Both the Inkspirational Challenge and the Double D Challenge want us to use stencils. And I need to get going on Christmas cards so I pulled out a snowflake stencil and made this card:
I used a "stencil sponging bleed" technique by using various blue and mauve Distress inks to sponge through a snowflake stencil, and then lightly sponging the same colours around the snowflakes to give an ethereal look. I bordered the panel with a grey/blue glitter cs, cut the sentiment with the same glitter cs, and cut its shadow out of white cs.
You can see instructions for the technique on this video.
My Time to Craft wants to see "Shades of Blue". I need some sympathy cards in my stash so made this:
I masked a panel and sponged inside the mask with blue, going lighter at the top, darker at the bottom.
I stamped a branch and sentiment in dark blue, trimmed the panel, added
some twine and a navy border, and popped it up on fun foam.
Supplies for card 1:
Ink - various blue and mauve Distress inks
Paper - white cs, blue/grey glitter cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Paper Rose snowflake stencil, Simon Says Stamp Snowy Greetings die
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Watercolor Trio branch, PTI sentiment
Ink - Memento Summer Sky, Archival Cobalt
Paper - white and navy cs
Size - A2
Accessories - navy twine, fun foam
