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Thursday 15 May 2014

Mid way inspiration at Imagination crafts: a tutorial

Morning all! How are you today? I hope you are well. Well its my turn to do a tutorial for the Imagination Crafts Blog this time and the theme this month for the challenge is Things with wings. Here's what I did:


I started by applying distress inks to the reverse of centura pearl card using cut and dry foam.


I used more than one shade of blue and blended them until I was happy.


Next I used the imagination crafts honeycombe stencil and a darker blue distress ink - I applied this through the stencil using the cut and dry foam.
Next I added the dragonfly and poppies stencil to my piece - I coloured the dragonflies in a dark blue distress ink and used an alcohol pen to colour the stems - then i used a dark red distress ink to colour the poppies again using cut and dry foam to apply the ink.


Here is my piece ...


I then simply mounted it and left it without a sentiment.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial - I will be doing another one fairly soon so I hope you will enjoy that too! Thanks for joining me today and I hope to see you again soon. I hope you'll be able to join in out challenge at Imagination Crafts this month. Remember you need to use some Imagination crafts goodies to be in with a chance of winning the £40 voucher!

Big hugs

Rachel xx

23 comments:

  1. Great tutorial Rachel, thank you!
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  2. Gorgeous work Rachel, love it.
    Hugs
    Caz x

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  3. Gorgeous Rachel, thanks for the tutorial

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  4. Gorgeous stenciling Rachel.

    Sue xx

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  5. Your design is gorgeous Rachel, thank you for sharing your fabulous tutorial,
    hugs Sue xx

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  6. Rachel this is amazing and a fabulous step by step, did not think of using Distress Inks, amazing effect, hugs hun xxx

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  7. A fabulous card Rachel and a fabulous tutorial. Thanks for sharing Hun. I love the way you have used the honeycombe stencil for the background, looks lovely.
    Hugs xx

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  8. It is a gorgeous piece Rachel and a great step by step! Hugs, Anne x

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  9. Love this beautiful project, thank you for the "step by step"
    Happy crafting

    Patricia xx

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  10. Fabulous card and tutorial. Love the colors and the background you created for these gorgeous poppies.

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  11. This is fabulous Rachel, great tutorial.
    Pauline
    x

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  12. Fabulous card Rachel, love all your inking and the beautiful images, thanks for the tutorial, hugs Kate x

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  13. This is beautiful Rachel and a great tutorial.
    Mags
    x

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  14. Lovely card rachel. Great Step by Step. Hugs Rita xx

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  15. Fab use of the stencils, such a gorgeous card Rachel :o) Hugs, Lisa x

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  16. Just beautiful! Great use of the stencil, adds such pretty interest.

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  17. Rachel this is a beautiful project, love the colours and the stencils you have used. Hazel xx

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  18. Brilliant tutorial and lovely card. Chris x

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  19. Ooh I love that. Fab tut too. I must try.

    Susan xx

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  20. Thank you hun! A fab tutorial for using stencils - have never layered them like this so it is something to try. A beautiful card which could be framed - it's gorgeous Karen x

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  21. How fab is your card. I love the poppies . A great tutorial too. Will be having a go at this myself. I have just bought a load of imagination stencils too. hugs Mrs A.

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