Trace Your Stencil

Hello and Welcome.

It's my turn to host the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) over at Splitcoast Stampers this week.

So many of us are working on getting cards made to enter the Dare to Get Dirty Event, held each year for all the members there. 

I thought I would keep the challenge really simple and fun.

So my challenge will be 

Trace Your Stencil

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Joyful Sunflower.
• I rubbed some Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean and some Blueprint Sketch on the back of my stencil, sprayed with water and pressed onto my card base creating a monoprint.  Remove the inky stencil soon after pressing it onto your paper or the ink may seep under the stencil.
• I set the piece aside to dry completely before doing the next step.
• When the piece was dry, I was left with a lovely print of the flower.
• Using a black Signo pen, I traced around the inked outlines of the flower, giving it more of a defined presence and making the stenciled bkg look a bit different. *For more detailed stencils, lay the stencil back over the pattern and trace inside the stencil.
• I splattered using my black Posca pen for interest.
• Using a Spellbinder square die, I cut a frame to place over the flower image using pop dots.
• I chose not to add a sentiment so I can use this card for so many different occasions.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
My Time to Craft- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Krafty Chicks- ALL OCCASIONS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (TCW); mister (TH); Signo #1 pen; Spellbinder Square die;

pop dots