Nellie in the flowers

Good morning all. I am glad you could pop in again today. It's cold innit! We have a sprinkle of the white stuff outside....it just looks like someone has been out with the icing sugar and given everywhere a dusting! I don't have much planned for today as I have plenty of secret stuff to do so it's all about staying safe and warm today. 
Did you read Barbara Gray's blog yesterday? It featured a card made by Barbara Lancaster using the elephant stencil! I think it's a brilliant stencil and I have used it a lot! And at the moment its on offer over at Claritystamp...well for a couple more days it is! 
So I thought I would show you one of my creations using the stencil and using the same flower stamps as I used on yesterdays blog. 
Here is the card and below are the usual ingredients and instructions should you decide to have a go!

Ingredients.

Tina’s Doodle Flowers Fine Line A4 Stamp Set STA-FL-10620-A4

Elephant stencil STE-AN-00270-77

Artistry inks (Selection of bright colours)

Pergamano Blending pen PER-AC-70303-XX

Black fine liner pen

Sparkle pen

Black Sharpie Pen

1. Working on 7x7 stencil card attach the elephant stencil near the bottom of the card using low tack tape to keep it in position. Brush yellow ink into areas of the stencil then pink then blue overlapping the colours. Finally without adding more ink brush over with the yellow to ensure all the shape is covered. Remove the stencil and edge the shape with a fine liner.

2. Stamp the birds and dragonflies on in place. Stamp a selection of flowers at the base of the card over the stencilled elephant then use the solid stamps to fill in the colour on the flowers. Stamp the stems and leaves.

3. Using a blender pen and nibs add colour to the birds, dragonflies and leaves using artistry ink and water to help blend.

4. Edge the card with black sharpie pen and attach to a card blank. Add sparkle pen to the dragonflies' wings.

Hope you have a great day whatever you decide on doing. Stay safe and warm.

Happy Crafting