A Place to Start Challenge for April

I made this card for the Place to start challenge that the criteria was black, white, red. That is one of my favorites for color combos, so I stenciled my white paper with this black ink pattern (stencil from Impression Obsessions) . I used Versafine clair Black ink for the image and sentiment from Unity. I used black distressed ink for the stenciling. I tore some red paper strips to add for my red and added red gemstones to some of the centers of the pattern crosses.  You can find the linky and details for this challenge here:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2025/04/april-2024-anything-goes-woptional.html

 

Neglected Stuff Challenge

 

This card made use of a stencil that sadly has been sitting in the packaging for quite some time that I have never even used once. That is a sad state of neglect. So today it is making its great debut after lost and neglected in one of my stencil notebooks. I used distress oxide inks for the stenciling and versafine clair black for the image and sentiment and speckled dots. I used alcohol markers for coloring the image and a white colored pencil to add the light reflections of the vase. The sentiment resurfaced last week from one of my old Flourish sets.  You can find the details of this challenge here:

https://neglectedstuff.blogspot.com/2025/04/neglected-stuff-425-challenge.html