Perfect Iris

Recently I was lucky enough to win the challenge at CAS Stencil. It was for using Embossing Paste with a stencil and this was the card chosen.

As well as receiving some lovely goodies, I was asked to do a Guest Designer spot for their challenge, (which this time is to use Perfect Pearls or Pearl EX) and so I thought that I would use a similar layout to that card.

For this new card I made a stencil from vellum, again using a Sizzix die. 

I laid the stencil over my card and tamped it with a Versamark inkpad. After removing the stencil I added Perfect Pearls in Pewter using a soft brush. To set the medium, I wafted the card through a mist of water from a spray bottle, not spraying directly onto the card.

I cut the Iris using a Penny Black die, from a piece of deep grey card to complement the pewter Perfect Pearls and added a layered die cut sentiment which completed the card!

  

These are such great challenges, I do hope you will join in with us!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
Anything Goes

Watercolour

I really enjoyed the watercolour classes on my recent Cunard cruise. Here I used a technique which I learned there. It was to make a background wash, by having the paper at an angle and drawing the fairly wet brush across, using the drip line of one row to begin the next one. I changed from using Intense blue to Ultramarine, gradually adding more and more water to give the Ombre look, which is the challenge this time at CAS Mix Up.

I die cut the Sizzix 'Peace' sentiment and layered it three times to give some additional dimension. The star is a triple layered die cut from Memory Box and the the 'ON EARTH' part of the sentiment was stamped and embossed in silver  from a Papertrey Ink stamp set. A few gems finished the card.

It's also for the CAS Watercolour challenge which this time has the theme SOMETHING BLUE.

CASology Calm

Dancing Chickens?

A friend of mine saw my last chicken card and asked if I had any chickens dancing... she wanted a card for a fitness instructor whose class was dance based. My Penny Black chicken stamp had chickens which were definitely exercising, but not necessarily dancing, so I decided to try a little masking to see if I could change their appearance somewhat!

Before inking, I masked out the chicken on the right, plus the towel and the dumbbells using a little sticky tape. After I had removed the tape and stamped the image, I filled in the missing bits with a fine tipped pen, before gently colouring with Copic Markers.

The sentiment was computer generated once more using Buttercup Sample font.

CAS on Friday  - Use Bird(s)

In Shape

The theme at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge this time is FUNNY

I love this chicken ... she is part of a larger Penny Black Stamp, which I masked before inking, so as to get just this one lovely lady! After colouring with alcohol markers, I cut her out and popped her onto... what else but a circle!

The sentiment was generated on the computer and printed directly onto the card.

I get the positioning of the text where I want it by setting the zoom to 105% in my Word program, which makes the image on my screen the same as a sheet of  A4. With a piece of copy paper (which I can see through) cut to the size of the card front, I place it over the screen and as I put the text in text boxes, I can just grab them and move them to the desired position. Very technical... but it works for me.
CAS on Friday Use Bird(s)