JAI 725: Just Add Stencilling

 Hi!

Thanks for joining me for the new Just Add Ink challenge. This week, Lou has suggested that we Just Add Stencilling to our cards. Fun!

It's been a while since I used any of my stencils, so I dusted off the box that I store them in and started digging. At first I thought that I might use a moon stencil, but then I rediscovered my Warp Speed stencil, from Altenew. Bingo!

I love how it creates a focal point at the centre of the card. I inked it up using Salty Ocean Distress Oxide and a blending brush. I had to make sure to ink from all angles so that the shapes came out cleanly. I then added a couple of Stitched Stars die cuts, cropped from Silver and Gold foil, to further highlight the focal point.

My wonderful superhero is from a Kindred Stamps set, called Wonderful. Isn't she fabulous? I coloured her with my Stampin' Blends and a couple of metallic markers. The sentiment from the stamp set was a great way to finish off the card.

I left the inside fairly plain, with just a gold foil star. This way the card could be used for several different occasions.

We'd love for you to-lay along this week. Stencils are a fun and inexpensive way to add interest to a card, I think. I can't wait to see what you make. You can see what the rest of the Design Team have created this week over on the Just Add Ink blog, where you can also add your stencilled card to our Linky.

Bye for now,

Tina

Bron's Birthday Blog Hop - July

 Hi!

I'm once again blog hoping with a bunch of crafty friends to celebrate Bron Eastley's 60th Birthday. This month, Bron has asked us to CASE a project from the 60's pages of the Annual Catalogue. I only got to page 61 before I found this fun card to CASE.

I loved the big, bold sentiment with the rays streaming out from behind it. It's tricky to see the rays, as they are white embossed on vellum, but they are there!

I started my card with a background paper from the Abstract Beauty pack. I thought that the little shapes looked like confetti, so worked well on a birthday card. The vellum layer over the top has been inked with some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink using my Altenew Warp Speed Stencil.

The sentiment is from the Sale-A-Bration stamp set, Amazing Phrasing. I think I'm going to get a lot of use out of this one! I stamped it in Night Of Navy ink, fussy cut it and then popped it up over the vellum with Dimensionals. I used liquid glue behind the Dimensionals to adhere the vellum to the DSP behind it.

There was a tiny scrap of DSP left from the front of the card, so I used it on the inside. I also thought that a little more of the WarpSpeed stencil was called for. The sentiment is from the Light The Candles kit.

Another thanks for joining me, but please do continue your way around the Blog Hop tonight. There's lots more inspiration to be found. Just keep hopping around until you get back to the blog where you started. The next hopper tonight is my lovely friend Nikki Spencer.

Bye for now,

Tina