Shaving Cream!

 

I tackled the shaving cream effect!  I was afraid that it was going to be messy, especially after reading all the blog posts about it, but I didn't find it messy at all.  I only used one paper plate, and about 20 paper towels.  I used the plate from my Big Kick to scrap the shaving cream off the paper and I used food coloring because I don't have any colored ink refills for my stamp pads.  I was really happy with the results and I'll probably do it again, after I get some other colors.  I only had red, blue and green leftover from dying Easter eggs long ago.   The most surprising thing for me was how fast the paper dried.  I did have to put it under a heavy book for the night to flatten it out though.  Definitely a worthwhile project to try!   ~Nancy

Reverse Stencil

For these cards I used stencils and my blending brushes.  I was a little leery on how messy it would be, but it wasn't and I was quite surprised that I liked using the technique when I was done.   The next technique I'm going to try uses shaving cream - that one MUST be messy!  lol   ~Nancy

 

Blending Brushes

 Blending brushes are so cool.  I got a few at the Dollar Tree and loved them so much that I sent away for a small, inexpensive set.  I'm really enjoying them.  I've always had trouble with backgrounds and mostly used chalks but these brushes are a lot of fun and I've never had a fail playing with them yet.  I used a new set of Gina K. stamps for this one.  

~Nancy