Dad's Day

Happy Father's Day!

Celebrating with this card for my husband and the fun of trying a new technique.

The technique I used on this masculine card is called 

Sanded Pencil Background

For this technique, you first lay a stencil over your paper.  They suggest using watercolour paper but I just used a heavy weight cardstock for mine.  Next, spray your paper with water then using a piece of sandpaper, rub the sharpened tip of a watercolour pencil over the sandpaper above the open areas of the stencil.  It will drop shavings from your pencil into the wet paper and leave you with wonderful blend of colour.  I used a stencil that was tiny so not all the open areas got colour on them but when I lifted up my stencil, I noticed there was still a lot of colour left on the top so I gave it a quick spray of water, turned it over and pressed that onto my paper creating a Monoprint with the stencil.
(STENCIL MONOPRINTING is when the stencil is inked, sprayed with water and pressed onto the paper)
Great....2 techniques with one process!!  Gotta love that.

When that was all dry, I stamped the clock face and the sentiment using Memento black and clear heat embossed it.  I added a small black gem to the center of the clock face for interest.
I sponged the edges of my piece with Distress inks to help pull all the colour together.

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

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS

HLS June CAS Challenge- SMOOSHING
(I smooshed my stencil onto my paper)

Open Minded Crafting Fun- JUST ABOUT TIME

Monochrome Magic- ANYTHING GOES


Supplies
Stamps- Weathered Clock (Hampton Arts); By the Sea 2 (Gina K)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Prismacolor Pencils
Paper- heavy white cs (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Mini Tile  Texture (TCW); clear EB powder; black gem; heat tool,
sandpaper, mister (TH)

Monoprinting and Flowers

Happy Saturday!

Meet today's card.  

Playing with a stencil and my new Distress Oxide inks.

I wanted to give my Oxides a try using a monoprinting technique.  I was pleasantly surprised by the results.  I found the colours were stronger and layered over one another so well.

So, for the monoprinted bkg., I rubbed the back of my stencil from The Crafter's Workshop with the Oxides, sprayed with water and pressed onto the paper.  I used a heavy weight cardstock but you could easily use a piece of watercolour paper.  Love the way the design transferred onto the paper.

It gave me this fun background design which was perfect to stamp onto.

I placed the piece into my Misti, inked up the flowers and stamped them to the side.  I stamped the sentiment and then to add more depth and interest, I randomly stamped the script.

Thanks so very much for coming by and hope you have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPED

Time Out- QUOTE
As You Like It- FAV REASON FOR MAKING CARDS AND WHY

(I love creating personalized cards to give to family and friends, 
I also enjoy the creative process and playing with inks)

Stamps and Stencils- WORDS WITH MEANING

Supplies

Stamps- Wildflowers (TH), Journey (Impression Obsession), Script (Penny Black)

Ink- Tuxedo Black (Memento); Distress Oxides (Wilted Violet, Broken China, Peeled Paint)

Paper- heavy weight cardstock (local store)

Accessories and Tools- MISTI, Mini Tiny Circles stencil (TCW), mister (TH)

Layered Stenciling

 Morning.

If you are a regular reader of my blog then you know how I love to create backgrounds and play with inks to add depth and interest to my cards.  I was really happy about how this one turned out.

I began with a stencil by The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Harlequin Circles.  I laid it over my white cardstock and using Shaded Lilac, I stenciled the first layer.  I moved the stencil then using Peacock Feathers I stenciled again leaving some open white space.

Next, using my MISTI, I inked the flowers from Tim Holtz with different colours of Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I continued to add more interest and layering to my card by stamping the same flowers with Versamark and  embossed them in white.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Impression Obsession with black Memento ink and splattered on some black acrylic paint.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- FABULOUS FLORALS

Craft Stamper- STENCILS AND MASKS

 Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Just Add Ink- ADD 'F'  

 (florals)

Crafting With An Attitude- ANYTHING GOES

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Tim Holtz, Impression Obsession/ stencil-TCW/ ink- Distress, Memento, Versamark/ white EB powder/ heat tool/mini mister/ Memento markers/ black acrylic paint/ Misti

Walk With Me

 Good Morning.

 Simple card today as I play with a stencil from Memory Box and my Distress inks.

I began by placing my stencil onto my card front and got out my Distress inks.

I stenciled the center area first using Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers, being sure to blend the colours together.  Then I used some Dusty Concord for the top area and some Vintage Photo for the earth tone at the bottom of my card.

  I removed the stencil, then using a paint brush and some grey ink, I painted some shadows on the trees to add some extra interest.

The sentiment was inked with black Memento ink and stamped using my MISTI.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Fantasy Stampers- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Sweet Stampin'- OUTDOORS

A Bit More Time To Craft- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafter's Cafe- CAS

 Thanks again for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- IO/ stencil- Memory Box/ ink- Distress, Memento/ applicator tool/ MISTI/ paint brush