THE SHEPHERD'S PEACE

Today's card was another Coffee Club challenge card.  Our challenge was to use our favorite Technique to create a card.

My all-time favorite technique is the Shaving Cream Technique.  It creates fun, unique, and interesting backgrounds.  It forces me to ease up on my desire for "control".

I demonstrated the Shaving Cream technique when Kathi Ondus and I were creating videos for our Connect to Create series.  It has been at least a couple of years so I probably should make an updated video, but since the technique hasn't changed, the information is still valid.  If you aren't familiar with this Technique, watch the video and see how much fun it is.

I used the shaving cream technique to create the sky for today's cards.  The Ink Refill colors  used were Night of Navy, Azure Afternoon, Balmy Blue, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lolly, Crumb Cake and Gray Granite.  Rather than randomly dropping the ink on the shaving cream for this card I was a little more selective about where I placed my ink drops.  I wanted to try to make it look like the star was casting its radiance on the City of David and the Shepherd.  

It took me a couple of tries to get it "close" to what I had in mind.  HINT:  When you lay your cardstock on the pile of inked shaving cream you obviously put it face-down in the shaving cream.  This means your color patterns are reversed when you flip it back over.  

I wanted my light to go from top right to bottom left to shine on my shepherd, but in my first attempt it was shining from left to right.  I didn't think about it being reversed (or mirrored) from the pattern in the shaving cream.

You also don't have complete control over where the colors are going to end up.  I had pictured more yellow up higher in the light beam and more crumb cake towards the bottom, but, well, the ink and the shaving cream had something else in mind.  I actually really like the "surprise" result.  After finishing the technique I used the So Swirly Embossing Folder to add swirls of texture to the background.

All images were colored with Stampin' Blends and because the Sheperd's Care Stamp Set does not have coordinating dies, the images were fussy cut.  

What do you think?

For the inside of the card I used a couple of the trimmed scraps from the technique sheet.  I always like to make my technique sheet larger that it's finished size because then I can use the scraps I trim off to decorate the inside.

Use this link to download a PDF of the tutorial.  The tutorial includes a link to the Shaving Cream Technique video, so once you download the tutorial you will always be able to easily find the video. 

A list of the products I used is shown below.

Product List

Shepherd's Care Cling Stamp Set (English) [164300]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]
Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper [163769]	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [103033]
Azure Afternoon Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [161668]	Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147168]	Fresh Freesia Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [155612]	Lemon Lolly Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [161671]
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill [121029]	Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Ink Refill [147171]	Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161674]	Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830]
Blueberry Bushel Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161679]	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154886]	Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154882]	Stampin' Blends Color Lifter [144608]
So Swirly Embossing Folder [163791]	Drusy Adhesive Backed Embellishments [164223]

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