A warm welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #440~Trend Week, where our amazing Angie has selected Stencils as the inspiration trend. I love stencils...really love...super love...
If you've come from - or are heading to - the challenge blog, you'll see an array of fabulous cards from our May Guest Designer, sweet talented Patti,from Stationery Styles, and my talented teammates: Sue, Angie, Vicki, Ina, Bobby, Nancy, Lisa, Maria.
Yes, you've seen this stencil before - the Mandala from Studio Katia - BUT, I love it and had to showcase it again. Prior to adding colour, I embossed the stencil to raise the image. Three inks did the trick in creating a 'rainbow-ish' effect: Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed and Mermaid Lagoon. The Picked Raspberry + Mustard Seed = orange; Mustard Seed + Mermaid Lagoon = green; Mermaid Lagoon + Picked Raspberry = purple. Isn't that cool? Where did I learn this, you may be asking? From none other than incredibly talented, ultra sweet Amy Rysavy, of Prairie, Paper and Ink fame. Her videos are outstanding and the bonus: she's Canadian! Yayyyy!
Your turn!
Looking forward to seeing your STENCIL sensations in the gallery!
Oh. My. Goodness! Carol! This is gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. You are SO good with stencils. I adore the colors and the blending and the design of this stencil. This is frame-worthy in my humble opinion. Fantastic work, my friend! Thank you SO much for sharing. :) Hugs!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to emboss the stencil and those beautiful pastel colors look truly amazing! Great job!!
ReplyDeleteThis is simply stunning! I love the soft colors you used too!
ReplyDeleteAwesome stencil and I sooooooo love the soft colours you used here. Beautiful card Carol.
ReplyDeleteDelicate, dreamy and so pretty, Carol ... those colours are delicious! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteGiving it depth to raise the image was such a Great idea! The color placement was so well thought out! This is beautiful Carol...honestly!!! Have a fabulous day!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful stenciled card! Hard to believe that you used only three colors to create this gorgeous rainbow! Will have to remember that combo! Also love that you dry embossed the stencil first!
ReplyDeleteGirl! I am totally swooning over this beautiful card! the coloring you did and the embossing... WOW!!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! Very cool how you embossed and blended those colors for a beautiful rainbow effect! Adding the little banner with the sentiment is the perfect finishing touch!
ReplyDeleteOooh, so beautiful!! Love the colors!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty with the rainbow colors! Beautiful card~
ReplyDeleteWell, Ms. SQ, you outdid yourself on this one. Inking the embossing and blending the colors. This is one fabulously yummy card.
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