Let Life Surprise You

 I've recently been watching Eileen Godwin's wonderful weekly YouTube videos using Lavinia Stamps and beautifully inked backgrounds.  I made this card using a few of the techniques she has taught on her videos.  My card design was also inspired by a card from this week's Featured Stamper over at SCS.

I started by masking the edges of a white card panel.  Then I sponged over the  Drifts and Hills Stencil from MFT using 3 different shades of blue Distress Inks (Broken China, Tumbled Glass and Speckled Egg) shifting the stencil around the panel and sponging the color off the edge of the stencil.  

Then I placed the Pebble Stencil from Lavina over the panel and sponged lightly over just a part of the stencil.

I stamped the Eden fairy, the two Mushroom Lanterns and the Mini Stars 2 using Obsidian ink.  

(I confess I had a little smudge of black on the tendrils of the fairies hair and stamped a star to cover the smudge!)

Then I stamped the sentiment from Tiny Text by Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous.

I die cut a circle out of acetate and used the circle itself as a mask, placing it over the head of the fairy and sponging around the edge of the circle mask which created a spot light around her head.

To finish off, I added Nuvo Crystal Drops in Gloss Simply White on her wings, the mushrooms and stars.

I'm linking my card to:

Just Us Girls

Stamps:  Eden, Mushroom Lantern Set, Stars 2 Mini - Lavinia Stamps, Tiny Text - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous

Ink:  Obsidian - Altenew, Ranger Distress Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Speckled Egg

Paper: Bristol Smooth Surface, White, clear acetate- PTI 

Accessories:  Drifts and Hills Stencil - MFT, Pebble Stencil - Lavinia, round sponges with applicator, Nuvo Crystal Drops Simply White Gloss, Circle Spellbinder die, masking tape.