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Monday 12 October 2015

Stencils at Clarity

Hello lovelies! Happy monday to you!!! I hope you have a good day. Thanks for your comments on my tag yesterday - I'm looking forward today to seeing the next piece of inspiration in the series!!! Before that though I have a short run and  coffee pot to look forward to followed by my Monday gym session. Then I can chillax!!!! And think about that film we went to see yesterday - Pan - it was lots of fun!!!

Today I have my card for the Clarity challenge this month - the theme is stencils! My fave! here's what I made!


This is going to be for my niece Evie - she is very good at gymnastics and will be 11 in December - I thought this theme would suit her down to the ground.


I used three of the recent background stencils from clarity and worked with distress inks (wilted lilac, shaded lilac, peacock feathers and evergreen bough). I started by inking up the card with the colours then added layers with the same colours with the stencils.


Once i had got the effect I wanted I started with the stamps - the sentiment is from the clarity club - the others are a set of gymnasts. Then I added the paint circles and lines and finally stamped the words.

I would like to enter this into the claritystampchallenge-32stencils.


Thanks for dropping by today and i look forward to catching up with you later!

Hugs

Rachel xx

30 comments:

  1. Lovely ink and stencil work Rachel and lush colour palette. Many thanks for joining in at Allsorts, your creation is perfect for our theme this week.

    B x

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  2. Oh wow Rachel, the stencilling work looks incredible, such lovely colours together too! The dancing girl looks fantastic too, your niece is going to love it!!
    I missed yesterdays tag I think, so checking that one now! Hope you have a fun filled day!

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  3. This is gorgeous Rachel, such a wonderful background design. I love the colours and beautiful images too.
    hugs Sue xx

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  4. Perfect for a gymnast, great stamps and colours

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  5. Wow Rachel, perfect for Evie she will love it

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  6. Love it Rachel, how fab and personal for Evie !!

    hugs Diane xx

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  7. What a perfect card for Evie's Birthday. Hugs to you and the girls. Mrs A.

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  8. Hi Rachel, another fab card, the background stencilling is amazing, Kate x

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  9. This is fabulous.
    Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week :)
    AnyOldCraft (DT)

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  10. Great combination of stencils for your background, Rachel. Evie will love it. Good luck in the Clarity challenge x

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  11. I love the colours and stencils you have used to create this stunning card.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  12. Fabulous project. Love how you've combined the various stencils to create your background. I know your niece will love it too.

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  13. Love the colours on this card and stencils you have used. Good luck in the challenge and thank you for entering. Xxx

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  14. Love your background love the stamping good luck in the clarity challenge xx

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  15. A fabulous card Rachel, great gymnast stamps.
    Pauline
    x

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  16. This is great Rachel and I love those gymnast stamps.
    x catherine

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  17. The background colours are beautiful and I love the words you chose. This is such a perfect card for your gymnastics loving niece! Hugs, Anne xx

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  18. This is gorgeous Rachel...the background is stunning and beautiful colours too. Carol x

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  19. Great colours and fab background Rachel. I love how you've combined the stencils to create so much pattern and interest: brilliant! Thanks for entering the Clarity challenge, and good luck. Xxx

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  20. Such a great card Rachel, I'm sure your niece will just love it. Fabulous background and the colours are my favourite combination. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Hope you and the girls have a great week.
    Hugs Jennifer xx.

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  22. Gorgeous colours and a lovely stencil.
    Thanks for joining in our No designer papers this week at Allsorts

    Kath

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  23. Love the colors you used for the background! Pretty card!

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  24. A wonderful card Rachel and perfect for your Niece - I expect she knows all those floor exercises!
    Thank you for sharing your artwork and good luck in the Clarity Challenge this month x

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  25. How perfect for an eleven yr old gymnast .

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  26. Lovely card and great use of the stencils. Thanks for entering the Clarity Challenge and good luck.

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  27. Gorgeous card Rachel. Lovely stencils and stamps used and love the colours.
    Mags
    x

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  28. Lovely soft pastel colours and those little figures are so graceful and full of movement.
    Alison xx

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  29. Lovely card Rachel, the background real shows how versatile stencils can be. I'm sure your niece is going to love this card. Thanks for entering the Clarity Challenge this month. Good luck x

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  30. Somehow Rachel I just cannot imagine you "just chillin" lol -fabulous card love the colours and encouraging sentiments and great silhouette image
    Carol x

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