Woven Paper Wishes

 

Hello and Welcome

Scraps...do you save them?

I like to save mine in the hope that I will be able to use them to make a card.

That's how this card came to be.

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

• I began by taking a look in my scrap pile of pieces leftover from other cards.  I like to keep them just in case I can come up with something to do with them.  I found three of them, all done with stencils from A Colorful Life Designs (see below) and my Distress Oxide inks.  I cut the pieces into strips of different sizes for interest and set them aside.
• Using a piece of heavy white cardstock, I embossed it using a folder from Darice to use as my main panel.
• I figured out how I wanted to arrange my strips and wove them together, leaving room for a sentiment.  When I was happy with the pieces put together, I glued them in place over the embossed white panel.
• Next, I cut a circle from another leftover stenciled piece and stamped the greeting from Avery Elle in my Misti.  I glued that onto a piece of matching cardstock.  It looked flat and needed something more, so I inked up a piece of cardstock and die cut the flower from Tim Holtz.
• I glued the whole panel onto a piece of cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I pop dotted the sentiment to the side.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here are the stencils I used:

Groovy Flower Mask

Fleur Grillwork

Mid Century Squares

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cardz 4 Galz- TEXTURE

Try it on Tuesday- KEEP IT SIMPLE

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Oxides (Peeled Paint, Blueprint Sketch, Broken China, Shabby Shutters)

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Numbers Embossing folder (Darice);

pop dots; Infinity Circle dies (HA); Wildflower die (TH); Misti  

Celebrate Your Day- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

It's time for another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

Fun theme this month:

I began by inking up my embossing folder using my Distress Oxide inks.

I started at the top with the lightest colour and worked down to the darkest.

When it was all inked, I sprayed it with water and pressed it onto my white cardstock.

I love the print it created.

Next, I placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment using black ink. I clear heat embossed it to make it pop.

As a finishing touch, I doodled a blackline border around the edge.

Simple, fun looking card.

I hope you will come and play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Seize the Birthday- IT'S JUST A NUMBER
Artistic Stamper- BACKGROUNDS
The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Letter It (Ranger) 

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress Oxides- Fossilized Amber,
Candies Apple, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers,
Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; clear eb powder; heat tool; Numbers Embossing Folder (Darice)