Encouragement

Welcome

Today's card is all about encouragement.  

I think we can all use a bit of that from time to time.

I decided to use this beautiful Spring Foliage stencil from A Colorful Life Designs that has quickly become one of my favourites.

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

• I got out my Gel Plate for this one.  I pressed my Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink onto onto one side of my Plate, then rubbed some Carved Pumpkin on the other side. 
• Using my brayer, I blended the 2 colours together.
• I laid the Spring Foliage stencil onto the plate and rubbed over it with a piece of white cardstock to lift the print.
• To add some more subtle interest, I rubbed the Carved Pumpkin DOX ink pad onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water and used that to add the splatters you see over the leaves with a paint brush.
• When the piece was dry, I placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and added some black gems around it.
• I glued the finished piece onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spring Foliage

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SPRING/FALL

Creative Inspiration- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- SPRING GARDEN

Supplies

Stamp- Sunrise, Sunset (Fairy Hugs)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Gel Plate, Speedball Brayer; paintbrush;

Misti, black gems