Group of Seven Cardmakers - Torn Edge Design Element

 This month the Group of Seven Cardmakers are playing with the Design Element of torn edges.

Here is the my card.

To create this background I followed  2) Gina K's Video linked below on torn stenciling.

 

I  tore one edge off of two strips of card stock.

I taped the torn edge pieces along the top and bottom of my white panel to mask off a small portion (if you know you are putting your sentiment in the white space on top or bottom, be sure to leave enough room for it.)

I laid my stencil (Pebble/Lavinia) over the open space in the middle.

I used a blender brush to blend a light blue ink (Sea Glass/Altenew) over the stencil, then I blended a little bit of darker blue (Dusk/Altenew) over some of the stencil to add a little depth.

I removed the stencil and  blended a little more of the darker blue along the torn edges of the masks.

I removed the torn strip masks and brushed very lightly over the white at top and bottom with the light blue ink just to soften the white and to give a grounding for my fairy (or you can leave it  white)

I stamped my images  (Lavinia) using Nocturne Versafine Clair Ink.

I colored a few areas on Fairy Starr with a yellow Copic and added a printed sentiment along the top.

Here are links to 3 different torn edge design elements if you'd like to try some out yourself!

Videos: 

1)  Turn ripped card stock into beautiful cards by Simon Hurley (14:35)

2)  Torn Stenciling Technique by Gina K (5:11)

3)  Ripped Paper Technique by Natasha Foote (12:24)

You will also find many lovely examples of various torn edge designs from the rest of the GO7 over at the Group of Seven Cardmakers blog -  so please check them out -  and if you try it yourself , please link up your card over there so we can all see!

I'm linking my card to:

NBUS

1st time using all of these Lavina Stamps

Stamps:  Starr, Foliage Set, Forest Hares, The Wallace Family Hedgehogs - Lavina.

Paper:  White - PTI

Ink:  Nocturne - Versarind Clair, Sea Glass and Dusk - Altenew.

Accessories:  Pebble Stencil - Altenew, Y02 Copic, blender brushes, printed sentiment.