Beauty and Love

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Today's card is another one I did using the Big Leaves stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and my Gel Plate.  This is going to be an anniversary card for a friend who loves purple. I love using this stencil for creating so many different occasion cards.

So here are my card details.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, my Gel Plate, some purple acrylic paint, a piece of acetate and my brayer.  I find it helpful to have all my supplies ready when making prints with my Gel Plate.
• I squeezed out some purple paint onto my acrylic sheet and fully inked up my brayer by rolling it through the wet paint.  Don't roll too much or you will end up removing paint from your brayer.
• I rolled the paint covered brayer over my leaf stencil, then rolled the brayer onto my Gel Plate.
• BE SURE to only roll over the stencil once and only once onto your Gel Plate for a good impression.
• I immediately rubbed my cardstock over my Gel Plate to lift the print.  
• When it was dry, I stamped the sentiment using my Misti with some Versafine Clair Noir and clear heat embossed it.
• I added some splatters using my black Posca pen and added the panel to a piece of pale purple cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

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A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- There is Beauty (Rubbernecker)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; purple acrylic paint (Dollar Store)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); brayer (Speedball); clear eb powder; heat tool

Big Leaves stencil (A Colorful Life Designs)