I used last week's sketch challenge to make my Alphabet card which is also for last Wednesday. It was a double letter challenge, L and S. L is represented by layers and leaves, and S is represented by stencil and sponging.
First I took the two colors of distress ink and smooshed them onto some plastic, spritzed with water, and pounced my paper through the ink. I got a fairly smooth background so dried it and then repeated with less water to get some texture to it.
I took the stencil and stenciled only leaves on the Granny Apple Green piece using matching ink. I then took the focal image layer and sponged the two distress inks on the rose and used Granny Apple Green for the leaves once again. I lightly sponged some blue ink on the white cs to tone it down. I matted this piece with a thin black mat and heat embossed the sentiment on a black cs strip.
No patterned paper was harmed in the making of this card!
Thanks for looking!
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 GMT Views: 872
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Tue, Jun 23, 2020 @ 9:00 AM
This is stunning. Excellent results from the stenciling and sponging. Love that beautiful rose. Wonderful ideas for both letters. Nicely done with the sketch!
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Wed, Jun 24, 2020 @ 3:25 AM
Oh wow Catherine this is gorgeous. I so love purple and green together. TFS. Happy day
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Wed, Jun 24, 2020 @ 3:36 AM
This card is Gorgeous, Catherine! Purple and green, they just seem to pop together! Love your purple bg and the sponged stencils turned out beautiful too~
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