I hope that you have been enjoying your weekend. I haven't had much time to get in to the craft room recently but the new challenge at CAS Stencil had me intrigued so I had to give it a go!
This month's challenge hosted by Cathy is to use alcohol inks/alcohol lift with your stencils. Here is what I made:
I created a rainbow style background on yupo with alcohol inks and placed my leafy mandala stencil over the top before applying alcohol lift ink with a foam applicator. It took a little while to do - the stencil was hinged on the paper so that I could lift it to check progress and see where more ink needed to be applied. When you lift the stencil and wipe over with kitchen towel, the image becomes much clearer. I was pleased with the effect - it looks like a tie die fabric!
I simply placed the yupo behind a circle aperture and sponged some distress inks lightly around the frame so it looks as if the colours are bleeding out. The sentiment is from MFT.
I shall also link up at Time Out Challenges where the word inspiration is - With freedom, flowers and the moon who could not be happy? and at Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge where the challenge is to use negative space.
Here is the stencil that I used which is available to buy from my store - www.funkyfossil.co.uk:
Thanks for stopping by,
Sarah x
gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLovely card Sarah, your rainbow colours and that gorgeous stencil really do make the artwork look like tie dye - wonderful and thanks for playing along with CAS Stencil this month, Robyn
ReplyDeleteSo effective, Sarah ... your mandala positively glows, especially with the additional sponging around the edges of the circle! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Time Out! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteGreat card Sarah, a beautiful stencil and the lift technique has worked really well over your scrummy background! Thanks for joining us at CAS Stencil!
ReplyDeleteone stand out card Sarah-the colour seems to draw you in and the richness really stands out. Thanks for joining Time Out
ReplyDeleteWOW! First of all ... love the rainbow of bright colour for your AI background. Your mandala leaf stencil is gorgeous! Looks amazing with using it to lift the link ... the design really stands out. Great design with the circle aperture and black sentiment banner. Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Stencil, Sarah! You could also add this to CAS Mix Up this month! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful stencil and wonderful result from your lift Sarah! Love all the colors you used and your circle framing! thanks for joining us at CAS Stencil!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous tie dye effect, Sarah! I love the rainbow of bright colors on your leafy mandala stencil...it's perfect for the AI lift technique! So glad you're playing along with us at CAS Stencil!
ReplyDeleteLove your tie dyed rainbow colors for your beautiful alcohol ink lift stenciled mandala, Sarah. So pleased you were able to join us at CAS Stencil. Hugs..Nancy
ReplyDeleteGorgeos card Sarah, love the look of the stencil too, the lift technique created such a pretty background. Thankyou for playing along at CAS Stencil, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely! The colors you chose are so pretty too! I still have the shrink wrap on my lift ink. I think I should unwrap it and get to using it! Thanks for playing our Time Out challenge!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your top pick at CAS stencil. Very well deserved. I love this card. I got an outstanding design shout using one of your stencils so thanks for that too xx
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