When I saw Alexandra’s use of the Penny Black Verdant stencil on a watercolored background, I couldn’t wait to try the technique. She included her panel on a scrapbooking page; I adhered mine to a cardstock base for a card.
I created my watercolor background with a combination of Distress Inks in shades of blue. I picked the ink up from my craft mat, after diluting it a bit, and brushed the ink onto the watercolor paper. After the watercolor panel dried, I carefully taped the Penny Black Verdant stencil [#25-003] and applied Faber Castell Whipped Spackle. The embossing paste dries quite quickly. I die cut the “Hugs” from Penny Black’s Love Expressions [#51-025] set twice to give the sentiment a bit more depth.
What’s fun about this technique is that every card is different!
I love this background, looks easy. It sets off the stencil nicely.
Beautiful Jean! Thanks for the great description of your creative process!
This is GORGEOUS!
Beautiful rendition Jean!
TFS~
Gorgeous!
I don’t know how I missed this STUNNING work of art! What a gorgeous card, Jean! Your background is so dreamy, and I love how you used the Whipped Spackle…it really adds so much texture and dimension to this really beautiful card!