Bon Voyage!

I'm back with my second post my April guest designer gig for A Colorful Life Designs! If you're not familiar with with this company and love stencils, I urge you to check them out. They also carry clear stamps and Bling!!! 

Here it is!

This time I've created a 5" x 7" Bon Voyage card with the wonderful Layered Arches Stencil Set, which is a five piece stencil set comprised of the blank arch, the stone/bricks, and three masks that cover the interior arches. 

I also the used the Cloud Edger Stencils, a two part set, to create the clouds at the upper part of my card. 

I won AALL and Create's Milk Train Heist Clear Stamp Set in an Instagram Contest. I was supposed to win just one set, but they sent all three of the special prize sets! This is the first time using one of my prizes, but it certainly won't be the last!

Products Used:
Layered Arches Stencil Set by A Colorful Life Designs

Cloud Edger Stencil by A Colorful Life Designs

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, and Pumice Stone Distress Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Desert Sand Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Pouncy Tool (looks like steel wool on a wood stamp mount)

Milk Shake Train Heist Clear Stamp Set by AALL and Create *

Deep Scarlet Red, Cobalt, Ultramarine, Sky Blue, Light Pthalo Green, Dark Pthalo Green Pitt Artist Pens by Faber Castell

Amethyst, Butterscotch, Pumpkin red, Pink, Tan, Yellow Marvy Le Plume II Pens by Marvy/Uchida

Lt. Grey, Dark Grey, Burnt Sienna Chalk Pencils by General's

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Silver Startdust Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Hefty Doodle *
Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Fancy Nameplate by Spellbinders

91% Isopropyl Alcohol in a Mister

Low-tack Tape

Post-It Notes by 3M

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Please note:

The products with asterisks, except the Milk Train Heist stamp set, can be purchased at Topflight Stamps. The train car that is part of AALL and Create's Sugar Delights Clear Stamp Set 1045 would have worked for this layout.

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use magnets to secure the plain arch stencil from the Layered Arches Stencil Set over a piece of 6" x 8" of Mixed Media Cardstock on the STAY-tion so that the bottom of the stencil is flush with the bottom of the paper.
3. Tear a piece of scrap paper in half and place the top half horizontally below the arches.
4. Brush Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink across the top of the torn paper and the arch stencil.
5. Move the torn paper downwards and brush Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink across the top of the torn paper and the arch stencil. 
6. Repeat Step #5, then remove the torn paper mask.
7. Brush Mown Grass Distress Ink to fill in the bottom of the background.
8. Brush Twisted Citron Ink to lighten the grass. 
9. Keeping the arch stencil in place, place the bottom side of the torn scrap paper over the grassy area as a mask..
10. Brush Tumbled Grass Distress Ink over the top of the torn paper and the stencil to create a blue sky in the top of the arches.
11. Remove the torn paper mask and set aside.
12. Use magnets to secure the two half arches and the arch masks from the Layered Arches Stencil Set to the image panel.
13. Place a ruler, secured with magnets, horizontally across the top the image panel flush with the top the plain arch stencil. 
14. Brush Desert Sand Memento Ink over the bottom of the ruler and across all of the arch maskss to create the base of of the arches.
15. Keeping the arch masks in place, remove the plain arch stencil and set aside.
16. Use magnets and/or low tack tape to secure the brick/stone stencil over the arch stenciled in Step 14.
17. Brush Desert Sand Memento Ink over the brick/stone arch stencil.
18. Use a smaller brush to darken the Desert Sand Memento ink along the outside edges of the arches.
19. Remove the brick/ stone arch stencil, keeping both the ruler and the arch masks in place on the image panel.
20. Use a pouncy tool to add Pumice Stone Distress Inks flecks to the arched bridge.
21. Remove the ruler from the image panel and replace with low-tack tape so that the top of the arched bridge area is covered and protected.
22. Place the Cloud Edger Stencil at the top of the image panel.
23. Brush Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over the top of the Cloud Edger Stencil.
24. Move the Cloud Edger Stencil downwards and rotate it.
25. Brush Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over the top of the Cloud Edger Stencil.
26. Repeat Steps #24 and #25 until the area between the top of the arches and the top of the image panel looks like a cloudy sky.
27. Remove the stencil.
28. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the base of a stamping platform.
29. Position the engine and train car from the Milk Shake Train Heist Clear Stamp Set facedown on the image panel so that the wheels of the train are flush with the top the tape.
30. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps and lift.
31. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
32. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
33. Remove the stamp from the stamping platform. 
34. If necessary, remove the image panel from the stamping platform*.
35. Heat set the image panel.
36. Place the image panel back onto the base of the stamping platform and secure with magnets.
37. Place the other train car from the Milk Shake Train Heist Clear Stamp Set facedown onto the image panel so that its wheels are flush with the top of the tape and the bumper is against the bumper of the train car to the right.
38. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps and lift.
39. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
40. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
41. Remove the stamp from the stamping platform. 
42. If necessary, remove the image panel from the stamping platform, prior to heat setting.
43. Use Pitt Artist and Le Plume pens to color the train cars.
44. Use the white gel pen to add white highlights to the train.
45. Use silver glitter pen to add glitter to the train wheels and hubs.
46. Use a grey chalk pencil to add steam above the locomotive.
47. Remove the tape from the image panel.
48. Use chalk pencils to add details and shading to the bricks on the arches.
49. Using a stamping platform, use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to ink the "Bon Voyage" sentiment from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock. 
50. Ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
51. Heat set the cardstock.
52. Use a narrow rectangle die to cut the sentiment.
53. Use a fancy nameplate die to cut raven cardstock and use the die-cut to mat the white sentiment.
54. Trim the image panel to 4.75" x 6.75".*
55. Adhere the image panel to the reserved black card.
56. Adhere the sentiment to finish the card.

Notes: 

• The Layered Arches Stencil Set is so versatile because the masks were included. Gotta love that.
• The Layered Arches can be trimmed to various heights which makes it even more versatile.
• If you have any questions about my instructions, please contact me and I'll try to explain further.

Thank you for visiting today!