Hello hello everyone!
I'm really excited about this month's challenge for the MFT Design Team. The challenge was to use MFT's Stencils - in whatever way we felt inspired to.
Make sure you check out the MFT blog post HERE for links to all the other designer's blogs. If all these posts don't inspire you to pull out your stencils (or to get some if you don't own any yet) I don't know what will!
I had a hard time only making 2 cards - I could have made more and more and don't all sorts of things with the (few) stencils I have - but I limited myself to 2 for today's post. Y'all will see me using stencils more and more in the future though - there's just so much you can do with them!
For my first card I used the Waves stencil and my Inktense Pencils to create a watercolored effect.
I of course had to use the Go Overboard stamp set and Let's Get Nautical Die-namics as well - all these products go together perfectly of course.
I kept the inside of the card simple with just a row of anchors stamped with the gold ink.
To see how I made this card check out the video below:
Now for card #2:
Totally different technique and look on this one! And sorry there's no video for this card - I literally did it between dealing with a fussy baby, feeding my kids supper, phone calls etc etc etc one night on top of a VERY messy desk. It was one of those things where the creativity was sparking and NOTHING else was working in my favour :P.
I used the Wildcat stencil and airbrushed several Copics over it right on to my card base. I purposely kept the concentration of the colors to the lower left of the card and let it lighten up near the edges just to give it some visual interest.
I had to pull out the PI Sassitude set to go with it - I kept the coloring really simple and used the same colors as I used for the stencil with a few more thrown in for her skin and whatnot:
I fussy cut out the image and popped her on to my card with dimensionals. Then I took my Wink of Stella gold brush and added some shimmer to her skirt/boots/bow (side note - LOVE the gold! It really shows up well!).
I airbrushed over the Wildcat stencil again on the inside - this time leaving more white space and lighter parts so there's space to write something. I finished it off with stamping miss Sassitude and the sentiment with Chocolate Brown ink and that was it!
Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Delicata Golden Glitz Ink, Canson Watercolor Paper, Inktense Pencils (Iris Blue, Bright Blue, Green Aquamarine, Teal Green), Ranger Large Waterbrush, Gold Foil Card Stock, White Baker's Twine, Sponge Dauber
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, CCD Copic Quality 110lb Card Stock, Copics, Copic Airbrush, Wink of Stella Gold, Dimensionals, American Crafts Hemp Cord
