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I had fun playing with this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

THREE FEATHERS

I decided to make a 'collage' style card using the stencil.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I looked through some of my discarded paper pieces and found this one I had done as a monoprint. (Monoprint- when I have inked over a stencil, there is always ink left behind on the stencil. Instead of wiping it all off, I will spray with water and press onto another sheet of paper to transfer the design)
• I placed one the the feathers from the THREE FEATHERS stencil over the left hand side of my cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I wanted to add more interest to the background, so I stamped the Script along the right hand side to help balance out the design.
• Next, I die cut a circle from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment over it using my Misti.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background and added 3 black gems to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE FEATHERS

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- A BIT O'GREEN

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Simon Says Monday- BIT O'GREEN

Tic Tac Toe- 3 IN A ROW

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle); Faded Text (Tim Holtz)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TH Blending Brushes;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; foam tape

Cool Colours- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

First card of the New Year and a new challenge at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

This month we are creating using Cool colours.  

Here is a sampling of them:

We also want to welcome our Guest Designer this month:

Guest Designer:  Chrissie (Simply One of a Kind)

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.

I positioned the Peacock Feathers stamp from Technique Junkies over my paper then I painted directly onto the stamp with some diluted Brushos in purples, green and blues.  I pressed onto my paper and added more ink where needed.  It helps to spray your stamp with some water as well to help the colours blend.  The Brushos give such rich colour.

When it was dry, I stamped the sentiment and simply mounted it onto a heavy white cardbase.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will come and play along with us.  We have some great challenges to offer you this year.

Supplies

Stamps- Peacock Feathers (Technique Junkies); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Brushos

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush

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)

Very CAS

Good Morning.

A very simple, CAS card today.

For those of you that don't know what 'CAS' means it is a short form for Clean and Simple.

I love the style and it can be interpreted in many ways.

Today at Splitcoast, the challenge is to create a CAS card.  If that is our typical style, we are asked to dial it back even more.  

So, here's what I came up with.

I began by inking my heavy weight cardstock with Peacock Feather Distress ink and an inking tool.  Next, I placed the Peacock Feathers stamp into my Misti, sprayed with water and pressed onto the paper.  Since the Distress inks are water-based, the colour lifted to reveal this gorgeous image.

Simple right?  

I dried the piece with my heat gun then using my Misti again, stamped the sentiment from SSS and clear heat embossed it.  I added the black pearls for interest.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations- ANYTHING GOES
 

Loves to Craft- MAY ANYTHING GOES

Inspiration Destination- ANYTHING GOES/MASCULINE

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Peacock Feathers (Technique Junkies) Thanks (MFT)

Ink- Peacock Feathers DI (TH), Memento black

Paper- 120lb cardstock (bulk local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti, clear eb powder, heat tool, black pearls, Mister (TH)