You may have guessed by now but if I can paint it I will! So when I saw the stunningly beautiful Peony Bouquet stencil from the new Simon Says Stamp Hey Bestie release I took to thinking of how to get my paints in there somewhere! I’ll jump into the details of the card in a moment, but first, let me say that this post is part of a blog hop celebrating the Hey Bestie release more details of which are below. I’ve linked all supplies at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
PAINTING WITH A STENCIL
OK, back to the card and the design for this card was inspired by a blouse I have. It has a muted khaki green background with little white daisies painted on it with blue centres and black leaves. I dug around in my card stock and found this Olive card from Simon Says Stamp but which I don’t believe is stocked anymore. However, you could ink blend to get a lovely background colour too. I stamped the card with the You Are Background set in clear embossing ink for a tone on tone effect and then rubbed Black Soot Distress Oxide ink around the edges for a vignette effect.
I laid the Peony Bouquet stencil over the background and dabbed White Pigment ink gently through to transfer the design to the card. I then painted the flowers with Winsor & Newton Permanent White Gouache following the design left by the pigment ink. I kept the gouache mix concentrated, only adding a touch of water to keep the white as opaque as possible. I mixed a light teal blue for the flower centres and used a black for the leaves. I then went in with a light and medium grey to add definition to the petals and dotted in more of the teal blue too. I added a few swipes of other colours on the leaves also – deep green and chartreuse but those colours haven’t come across so well in the photos.
For the sentiment, I took the Miss You dies and cut them from Bazzill Marshmallow card before popping them up with foam adhesive as I adhered them to the front panel.
I accented around the sentiment with a trio of Hero Arts enamel dots.
Finally, I foam mounted the finished card front and a base cut and scored from Marshmallow card.
MORE INSPIRATION
I posted about this card the other day. I had great fun with this multimedia background and paired it with leaves from the Be Kind set, a Nested Tag stamped with a greeting from the Like You Words set and paired with the Like You Dies.
BLOG HOP
As mentioned above, this blog post is part of a hop to celebrate the Hey Bestie release from Simon Says Stamp. Hopefully, you’ve arrived here from Simon’s blog but if not then that is a good place to start. As with all good hops, there are offers and giveaways!
- use code BFF489 with a purchase of $50 or more for a free Friend Outline die.
- Simon are giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from the comment section. They’ll choose winners over the weekend and post on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 15th of January.
Now it’s time to hop on over to …
Laura Bassen!
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Debby Hughes
Laura Bassen
Yana Smakula
Yoonsun Hur
Amanda Korotkova
Amy Rysavy
Bibi Cameron
Gayatri Murali
Marge Yoon
Vicky Papaioannou
Emma Williams
Crystal Thompson
Preeti Chandran
You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or shop icon to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you! Items marked with an asterisk (*) provided by a store or the manufacturer. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I genuinely appreciate your support.
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Summary of the project which gives all the views of the card in one photo :D I’d love if you pinned and called by on Pinterest :D
Gorgeous card. I must try this technique.
Wow!! These are so gorgeous!! Amazing job with the paint and the stencils!
Oh my word, I loved to see this one in person… looks beautiful… love the palette !
Love that stencil and your card is beautiful.
Love the contrasts you achieved with the white gouache on the darker background, really stunning. Then you turn around with a low contrast but gorgeous soft toned card. Outstanding, thanks for the inspiration.
Pretty cards! Thanks for sharing.
Love the texture of the card with the tag. Beautiful!
WOW!! Love the olive green card with the white peonies. So elegant and stunning!
Thanks for creating and sharing.
Gorgeous card! I love how you used colored cardstock to start with. The background is so pretty against the pop of the flower.
awesome card