Thursday, April 09, 2015

Seize The Birthday - Tall & Skinny


It's challenge time at Seize The birthday, and for this challenge the topping is tall and skinny cards.  I folded a 8¼ piece of square card to make my tall and skinny card.  I taped this gorgeous stencil from Loll and using a fineliner, drew half the outline of each shape to create an illusion of depth.  A quick peek under the stencil showed that the illusion wasn't quite enough, so I enhanced the lines with a Tombow pen.  Another quick peek showed that it still wasn't quite enough, so I sponged Weathered Wood Distress ink over the stencil, then I was happy with it.

Get your tall and skinny cards out and come and join us, or just join in the Anything Goes birthday theme.


9 comments:

  1. Very nice effect with the stencil! Jo x

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  2. Its fantastic!! Beautiful technique, wonderfully executed!

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  3. You rocked the look of this this stencil :) awesome!

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  4. CAS Stenciled beauty Shirley. I love your shading and soft color. Your card works for Loll's HLS April CAS Challenge: Stenciling too :-) Hugs, Nancy

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  5. Bingo! Illusion of Depth successfully achieved. Your perseverance to get it right sure did pay off big time cuz this is amazing! Stunning and elegant!

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  6. Elegant and positively touchable, Shirley ... fabulous illusion! Anita :)

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  7. This is so beautiful and elegant Shirley. Your outlining and sponging really gives a lot of depth. This would be perfect for the Happy Little Stampers April CAS Challenge - Stenciling if you want to join us. :) Loll xx

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  8. Stunning! Your illusion of depth: perfect!
    Hugs~c

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