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 Hello crafty peeps!

I've had some playtime in the craft room and

was able to make the all illusive guy card:

and the inside:

I saw this stencil tutorial by Craftyfield and wanted to try it out.

I followed her example by blending ink for the first layer, then

using turquoise tinted gesso for the top layer.

This was my second attempt. The first attempt I tried pouncing the paint

through the stencil using a sponge and when I removed the stencil,

the paper ripped in spots:

I'm guessing that I took too long to remove the stencil, the paint dried and stuck.

You also get to see the actual turquoise color here, as the

white gesso I used lightened up the color when I mixed it.

I used an image and sentiment from a new stamp set I recently

purchased, stamped in brown ink. I added just a touch of

turquoise marker on the image.

I really love how this turned out, and I encourage you to try

the stencil technique I tried. It has a really cool effect!

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #225 - use a stencil

Color Throwdown #664

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge - ATG

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous - Inquisitive; MFT - Birthday Greetings

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Gina K - Kraft

CS: Strathmore mixed media; TE; Thunderbolt

Accessories: ARTplorations - Tribal Swirls stencil; TE - blending brush; DecoArt Media gesso; DecoArt Americana Desert Turquoise acrylic paint; pallet knife; GC; Pink & Main - zig zag circle die;

MISTI; Spectrum Noir BT5 marker

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Happy Beer-day

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Here's a fun and punny guy card:

 ...and the inside:

I used embossing paste and the Dots and Dashes stencil

for my background. After cleaning the stencil off, I sprinkled

copper embossing powder onto the paste, and tapped off the excess. 

While the paste dried, I stamped, colored and fussy cut the beer mug.

I used alpha stamps to stamp my punny sentiment and heat embossed.

Once the embossing paste was dry, I heat embossed the copper

embossing powder that I covered it with.

I blended some brown ink around the panel's edges before adhering

all the components together.

I have a lot of nephews in their 20's so this will be sent to one of them. LOL!

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

CAS Mix Up Stencil Challenge - heat embossing

Seize the Birthday #207 (no topping) 

Addicted to Stamps and More #398 - birthdays

Happy Little Stampers stencil challenge - ATG 

Supplies:

Stamps: Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous - Beer; Studio G - alpha stamps; Taylored Expressions - Another Year Older

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; MISTI; STAMPlorations - Dots and Dashes stencil; pallet knife;

Stampendous - Detail Copper EP; heat gun; PFS - blending brush

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares