STENCILED TWOFER #6

   Hello!

I have a little series of stenciled background cards coming up to share with you in the next week or so.  I was on a timeline to get a bunch of interesting colorful cards done, all different.  So I grabbed some easy to work with stencils, nothing fancy priced.  I hope you enjoy the variety!

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out  (background)

layered stamping  (flower, leaves)

die cutting  (flower, leaves)

foam mounting  (flower, sentiment strip)

SUPPLIES

flower and leaves stamps with matching dies  -  Altenew clear set

inks  -  Hero Arts, Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

Hello word stamp with matching die  -  Altenew

stencil  -  American Crafts Vicki Boutin Storytellers

sentiment strip  -  Paper Roses

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out  (background)

layered stamping  (flower, leaves)

die cutting  (flower, leaves)

foam mounting  (flower, sentiment strip)

SUPPLIES

flower and leaves stamps with matching dies  -  Altenew clear set

inks  -  Hero Arts, Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

Hello word stamp with matching die  -  Altenew

stencil  -  American Crafts Vicki Boutin Storytellers

sentiment strip  -  Paper Roses

Thanks so much for stopping in today!!

STENCILED TWOFER #5

   Hello!

I have a little series of stenciled background cards coming up to share with you in the next week or so.  I was on a timeline to get a bunch of interesting colorful cards done, all different.  So I grabbed some easy to work with stencils, nothing fancy priced.  I hope you enjoy the variety!

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out  (background)

die cutting  (Hello word)

mirrored metallic card stock  (word)

*main panel has 3 scrap sheets of card stock behind it to give it a little dimension

SUPPLIES

inks  -  Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

 Hello die  -  Spellbinders

stencil  -  random unbranded Amazon grouping

metallic mirrored gold cardstock

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out  (background)

die cutting  (words)

matte metallic gold card stock  (words)

flat back gems

SUPPLIES

inks  -  Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

word dies  -  Spellbinders

stencil  -  random unbranded Amazon grouping

metallic matte gold cardstock

flat back adhesive gems  (Park Lane)

Thanks so much for stopping in today!

STENCILED TWOFER #4

  Hello!

I have a little series of stenciled background cards coming up to share with you in the next week or so.  I was on a timeline to get a bunch of interesting colorful cards done, all different.  So I grabbed some easy to work with stencils, nothing fancy priced.  I hope you enjoy the variety!

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out (background)

die cutting  (sentiment)*

metallic card stock  (word shadow)

glitter glue  (flower)

die cutting with inset  (flower, sentiment)

foam mounting  (sentiment)

*I got the variegated petal look by brushing some darker ink onto the lilac cardstock and then die cutting it.

SUPPLIES

inks  -  Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set 

 words die  -  Picket Fence

stencil  -  random unbranded Amazon grouping

glitter glue  -  Stickles Frosted Lace

metallic matte silver cardstock

foam mounting tape

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out (background)

die cutting  (thank word)

metallic card stock  (word)

preprinted strip words  (You)

foam mounting  (you word)

SUPPLIES

inks  -  Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

 Thank die  -  Altenew Mega

stencil  -  random unbranded Amazon grouping

metallic matte silver cardstock

foam mounting tape

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

STENCILED TWOFER #3

 Hello!

I have a little series of stenciled background cards coming up to share with you in the next week or so.  I was on a timeline to get a bunch of interesting colorful cards done, all different.  So I grabbed some easy to work with stencils, nothing fancy priced.  I hope you enjoy the variety!

TECHNIQUES

basic stenciling  (background)

die cutting  (Shine word)

metallic card stock  (Shine word shadow)

flat back gems

SUPPLIES

inks  -  Catherine Pooler 

Shine word die  -  Altenew

stencil  -  American Crafts Vicki Boutin Storyteller  

flat back adhesive gems

metallic silver cardstock

TECHNIQUES

basic stenciling  (background)

heat embossing  (words)

metallic card stock  (card front layer)

flat back gems

SUPPLIES

inks  -  VersaMark, Catherine Pooler Life of the Party set

Happy Birthday words stamp  -  Stampin' Up! Alphabet Soup set

stencil  -  American Crafts Vicki Boutin Storyteller

silver detail embossing powder

flat back adhesive gems

metallic silver cardstock

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

STENCILED TWOFER #2

 Hello!

I have a little series of stenciled background cards coming up to share with you in the next week or so.  I was on a timeline to get a bunch of interesting colorful cards done, all different.  So I grabbed some easy to work with stencils, nothing fancy priced.  I hope you enjoy the variety!

