Happy Tuesday! This week I finally had some creative time with some Wendy Vecchi products! I used the Make Art Stay-tion for the first time- it’s a 12×12 magnetic surface that includes a magnetic ruler and 4 strong magnets to hold your work in place (perfect for stencils as you’ll see here). The bonus for me is that having it means I have a 12×12 works space, instead of my typical 8ish inches amidst my messy workspace! LOL
I worked with the ‘A Million Thanks‘ set, which includes stamps, dies and a stencil. It’s a pretty great little package!
I decided to see how the coordinating stencil worked, so used it with Distress Oxide Ink (just two shades) to color the large floral image in this set. It’s pretty neat! Here’s a few pics of the steps using the stencil on the Make Art Stay-tion. Before I started, everything was stamped with Versafine Clair in Nocturne.
I used Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Ink to color the flower through the stencil with an Ink Blending Tool (I prefer the new mini tool, though I have plenty of the old rectangular ones, so just use a mini ink blending foam on the larger base!
Each leaf has it’s own stencil, and the one you see me using in this next photo even has two parts to include inking that teeny section of the leaf. I’ve used Lucky Clover Distress Oxide for these.
I’m sure all of you are familiar with how to use the coordinating dies with stamps, but here’s a pic showing how I use washi tape to hold everything in place.
This card layout was inspired by a sketch I saw on Instagram by Freshly Made Sketches. It’s a pretty great one that I’m sure I’ll use again! After trying a few different pieces of card stock for the rectangular panel, I dug through some 6×6 pads and found this black & white buffalo plaid paper which I think is PERFECT on this card! The only other detail I added was some Nuvo Glitter Drops in Aquatic Mist to the berry sprigs.
I made a second card as well, just slightly different colors but the same basic design. The card base is bolder than the first card, so I used a pearlescent white layer and a stamped sentiment on kraft as my accent pieces. This one also has the additional die cut sprigs & butterfly on it.
My images also have a tiny it of shading on them, which I did with a pencil crayon.
The A Million Thanks stamp set also includes some sentiments that will be perfect inside of these cards. I love when you get lots of variety in a single set!
Inky hugs,
Tara
Very pretty…love how you reused your tools for your round ink blenders.
Wow – 2 fabulous cards, from 1 set! I love the layouts of both, and the colours. I’ll definitely be taking a closer look at the Wendy Vecchi products 🙂
Hi. I’m sorry that you lost so many family members all at once. It is wonderful that you loved your father in law so much. That is something to be thankful for. You were close to a wonderful many. I actually came onto the blog to find out if the winner had been announced for the Snarky Blog Hop. Do you know how I can find out who the winner was? I hope that 2020 is a better year 🙂
The winnner will be announced tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!