Creative Squad

Today, Cheiron Brandon from my Creative Squad is sharing three wonderful cards using this month’s theme: “Good Things Just Keep Happening.” I invite you to join me and my Creative Squad this November, in the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday in the US, to remind ourselves to be thankful for even the smallest things.  Every once in a while it feels nice to slow down and recognize the good stuff that’s all around us.  What Good Thing happened to you today?

Hi there! It’s Cheiron with my post for November and we are playing with the theme of Good Things just keep happening. I am thankful today that I finally have my own studio in my house where I can create and I get to relax there every night even if its just for a small amount of creative time. I couldn’t wait to try out Nat’s new stencil release and wanted to try out all the patterns. You know I am a card maker, so I cut a bunch of card panels, took out the stencils and made 3 cards with 3 different techniques.

For my first card, I wanted to do some basic ink blending through the Santiago stencil, but decided that I wanted to keep the squares in the center white…so I masked them off with some masking paper.

Then I blended my inks through the stencil with the foam blending tool.

Once that was done I removed the masking paper

And then adhered the panel with foam tape to a card base:

For my second card, I played around with some Distress Paints in Fossilized Amber, Aged Mahogany, Gathered Twigs and Spiced Pumpkin and pounced paint through the Toledo stencil. Then I sprayed the entire thing with a bit of Tarnished Brass Distress Mica Spray. This one will be perfect to send as a Thanksgiving card!

For my last card, I pulled out my Gelly Roll Moonlight pens and colored through the Buenos Aires stencil, I have not played with these in a while and forgot how good they look on black paper.

I am thankful today that I got to play with these fun new stencils and that I get to create something almost every day! 

Santiago Stencil 9×12	Toledo 9×12 Stencil	Buenos Aires Stencil 9×12	Simon Says Stamp MASKING PAPER	Ranger Distress Paint Fossilized Amber	Ranger Distress Paint – Gathered Twigs
Ranger Distress Paint Carved Pumpkin	Ranger Distress Paint – Aged Mahogany	Ranger TIM HOLTZ DISTRESS Designer Mica Sprays	Gelly Roll Moonlight Pens	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SQUEEZED LEMONADE
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TWISTED CITRON	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN

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Maybe you will even play along with us -I would love to see how you interpret our monthly themes. Email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share your projects in my “n*Spiration From Around the Globe“..

Nat