Here we are again and it's nearly the weekend. These weeks are just flying by. Hope you've all had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend.
Boy! it has been really cold here today, very windy and we have had hailstones too ! The far hill is covered with snow ! I suppose the wind and showers (even if they are hailstones lol!) is a little reassuring as it is March nearly April - March winds and April showers lol !! Maybe the weather is back on course again lol! Well enough about the depressing weather, I'm sure the Spring is just around the corner. Onto today's card. This I made using Imagination Craft's beautiful humming bird stencil and gold shine sparkle medium.
Make a white base card. Take a slightly smaller piece of white card and lay the stencil on top. Dab some Versamark through the design and remove the stencil with care. Heat emboss using clear embossing powder. Punch out a 2" circle near the top of the card. Put a piece of card covered with the gold shine sparkle medium behind the circle, for the sun.
Colour the background using distress inks. Etch a pattern on the flowers, leaves and the humming bird with a sharp pointed tool( I used a pergammano tool) . Rub distress inks over them so that the ink goes into the etchings, then dry the ink off the embossing using a paper towel or tissue. The ink should rub off the flowers etc., as the embossing acts as a resist. Matt this onto the base card.
Die cut a leaf stem from white card, using a Memory box die. Die cut a flower (a Marianne die) from pale and deep pink paper and layer up, then glue to the bottom left of the card. Put a small amount of gold sparkle medium in the centre of the flower.
Well, there we have it, another finished card. I do hope you like it. This is such a pretty stencil.
Enjoy your weekend everyone, take good care of yourseleves until my next post.
Love and rainbows,
Jennifer xx.
this is a beautiful stencil Jennifer and your card is absolutely gorgeous. Love what you did with the etching - it looks fabby. Great idea. Weather here not been too bad - windy but dry - I went down to gardening club and we had fun with pots blowing around everywhere! A great time was had by all though! Hugs rachel xx
ReplyDeleteHello Rachel, pleased you like my card, thank you for your kind words .Hope you enjoyed your gardening club, at least if you didn't have a run today, you got your exercise by chasing the plant pots around lol !!!
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Stunning card Jennifer I love the way you used all the different colours. xx Jan
ReplyDeleteHi Jan, thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend.
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Beautiful Jennifer, love this stencil, I do love my birds!
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Linda xxx
Hi Linda, thank you very much, glad you like it.
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O how beautiful and a fabulous stencil xxx
ReplyDeleteHi there Nicky, thank you hun. I totally agree this is a fabulous stencil, so beautiful.
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Oh Jennifer, I have not thought about embossing, what a great tip, hope you don't mind if I pinch it, hugs my friend, and I just love this beautiful card xxxx
ReplyDeleteHi there my friend, thank you so much for your visit and comment, I do appreciate all these lovely comments and visits from my lovely friends! I am very lucky to have such nice friends. Of course I don't mind, that's what crafting is all about, sharing our ideas etc.,
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This is lovely Jennifer. Love the etching, adds a real extra wow to the design.
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Thank you Mags, pleased you like it. Thanks also for visiting my blog.
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