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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

Music of Life

Good Morning.

Meet today's card that uses my favourite colors and my favourite Distress inks.

I'm was inspired by the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast.

I began by placing my Unity flowers inside my Misti, inked with Faded Jeans Distress ink and stamped.  I repeated that process to give a deep, rich colour then clear heat embossed.  

Next, I inked the flower using London Fog Memento ink and stamped in the background to give a sort of shadow effect.  You can just faintly see them behind the first flower stamping.  I inked over the whole piece using more Distress ink and a blending tool.

I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink then white heat embossed it to make it pop.  Really great saying from Rubbernecker.

Lastly, I randomly stamped the text in the background to help add interest and break up the look of the flowers a bit.  I added some light to the flower heads by coloring in with a white gel pen, splattered with white acrylic paint and white heat embossed the edges.

Well that's it.  Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Daisy Chain- MONOCHROME

 Monochrome Magic- ANYTHING GOES

 Supplies

Stamps- Insightful Meadows (Unity); Sentiment (Rubbernecker); Text Bkg (Hero Arts)

Inks- Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers Distress ink (TH); Versamark

Paper- heavy weight white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; white eb powder; white gel pen (Ranger); heat tool;

 sponge applicator; white acrylic paint; paintbrush