MIXED MEDIA CARDS/TAYLOR EXPRESSIONS

Happy Monday, friends! The word party layered stencil from Taylor Expressions has been sitting on my desk for too long! I finally used them on two sets of cards and both sets are so different from one another. When I subscribed to their Quad club, I told myself I would not put the stencils away until I use them so I'm not buying stuff and not using it! So far, I'm doing good with that motto. LOL

I have to admit...at first I did not like this color combo at all. In fact, I almost through the first set away...but then I got an idea... to splatter some spray ink all over it and trace the stencils with a black pen, adding some doodling to see how that would look and I absolutely LOVE it!!

I heat embossed the "Let Your Light Shine" sentiment with Raven embossing powder from Brutus Monroe. Their embossing powders are fantastic!! The inks used are from The Stamp Market. I used Blush, Mellon, and Gravel.

Here's another card I created...adding the embossed sentiment in gold with more doodling. I used a foam strip to pop up the sentiment. It took awhile to trace all the images with the black pilot pen, but oh it was so worth it!

By the time I got to the Thanks card, I decided to keep it simple and left it as is. :)

Here are the other cards I created using the same stencil, but with inks from Catherine Pooler to create monochromatic cards with Glitter Glaze. Brutus Monroe has some awesome Glitter Glaze if you wanted to add some shimmer to your projects.

This set took longer to create because after I inked each layer, I applied glitter glaze. Then I had to wait for that layer to dry before adding the next stencil and glaze etc... but it's so shimmery and pretty!

I must admit, I have a box of embossed sediments already done to make my card making go along faster! Whenever I need a sentiment, all I have to do is look through my box.  Taylor Expressions makes some great stamps with metal dies that makes creating sentiments easy!! If you are new to stamping...check out their website. They are my favorite stamping store these days. And their products are so cute!

I added some gems and a sentiment in white... you can't see it really well in the photo but it says "you are my favorite people."

And here's another one I created with the white on white sentiment. It says, "your strength is inspiring."

And since I am always needing birthday cards... A few birthday cards!

I hope you found these cards inspiring. They were so much fun to make! Thank you for visiting today.

-Nic