Sunday 27 October 2019

Your Day


Hello and Welcome.
This is what I came up with today.  
A very simple card using a technique that is very easy but gives a totally different look to your stencilled cards.  I love the bold impression that these leaves from the Big Leaves stencil gives.

So onto my card details.
I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and positioned my stencil over my background.
Make sure you wear some rubber gloves for this technique or you will have totally inky fingers.

I took a baby wipe and dripped 3 colours of  Distress re-inkers onto it.  I bunched it up a bit then pushed the colour through the stencil using my fingers to apply pressure.  I pressed and pressed until all the areas were covered with ink.  I love how nicely the colours blend and you get more of a mottled look to your stencilling.
When all was dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.  I splattered with some black acrylic paint and a bit of the re-inker left over, then mounted it onto a plain white card base.


Well that's it for today.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.


Here is the stencil I used.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

Adding my card to these challenges:
Just Add Ink- Add a Technique
Allsorts- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG


Supplies
Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)
Ink- Versafine Clair Nocturne; Distress Re-inkers (Peeled Paint, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Big Leaves stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); baby wipe; paint brush



Tuesday 22 October 2019

Sending Happy Thoughts

Good Morning.
I picked up a new flower stamp last month and wanted to play with it.  I loved the scribbled look it had, something different from the norm.

So here's what I did.
I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  I inked up the flower with some Versafine black ink and stamped.  I did the sentiment as well then using some diluted DOX inks, I watercolored the flowers loosely as per the scribbled look of the stamp.  
Next, I took the Leaf Lattice stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and added some faint stencilling around the edges of my card front, just to add a bit of interest but not to take away from the image.
When I was happy with the coverage, I mounted it onto a piece of grey cardstock then onto a heavy white card base.


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Leaf Lattice

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs


Supplies
Stamps- Bouquet Large (AALL and Create); Happy Thoughts (SSS)
Inks- Hickory Smoke, Peacock Feathers DOX (TH); Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Leaf Lattice (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)
paintbrush; inking tool