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Meet today's card.  I'm playing with a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and a new technique I've not tried before.  I just love the distressed looking background I was left with.

So onto my card details.

I began by placing the Bo Ho Medallion stencil onto my white cardstock and brushed some Nuvo Masking Fluid over the top using an old paintbrush....please don't use your good brushes for this technique as it will get pretty gummed up.  I carefully removed the stencil, set the piece aside to dry and immediately washed off my stencil with warm water.

When it was all nice and dry, I rubbed over the whole front with some  Peacock Feathers and some Peeled Paint DOX inks and a blending tool.  I also used a wet paintbrush to help move the inks around and fill the spaces.  When I was happy with all the inked areas, I rubbed all the masking fluid off to reveal this distressed feeling bkg.  The nice thing about this background is that you are able to stamp right over it keeping your card flatter and easier to mail.

Next, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped this great sentiment from STAMPloration and then the flourish from Technique Tues.  I did clear heat emboss the sentiment to help make it pop.

I simply mounted it onto a white card base keeping it simple.

Here is the stencil I used:

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

A Inky Mess- JUST FOR FUN/MIXED MEDIA

Creative Artiste- MIXED MEDIA

Crafting with Attitude- ANYTHING GOES

STAMPlorations- NEVER ENDING ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Joy (STAMPlorations); Flourish (TT)

Inks- Peacock Feather, Peeled Paint, Broken China DOX (TH); Memento black

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Bo Ho Medallion (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

cl embossing powder; heat tool; Nuvo Masking Fluid