Thankful Garden

Hi there! TGIF...that's all I have to say! I am looking forward to what will hopefully be a relaxing weekend! How about you?

I am still doing my "homework" for the Stenciled class and having fun while I'm at it!  I have loved using the few stencils that I have to create different cards for different occasions!  

Here, I created a thank you card using a MFT Wildflower stencil and distress inks! I had so much fun masking off areas of the stencil to keep it clean and to get it to look like a garden! I added some tiny sequins in some of the flowers to bling it up a little and stamped the sentiment in distress ink and clear embossed it!

  Supplies:

SSS green apple card stock 

Neenah solar white card stock 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink; peeled paint, wild honey, worn lipstick and broken china

Ink blending tools

MFT Wildflower stencil

Avery Elle Handwritten Notes stamp set

Tiny sequins: SSS December card kit

Foam adhesive, versamark ik, clear embossing powder 

You Make me Proud!

Hi there! I'm back again with another card! 

I saw that Tim Holtz released a spritzer and I immediately thought to myself...gee, I bought one of those years and years ago!  I knew exactly where it was and began creating backgrounds with it!  I don't own distress markers yet but I used it with a sharpie marker and it worked great! 

 Here you can see that it stained the stencil but I am fine with that!  I created the background just experimenting with different angles and going close to the stencil...what I got was the look of denim and I was so pleased! I love the idea if the spritzer! 

For my card, I also played with white embossing paste and another stencil "falling stars" from SSS...I masked off an area where I wanted the background to go and stenciled the hearts! So fun and what a great texture to add to any project!  I used the OWH lil hoot stamp set and colored in the bears using my Spectrum noir markers and added an action wobble! 

 I embossed the sentiment on Neenah desert storm cardstock and notched it to a banner! I also inked the edges lightly!

I think this card is adorable and will give it to my son when he finishes his midterms!! 

I am entering this card in the SSS Monday "A" challenge this week!  My "A" is for airbrush and animal! Thanks for stopping by! 

Happy Heart

Another quick post tonight before bed!  I don't usually craft at night but I wanted to try a technique that I learned from the Stenciled card class that I'm taking. 

I made my own stencil by gluing two pieces of 4x6 card stock together using the large side of the tombo glue (let dry) and a beater....then randomly placed the heart die on the paper and used my cuttlebug to cut out a bunch of hearts to create a stencil! So much fun! 

I cut a strip of cardstock about 3 x 5.5 and started coloring in the hearts without outlining them and it just gave it a sketched look...the stencil worked perfectly! I used Crayola color pencils from my sons stash...they weren't just the basic colors. They worked fine for this I thought. 

I covered the card base with the black polka dot paper and adhered little strips of scrap paper notched to a banner along the left side just randomly. I tied bakers twine around white card strip and stamped the sentiment. The heart panel is adhered with foam dots!  

I am pleased with how the card turned out and had great fun making my own stencil!

Ok that's all for tonight...time for bed!!

I'll be back tomorrow with a few more card posts!

Supplies:

MFT "You Make My Day " stamp set

Colorbok "Hopscotch" papers

Crayola colored pencils

Red bakers twine

Foam adhesive

Memento tuxedo black ink

Neenah solar white card stock

SSS heart die

Tombo mono adhesive

Birthday wishes

Hi! I signed up for a class on line...Stenciled at onlineclasses and I learned fun new techniques using my stencils and different mediums!

Today I created this birthday card!  

I  started with a stencil from MFT "stencil on the diagonal" and I taped it on a diagonal and used 5 different distress inks...spun sugar, worn lipstick, fired brick, peacock feathers and broken china. I started light on the bottom and got darker up top. I trimmed that down and added thin strips of a teal cardstock.  I used a Christmas stamp set from SSS called "Big Holiday Wishes" and I masked off the "holiday" in the stamp and stamped it on the card...then I used Basic Grey letter stickers to spell out "birthday" using a T square ruler for perfect alignment!   I added a punched heart with glossy accents and some sequins for fun! 

I will be back later or tomorrow with a few more cards! Thanks for stopping by!