Thursday, August 28, 2014

Live in the moment

Life can get busy and sometimes it feels like I'm just living moment to moment.  I squeezed in a bit of crafting time today to create a card using embossing paste and Distress Inks.  I've watched a few tutorials on this and decided to give it a go because this week's challenge at Muse is this lovely card:
Bobby encouraged us to try stenciling with paste and I love the multiple colors she used.  For my card, I used a Tim Holtz stencil:
I inked multiple Distress Inks over the embossing paste - Wild Honey, Salty Ocean, Stormy Sky and Walnut Stain.  Like Bobby, I set my sentiment to the side.  While I had my embossing paste and stencils out, I made a few more backgrounds for future cards as well. While my desk is messy, it's fun to keep experimenting, right?

I'm also entering this card into this week's AAA challenge - 
AAA Cards - Stencil style
where this image is our inspiration:


Thanks for stopping by!



18 comments:

  1. Great stencilling with brilliant texture. Thanks for playing at AAA Cards.

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  2. Love the colours and how they pop! So glad you joined us at Muse this week!

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  3. Love the mixture of colors on this card! Your sentiment is so true and such a great reminder!
    <3 Emily L.

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  4. This is just lovely. And, good for you for being brave enough to try embossing past. Love how you mixed the colors in.

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  5. I really love this, Erika. The sentiment is perfect for the stencil you used and kudos for using embossing paste. Thanks for joining the MUSE challenge.

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  6. This turned out really pretty! Like the colors and the texture!

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  7. Erika I want to buy this stencil too but the store that sell this is closed cause school holiday ooh sad....oops now about your card...it is really adorable Erika...great using the embossing paste...lovely color combo and lovely sentiment ADORABLE card Erika..

    Hope you like to pop by my Blog.... I join AAA cards blog challenge too, my card there is #6 and #15. I would be so glad if you could leave me some love too...big hugs from Germany, Monika

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  8. Your card is so handsome, Erika! Thank you for bringing it to AAA Cards this week!

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  9. What a wonderful and creative background. So glad you played along at AAA Cards

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  10. Love the mix of colors - they look great against the white clocks!

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  11. Very cool card, you need to emboss paste more often, you rocked it!!!!

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  12. Wow! Such depth from the stencil and paste- WELL DONE! Thank you for sharing your card with us at AAA Cards. Cheers, Victoria Lavender

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  13. I also love the look you got with the stencil paste. Have the goodies have to get brave enough to crack them open! Your clocks are beautiful!

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  14. Gorgeous - love how you colored the stencil paste!

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  15. FABULOUS stenciling and sponging! Thanks for joining in both AAA & Muse!

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  16. I love that embossing folder! Looks great with those colors!

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  17. Love how your card turned out! Great entry for the Muse challenge!

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  18. Gorgeous, love your colors and arrangement of the clocks. The stencil paste looks like so much fun ... I must give it a try.

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