A Fishy Smile!

 Hi BPM Fans!

Are you enjoying our "Stencil" month?

I love using stencils on my creations - they are great for adding interest and dimension and can create quick backgrounds for your cards which is what I have done today with this Cat Fish card!!

Stamps and Stencils Used:

Kitty Cat with Fish designed by Rick St Dennis

Goldfish Pattern Stencil designed by Donna Gray

Smile Word Stamp from Art Journaling #2 Set

Click Here to see more on how I made this card!

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TERRI SPROUL INSPIRED TECHNIQUE

I am sharing a Christmas Card I made for SinCity Stamps today.  I used a technique I learned from Terri Sproul's Tuesday night show.  She does a live "Art Journal" show every week and she shows us many techniques!  Click her link above to find out more.

She showed us the technique I used for this card several times but I never tried it until now.  It is awesome and I know it will be in my "favorite techniques" file for sure!

Supplies:

• SinCity Stamps "Steampunk'd Christmas" Stamp Set
• SinCity Stamps "Fish Stencil"
• DecoArt Media Paint "Cadmium Red"
• Stewart Superior India Ink

This technique is like reverse stenciling.

I took out my stencil, paint and baby wipes.  I loved the flourish of the fish's tail so I taped off the rest of the fish.  I painted my whole piece of paper and let it dry.  I put my stencil on top and used the baby wipes to wipe off the paint that was inside the stencil.

How cool is that???  I can't believe I didn't try it sooner!  The flourishes look like flowers, I think.  

I stamped the Merry Christmas directly on the reverse stenciled, dry, paper.  I love how crisp these stamps are!!

I also stamped the postal stamp on some patterned paper to add to the top right corner.

I matted the reverse stenciled and stamped paper and added a bow with a button.

I hope you try this technique.  If you do be sure to let Terri know, I'm sure she'd love to see!!  Check out her Art journal group, All Things Terri Sproul!

xxDaniella