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Hey peeps. I’m back sharing another card using a stencil from Rita Barakat. A sweet rainbow foiled Sweet Sisters Heart card was in order today. I love love love the rainbow shattered glass foil from Therm-O-Web and I thought it would be beautiful with this stencil. If you missed my project from last week, you can find it here. You can also find beautiful work designed by Rita here on her blog. So let’s get into the cards I have for you.

The simplicity of this stencil is what works so well for this foil. The clean lines of this image is a perfect layout to attached foil to. Remember never throw out the negative piece once you are complete. I will share a card below on how to use it on another card.

Okay, back to my first card. I sprayed pixie spray onto the back of the stencil to keep it in place while I worked. Using my stencil pal and some deco foil transfer gel, I laid down a thin layer of gel over the stencil keeping the coat nice and even. I pulled off the stencil and set the paper aside to dry. Once this piece was completely dry, I placed a piece of Rainbow Shattered Glass foil onto of the lines of the design and ran it through my laminator. The magic happens once you pull back the foil and you get this beautiful rainbow lined image. Look how gorgeous this is. (I must admit I did have a little bit of a giggle attack when I say how pretty this was). Choosing not to color in this image allowed the line work to be the star.

Rita Baralat Rainbow Sweet Sisters Hearts Stencil

I chose to keep the card really clean and simple and added just a quick sentiment to the corner of the card.

Rita Barakat Sweet Sisters Hearts Stencil

Remember I said to not get rid of the negative piece of the foil as you can turn it into another card. For this card, I pulled the negative piece of the Sweet Sisters Heart stencil and placed it on a toner sheet. I preheated my laminator and ran this panel through it. Once you peel off the negative piece, the foil sticks to the toner sheet. You end up with this gorgeous rainbow background. Isn’t she gorgeous. The stark black outline from the toner sheet works so great with this stencil.

Rita Barakat Rainbow Negative Sweet Sister Hearts

Again keeping this card simple, I added a simple sentiment and layered this panel on a white card base.

Sweet Sisters Hearts Rita Barakat

I think this might just be my favorite card. The sparkle of the foil is stunning with this beautiful image.

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Hey everyone. I’m a huge fan of Rita Barakat and all her mix media glory. I have the pleasure of sharing a watercolored Sweet Sisters Flower stencil card with you today. Now I will admit mix media scares me just a little as I’m never sure I’m doing it right however this stencil was so easy to use and the results are gorgeous every single time. So let’s get started on the process of my card.

I started off with cold press watercolor paper and traced the Sweet Sisters Flower stencil image using a fine black multi-liner marker. Once I had it traced I connected the line to create the full face for my card. Now when you do this, it image really comes to life right before your eyes. Therefore you can easily color the image with pencils, markers or like me watercolor.

The paints I used today I purchased off of Amazon a few months ago. You can checkout the review here. Creating this image I needed to start with the skin complexion and then move forward. I mixed together a light and medium brown and added lots of water to get a lighter version I could do a color wash with. Continuing to add layers by drying in between each coat, I achieved the complexion I wanted for this piece. Next I decided to add some blush to her checks in a light watered down red shade. I heat set then before I moved one.

Rita Barakat Sweet Sisters Flower

It was now time to add the rest of her makeup by applying a light coral shade to her eyes, a hot reddish pink to her lips and super long eyelashes. For her eyes I used several shades of brown as I truly believe our eyes are not just one color. Adding eyelashes with a multi-liner pen made them pop. I also used the same pen to add hair like strokes in her eyebrows.

Her hair was the last part to complete along with the little flowers. I mixed together browns and reds to get a light burgundy color wash. I laid down a quick wash of color and let it dry. Next I came in with brown and light red streaks of color to add movement and dimension to her hair. I kept the flowers simple in color so they would not compete with the over image of this girl. The last step was to add some clear glaze over her eyes and lips. Staying with a simple sentiment was the perfect way to finish off this card.

Rita Barakat Sweet Sisters Flowers Stencil

Here is a closeup of the finished image and I must say I love how this card came out. Having completed this card I may have just conquered my fear of stepping into the mix media world after all. I can’t wait to work with this Sweet Sisters Flower stencil again.

Rita Barakat Sweet Sisters Flower Stencil

Thanks for stopping by today everyone. I’ll see you back here soon. Don’t forget to swing by Rita’s Etsy store to pick up your Sweet Sisters Flower stencil and mix media products for your next piece of art.