Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Triangle Birthday

I was playing with some Ferro paste the other day, making my own stencils and mixing/blending several now-opened pastes. Since I set these aside to dry, they instantly became UFOs, to be used at a later date. The fact that I used them the very next day is a bonus in my world.

One of the backgrounds I made was used to make this card:


I followed the current Feeling Sketchy sketch:


Here's a close-up of the panel so I can explain:



I die-cut the Neat & Tangled Tiny Triangles die out of Neenah Solar White card stock to get my stencil. I taped a piece of Distress Water Color paper to my craft sheet, then placed the stencil over it. I carefully applied a little of each color of paste over the stencil, then even more carefully removed the stencil. Then I set the piece aside to dry.

Once it was dry, I trimmed down the panel, rounded the corners, and put it on a piece of SU card stock (maybe teal? it's not labeled).

For the sentiment, I took a remnant of vellum, brushed it with my EK Success powder tool, then stamped the Lawn Fawn sentiment with Memento Luxe Teal Zeal pigment ink and clear-embossed it. Since vellum is so much fun to adhere, the staple is my nod to the floral sketch element.

Here's the sentiment so you can maybe see the shiny:


Since the colors here are all blue-green/teal, I'm also entering this card in the current CASology challenge:


I also played with some washi tape, so I'll be back later with those cards. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Stuff I used: SU maybe-teal card stock, vat of clear embossing powder, remnant of vellum, and the following:







10 comments:

  1. That sgorgeous. I love the colors on the background.

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  2. I recently used paste for the first time and I love it! I'll have to graduate to colouring it - this looks fabulous! Artistic and clean! Thanks for joining us at CASology this week!

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  3. A great graphic card. Thank you so much for joining us this week at CASology

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  4. Great way to make your own stencil, Leslie, and it works perfectly for your card. You used a great mix of Ferro colors, too. Feeling Sketchy provided a great design to support your graphics!

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  5. This is awesome, great technique too. Thanks for joining FS DT

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  6. Great card, love the simplicity of it ! Thanks for playing with us at Feeling Sketchy !

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  7. Such a cool card and I love the different colour pastes. It looks so elegant. Thanks for playing along with us at Feeling Sketchy :D

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  8. Lovely card. Thank you for joining the challenge at Feeling Sketchy. Hope to see you again next time.

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