Tranquil

Good Morning and Happy Saturday.

Meet today's card.  

One of the quickest cards I have ever made.  You gotta love when a stamped image can stand on it's own over a very simple, inky background.

So here's what I did.

I began by placing the large rectangle acrylic mask from A Colorful Life Designs over my white cardstock.  I use these masks almost every time with great results and love the 'framed' look with the white border it gives to my cards.

I rubbed some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with a bit of water then picked up the colour with an old credit card.  I applied some Peacock Feathers in the same way with the credit card.  There was some ink left on my mat so I picked it up with a piece of acetate and applied it to my card front.

You can read more about these techniques here and here.

When it was dry, I place the inked background into my Misti and stamped this great looking bird from Magenta and then clear heat embossed.

I removed the mask and mounted it onto a piece of coordinating cardstock then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- HORIZON

Addicted to Stamps and More- PHOTO INSPIRED

Use Your Stuff- TAGS OR FRAMES

Inkspirational- ADVENTURE

Supplies

Stamp- Reflective Blue Heron (Magenta)

Inks- Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Rectangle Mask (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

old credit card; non-stick craft mat (Ranger);piece of acetate; clear eb powder; heat tool