Sunday, August 31, 2014

Happy Birthday, Bird on a Window!

I just found a wonderful on-line stencil shop called Stencil Girl - and bought myself 7 beautiful new stencils!  So I was excited to fit one into the design of my card today!
This stencil is called Bird in Window -  the bird is sitting on a ledge of a lovely window with vines in the center which you can just see a portion of since I cut off a lot of it with my Tipped Tops Die.  I sponged Fern Green and Cornflower Blue Archival Inks on my stencil.  I stamped the sentiment from Simply Said Happy from Avery Elle (another new purchase!) on a Sentiment Strip from MFT.  I layered the die cut over my white card base and added 3 Caribbean Blend sequins form Avery Elle and called it done!
My card design was inspired by this week's Cas(e) this Sketch
I'm also joining in on the Card Concept Challenge -  my card is clean and simple, with the image to the left like the bloom on the bedspread.   I have a couple of layers - but most of it's white.
And a new challenge I just found:  PaperCrafting Challenge #17 - Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  One more day of vacation - than it's back to the grind!  But I can't really complain -  I had a week and a long weekend off of gorgeous summer weather - I'm ready to bring on the fall!

And here's a public service Announcement!  
Adela is having a template sale over at Creations by AR




21 comments:

~amy~ said...

Julia, this is wonderful...what a great stencil!

Lisa Lara said...

This is so beautiful Julia.

Deepti said...

Beautiful! Gorgeous stenciling :)

LauraJane:) said...

Great composition Love the blue:)
thanks for playing at The card Concept!

Angela said...

The stencil, the colors and the placement are dynamite, Julia! Thank you for submitting to The Card Concept this week!

Anonymous said...

Hey Julia!!! I love your card. The colors are amazing. I really love that stencil you used. Nicely done.

Redanne said...

Oh my, Julia, your card is just gorgeous - I love that wonderful stencil and I look forward to seeing what you do with the other stencils now! Anne xx

Cathy said...

Gorgeous card, Cathy x

Pat (mspfd) said...

You do CAS so well. What a fabulous design.

Betty said...

Oh wow, the background you created with the stencil looks pretty. Thanks for playing along with CAS(E) this sketch and hope to see you again ;-).

Anonymous said...

This is beautiful. Clean, crisp, but soft. Love the colors you chose! Thanks for dropping by my blog~

Joan B said...

this is so lovely.

Jenny Marples said...

Simply beautiful and elegant Julia. Jenny x

Loll said...

Beautiful CAS card Julia. Love the colors you've used with this amazing stencil. The sequins are the perfect finishing touch. Loll xx

sue t. said...

This is awesome!! Thanks for playing along at Just Us Girls!

Wendy said...

So artsy. I love it!

wienerhoneymooners said...

Total gorgeousness!!! Thanks for joining Paper Crafting Challenges!

Keep a look out the next challenge is a DT call!

Lesley said...

This is stunning! Wow, Julia. Love the colours and the stenciling!

Taunya Butler said...

This is most amazingly done - I am so very impressed. It just looks so awesome! Thank you for sharing this beautiful idea with us!

Leigh Penner said...

Oh, I love this! I must get this stencil! Fabulous take on the sketch!

donna mikasa said...

Love that stenciled image! Such a fun, fresh take on the sketch!