Hello everyone,
I'm sitting here with lovely sunshine pouring through the window after several very wet and gray days, so I'm a happy bunny today. It's a long time since I played along over at
Addicted to CAS, and as I have lots of NBUS stencils, I wanted to jump in because the code-word this time is Stencil.
I stamped and embossed the sentiment from Papertrey ink and then used a stencil from Simon Says stamps to scatter the stars around it. I used a white texture paste first and let it dry, and then put the stencil back on and coloured the stars with blue ink. It took quite a while to do this because I was only using little portions of the stencil and I didn't want it to smudge the ones I'd already done. The stars looked nice but were a little muted and called out for some bling, so I finished them by overlaying them with some glitter.
I got the idea for tilting the stars this way from the current sketch over at
I'd also like to enter this into
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your week.
Hugs
Carol x
17 comments:
What a great card Carol, love the pretty blue colour and that sentiment stamp is fabulous. Such twinkly stars too xx
wow looks fabulous and sounds fiddly but the result was fantastic and love the bling. Thanks so much for joining us at ATCAS and good luck.
Marie
Love this blue colour Carol and its so elegant..huggles Sue xx
Hello Carol
Oh wow what a fabulous card, and your take on the sketch is brilliant. Love the blue stars and white sentiment.
Just perfect.
luv
irene
xxxx
What a fabulous card. Those stars are perfectly placed and look great with the bit of bling.
Oooh Carol I love this, less is definitely more and the colours are lovely! xx
Fabulous CAS card Carol. Beautiful soft colouring, and fab. texture and glitter!
Thank you for joining in our ATCAS stencil challenge - Sylvia xx
Oh, how pretty! Love the soft coloring!
I, too, used a stencil and embossing paste on a card today...and I inked the stars after they dried. Great minds think alike!
Thank you for joining us at Seize The Birthday. :)
This is so very pretty. Love how you did the stars, and your sentiment looks wonderful in white.
Gorgeous CAS card!!!
Clean, crisp and so perfectly CAS, saw this on the gallery at ATCAS and had to stop by and tell you I love it!!
Beautiful CAS card, Carol! I love how you did the stars. Thanks so much for joining us at Seize The Birthday :)
Love love the soft colors and composition! What a CAS beauty! Thanks so much for playing Virginia’s View Clean and Simple Challenge!
Wow! This was worth every bit of effort that you put into it! it is stunning! I thought your use of the stencil was particularly clever (even though it was painstaking to do)! Great color palette, which is subtle yet energetic. The whole thing has such an elegant feel to it and I love the bit of bling you added to those stars. Thanks so much for the inspiration and for joining us here at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!
Beautiful card. I love the softness and the white embossing.
Beautiful cas card ,love how the sentiment is centre stage x
Such a pretty card love it. Thanks for joining us over at CAS on sunday
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