Faux Mother of Pearl....

Trying out this new to me technique......

I was inspired by the Happy Little Stampers CAS challenge 

of Faux Mother of Pearl Technique.

I also wanted to make a card on one layer for The One Layer Simplicity Challenge
Update...Thrilled to have been hi-lighted with this card 
from The One Layer Challenge-Thank you x

I wanted to make a card that had the 'White' open space of CAS in another colour.

The One Layer Simplicity Challenge is Shades of Green and I thought a leaf die 

would work with those colours.

I die cut the leafs from Memory Box, sprayed glue onto the back of them

 and used them as a mask/stencil.

I experimented with the Faux Mother of Pearl Technique after looking at Loll's Video...

I used liquid perfect pearls and when it was dry blended several colours of distress inks.

I carefully peeled off the die cut to reveal the white leafs.

I finished off with stamping the sentiment in a dark green archival ink.

I now have lots of 'experiments' to use at a later date.

Lots still to learn about this technique but will definitly be doing it again.

Crafty Hugs x

Challenges I would like to enter my card into.....

Happy Little Stampers - CAS Challenge - Faux Mother of Pearl

One Layer Simplicity Challenge - Shades of Green