I’m happy to be here today with a post for AAA Cards Game #88 – Stencil.
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Here are my two cards,
made with ARTplorations Some Birds.
The sentiment on the first card is from Trendy Butterflies.
I used Bold Sentiments: Explore for the sentiment on this second card.
I hope that you are inspired to play along. Make sure you stop by AAA Cards and visit all of the design team members’ blogs.
Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa
Places I’m Playing:
Card #1 – sketch turned sideways
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How To Play
AAA Cards is a bi-weekly challenge blog for Clean and Simple (CAS) Cards. Unless otherwise stated in the blog post for a particular challenge only players who submit cards will be eligible to be a winner.
We’d like you to……………………………………….
Play…. Play around with your interpretation of the theme each challenge
Enjoy… trying new things and experimenting
Be Inspired … by the DT’s examples of CAS cards
Create… something that makes you happy!
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I also used the CUTplorations Hugs Word Die.
Thanks for stopping by and make sure you stop over and check out my Design Teammates’ super creations!
To make this canvas, I used a variety of ARTplorations stencils and a wide variety of techniques and mediums too. This is a photo of my friend, Cindy, and I last Spring when she came to visit me.
Originally, I had used blues and greens and lots of white and had stamped a sentiment and some butterflies and stenciled some hearts too. The cool colors did not make me happy. Also, I had used a smaller version of the photo and had adhered it directly onto the canvas. I had stamped a sentiment over the edge of the photo and, anyhow, I did not like the results. So I picked it up again recently and reworked the colors to compliment the tulips in the photograph. 
I added some more texture with heat embossing and embossing paste.
The ARTplorations stencils, Retro Circles, Dots All Over, which I used on this are all beautiful and fun to play with. I also used some STAMPlorations stamps (Framed Tea Cups and Big Bloom Factory(fussy cut the flowers)) and the CUTplorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies.
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