over my heavy white cardstock then sponged on some Gina K Amalgam ink over it with a blending brush.  I wanted the background to have a faint designs so the snowflakes could be the star of the show and that ink worked great for this.

Next, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment using some black Versafine Clair ink.  Leaving the piece in my Misti, I randomly stamped the snowflakes around the sentiment.

I added some dark blue Nuvo drops to the center of my snowflakes.  I mounted the piece onto some white cardstock then onto a piece of kraft to help pick up the colour of the background.

Here is the stencil I used:

Interlocking Squares

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Handwritten Sentiments (MFT); Snowflakes (MFT)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; DOX inks; Gina K Amalgam

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); kraft

Accessories and Tools- Interlocking Squares stencil (A Colorful Life Designs; Nuvo Drops;

blending brush (Dollarama); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)