Blended Circles

 Hi and welcome! Our sketch hostess this week at Freshly Made Sketches is Kim Singdahlsen and while I missed a couple of layers, I stuck pretty close to the sketch.

I stenciled onto the white card base with embossing paste and once that was dry, I used a circle stencil and some distress inks to ink-blend through the stencil. Once finished, I took a damp paper towel and rubbed over the ink to reveal the white stenciling.

I finished with a new stamp and die set for the sentiment that I did a bit of ink-blending on, and some black enamel dots for a bit of drama.

Thanks for visiting. Please check out the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team.

Products used:

Stamps:  Written Words (C+9)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey Distress Inks

Cardstock: White

Dies:  Written Words (C+9)

Accessories:  Masking Circles (Taylored Expressions), Daily News: Coffee & Chocolate (Stamperia), White Embossing Paste, Clear Embossing Powder, Black Enamel Dots

Cheers

Karren

Circle Flowers

 Hi all!  A surprise post from me today.  As some of you know, I administer The Flower Challenge blog and due to injury within our design team, I am stepping in to fill the gap for the next few months.  This month's challenge is to Add Circles and because it's our 100th challenge, some of the design team have prizes on offer, so I urge you to head over to the challenge and check it out.

My card is fairly simple.  A tone-on-tone stenciled background (which includes some circle shapes); a die-cut and stacked circle frame and a small floral arrangement.  The flowers and leaves were left over from a previous card so all I had to do was arrange them.

I finished with a sympathy sentiment and some matching pearls.  

Thanks for visiting!

Products used:

Stamps:  Assorted Greetings (Gina K.)

Ink:  Limestone, Industrial Diamond, Eucalyptus, Pastel Sunrise, Coral Bliss (Altenew)

Cardstock:  Jellybean Green (MFT), Soft Stone (PTI), Steel Gray, Coral Crush, Peach Bellini (MFT), Ocean Tides (PTI)

Dies:  Circle Loops (SSS), Be Bold Blooms (Spellbinders)

Accessories:  Geometric Grid Stencil (Aall & Create), Pastel Pearls (Honey Bee Stamps)

Cheers

Karren