Layers of Beauty CAS Stencilled Circles PP700

by Joanne James28. July 2024 08:00

Today it's Sunday and time for this week's new challenge over at The Paper Players! It's the turn of the fabulous LeAnne to host this week and she has my favourite, a sketch challenge for us to work with:

       

Not only that, it's our 700th challenge too - what a milestone! I looked at this week's sketch and was tempted to go big on layers with those circles, but instead decided to try out a clean and simple idea that I had after browsing Pinterest a while ago that I wanted to try with the 'Layers of Beauty' stamp set. I thought the soft palette of pinks and greens over at the Alphabet Challenge Blog would be perfect for it, so I grabbed my stencils as it's stencil week over at Just Us Girls and set to work. Take a look at what I came up with:

 

Here's the low-down on today's card:

You may well have expected me to use the co-ordinating stencils since my card features the large outline image in the 'Layers of Beauty' stamp set, but you would be wrong; whilst I would absolutely recommend you buy the co-ordinating dies and stencils with this stamp set, there are so many ways the stamp can be used without them too. On today's card I used some circle stencils instead that I made by using some circle dies in various sizes to cut circles out of acetate sheets, and then positioned them over the large roses and lightly blended a combination of Lemon Lime Twist, Pretty In Pink and Flirty Flamingo through them directly onto my cardbase to highlight areas of the stamped image. I stencilled each in turn and allowed each circle to overlap slightly to give further depth of colour: 

I added a white-on-black heat embossed sentiment from the same set and popped this up on dimensionals, with a sprinkle of in-colour shimmer gems to complete my design. Using circle stencils is a fun way to spotlight an image on a clean and simple card. Finally, I'm also linking today's card up at CAS on Friday where their theme is 'circles' too.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

 

You can see all of my Product and 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Before you reach for your ink and papers, check out what our amazing team has created to inspire you this week:

  
 
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
 
1.  Create a new paper project
2.  Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us and provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
3.  Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL.
4.  Have FUN!

Enjoy your day; the youngest of the James Juniors is off with friends to watch the test match cricket at Edgbaston today, so the house will be a quiet one - I'm hoping there will be time for crafting! Probably some Olympics viewing too. I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!

 

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Comments (11) -

Melissa Grant
Melissa GrantUnited States
7/28/2024 10:43:01 AM #

Beautiful Joanne! Love the image outline with just a sliver of color...very nice! Thanks for sharing with us at Alphabet Challenge Blog!

Melanie Hungerford
Melanie HungerfordUnited States
7/28/2024 3:28:57 PM #

Wow, that color combination makes such a gorgeous blend!  What a wonderful way to use the just line image of that lovely floral. Thank you for joining us at the Alphabet Challenge!

Elizabeth Stewart
Elizabeth StewartUnited States
7/28/2024 5:34:30 PM #

Joanne... ingenious way to handle the sketch...love it!

Elizabeth Stewart
Elizabeth StewartUnited States
7/28/2024 6:06:42 PM #

Joanne... Thanks so very much for joining and sharing your creativitiy at Just Us Girls this week.

Jan Clothier
Jan ClothierNew Zealand
7/29/2024 6:12:33 AM #

Oh my! You've really thought out of the box for this one, Joanne. Like all the best ideas, it looks so simple - yet it's so clever and so effective. I'm jealous that I didn't think of  it! This is a real beauty. Smile

Stef Perry
Stef PerryUnited States
7/30/2024 3:12:38 AM #

I love that you did something unexpected with stenciling, Joanne! It's a beautiful and CAS way to spotlight those lovely flowers (and  now I see a another stamp to add to my wish list lol).  Gorgeous card, my friend!

Stephanie Lanzalotto
Stephanie LanzalottoUnited States
7/30/2024 12:01:20 PM #

Oh my goodness, this is so fabulous, Joanne! What a fantastic way to use the sketch and the colors. This is truly a wonderful design and I am definitely going to have to CASE this. Thanks so much for sharing this beauty with us at Just Us Girls!

Kim S
Kim SUnited States
7/31/2024 12:15:54 PM #

I love your use of this stamp without the stencils! The spotlighting is gorgeous!

jaydee
jaydeeUnited States
8/1/2024 2:16:31 PM #

Joanne, I love your watercolor wash with those gorgeous florals.  Wonderful take on the sketch.
hugs
jaydee

Ann Schach
Ann SchachUnited States
8/2/2024 5:06:21 PM #

Oh, wow, Joanne! What a creative and fabulous interpretation of the sketch. The spotlighting technique is amazing. It's a beautiful card. Have a great weekend!

Jolanda Johnstone
Jolanda JohnstoneUnited States
8/2/2024 7:24:38 PM #

Joanne, this card completely speaks to my CAS sensibility.  Love it!  Such a pretty stamp set.  Thanks for the inspiration.  Cheers, Jolanda

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