I dug through my many containers of patterned paper and came across an "old-fashioned" look of designer paper. I love the soft blue and cream. I wanted to have the look of "Wedgwood Blue" china which has a very dry look to it. I used embossing paste, coloured with distress ink Stormy Sky. I didn't have the re-inker, so smooshed the ink pad on my palette several times, mixing with the white paste until I got the colour I wanted. Worked great. I used my Stencil Pal to spread the paste evenly and you can easily scrape the leftovers off to use again later. Once dry, I fussy-cut the heart and popped it up on my card front with a simple sentiment stamped below.
Everytime I mix up paste with colour I always end up with way too much (better than too little). :) So this time I used it all up and ended up with three pretty cards.
Second card - using another stencil cut with my silhouette cameo.
For the last card I used a large piece of the designer paper so there isn't very much white space on my card, so it's not for the CAS challenge, but wanted to share with you. I used the Layered Roses stencil from Tim Holtz. Works perfectly with this old-fashioned looking patterned paper.
Challenge is still open for another six days. Come play along!
Stamps: Fond Expressions (STAMPlorations); Large Fancy Sentiments (Just Write Stamps)
Paper: White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Patterned paper ?
Ink: Black (Memento); Stormy Sky Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools: White embossing paste (Dreamweaver); palette knife, stencil pal, Stencils: Layered Roses (Tim Holtz); Leafy Heart and Tulips - Silhouette America cut files, Silhouette Cameo, Acetate sheets
Challenges:
CAS Stencil October Challenge - Patterned Paper
