I used the Scattered Floral Stencil from Taylored Expressions for my card today. This is a very pretty stencil. I decided to do try out some watercoloring using a regular pencil and some Tombow Dual Brush Pens. After attaching the stencil to a piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper, I lightly traced around each flower.
I removed the stencil and added a bit of the marker to the centre of each flower and blended it out with water. I made sure to keep the colour inside the pencil lines as the pencil would be trapped under the colour!! After hitting it with my heat tool to make sure it was completely dry, I used an eraser to erase the traced lines. I wasn't super impressed, haha. It was just too bland. I took out my coloured pencils and chose a shade darker than the watercolour. I added some simple flicks and this gave it a lot more character!
Aaaand, I just could stop playing around with this background so I lined up the stencil again and added a layer of Nuvo Moonstone Glimmer Paste. Now this really jazzed things up! I set that aside to dry (which didn't take that long!) and worked on my sentiment.
I used the Fabulous Phrases Dies from Concord & 9th. I love this set! I cut the "thinking of you" four times from black cardstock and adhered them all together to create a nice, think embellishment. Instead of dotting the "i's", I used the heart die that is included in this set. I added some Nuvo Glitter Gloss Pen as well as Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the sentiment.
I foam mounted the stencilled background onto a light blue cardbase. I'm pretty happy with the way this card turned out. Super sparkly and shiny!!!
If you'd like to see how this card actually came together, I have a VIDEO up on my YouTube Channel which you can find HERE!!
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Love this look Laurie, and the sentiment is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteI loved reading your process & how you arrived at this awesome look! Great idea to use the little hearts to dot the i's - I have to remember this!
ReplyDeleteLove the shimmer!!!
ReplyDeleteOoooo I LOVE the glitter for the stenciling! JUST a BEAUTIFUL CARD!
ReplyDeletevery pretty Laurie - I love how you did the sentiment.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear someone else doesn't give up on an experiment ;) Love the end result with the Glimmer Paste. It turned out ready for a party
ReplyDeletePretty card! Love the colors and the sparkle!
ReplyDeleteI love how you kept adding to the initial stenciled design to create the final card...so pretty.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a pretty card. Love the colours and sparkles.
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