Way of Life

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Here is another card I made using a previously stencilled background I had in my stash.

I love it as the backdrop for this large sentiment.

So here is what I did.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I placed the Lace Doily stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over my paper and rubbed on some Carved Pumpkin and some Dried Marigold DOX inks, blending them together to cover the front.

I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the large sentiment from STAMPlorations onto my card front.  It sure does make a statement.  

Leaving the piece in my Misti, I stamped the flowers along the bottom edge.  

I mounted it onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the stencil I used:

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Stamping Sensations- FEMININE

The Artistic Stamper- WORDS

Day of the Month Card Club- SEND A CARD TO A FRIEND DAY

Supplies

Stamps- Happiness (STAMPlorations); Grass (Sheena Douglass)

Inks- Versafine; DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs

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

blending brush

Flowering Dahlia

Welcome

Stencils....they are such a great tool to use to create.  You can use them in many different ways to create.  The most popular way to use them is to rub over them with a stencil or a blending tool but I wanted to try and give the stencilled image a different look, so here's what I did.

I am using a 2 part stencil which means there are 2 separate stencils.  You start with the first, remove it, then overlay the second to add the details.  

I began with the Altenew Dahlia stencil A.  To give it a unique look, I pressed a baby wipe onto my DOX ink pad, then pressed that through the opening of my stencil.  I love the grainy look it gives.

When I was happy with the first inking, I removed Stencil A and overlaid Stencil B to add the details using some Black Soot DOX ink.

I splattered the whole piece with some diluted black acrylic paint and set it aside.

Using some black cardstock, I die cut the Follow Your Heart die from Penny Black 3 times and glued them together.  I glued that over my stencilled background and added some black gems.
I simply added it to a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Faded Jeans, Black Soot DOX ink

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs

Accessories and Tools- Follow Your Heart die (PB); Dahlia layered stencils (Altenew);

black acrylic paint; baby wipes; paintbrush; black gems

Painted Sky

Welcome

As most of you, I don't always have a lot of time to create with working a busy schedule, so when I can create a quick and simple card, I'm in.

This one came together so quickly.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I rubbed some Distress Oxide inks onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water then slapped my cardstock into the wet ink.

This technique is great especially if you like a more random look with some white space.

I dried the ink, then placed it into my Misti.  I inked up the Winter Woodland stamp from Penny Black with some Weathered Wood DOX inks and stamped the trees to create the shadow effect you can see in the background.  I moved my paper down inside the Misti, then stamped again using some Versafine Clair black ink.  I really do love the shadow effect the double stamping gives.

I stamped the sentiment from the Destination Sentiments set also from PB in the top corner.

I mounted the piece onto some white cardstock then onto some purple and onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look...so appreciated.

Supplies

Stamps- Winter Woodland (PB); Destination Sentiments (PB)

Inks- DOX; Versafine

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); non-stick craft mat; mister

Be Unique- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Are you ready for another fun theme at 

The Flower Challenge

This month we are adding leaves

We also welcome our Guest Designer this month:

Our Guest Designer this month is Galina Filippenko

So onto my card details.

I am still on a mission to use some of the inked backgrounds I have sitting in a box, so I decided to look for one to create this card.  The one I found had been previously inked with Distress Oxide inks, then I had done some stencilling over the top.  It was interesting and had a unique look to it, so I decided to go ahead and use if for my flowers.

I placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped the Roses with some Versafine black ink.  I removed the stamped roses and leaving the stamp in place inside my Misti, I stamped it again onto some heavy white cardstock with grey ink.  That grey stamped panel would become my card front.

I took the roses that I stamped over the inked piece and fussy cut them out.

I glued them over the grey inked piece and then stamped the large sentiment. Lastly, I splattered the whole front with black acrylic paint to add more interest.

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

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Hope you will come and play along with us!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Arty Divas- ANYTHING GOES

Artsystamper- FLOWERS/HEARTS

Supplies

Stamps- Rosa Eden Roses (Picket Fence); Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX inks
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black acrylic paint; paintbrush; stencil

Red and White- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome

A new month means a new theme at the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge

This month we have a colour challenge for you to use Red and Black.

This month we welcome my talented friend Michele as our GD.

Guest Designer:  Michele (I Card Everyone)

So onto my card details.

Love is in the air this month with Valentine's Day right around the corner but I decided to use those colours, commonly found with that theme, in a different way.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.

I inked up the large snowflake by colouring directly onto my stamp with my Memento markers, sprayed with water and pressed it onto my cardstock.  I repeated that process using a variety of red markers until I had a deep, rich red on my snowflakes.  I turned my paper around and stamped the snowflake again at the top using the same process.

Next, I stamped the sentiment then die-cut the hemstitch border.  I love the simple interest the border  added to my card.

Keeping it all clean and simple, I mounted it to a heavy white card base and added a few black gems.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look and I hope you will come and play along with us.

Supplies

Stamps-  Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp Company); 

Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- Memento Markers; Versafine

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems, Mister (TH); Hemstitch die (Spellbinders)