Medallion

Hello and Welcome.

Meet today's card.  I love how it turned out and it was so super simple to create using a mask, stencil and some Distress Oxide inks.

To begin making my card, I placed a circle mask from A Colorful Life over my heavy white cardstock.  I am loving these masks as they are so easy to use with great results.  

Next, I inked up my Bo Ho Medallion stencil with some Distress Oxide inks, sprayed with water and pressed over the mask. I placed a piece of scrap paper over stencil and rolled over it with my brayer to create a monoprint.  I have had good luck transferring the ink that way.

When I removed the inked stencil and the mask, I was left with this beautiful impression.  

To help accentuate the circle detail, I simply die cut a circle and framed the impression under that.

I stamped the sentiment in more of the same colour ink, added a drop of blue Nuvo to the center of the medallion and pop dot mounted it onto a heavy white cardstock base.

Mary Kay from A Colorful Life Designs  is offering a discount on stencils and masks.

Just use the code KarenFan10.

Thanks so much for the visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Tinker Dream- DIE CUT/ STENCIL

Love to Scrap- option MONOCHROME ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Being Unique (Technique Tues.)

Inks- Distress Oxides- Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean (TH) 

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Bo Ho Stencil, Circle Mask (A Colorful Life); circle die (Spellbinders);

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Nuvo Drops

Beautiful You

Good Morning and Happy Saturday!

Meet today's card.

I'm feeling happy that I had time to play this week.

One of my favourite technique to play with is Stencil Monoprinting, so that was my starting point for this card. 

 I love this new Bo Ho Medallion stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and wanted to ink it up.

So here's what I did.

I began with my stencil and inked up the back with some Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks, sprayed with water and pressed onto my heavy white cardstock.

I lifted my stencil and set the piece aside to dry.

** Helpful Hint:  after I lay my wet, inked stencil onto my paper, I lay another piece of scrap paper over that and use my brayer to get a good inked impression **

When the bkg. was totally dry, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the flowers and the sentiment with a darker shade to help it pop against the stencil background.

I simply mounted it onto a plain white card front for a clean and crisp look.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you have a creative weekend.

Mary Kay from A Colorful Life Designs  is offering a discount on stencils and masks.

Just use the code KarenFan10.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Time Out- INSPIRED BY A QUOTE

Through the Purple Haze- FAV COLOR COMBOS

Crafting With Attitude- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Being Unique (Technique Tues.); Silhouette 4 (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet DI (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook, Waterloo, Ont)

Accessories and Tools- Bo Ho Medallion Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Mister (TH); brayer