I made this card for the week 4 Alphabet Double Challenge to use a Rose. I recently obtained this new Anna Griffin stencil and I was anxious to put some glass bead glitter gel on it. I sponge the color through the stencil using ink pads and sponge daubers. I let this dry for 5-10 minutes. Then, leaving the stencil still in place, I put a thin layer of the glass bead glitter gel right over everything that was just inked through the stencil. Then remove the stencil and set this piece aside to dry for 8-10 hours. I did not care for the end result because the spaces in this stencil are rather far apart making the white circle base look extremely stark. So, I pulled out some Tim Holtz Distress ink, a paint brush and a water mister. I painted spun sugar into the white areas of the roses, Shabby Shutters into the leaves and tumbled glass around the entire image. The paper warped quite a bit because it is just card stock and not watercolor paper (glass bead glitter gel does not work on water color paper because it absorbs all the moisture from the glitter gel). This is quite a large image so I struggled to make a card with this large image. In the end, I pulled out my SB Stately Circle Dies to frame out the image piece, added some dsp from my stash to the ivory card base and used some starform dazzles for a finishing touch.
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2016 GMT Views: 617
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Ink: StampinUp Pretty In Pink, Pixie Pink, Certainly Celery, Gumball Green; Tim Holtz Spun Sugar, Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks
Accessories: Spellbinders Grand Circles and Grand Stately Circles; Faber Castell Glass Bead Glitter Gel; Anna Griffin English Rose Stencil; Paint Brush; Starform Dazzles
Techniques: Stenciling with Glass Bead Glitter Gel; Watercoloring with Distress Inks; Die Cutting
Registered: April 14, 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2721
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 @ 5:54 PM
What a beautiful, vintage looking card!!! The roses are amazing!!!!
------------------------------ From Norway to USA to the world, Hilde
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Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70226
Sun, Aug 21, 2016 @ 7:34 AM
Stunningly beautiful. Amazing techniques you used. Love the stenciled Rose with the texture and sparkle. Love the Round panel. The corners are so pretty. Very nicely done for Letter R. TFS