Stenciling Back to Back with Michele

Hello friends.  Michele and I had another play date this past week, and although we did more talking (and eating) than we did stamping, we had a wonderful day together and did manage to create 2 cards each to share with you!  I was lucky enough to be one of the Grand Prize Winners in May from Pinkfresh Studios and it had just arrived in the mail a couple days before Michele came, so I saved it so we could open it together as we both LOVE PFS products.  Stenciling seems to be our jam when we get together, and included in all my new goodies was a beautiful set called Pretty Blossoms, that included the stamp (it's a red rubber background one), the die, and the stencils.  So let's get to it and we'll show you what we created!

 

I did my stenciling in shades of coral, pinks & turquoise inks (PFS inks) and then used the die to cut out the white spaces.  I added foam tape behind the flowers and leaves and added to a layer of Ocean Mist cardstock (Gina K) and then mounted to top folding white card base.  It still needed something so I added the Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Die (PFS) in white to the top and it framed it out perfectly.

To finish I added my die cut sentiment from the Circle Florals stamp and die set (PFS) and also added a few Disco Ball Sequins from Gina K for a bit of bling.  The depth on this card with having part of the background cut out really makes this card special and so much prettier than my photos show!!

My 2nd card is very bright compared to my 1st card and I had fun masking off sections of the stencil so I could make the flowers all different colors as opposed to my 1st card.  When I added my white circle for my sentiment (Diagonal Stitched Circles - PFS), it covered up a few of the florals, so I stenciled and fussy cut the pink flower and added it over the portion of the circle.  I added my stacked sentiment (Perfect Sentiments - PFS), but it still looked glaringly white to me (the circle), so I added a few silver metallic pearls and a snippet of the Leafy Branch that I die cut from vellum.  Much better!!

   I also added glitter to all the green leaves for some sparkle because why not?!!  The two cards are very similar in some ways, but still different enough with their colors that I'm very happy with the way they turned out!

Play dates with Michele are ALWAYS fun and this was a much needed time together for both of us!  Like I said earlier, we didn't do as much stamping as we usually do, but there was lots of catching up to do on life and I treasure that part of our friendship!!  And again, we had to take time to eat, and a Summertime taco salad sure hit the spot, along with the payday bars Michele brought...yummmmmm!!  You can check out what Michele did with these Pretty Blossoms stencils right HERE...I'm going to check them out too as I always LOVE her creative takes on everything!  Thanks again for coming over Michele and sharing a much needed friend day!!

hanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!