Special Day in Turquoise

Here is another card I made using a stencil. The stencil is from The Crafter's Workshop. I brushed on the darker turquoise ink with the stencil in place. I realized that it was too stark a contrast with the white cardstock, though. So, I then brushed the entire piece with the lighter ink. The sentiment was already on my table. The sentiment and its shadow were both cut with dies. I had cut the shadow out of white and then brushed it with the same color of lighter ink. It's mounted on foam squares. I added a turquoise strip across the card and placed thin black strips on each side of it.

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Stenciled Birthday

When I ordered some new embossing folders last month, I also got one set of sentiment dies and one stencil. For today's cards, I used different parts of the stencil. The stencil is by The Crafter's Workshop and has eight small patterns on it. For each card, I used a different design and a stamp from a Stampendous birthday set.

I used purple distress ink applied with a sponge on this first card. I added three flowers that I got in a pack from Hobby Lobby last summer. You can't tell by the picture, but they are glittery.

For this second card, I used Stampin' Up! ink and a stipple brush. I added three black "nail heads." The panel is mounted on foam squares.

This one again uses distress ink applied with a sponge, and is also mounted on foam squares.

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