More Apples

I bought this stamp set for the apples. Yes I know it is not cost effective to buy a set for one stamp only. Turns out I have already made several cards with the set and it has year round possibilities. Yea!

The set is Clearly Besotted's Giving Thanks.  This is my second card with the apples.

 

The main panel is mostly one layer, with the sentiment strip added.  The apples are covered with some pico embellisher in clear so there is a nice tactile feel to the card. The "leaves" are stenciled with multiple colors of distress inks. The clouds were created using distress ink over a hand cut mask.

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Inking in OCC's Stenciled

I am absolutely addicted to the Online Card Classes. This is my eighth class.  If you'd like to see cards from previous classes, just click on my fun classes page. It has the class logo and links to my posts for those classes.

The current class is all about stencils.  The first day is about inking and masking.  I decided to emulate two of the inking cards. Once again I am only making the fronts, so I can keep them with my notes for later reference.

The Bee card follows Debby Hughes example and uses sponging over a mylar stencil with an embossed vellum sentiment tag. I used two distress inks and decide to cover most of the card because I made it tiny to fit my sentiment. Frankly, I liked the color behind the vellum, I am lover of yellows. Sentiment by Simon Says Stamp, Stencil by The Crafters Workshop, punch by Marvy. Sequins by Doodlebug.

My second card follows Julie Ebersole's card and uses Hero Arts Stamps, Simon Says Stamp die, Spellbinders metal impressibility used as a stencil, Mists by Tattered Angels, and sequins bits by Martha Stewart.  I sprayed 3 mists on to the cardstock with the metal stencil taped down. Metal stencils will not be forgiving to your sponges so paste or sprays probably work best with them. 

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