Stenciled Day 3 - Part 1

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a great weekend!! Wow, they just fly by, don't they??!! I have a couple more cards to share with you using techniques from the online card class Stenciled. This is the first one...the second one will follow in a separate post :)

I love the technique of this one. Translucent Embossing Paste from Wendy Vecchi was used through a Crafter's Workshop Flower Frenzy stencil. Once it dried, Tim Holtz Distress Inks were sponged on: Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick and Barn Door. I used a baby wipe to remove the color from the embossing paste. The flower is a Spellbinders Rose Creations die with a Bitty Blossoms inside. They were colored with Fired Brick and Barn Door and then spritzed with Valentine Pink Glimmer Mist for a sparkly shine. The sentiment and surround are from the TH Simple Sayings stamp set. The top banner is a Spellbinders Ornate Artisan Tags and Accents die. Love is a Die-Versions die from the Compliments Everyday set. You can purchase it HERE.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - January Linky
2. Just B Creative Crazy - January Linky
3. 2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Another card using stencils and embossing paste will follow...

Happiness is Beautiful

Happy Monday!! I hope you had a fabulous weekend!! I am leaving tomorrow for a business trip so I may not be able to visit you for a few days. I hope to be able to check your projects while I'm gone, but I probably won't be able to comment until I get home next week :)

I wanted to share a quick tag with you today, using mostly Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 products, especially the not-in-stores-yet Translucent Embossing Paste I won from her!! I absolutely love it!! I was dancing a little jig when it arrived :) It adds such amazing shine to projects!! Thanks again, Wendy!!

The base of the tag is manilla cardstock, cut with a Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplate Die. Wendy's Fresh Flowers stencil was placed on the tag. The petals were inked with TH Fired Brick and the center with Rusty hinge. The stem was inked with TH Forest Moss and the leaves with TH Crushed Olive. Once the inks dried, the stencil was placed back over the flower and covered with Wendy's new Translucent Embossing Paste. It was then outlined with a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen.

Once the Embossing Paste dried, the tag was stamped with the mesh stamp from Wendy's Art Rules stamp set in Ranger Sap Green Archival Ink. Next, Wendy's Dots and Stripes Border stencil was placed on the tag and inked with TH Bundled Sage Distress Ink. The dots were then colored with TH Weathered Wood Disterss Ink. Next, Wendy's Classic Words stencil was placed on the tag and inked with TH Tea Dye Distress Ink. The sentiment is from two different K Andrew Designs Positive Thoughts stamps, and they were taped off to create the sentiment. I covered the "is an inside job" after "Happiness", and then covered the "Brave" before "Is beautiful" to create this custom sentiment. The edges were inked with TH Walnut Distress Ink. The crinkle ribbon is from Karen of Little Scrap Pieces.

I tried to get a picture of the incredible shine and dimension the new Translucent Embossing Paste adds to the tag :)

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Do More With Less - Masking Stamps with Savannah O'Gwynn
2. DL.Art - Thankful Thursday - July Anything Goes
3. Sunday Funday #11 - Linky Party
4. An Inky Situation #1 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by :)