Hi everyone, this month’s challenge on FB over at Country View Crafts is Stencil Magic, and there is a fantastic prize on offer of a set of Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stains. I don’t have any spray inks or paints but wouldn’t mind having a go with them, so I felt motivated to enter.
It’s been a bit of a struggle as the entries have to use brands stocked by CVC, and although I have quite a few stencils most of them are by other brands. However I came up with an idea using a Lavinia stencil and stamps and utilising a die cut frame which I fortuitously found in my stash! It is also really summery … Here it is.
I cut a piece of stamping card slightly larger than the aperture in my stitched frame, and lightly stencilled onto it using my brick stencil and Elements ink. I then stamped Mooch the cat and the beautiful honeysuckle, and stamped the bees Bumble and Hum so that they slightly overlapped the frame. I coloured the honeysuckle and bees with watered down Posca sparkle pen paints, and added Wink of Stella to the bee wings. I added a few white Posca pen highlights to Mooch and the bees, then stamped a birthday sentiment onto the frame. I stuck the image panel behind the frame and matted into pink card stock and a card blank, and finished off with some gold Posca spatters.
Here’s the obligatory angled photo to show the shine on the honeysuckle and bees.
Stamps: Lavinia Mooch, Honeysuckle, Bumble and Hum; Visible Image Birthday Wishes (sentiment);
Media: Lavinia Elements ink (Confetti); Versafine Clair (Nocturne, Hawthorn Rose); Posca Sparkle pens (pink, red, yellow, orange, green, purple); Wink of Stella; Posca pen (gold);
Tools: Lavinia Red Brick stencil; Hunky Dory Duo- Stitched Square dies.
Challenges I would like to enter:
AAA Birthday #63 - Fabulous Flowers (2nd entry)
Addicted to Stamps and More 473 - Birthdays
Allsorts #791/2 - Season’s Delights
Beautiful Blossoms #19 - Anything Floral Goes (2nd entry)
Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (July) - Use a Stencil (3rd entry)
Double Trouble #171 - Thing 1: Aperture - TOP 3
Simon Says (Monday) - Add a Sentiment (3rd entry)
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Beautiful Blooms (3rd entry)
We Love Stamping (July) - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Here’s a photo of some beautiful honeysuckle I took when we visited a local National Trust property … isn’t it fabulous??
Thanks so much for visiting today. Take care,
Hugs,
21 comments:
That's a beautiful card Pauline. Very clever overlapping the images with the main panel and the frame. Loving those Sparkle pens!
Happy Saturday!
Hugs, Sarn xxx
Such a beautiful card and I love the way you've used the frame to overlap parts of the design. Lovely photo of the honeysuckle too.
Fabulous card, Pauline. I love the scene you’ve created and with the beautiful Lavinia stamps. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week using the Season’s Delights option.
Liz xx
this is beautiful. Love the shine and the way your bees and cats tail continue outside the frame. Such a great effect xx
This all goes together beautifully. Lovely shine too.
I love the smell of Honeysuckle, especially in the morning! Your card is lovely, it's a great design. Thanks for joining us at The Beautiful Blossoms Challenge, and we hope you'll play again soon.
Donna xx
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A gorgeous summery card and the way you have framed it is really clever. Thank you for sharing at Allsorts. Sarah
So beauifully designed Pauline, love how you framed the scene and how parts of the images are outside the frame. The golden spatter finishes it off so nicely. And a great closeup picture of the honeysuckle blossoms, I can imagine how sweetly it smells.
Thanks so much for joining in with my optional theme at Allsorts challenge this week.
Pauline, such a beautiful card! I love how you used the contrast of a light pink with the black of the cat and bees!! Overlapping the bees and cat's tail onto the frame was genius. Thank you so much for sharing your card and how you created it with us at Double Trouble for our "window" challenge!!! -Donna
Beautiful creation Pauline I love the Honeysuckle also the bees they are perfect together
hugs
lolo x
Oh my, this is beautiful, love the stenciled brick background so soft in color and perfect for your floral display. And how clever to stamp the edges of the frame and scene... very cool. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card with us at Double Trouble and Jingle Belles.
Such a pretty card!
A lot of detail, and I love the sparkle!
Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week!
I love any card with a cat and this is adorable! Thanks so much for joining in at Double Trouble 171 - Crazy Cousin Suzanne
This is absolutely beautiful.
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This is gorgeous Pauline, I love the delicate florals and the way they overlap the frame. so pretty.
Lorraine x
Love how you created this fun birthday card and the way you have stamped both the the frame around the card and the image inside the frame! Very creative. Thanks for joining the Addicted to Stamps & More Birthday challenge!
Cathy ATS&M- DT
Lovely card, Pauline! I am especially fond of cats and enjoyed seeing the sweet scene. Thank you for playing along with us at Double Trouble #171.
Such a beautiful design! I love the honeysuckle with the bees and the cat looking on - perfect 😊. The honeysuckle in your garden is gorgeous too. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Try it on Tuesday! Hugs, Jo x
What a cute card. I love how you designed it after the real deal! The soft brick stenciling in the background looks so good. Thanks for playing with us at Double Trouble :)
Oh Pauline! This is an absolute delight. I remember the sound of the bees on my Mum's huge honeysuckle! Thank you so much for joining us at Try It On Tuesday, hugs, Chrisx
Such a cute card! Thanks for joining us at ATSM!
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