Congrats

Hello,

I am just stopping by with two different looks for cards made with a fab sentiment die from Stamplorations and a couple of my stencils.  One is grungy and monochrome whilst the other is bright and bold.

Starting with bright and bold:

I simply sprayed through my honeycomb stencil with a range of colours which created a bright and inky background.  The large congrats sentiment is die cut from black card and adhered to a square of vellum to ensure that it stands out from the busy background.

I shall link this card up at Simon's Wednesday Challenge where we are celebrating birthdays and at Stamplorations April Challenge where we are focusing on the sentiment.

Here I used my geometric grid stencil with grey and silver misters to create a variegated look in the background.  I used some aged silver embossing powder to give the die cut sentiment a distressed and metallic look.  I also used some Stamplorations stamps around the edge of the card to enhance the grungy look.

I was able to create a second card by turning the stencil over and blotting the inky surface on to a clean piece of white card.  This gives a paler and more patchy effect.  I simply die cut and popped up the central panel and used the same die cut sentiment from Stamplorations.

I hope you like the effect that I have created by using misters through stencils.  They do not give a precise look but can create some fun and quick backgrounds.  As always, you can find the stencils that I have used in my Folksy shop!

Thanks for stopping by,

Sarah x

Creative Cogs

Hello!

I have been playing with some more of my mdf elements this weekend and, in particular, the cogs which are now in my Folksy store. I used them on my art board stand to create this:

I painted everything with black gesso and used my grid stencil with black texture paste on the mdf base.  I then used a combination of acrylic paints and sprays in coppers, browns and greens to create the rusty metallic look on the base.  Similarly with the cogs, I embossed them in a range of rusty looking powders to create a textured, weathered look and adhered to the mdf stand.  I stamped and embossed in copper a few of the smaller moths from Visible Image and a sentiment in a green patina effect powder from Stamplorations.  I also highlighted the letters in a few old metal eyelets and embossed them with the same powder.

I shall link up at the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge where the challenge for March is to use a stencil and at least 3 mediums.

I will also link up at the Anything Mixed Media Challenge over at Mixed Media World.

Here are the cogs and stencil that I used from my Folksy store.

 

Thank you for stopping by!

Sarah x

Geometric Stencil

Hello!

I hope your week has started well :)  I wanted to pop by to share a new stencil design which gives a fab geometric effect.....I used it to create a card for the current challenge over at Less is More where we are using purple:

I inked through the stencil on to white card using a range of Distress Inks and then cut a section of the stencilled panel out to adhere to the bottom of the purple card.  I extended the effect by stencilling tone on tone onto the purple card as well.  I added a sentiment from Papertrey Ink and a few hearts to finish.

I shall also link up at AAA Cards as it is a new stencil that I am sharing with you for the first time :)

It was my hubby's birthday at the weekend and I made this card for him from the boys.  It was so simple to do by pressing through the stencil with versamark and white embossing the pattern on the grey card.  The alphabet stamps are from Altenew and the rest of the sentiment and headphones die are from MFT.  This is a stencil that works perfectly for men's cards!

You can find all of my stencils on Folksy....

I have already shared on FB that I am so excited to be one of the winners of Papercraft Magazines Designer of the Year competition.  I won't go on about it again....you can find the designs that I submitted in the current edition of Papercraft Essentials magazine :)  I am looking forward to being part of the DT over the coming year!

  

Thank you, as always, for stopping by and for your great comments!

Sarah x