Flowering Dahlia

Welcome

Stencils....they are such a great tool to use to create.  You can use them in many different ways to create.  The most popular way to use them is to rub over them with a stencil or a blending tool but I wanted to try and give the stencilled image a different look, so here's what I did.

I am using a 2 part stencil which means there are 2 separate stencils.  You start with the first, remove it, then overlay the second to add the details.  

I began with the Altenew Dahlia stencil A.  To give it a unique look, I pressed a baby wipe onto my DOX ink pad, then pressed that through the opening of my stencil.  I love the grainy look it gives.

When I was happy with the first inking, I removed Stencil A and overlaid Stencil B to add the details using some Black Soot DOX ink.

I splattered the whole piece with some diluted black acrylic paint and set it aside.

Using some black cardstock, I die cut the Follow Your Heart die from Penny Black 3 times and glued them together.  I glued that over my stencilled background and added some black gems.
I simply added it to a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Faded Jeans, Black Soot DOX ink

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs

Accessories and Tools- Follow Your Heart die (PB); Dahlia layered stencils (Altenew);

black acrylic paint; baby wipes; paintbrush; black gems

Gather in Love

Hello

I wanted to get a chance to play with this wonderful Skeleton Leaf stencil and this great sentiment from Impression Obsession. They just seemed to go together well.  

I love this time of year when we are reminded about all we need to be thankful for.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and positioned the leaf over the top securing it with some Pixie Spray.  Pixie Spray is a repositionable spray for use with stencils. 

Next, I took a baby wipe and squeezed on a small amount of Peeled Paint Distress Re-inkers onto it.  ** Wear rubber gloves to prevent your hands from being all inky**

I took the inked baby wipe and pressed it onto my stencil.  Still using the same wipe, I squeezed on some Peacock Feathers DI and repeated the process.  I find this technique gives the inked background a more subtle look, more hand painted.  I added a bit of Salty Ocean and let the piece dry.

When it was dry, I splattered the front with some more ink, then stamped the sentiment using my Misti.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the stencil I used:

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- SO THANKFUL

Crafting With Attitude- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Gather in Love (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress Re-inkers

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); blue cs

Accessories and Tools- Skeleton Leaf Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs; Misti (My Sweet Petunia;

baby wipes; paintbrush; Pixie Spray

Feather- Photo Paper and Baby Wipes

Hello and Welcome.

Trying out something new today using my Distress Oxide inks.

A friend of mine gave me a stack of HP photo paper that she couldn't use.  I wanted to try and use it for my card and after watching a few videos on YouTube I was off to try this fun and simple technique.

So like I said, I began with a piece of photo paper.  I inked up a sheet of acetate with my Distress Oxide inks, sprayed with water and pressed onto the paper.  You are left with a chalky looking inking.  I let that dry for a moment, then placed the piece inside my Misti.  These feathers are one of my favs from Technique Junkies so I inked it up with more DOX and stamped it over the bkg.  

Now for the magic part......I took a baby wipe and wiped over the surface of the whole card.  Amazing, it just all wiped away the chalky look and revealed wonderfully bright colour. 

So simple yet effective.

I then stamped the sentiment and done.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

The Male Room- ANYTHING GOES

Use Your Stuff- MAGIC (wipe and see the magic happen)

Supplies

Stamp- Peacock Feathers (Technique Junkies); Birthday Letter It (Ranger)

Inks- Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Seedless Preserves DOX (TH);

Black Archival (Ranger)

Paper- Photo HP; heavy white for base (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); baby wipes; acetate sheet; Mister (TH)