Just Because

 

Today is the 25th and I am posting my card for the The Encore Challenge!  This is a monthly challenge with a group of friends from my April Retreat.  Some may post on their blog and I will note those with blogs at the end of this post.  And, some might post on other social media. Darlene came up with this challenge and these are her words:  Go and grab a stamp set, stencil or dies--your choice, that you have used once before and have always wanted to revisit it and use it again.  However, despite your best intentions, you have yet to use it!  Now's your chance! Go dig it out and have fun with it once again.  Create anything you like, a card, gift card holder, decorate a gift bag, make a refrigerator magnet...whatever lights up your creative juices! So--Encore Challenge! 

My plan is to pick a different company each month to highlight and maybe even a different product than the month before.  For June,  I picked a stamp set from Gina K Designs called Autumn Silhouettes.  I think I used this once before in a SCT Crop & Create class that Gina taught a few years ago.  

I first ink blending the background, picking one of the color combinations in my Taylored Expressions Palette Playbook.  This set is from the Cotton Candy page.  The colors from top to bottom are Cotton Candy, Kiwi, Dill Pickle and Pineapple. I then stamped one of the silhouette images from the set in the middle of the panel.  I used my Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 for the two layers--the stitched layer from the blended panel and a black cardstock backer.  The sentiment is from a Taylored Expressions set. I added some Pinkfresh Studio Silver Metallic Pearls around the image.

I am not sure who will post each month on their blog, but this is a list of the other ladies who do have blogs.  Jeanette, Terry, Darlene.  Be sure to come back on July 25th to see another fun card for The Encore Challenge!


Image/Sentiment: Gina K Designs Autumn Silhouettes Stamp Set

Cardstock/Patterned Paper: The Paper Cut 100# Cougar Opaque White and Black

Ink:  Taylored Expressions Cotton Candy, Kiwi, Pineapple and Dill Pickle; Hero Arts Intense Black

Accessories:  Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2; Pinkfresh Studio Silver Metallic Pearls