Stenciled Flower

Hi and welcome!  It's time for another challenge at The Flower Challenge and this month we are CASEing the Design Team.  That's right - choose any of the design team cards and CASE it.

For my card, I went with one of my favorite techniques - stenciling.

I took a panel of white cardstock and placed a NBUS Hero Arts stencil on the left hand side.  I then sponged over the top with Faded Jeans and Broken China Distress Oxide inks, keeping the darker color to the top.  Once that was done, I stamped the gorgeous Penny Black Dreamy stamp in Versafine Onyx Black ink and this beautiful sentiment from SugarPea Designs.

The panel was die-cut with a stitched die and adhered to a white card base with foam tape.

Thanks for visiting.  The Design Team have some wonderful designs to CASE so head on over and check them out.

I'm linking this up to the Always Fun Challenge, who are looking for flowers this week.

Products used:

Stamps:  Dreamy (Penny Black), Kindness Matters (SPD)
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Faded Jeans, Broken China Distress Oxide Inks
Cardstock:  White
Dies:  Inside/Out Stitched Rectangles (MFT)
Accessories:  Diamond Stencil (Hero Arts)

Cheers
Karren

Gamer Birthday

Hi and welcome!  Today is ANZAC Day here in New Zealand, which means a Public Holiday, which means some more time to stamp 😃  In all seriousness, though, ANZAC Day is much more than that. Wikipedia puts it best:

Anzac Day /ˈænzæk/ is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

I made this card using the CAS theme at Always Fun Challenges and the graffiti theme at Inkspirational.  I did think I was using the sketch at Paper Players, until I started writing this post and realised I forgot the strips at the side, so I'm not going to link up there, but do want to give them credit.

This wasn't the direction I was planning on going with the graffiti theme.  I was going to use another set and create a more realistic graffiti wall, but I came across this stamp set and decided it would be great for my youngest's upcoming 15th birthday, as he is an avid gamer.

I chose a number of sentiments from the Level Up set, cutting them up where necessary, and stamped the background using Fog ink.  I then die-cut with a stitched rectangle die and set it aside while I worked on the rest of the elements.  The game controller was die-cut from various SSS cardstocks and assembled and the sentiment was white embossed onto Audrey Blue cardstock and then die-cut.  

To assemble the card, I took a stitched vellum paper rectangle and adhered the controller and sentiment onto that using foam tape.  I then added liquid glue to the vellum piece and glued that to the stamped panel.  I finished with some Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Level Up (MFT)

Ink:  Fog (SSS), Versamark

Cardstock:  White, Black, Audrey Blue, Schoolhouse Red, Cotton Candy, Green Apple, Slate (SSS), Vellum Paper

Dies:  Game Controller (MFT), Stitched Rectangle Mats (Lil' Inkers)

Accessories:  Nuvo Drops

Cheers

Karren