Sunday 27 March 2016

AAA #61 - Stenciling

We have another great challenge at AAA Cards for you - this week, our theme is stenciling!




We also have a great sponsor for this challenge: Stampendous has agreed to give the winner a $20 gift certificate to their store - YAY!


I use stencils mostly to create backgrounds but since this challenge is all about stencils, I decided to play around a little bit and do something different. I used a TCW (Stencil Birds) - and sponged through different Distress Ink colours for the birds. I then applied some Texture Paste to create the branches. I found the result a little bit plain so I played some more and added some doodles to the birds on the first card. On the second card, I added some water drops to the birds and then finished them with some Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents. I traced along the bottom of the branches with a black pen to make them stand out a little bit more and finished off with an Altenew Label Love greeting popped up with foam.







A very different type of card for me - much more mixed media than I usually do... I am still not sure how I feel about the finished result but it was fun to play!

So now it's your turn to play along and have some fun with stencils!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jill


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7 comments:

  1. Stephanie Lanzalotto27 March 2016 at 18:34

    Oooooh Jill, I do love both of these. I love the lines in the birds in #1. Are they hand drawn? They look fabulous. I really love the application of the lines along the bottom of the branches in #2. Such a great effect! Thanks too of your wonderful comments on my card. I am in love with that technique now. Found it on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC5eLdZp0Fk I am totally in love...

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  2. Sazzle Dazzle28 March 2016 at 05:27

    WOW! What a vibrant, fun and clever take on the stencil challenge Jill. You doodled all that neat detail to those birds??? Fantastic and awesome talent. Sarah

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  3. Jane28 March 2016 at 06:27

    So creative Jill! Love all your zentangle doodles on the first card and the loose watercolour look of the second.

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  4. Coralynn Murray28 March 2016 at 21:15

    These are both fabulous! I have to say though my eye keeps getting drawn to your second card. I love the colours and those doodles are amazing1

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  5. Justine Hovey30 March 2016 at 12:48

    Gorgeous card! I love how it looks 3D in a way :)

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  6. Melissa L.2 April 2016 at 08:59

    Oh, wow! Gorgeous! I love these. I especially love the doodled birds. Now I want to see if I can CASE your card. :)

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  7. Jenny Colacicco12 April 2016 at 16:16

    Wow! This might be better than your brusho card which was a fave of mine and finally got me to buy them. I am with Stephanie - love that first one. It looks like you zen doodled all the birds!!

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