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out (pink background)

basic stamping  (Hello word, flower, bees)

alcohol markers  (images)

die cutting  (Hello word, flower, bees)

foam mounting  (flower)

glitter glue  (bee wings)

SUPPLIES

flower and bee stamps with matching dies  -  Hero Arts Protea

inks  -  Memento Tuxedo Black, Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

Hello word stamp with matching die  -  Altenew

alcohol markers  -  Copics

stencil  -  random unbranded Amazon grouping

glitter glue - Stickles Frosted Lace

TECHNIQUES

basic stenciling (pink background)

basic stamping  (Thanks word, flower, bees)

alcohol markers  (images)

die cutting  (Thanks word, flower, bees)

foam mounting  (flower)

glitter glue  (bee wings)

SUPPLIES

flower and bee stamps with matching dies  -  Hero Arts Protea

inks  -  Memento Tuxedo Black, Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

Thanks word stamp with matching die  -  Altenew

alcohol markers  -  Copics

stencil  -  random unbranded Amazon grouping

glitter glue - Stickles Frosted Lace

Thanks so much for stopping in today!!

STENCILED TWOFER #1

Hello!

I have a little series of stenciled background cards coming up to share with you in the next week or so.  I was on a timeline to get a bunch of interesting colorful cards done, all different.  So I grabbed some easy to work with stencils, nothing fancy priced - in fact this background is from an aluminum decorative vent-type cover.  I hope you enjoy the variety!

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out (teal background)

basic layered stamping  (butterfly)

die cutting  (Bless word)

preprinted sentiment strip

foam mounting  (sentiment, butterfly body)

SUPPLIES

butterfly stamp  -  TAC The Angel Company 

inks  -  Versa Fine Onyx Black, Hero Arts, Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

Bless word die  -  Tonic Studios

stencil  -  random metal grating

sentiment strip  -  Paper Rose

Sharing with the following Challenge blogs:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday .

TECHNIQUES

basic single color stenciling with fade-out (teal background)

basic layered stamping  (butterfly)

die cutting  (Shine word - the cardstock was covered with packing tape prior to die cutting to give it the shine)

preprinted sentiment strip

foam mounting  (butterfly body)

SUPPLIES

butterfly stamp  -  TAC The Angel Company 

inks  -  Versa Fine Onyx Black, Hero Arts, Catherine Pooler Life of the Party minis set

Shine word die  -  Altenew

stencil  -  random metal grating

sentiment strip  -  Paper Rose

Thanks so much for stopping in today!!

 

BIRD TRYPTIC x2

Hello!

Found this wonderful stamp by accident a while back and have been waiting to use it.  It is one long block with all three bird rectangles horizontally oriented.  It would be perfect for a slimline but I was feeling an A2 card as usual so I fussy cut it up  :o)

Sharing these cards with the following Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp

Add a Sentiment  (ends 6/22).

Bastel-Traum

#114  Something with Wings  (ends in a month)

Sparkles Challenges

#153  Things with Wings  (ends in a month)

TECHNIQUES

direct stamping  (birds, cardfront background - I used a blending brush to add the ink heaviest at the center of the stamp, and then lighter and feathered out at the edges)

faux watercolor wash  (bird rectangle backgrounds)

colored pencil  (bird rectangle backgrounds)

fussy cutting  (image rectangles)

foam mounting (sentiment strip, center bird)

*birds were colored using ink and a small blending brush

SUPPLIES

tryptic bird stamp  -  Club Scrap 2009

distressed flourish background stamp  -  Stampers Anonymous TH Collection #V4-1163

inks  -  Distress Dusty Concord, Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass and Barn Door

preprinted sentiment strip  -  Paper Roses Black & White Sentiment Sheets 

Thanks so much for stopping in today!!

 

USING UP SCRAPS! PASTEL STRIPES

Hello!

I was unmotivated to start on a card from scratch so I went looking through my scraps folder, and came up with these wonderful shapes I had die cut from some remains of a project in September!  You can see the original cards here.  I love that these current cards are nothing like the previous!

Basic card stock strip technique: 

Lay a double sided sticky sheet on the desktop, peel back top half and start laying card stock strips down, butting them up close to the previous.  Peel more backing off sticky sheet as you work your way down.  If you don't have a double sided sticky sheet you can affix your strips one at a time to a plain piece of card stock with glue or a tape runner.

TECHNIQUES

die cutting  (word, stars)

glitter glue  (stars)

metallic card stock  (word)

foam mounting  (stars)

SUPPLIES

Shine die with shadow  -  Altenew Shine Die Set

star die  -  Cricut Cuttlebug Planner Embellishments Dies

metallic silver cardstock  -  random stash

glitter glue  -  Stickles Frosted Lace

Sharing these cards with the following Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp

Bright & Cheerful  (ends 6/15).

TECHNIQUES

die cutting  (hearts)

glitter glue  (hearts)

white enamel dots  (white dots)

preprinted  (sentiment strip)

foam mounting  (word strip)

SUPPLIES

sentiment strip  -  Paper Rose Black & White Sentiment Sheets

heart die  -   Cricut Cuttlebug Planner Embellishments Dies

glitter glue  -  Stickles Frosted Lace

enamel dots  -  Nuovo White

Micron fine point pen

Update (another card!):

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