One of my most recent purchases was the Gina K Curved Floral stencil and die set. I set out to see how different combinations might work. I started with light colors, using Pinkfresh Studio inks for all the stenciling. For the first two cards, I stenciled first and then used the outline die cut to place over the stenciling.
For the light colored stencil, I chose a white die cut and placed the curved floral on a scalloped oval I found at Dick Blick’s several years ago.
The sentiment is also from Gina K’s Wreath Builder set. I used that sentiment on the second card as well, choosing brighter colors and a black die cut.
The last card doesn’t use stenciling at all. I die cut the solid die cut from a piece of patterned paper—Altenew’s Gel Printing, and used some light shading with a small brush to highlight a few spots in the centers of the flowers. I found a dark gray panel using the Altenew Deck Planks 3-D embossing folder in my box of precut panels, and was surprised at how much I liked it. Definitely a different look.
The sentiment here was one I had foiled earlier from Spellbinder’s Everyday Sentiments II, and was die cut with a banner die from The Greetery.
I’m adding my brightly colored florals to the Paper Players Challenge. It’s a fun Tic Tac Toe challenge and I chose bright colors, die cut, and birthday running diagonally from left to right. I’m also adding one of the cards to Seize the Birthday Challenge—no topping, but I do expect to be back with one for the balloon topping soon.
