Thank You

A Facebook Group I am in is celebrating it's anniversary month.  We have challenges all through the month sponsored by members.  One of the first challenges was to use two stencils on your card.

I was going through my stencils and found a floral stencil I had to have years ago and had never used.  It was perfect for a slim line card.

The challenge this week at Freshly Made Sketches is to make a slim line card.

I cut my front panel out of Bristol Smooth card stock and taped my floral stencil to the front of it.  I used a red ink from Gina K.  I first attempted to watercolor it but it was not bright enough for me.  I then ink blended over the blooms with the same ink to make it brighter and deeper in color.  I was still not happy so I took some colored pencils and added more color to the blooms.  The stems were colored with a watercolor marker.  I then a black pen with a fine point and drew around the outside of the design.  

I took the second stencil and inked in the lines with distress oxide ink.  The sentiment was heat embossed.  I trimmed the design, matted it with black and added  to a grey card base.  I did add some black and gold splatters.

 I also made a coordinating envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by.