Joyous Holiday

Hello and Welcome

I am playing with this great Big Snowflake stencil and doing an embossed resist technique.

I really like the look it gives and this stencil is one of my favourites.

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock, placed it into my Misti and stamped the Snowflake Outline from Simon Says with some Versamark and white heat embossed it.
• I laid the Big Snowflake Stencil from ACLD over the embossed background, centering it on the panel.
• I began at the center and blended on some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink, then some Wilted Violet and finally Blueprint Sketch along the outside edges.
• Using a dry cloth, I carefully wiped over the panel to remove any of the ink that was on top of the embossing and to make the snowflake pop.
• I decided to create an 'eclipse' sentiment, so I positioned the 'merry' sentiment over the background and cut it out as you can see from the picture below. 

• I wanted to add a shadow background to help make the sentiment more visible, so I traced around the die with a pencil and fussy cut it out.

• I glued the die cut to the white fussy cut one I had done and set aside.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of dark purple cardstock, then onto a white card base.
• I pop dotted the sentiment back into place over the panel, matching it up in the cut away area.
• I stamped the strip sentiment onto a piece of navy cardstock with Versamark ink and then white heat embossed it.
• I glued the strip under the die cut 'merry'.

Here is the stencil I used:

Big Snowflake

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Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies 

Stamps- Snowflake Outline (SSS), Taylored Expressions-Simple Strips Christmas

Inks- Versamark, Distress Oxides (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Lawn Fawn white eb powder; Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

Christmas Words die (Cartabella)

Forest Souls

Hello and welcome!

A simple card for today using this wonderful die my friend Loll Thompson gifted me.

I was thrilled to say the least!!

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

• I began by cutting a white cardstock panel for the front of my card and then I centered the die and cut it out with my die cutting machine.  
• I set that aside and went looking through my stash for an inked piece.  I keep the 'fails' and all my Gel Plate roll off sheets for times just like this.  The piece I found was just a random one that I had put some Brushos onto over a stencil but added too much water and it all bled.  It wasn't good for much except this or I would have cut it up and used it for something else.
• Before layering the 2 pieces, I placed the white die cut panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from Technique Tues. with some Versafine Clair.
• I glued the 2 panels onto some blue cardstock, then onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Cheer (TT)

Inks- Brushos; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Forest die (??); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Spellbinder Platinum die 

cutting machine

Blue Mandala

Welcome to the Weekend.

Really good to have a bit of crafting time.

Meet today's simple card using this beautiful Split Mandala stencil from ACLD.

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

• I cut a piece of heavy white cardstock and centered the Split Mandala stencil over my paper.  
• Using some Versamark ink and a small sponge dabber, I rubbed over the stencil, being sure to get into all the little nooks and crannies.
• After it was all inked, I removed the stencil and sprinkled on some Tim Holtz Distress Peacock Feathers Glaze and heat set it.  The glaze is just like using Embossing Powder but I found it gave a bit more of a shiny appearance to the finished card.
• This stencil has a space in the middle and seemed the perfect place to add a sentiment.  I stamped the Happy Birthday from the Everyday Sentiments set in black Versafine on a paper strip and pop dotted that into place.  
• It needed something more in that space, so I added 3 black gems in 2 different sizes on either side.
• I mounted it onto a white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Split Mandala

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Thanks so much for taking the time to come by and take a look.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Sentiments (YNS)

Ink- Versamark; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Split Mandala stencil (ACLD); TH Distress Glaze; foam dabber;

heat tool; black gems; foam tape

Lots of Leaves- Stencil Layering

Welcome

Have you ever stenciled over a stencil??

It's fun and what a unique look it can give.  

That's what I did to create the background for my card today.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I placed the Lots of Leaves stencil from ACLD over my cardstock and using a blending brush, I applied some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  
• When I was happy with the inking, I left the stencil in place and put the Simple Grid stencil right over top of it. Be sure to secure well.  
• Using some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink, I inked right over the leaves, giving them some wonderful pattern.
• I removed the stencil, splattered with some water to lift the ink in places, then set aside.
• When dry, I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment from Pinkfresh Studios.
• I cut a strip of black cardstock and stamped the strip with Versamark ink, then white heat embossed it.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.  
• I pop dotted the black sentiment strip under the large sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Lots of Leaves

Simple Grid

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you have a great week.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Dare 2B Artzy- FALL

2 Sisters on the Blog- MEN'S CARD

The Crafter's Cafe- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios);

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair; Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

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

TE Blending Brushes, pop dots; Lawn Fawn white EB powder