Sunday 1 May 2016

Bang !

Hello everyone,

and welcome to my first inspiration piece for this month's challenge over at the Country View Crafts' Challenge blog... The theme is 'stencil' and it was chosen by the lovely Christine.


This month alongside our Challenge, we are also running a Blog Hop with a Sizzix Big Shot Machine & Die Bundle as the prize. To enter, you must be a Follower of our Challenge Blog and Hop along to each of our Design Team Members Blogs and leave a comment. We will still be running our normal monthly challenge and those who link their 'Use A Stencil' projects will also be entered into our £20 Voucher draw. The Winners will be picked at random in early June.  


You should have arrived here from Brenda's blog


I have made a postcard this time:



This postcard was started with painting it with a layer of Gesso. I then used a Tim Holtz stencil called Latticework with some Grunge paste by Paperartsy. I applied the paste with a pallet knife. 
When this had dried, I used my Distress Crayons to add colour. I just scribbled it on and then blended it with a damp baby wipe. I did lose some of the detail of the grunge paste and to make it stand out more I used a water brush and some kitchen roll to remove some of the colour in the 'valleys'. This way the texture stands out a little more. You can do this with these crayons as they are water soluble. Anyway, I also dripped some water on the surface and mopped it up to create some lighter spots. 
Next I stamped the cat (Crazy Cats by Tim Holtz), the sentiment (Crazy Thoughts by Tim Holtz) and the balloon (Crazy Things by Tim Holtz). I used Memento Ink as I wanted to colour everything with my Copic markers. The balloon string was stamped directly on the card and extended with a pen. I also stamped the cat directly on the card to get his whiskers as they are too thin to cut out. 
After colouring I cut everything out, went around the cut edges with a black Copic Marker to hide any imperfections and then adhered everything to the card. 

That was it ! 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will play along with us !

And don't forget to hop over to Jane's blog from here.
To have a chance to win the prize you will have to visit all the blogs and also leave a comment at each one ! 

Happy Hopping !!!! 

58 comments:

  1. Ha wat een gave kaard, zo grappig weer en mooi natuurlijk!

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  2. I love ♥ your postcard..absolutely fabulous. x

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  3. Fabulous,love the colours.xxx

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  4. Wat een topkaartje !
    Groetjes
    Margo

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  5. I didn't realise the Distress colours could be so bright, love the effect and the image is fun.

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  6. Stunning colours! Enjoyed the blog hop too! Love, Denyse xxx

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  7. This card is so funny! I love the green and purple combo!

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  8. Great fun Corrie....made me laugh. Great colour combo too. X

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    1. This is such fun Corrie....such bold colours and those cats are brilliant. Great texture too with your stencilling x

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  10. You've used one of my favourite colour combinations! I love it! Such fun too!

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  11. Hi Corrie,

    Beautiful creation, love the fun element you have put into it and the colours are gorgeous.

    Love & hugs

    Jacquie J xxx
    http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

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  12. Fun postcard art! Love the colours and how the crayons worked on the stencilled areas.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  13. Brilliant fun card and super colours xx

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  14. Super fun, love the color hues and wonderful stenciling!

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  15. O wat een leuke en grappige kaart,ik ben nog steeds aan het stoeien met de crayons bedankt voor je uitleg
    Gr miranda

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  16. Such a fun card corrie .. love it to pieces. Hugs rachel xx

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  17. what a fun postcard, Corrie! Love the fresh and bright colors you used. You blended the stenciled areas perfect to the background!
    xx Evelyn

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  18. A great funny card and gorgeous stencil effects and colour combo
    MaggieH

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  19. Lol made me laugh, great make
    Love
    Amanda x

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  20. Love this Corrie, these cats make me smile xx

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  21. Hele mooie achtergrond en wat een super grappige kaart! Zie zo het gezicht van de kat voor me als 'ie' echt zou klappen... Groetjes, Gerrina

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  22. That cat is so funny. I love the colors you used on this card.

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  23. That cat is so funny. I love the colors you used on this card.

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  24. Loveeeee this Corrie such a fun piece and beautifully layered as always.
    Hugs Brenda xxx

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  25. Such a fun postcard Corrie and I love the stencilled background. Jennie x

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  26. Such a fun creation.So sorry for the cat.
    Gr, Elly

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  27. Great project, love the cat.x

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  28. What a fun design! Love this colorful background too!

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  29. Fabulous bright creation - made me smile! xx

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  30. I so love this, the cats are brilliant and I love the way you used it. Happy crafting, Angela x

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  31. What a fun postcard Corrie! made me goggle aloud! heehee
    Jackie ")

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  32. This made me smile, poor cat... :)

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  33. Gorgeous card Corrie and what a beautiful background. So funny!!!
    Irena

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  34. Brilliant postcard - love the colours, texture and the crazy cat!! :-D

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  35. this is great! Must get that crazy cat!

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  36. Ha! I love your humour as well as your sense of colour and design, Corrie - this is fabulous!
    Alison x

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  37. Fabulous! Corrie I have admired your work form a distance for a long time now and so pleased I had time to stop by today . Love the colour tones and the humour .
    x

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  38. Wonderful and imaginative!! Love the colors. Not sure what to think of the poor nervous kitty!! :)
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  39. Brilliant project, so fun!!!! :D xx

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  40. Creative and fabulous project.

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  41. Amazing! Love the colors and the stencil work :)

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  42. Bright, jazzy and full of fun.

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  43. I love this Corrie.
    Carol xx

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  44. Great design such a fun postcard, x

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  45. What a fun postcard! It is gorgeously done! I love the stunning colors you produced.
    Very Nice!

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  46. OOOOH, you got some nice deep texture using your stencils and paste! The crayons give such fabulous color and your design is so fun! Love this! I have the cats and their thinlits, but haven't used them yet! You have inspired me!

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  47. Fabulous design - I love the expression on the cat! xx

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  48. THe design is complete fabulous , love it

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  49. Awww this is such fun. Look at his little face. Brilliant idea. xx

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  50. PRICELESS! Totally in a giggle here Corrie! Heheheheh! ADOREABLE! j.

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  51. Oh, this is so fun! Adore the colours and LOVE that crazy cat! x

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  52. What a wonderful and humorous piece of art. I love the depth of colour that you've achieved and the image really made me smile. Fabulous! :)x

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  53. Oh my, that's funny. Love the brights and the cat. Hugz

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  54. Such a fun postcard (poor kitty!), and I love the colours

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