Pastel Palace

Hello and welcome to my blog  :)  Today's share is one of two Indian samples that were featured on the CBDT blog a few days ago, as part of this month's 15 Minute Cards post.  For this card I have used....only one stamp!  Yes - only one stamp - from the Paisley Elephant set; Distress Oxide inks, gold pen,; Silhouette Palace 1 mask/stencil.

I took a piece of CB cartridge paper and placed the mask across the center, using stencil glue to keep it in place.  I then made a colour pallette of DO inks on my glass mat, and using a large round brush with plenty of water I dabbed the colours randomly onto the panel.
  

I spritzed the panel with water to make the colours blend.  When the card was dry I removed the mask.  The palace image was still white.

Next I placed the matching stencil over the white palace image, using masking tape to keep  it in place.  I then added DO ink through the stencil with a blending tool.

I removed the stencil and added some DO ink to ground the palace.  I then blended ink around the edges of the panel.  

I matted the focal panel onto black card, then attached it to a white base card.  

To complete this design I stamped a sentiment onto the front of the card using black Versafine ink, and I added highlights with a gold pen.

This is a lovely, quick and easy card to make, and I really enjoyed creating it.  I think it would be suitable for any occasion and any recipient, and of course it can be created using any colours.
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