SPIKY FLOWERS

Sometimes free art supplies fall right into your little creative hands! But . . . you MUST be open to recognizing and receiving them!

A friend and I are working on a papercrafting project. Part of the project involves poking out pre-cut flowers from their host sheet. The resulting sheet has lots of negative flower shapes. Most <normal> people would trash these, or -- please?? --- recycle these. Linda? Oh no! These are STENCILS!!!

You can see in the card image below how I used these newfound art supplies. Do you see the striking flower shapes in purples?? 

Because the flower shapes are fairly close together, you do need to be careful when using them as stencils on a project.

Read on for a tutorial on how to utilize these particular free art supplies.

SUPPLIES:

White Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Black Ink

Ink colors of your choice

Happy Birthday stamp

Big Shot

Circle dies with and without scallop edges

Blending Brush

Black and white baker's twine

Black matte dot embellishment

Dimensionals

Glue Dots

INSTRUCTIONS:

Fold a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of white cardstock in half, creasing it well with a bone folder.

To this base, adhere a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of black cardstock.

Cut a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of white cardstock. This is the piece you will stencil on.

Choose two colors of ink that you love and that play well together. Grab your favorite spoinging tool.

Position the "stencil" of a flower somewhere near the center of the white cardstock. Starting with one of the colors you've chosen, gently sponge the ink, being super careful not to go beyond the sponging area. Continue doing this with both colors, overlapping at times, and going off the edge, until you are satisfied with the look of your background piece.

Adhere this piece to the card.

Rub a piece of white cardstock well with an Embossing Buddy. In VersaMark Ink, stamp the sentiment onto this piece. Cover the stamped sentiment with black embossing powder. Emboss it with a heat tool.

Cut out the sentiment with a 2" circle die.

From black cardstock, die  cut a scalloped circle that measures 2 1/2" in diameter.

Adhere the circles together.

Using Dimensionals, add the sentiment piece anywhere you want on the card. Is some of the stenciling messier than you'd like?? Cover it up with the sentiment! Problem solved!

Add a black and white baker's twine bow to the circle with a small Glue Dot.

Add one piece of black bling above the writing.

Stenciled

Smiles.