Penny Black How-To Hop - Stencil Reflection

Today I'm joining a group of mixed media stampers for a Penny Black How-To Video Blog Hop! By now you've surely seen their new line of products, including gorgeous Large-Scale Stamps and Coordinating Stencils. I received a collection of these to work with, and I loooooooove them... large florals are my favorite images to work with, and the addition of the stencils creates some really fun combinations and possibilities for cards, canvases, and other mixed media work.

I used the large poppy stamp and stencil together to recreate a Photoshop effect I see often on Pinterest - it's a reflection effect where an image can be manipulated to look like it's reflecting in water. Sometimes the image appears to be dipping into the water a little, and that's the effect I went for here. Here's the full panel before card assembly:

Because the stencils can be reversed, the mirror imaging is really easy. You can watch the video to see my process.

Here's a close-up on the poppy so you can see the shading better - I love how creamy the Versamagic chalk inks are when they blend. The pencils I used are Albrecht Durer Watercolor Pencils.

I used a sentiment from a lovely new clear set called Kind Words.

Guess what?!!!

Want a collection of stamps and stencils for your very own?? To enter, leave a comment on each stop along the hop, including the Penny Black blog before Saturday, March 29 (11:59 PM PST).  One lucky winner will receive the full collection of 5 Large-Scale Stamps and 4 Coordinating Stencils.  For an extra entry, “like” and comment on the Penny Black Facebook page.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

 

P.S.  In case you need to step away, or you get lost or distracted along the hop,
here's a full list of our participants:

Penny Black Blog: http://pennyblackinc.wordpress.com/
Vicky Papaioannou: http://www.clips-n-cuts.com/category/blog/
Darlene DeVries: http://darlenedesign.com/wordpress/
Limor Webber: http://chicscrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/
Dina Kowal: http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/- - - - - - - - -  that's ME!! 
Iwona Palamountain: http://www.ipalamountain.com/
Joy Taylor: http://simplebydesignblog.com/
Lisa Adametz: http://papergrace.com/