Being Grateful

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I have to say that this was a fun card to create using a new stencil called Megaphones from A Colorful Life Designs.

A very unique looking stencil that I wanted to play with to see what I could come up with.

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

• I began by getting out my Waffle Flower Stencil Mat and the Megaphones stencil.  
• I found the center point of my cardstock and positioned one of the parts of the stencil going outwards from that point.  I inked that up with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil to the opposite side of the first inking and added more ink.  I continued that process until I had 4 of the blue areas inked to use as my starting point.  
• Next, I cleaned off the stencil and moved it around to add the Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink in the same way I did the Blueprint Sketch. 
• Again, I cleaned off my stencil and then filled in the leftover areas using some Cracked Pistachio ink, moving the stencil around each time.
• When I had all the inking done, it looked like a flower to me, so I decided to fussy cut it out around the outside edge.
• I placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, then set it aside to dry.
• Next, I went in search of a background I could use from my stash.  I found this one that I had done a bubble painting technique on......

This is what I wrote when I first did the bubble backgrounds: 

I decided to make a bunch of 'bubble' backgrounds.  I did this one using some Blueprint Sketch and some Distress re-inkers.  Simple put some water in a cup, add some dish soap then drop in some ink.  Mix well then blow some bubbles with a straw and catch them onto the paper.  So fun.  *when I bubble paint, I add one colour of re-inkers to my soap mixture, then instead of dumping that out after a few backgrounds are made, I just continue to add different colours to the same mixture to create different bkg.*

• I glued the bubble print onto a piece of light blue cardstock, then onto a 4 1/4" square note card.
• Finally, I pop dotted the stenciled 'flower' over the bubble bkg.

Here is the stencil I used:

Megaphones

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Moving Along with the Times- INKY BKG

Cardz 4 Galz- TRIANGLES

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Smile Often (IO- discontinued)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (ACLD); Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); TE Blending Brushes;

Dawn soap; straw