Saturday 22 March 2014

Blue Sunburst


Happy Saturday!  I haven't been feeling A-1 and it seems to have taken my 'mojo' with it so I was happy to see the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast today from a Flickr account of Ruth Bleakley who makes the most wonderful art journals.  The journal that inspired me is pictured below.
I began making my card by laying a stencil on my card front and stamping with various sizes of circle stamps in different colours of blue Distress inks.  As you may remember, one of my favourite ways to stamp circles is to use the eraser on the end of a pencil.  I then went back in and sponged on more blue in the negative space in a light blue so the circles could still be seen.  I stamped the sentiment then added it to my card by creating a faux banner .

Adding my card to these challenges:
 Stampin for the Weekend- ANYTHING GOES
Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES
Get Inky- CIRCLES
Stencils: Moxie Fab World- USE A STENCIL

Have a great weekend and thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek.

Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts/ stencil-Tim Holtz/ Distress inks/ Memento black ink


Photo by Ruth Bleakley Flickr

13 comments:

Susanne Vargas said...

Love that dotted "Blue"burst! I want that stencil now...

SD pooja said...

WOw ! Its awesome !

Susan Raihala said...

WOW, Karen! This is soooo dramatic and cool!! Awesome technique!

CherylQuilts said...

Wow, Karen, this is a fabulous technique! Such a beautiful card that really cheers me! Sorry you've not been feeling great this week...I haven't had the best week either and wish for a better one next week! Hugs, sweet friend!!

Joni Andaya said...

Fabulous sunburst Karen!!! Love this :)

Davi said...

Karin I love your sunburst!! It looks like rays of sunlight going thru the water, really beautiful ;)

Gabby said...

Cool card, Karen! I love circles, too. Glad to see this design using a sunburst stencil. I just got one and was trying to think of different ways to ink it up/fill it in. :)

Keep It Sweet and Simple said...

What a stunning effect - your sunburst looks fantastic in blue.
Caroline xxx

maria's knutselplezier said...

Love this card very much, love the colours and the image !!!

Greetings
Maria

Katherine Clayton said...

Wow . . . just WOW!!! What a GREAT card . . . and a GREAT technique (thanks for sharing that with us)! Again, WOW!!! Thanks for joining us at Blue Moon Creation Crafting Station challenge (aka Get Inky! challenge) for our "circle" challenge. Hope to see you join us again soon! (and GOOD LUCK!!!)

Kathy - BMCCS DT (Get Inky! DT)
UpintheNightwithKat.blogspot.com

Julie said...

Wow - this is great!

Thanks for joining us at Stampin' For the Weekend for our Anything Goes Challenge!

Hugs

Julie x

Susan Renshaw said...

Thank you for joining us at Get Inky! I have seen your stamping with the pencil eraser before and I love it! I think this card is stunning!

Cathy said...

Amazing card Karen, love your use of the stencil to stamp through, Cathy x