Stencilled Poinsettias and Tower Bridge

Sneaking in under the wire for the Flower Challenge "Add a Stencil"!  I used a poinsettia stencil and let it be the focus of the card.

I used FineTec Pearlescent watercolour paints applied with small sponge daubers through the stencil.  Make sure the paint isn't too watery - you don't want it to seep out under the stencil.  You want more of a paste kind of texture than a really watery watercolour paint.  They give a wonderful shimmer - much better in real life.  I trimmed the panel, bordered it with red and green shimmery cs, wrapped cream coloured ribbon around it, added a sentiment to the top of the ribbon, and added the whole lot to a cream shimmer card base.

For a change of pace, I've made a card for a friend who loves travelling - he's heading off to England.  I'm entering it at Cardz 4 Guyz  "T is for ....".  I went with travel and Tower Bridge.

The focal panel was made by smooshing with blue Distress Oxide inks, then stamping the image of Tower Bridge and the London text stamp on it, bordering with black cs, and popping it up on fun foam on a background of blue speckled dp.

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - gold ink
Paper - cream cs, cream shimmer cs, light red and light green shimmer cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Tim Holtz poinsettia stencil, cream ribbon, sentiment banner die, FineTec pearlescent watercolours

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - unbranded stamps
Ink - various blue Distress Oxide inks, Archival Jet Black
Paper - white and black cs, blue dp
Size - A2
Accessories - fun foam