Guest DT for Tic Tac Toe #220 - Stenciled Birthday

 Well, I am excited to say I was asked again to be the Guest DT for the  Tic Tac Toe #220 challenge.

For this grid,  I chose the middle horizontal row - Use a Stencil, Birthday Sentiment, Blues and Greens for my card design.

The stencil is called Leaves in the Wind by Carabelle Studio.  

I used blender brushes to ink Ranger Distress Twisted Cintron and Tumbled Glass through the stencil.   

I used a black POSCA  pen for the splatter.  

I die cut the sentiment from Papertrey Ink twice out of white card layering them together for more depth.  I thought it looked more summery to use white instead of black for the die cut.

I inked around the edges of the card with Gold Pigment Ink to define the edge.

So please join us for another fun Tic Tac Toe Challenge - which row will inspire you?

  

You'll find the challenge along with lots of inspiration from the Design Team here.

  

You have until Thursday8/10/23 at noon CST to link up your card!

I'm also linking my card to:

Stencil Fun

Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday

Anything Goes

Double D Challenges

Stencil optional/Anything Goes

Paper:  White - Papertrey Ink.

Ink:  Ranger Distress Twisted Citron and Tumbled Glass, Gold Pigment Ink - Colorbox.

Accessories:  Birthday Cheer Die Collection - Papertrey Ink, Black POSCA Pen, blender brushes.

Group of Seven - April Technique - AI's on Round Gel Plate

 It's time for the April Group of Seven Cardmakers Technique Post.   Christine suggested we try Alcohol Inks on a Gel Plate.  A supply list and instructions are all listed over at the blog.

Here are some cards I created using this technique for the backgrounds!

Below are a few photos of how I made a gel print.

Drop some 91% rubbing alcohol onto the 4" Round Gel Press Plate.  Then drop your chosen ink colors onto the Gel Plate.  I used Pink Sherbet, Citrus and Lemonade AI's on this one.

Blow the inks around the Gel Plate.

Place a panel of white card over the plate and press over the panel.  Here you can see some ink seeping through the card - which is normal.

Pull the panel off the Gel Plate and you have your print!  

Every time you do it, it will look different!

Two prints using Citrus, Glacier and Raisin AI's.

Two prints - Top one using Sunshine Yellow and Pink Sherbert , bottom adding Citrus, to Sunshine Yellow and Pink Sherbert.AI's.

Two prints using Citrus, Aqua and Dijon AI's

Once you start making prints - it's hard to stop!

I'm linking this card to:

We Love Stamping 

Option: real birds

Linking this card to:

Double D Challenges

Things that Fly

And

NBUS

First time using the numbers and dragonfly stamps

Linking this card to:

Seize the Birthday

Anything Goes

You'll find more lovely samples from the rest of the Seven over at the blog as well as a Mr. Linky for you to link up your cards using this technique.  We look forward to see what you create as well!

It's the Little Things

Stamps:  Rory and Dory, Small Trees, Ducks in Flight, Mini Flowers, Mini Slender Mushrooms, Gate and Fence - Lavinia.

Paper - White - Papertrey Ink

Ink:  Alcohol Inks - Aqua, Citrus, Lemonade and a little bit of Fiesta (that was on the plate from a prior pull), Nocturne Versafine Clair.

Accessories:  4" round Gel Press Plate, air bulb - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol, Clear Glitter Wink of Stella, Small Talk Stickers - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology

Make a Wish Upon Your Birthday Star

Stamps:  Star Gazer Additions - Papertrey Ink (retired).

Paper:  White - Papertrey Ink

Ink:  Alcohol Inks - Citrus, Glacier, Raisin, Nocturne Versafine Clair, Ranger Distress Broken China.

Accessories:   4" round Gel Press Plate, air bulb - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol, Clear Glitter Wink of Stella, Milky Way Stencil - Colorful Life Design, Silver Star Confetti - Honey Bee, blender brush.

It's Time to Celebrate

Stamps:  Dragonfly and Hare - Carabelle Studio,  Sentiment Suite: Birthday - The Greetery.

Paper:  White - Papertrey Ink.

Ink:Alcohol Inks - Citrus, Sunshine Yellow, Pink Sherbet, Wendy Vecchi/Ranger Die Ink Fern Green, Nocturne Versarine Clair.

Accessories: 4" round Gel Press Plate, air bulb - Ranger, 91% Rubbing Alcohol, Clear Glitter Wink of Stella, Tuxedo Hearts - Honey Bee. 

A Carrot or 7 Cookies?

 I just received some Happy Mail and wanted to use some of it right away and made this card.

I used a blender brush to ink lightly though the Leaves in the Wind stencil from Carabelle.  I die cut the carrot - Lovely Layers Carrots from Honey Bee - adhered the pieces together and layered it over the stenciling.  I stamped the sentiment, Eat 7 Cookies from Rubbernecker, next to the carrot.

It's a hot summer's day here in MA today 85 degrees!  

But it's fleeting - we're predicted to be back in the 50's over the weekend - CRAZY!!

I'm linking my card to:

Addicted to CAS

Stencil Fun Challenge

Optional Theme: Patterns

Inkspirational

NBUS

New stencil, new carrot die, 1st time using sentiment stamp! - a trifecta!

Stamps: Eat 7 Cookies - Rubbernecker
Paper: White, Orange Zest - PTI, Easter Grass - Bazzill
Ink: Ranger Distress Peeled Paint, Nocturne Versafine Claire
Accessories: Lovely Layers Carrots - Honey Bee, Leaves in the Wind Stencil - Carabelle