Hi everybody. I needed a quick birthday card for a friend whose birthday I nearly forgot and I needed to post it asap. I decided to make a background with a new stencil, bought at the recent craft fair I went to, from Sweet Poppy called Plaid Back Plate and which is getting its first outing, and a Crafty Individuals stamp called Ornamental Grasses Silhouette which I have had for a while.
I started with a piece of white card cut to fit my 6" square card and masked off an 8cm square and then ink blended with the plaid stencil using three Distress Inks - Lucky Clover, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean, starting from the bottom left in a diagonal and fading out a bit towards the righthand side. I decided to set the stamp below and to the right of the square and then to balance it I placed the sentiment across the top left hand corner and stamped with my usual Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and heat embossed with WOW Clear Gloss Embossing Powder. A very quick card and I hope she likes it and that it arrives on time.
Thank you for coming to see my blog today and I hope you'll visit again soon.
I am entering the following challenges:
NBUS Challenge - No. 43 Where we use our Never Before Used Schtuff.
Happy Little Stampers October Stencil Challenge - Anything Goes.
Happy Little Stampers October Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes.
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge - No. 440 Die Cuts and/or Stencils.
Stencil Fun Challenge - October: Anything Goes using a Stencil (Optional Theme: Halloween).
A very effective stencil, handy for lots of designs. Love the way you offset the stamped details too, good thinking. Postal deliveries are a bit all over the place so I hope this card was received in time
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful card Pat...I love the background colours and such a useful image
ReplyDeleteAnne
Neve seen this stencil, I love it and how you made the color gradient! The silhouette stamping is beautiful against that! Nice the placing of the sentiment too. Have a lovely weekend, Pat!
ReplyDeleteHi Pat, I love your pretty card with that wonderful plaid background, it really makes the grasses pop, lovely colour too, Kate x
ReplyDeletelove that stenciled background, perfect for your silhouette image. Beautiful card ♥
ReplyDeleteOH! WOW! This is gorgeous, what a fabulous stencil and stamping. Love this.
ReplyDeleteFaith x
I am LOVING this Pat, fab image and a terrific background in the perfectly complementary colour
ReplyDeleteKathyk
Loving the beautiful stenciled background you created. It's gorgeous behind the grassy silhouette. Thanks for joining us at Addicted to Stamps and More! Apologies for the late comment.
ReplyDeletesue n.
This card really jumped out in the gallery, such a fantastic plaid background and works so well with the silhouette,fantastic colours and great design.
ReplyDeleteMarie
What a beautiful card. I love the colours and layout. Thank you for sharing at NBUS.
ReplyDeleteA beautifully created stenciled card! Thank you for joining our challenge at Stencil Fun!
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Gorgeous card, Pat. I love the stencilled background you created for your lovely silhouette image. xx
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