Birthday Card

 Hello all!

Here is my secind project for the "Use A Stencil (Or Two)"-challenge for July at Country View Challenges.

I made another card this time. 

This card is one of a series I made for my collegues at school. I decided, to make all of them the same way. I used a masterboard for the background I made. I photocopied it and cut it to size.

To tone down the background a little bit, I used a stencil from Tim Holtz and white acrylic paint.

For some color, fitting to my vocal point, I used a second stencil (TCW) and acrylic spray paint.

I prepared all of my vocal points the same way: I layered the picture on top of several papers and corrugated cardboard, which I cut or teared to size and distressed the edges with DI walnut stain. Then I stapeled them and glued the picture to the middle.

At last I added the stamped words and a little rose - that´s it!

Some close ups:

When I have all the cards ready, I will post a picture here - I have to make 23 more ;-).

Now it´s your turn to use your stencils and make something pretty for our challenge!

As always you can win a 20 £ voucher for the shop!

Thank you for your visit and have a wonderful week!

Card for a Man

 Hello all, nice to have you here!

For the new month we have a new challenge over at Country View Challenges. This time the theme is "Use a stencil or two...".

I love to use stencils very much and I guess I use them in nearly all my artwork.

To add texture with a stencil changes the whole look of a piece and they are so very versatile in their use.

For my first piece I decided to make a card for a man.

This is what I did:

I took a piece of watercolor paper and sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in a light grey.

I put the stencil Lattice Work form Tim on top of the wet paint, sprayed a little bit more and left it to dry.

When it was dry, I removed the stencil and it looked like this.

The stencil was still wet, so i placed it on another piece of paper. I will use it for a second card.

To get rid of the "frame" I spreat Distress Inks ground espresso and black soot around it with a distressing tool and a sponge.

Time for a second stencil. I used the Numeric stencil from Tim, also one of my favourites, with Distress Oxide mermaid lagoon.

To make the numbers stand out more, I surrounded some of them with a white posca pen.

For some more marks I used the third stencil, again a Tim one, called Stitched Layering, with Distress Oxide crackling campfire. It´s not visible very much, but it adds a subtile texture and a hint of color.

To finish the background, I sprinkled some white paint on top.

I stamped my image and the sign, colored all, layered them and glued them on top of my background. Last I glued everything on top of a card and embellished the card with some flowers and a bow.

Now it´s ypir turn to make something with a stencil! As always you can win a 20£ voucher for the shop.

Thank you for your visit today!