Time to Celebrate

Good Morning

This month is just flying by and A Colorful Life Designs has a mid-month release of a new stencil called:

Chaos Squares

I decided to do a torn paper technique using the stencil.

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

• I secured my Chaos Squares stencil in place with some tape over a piece of white cardstock as I wanted to be able to lift it up and down like a hinge when inking the pattern.
• I took a piece of scrap paper and tore it into strips and placed one of the strips near the top edge and inked it with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil up, removed the torn paper and placed another piece along the next section and inked again this time using some Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber DOX.
• I repeated that process working my way down my card front until my white cardstock was all inked up.
• I die cut a circle right from my card front and then glued it onto a larger black circle. I die cut the dandelion twice and glued that over the circle.
• I stamped the sentiment into the corner of my card front in my Misti.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then orange and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the die cut circle back into place matching up the pattern.
• Finally I added some orange gems to the flower centers to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Chaos Squares

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Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- OUT WITH THE OLD/IN WITH THE NEW

(Old- flower die; New- stencil)

Beautiful Blossoms- ANYTHING FLORAL GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- BIRTHDAYS

Supplies

Stamps- Celebrate (IO- out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Dandelion die (Poppy Stamps);

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); scrap paper for tearing; Infinity Circle dies (HA); 

TE Blending Brushes

Torn Paper Stenciling- Shine Bright

 

Hello and Welcome.

I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC Challenge (Technique Lovers) over at Splitcoast Stampers.
So today, I decided to pair up the Star Stretch stencil from A Colorful Life Designs with some torn paper.

It's a fun technique to use to get a totally different look from your stencils.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and using some scraps of paper, I tore strips that I would use as masks with the Star Stretch stencil.
• I laid the the torn pieces of scrap paper over the white cardstock, then placed the stencil over that and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink. 
• I removed the stencil and the masks and roughly repositioned them over the areas already inked, matched up the stencil to the pattern already laid down and inked over that with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I repeated the above steps and lastly, inked with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.  I think using the torn pieces of paper gave the stencil a very unique look.
• I removed all the masks and the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and fussy cut it out.
• I inked up another scrap of white paper with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink, splattered with the white again and die cut a star from that.  I did outline the edges with my white Posca pen to help it be a bit more visible over the background.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto some navy cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to mount the star in the corner and glued the sentiment onto that.

Here is the stencil I used:

Star Stretch

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Dragonfly Dreams- MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

Supplies

Stamp- Smile, Shine, Sparkle (Sizzix)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); star die (Scrapbook.com); white Posca pen;

TE Blending Brushes; scraps of paper for masking; foam tape