Friday, 25 August 2023

Warm Wishes


Welcome
As a card maker, I am thinking ahead and I want to get started on making some cards for the holidays.  
This new Sleek Deco stencil from A Colorful Life Designs worked great as a background for my snowflakes.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and got out my Gel Plate.
  • I press some Uncharted Mariner in the middle and some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink along the edges of my Plate and using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
  • I laid the Sleek Deco stencil onto the plate and rubbed my white cardstock over it to take the first print.  
  • I removed the stencil and rubbed the cardstock over the plate again, picking up the leftover pattern and ink for my background.  It gave me a nice offset pattern.
  • Next, I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the snowflake collage and the sentiment along the bottom.  I heat embossed them to help them pop against the blue background.
  • I added a few black splatters with my Posca pen for interest.
  • I glued the panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I added 3 blue gems to the centers of the snowflakes.

Here is the stencil I used:

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Krafty Chicks- ALL OCCASIONS
The Holly and Ivy Challenge- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
Try it On Tues.- LET'S GO OUTSIDE

Supplies
Stamps- Shake Your Flakes (Unity)
Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball brayer;
Misti (My Sweet Petunia); blue gems; black Posca pen

7 comments:

Melanie Hungerford said...

Love that stencil! Your snowflakes are perfect on it, thanks for sharing with us at Krafty Chicks.

Pat said...

The Sleek Deco does look great with the modern slightly grungy look of the snowflakes Karen, and love the blue gems in the centres and a lovely sentiment too. Using the gelli plate for the stencilling and the two step printing has left an echo print which is very pretty. x

kiwimeskreations said...

What a great use of the stencil on the gelli plate, Karen, and a great result.
The card is certainly eye catching.
Blessings
Maxine

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

More beautiful work, love the way you have used the stencil with the snowflakes. A lovely card.
Faith x

aussie aNNie said...

Awesome work Karen, your colours and this stencil is so pretty x

pearshapedcrafting said...

What a fabulous effect you made, Thanks so much for joining us at Try It On Tuesday, Chrisx

Anita van Deur said...

Love your snowflakes on the card. Thank you for joining The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge! Anita DT