Trace Your Stencil

Hello and Welcome.

It's my turn to host the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) over at Splitcoast Stampers this week.

So many of us are working on getting cards made to enter the Dare to Get Dirty Event, held each year for all the members there. 

I thought I would keep the challenge really simple and fun.

So my challenge will be 

Trace Your Stencil

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop called Mini Joyful Sunflower.
• I rubbed some Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean and some Blueprint Sketch on the back of my stencil, sprayed with water and pressed onto my card base creating a monoprint.  Remove the inky stencil soon after pressing it onto your paper or the ink may seep under the stencil.
• I set the piece aside to dry completely before doing the next step.
• When the piece was dry, I was left with a lovely print of the flower.
• Using a black Signo pen, I traced around the inked outlines of the flower, giving it more of a defined presence and making the stenciled bkg look a bit different. *For more detailed stencils, lay the stencil back over the pattern and trace inside the stencil.
• I splattered using my black Posca pen for interest.
• Using a Spellbinder square die, I cut a frame to place over the flower image using pop dots.
• I chose not to add a sentiment so I can use this card for so many different occasions.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
My Time to Craft- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Krafty Chicks- ALL OCCASIONS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (TCW); mister (TH); Signo #1 pen; Spellbinder Square die;

pop dots

Moments in Time

Good Morning

As I have mentioned in some of my previous posts, I am really trying to use some of the panels I have created that were stuck away in my stash.  

This is one I pulled out the other day and wanted to finish it up by making a card.  

So onto my card details.

The background was created using the Messy Dot Grid stencil that I inked up with some Festive Berries Distress Oxide inks, sprayed with water and pressed onto my cardstock panel creating a monoprint.

As I looked at the panel, I decided to give it more interest, so I added some stenciling using the Simple Grid stencil and rubbed over that with some Broken China and some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.

I love these clock stamps by Tim Holtz, inked them with some Versafine ink and stamped them to the side of the panel.  I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.

I mounted the piece onto some white cardstock, then a piece of red, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here are the stencils I used:

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Supplies

Stamps- Clocks (Tim Holtz); Treasure the Moments (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Oxides (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); red (Dollarama)

Accessories and Tools- Stencils-Messy Dot Grid; Simple Grid (A Colorful Life Designs);

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Mister (TH)

Life's Path

Welcome

A simple card today using this beautiful Lace Doily stencil and a few simple stamps.

I wanted to have a simple, distressed looking background for my card so I inked up the back of the stencil with some Carved Pumpkin DOX ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my sheet of heavy white cardstock, creating a monoprint.  When I inked up the stencil, I concentrated most of the ink to the center and left the edges a bit untouched to give the distressed feel.

When the inking was dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the flowers from MFT and then the sentiment over my stencilling.  I mounted the piece onto a complimentary colour of cardstock, then onto a white card base.

That's it...simple and very fresh looking with the orange.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- Life's Journey (High Hopes); Flower Silhouettes

Inks- Tuxedo Black; Carved Pumpkin DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Lace Doily (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Mister (TH)