Although I haven't made cards from the Day 2 and Day 3 classes, today was using stencils and I haven't pulled mine out in a very long time. This was great incentive to do just that.
The stencil I used for this project is "Dancing Sprigs" from "A Colorful Life Designs". I started with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of light celery piece of card stock. After I taped the stencil of the top, I used a blending brush to swirl Garden Green ink over the entire piece. There was an area near the edge that had smudged when the stencil moved slightly so I trimmed it down to 3 3/4" x 5". The stenciled piece was added to a 4" x 5 1/4" Garden Green mat. The entire piece was added to the card base with foam squares.
When I stenciled the piece I had no idea what I was going to use it for but once the pieces were put together, I thought it had a rather calming feeling so I decided to add the sentiment, matted and added with foam dimensions.
This is another stenciled design I made this morning. When I did the inking through the stencil, I didn't realize that the paper I had under the green card stock was on a damp area on my table so the ink did bleed a little. The bottom area was the worst, so I used another technique that I hadn't used in a long time. I tore the piece diagonally. I will add it to a celery card base but still have no idea what is going to go into the "blank" area. ANY SUGGESTIONS?
I started with a ivory piece of card stock and stenciled the Taylored Expressions design with Crumb Cake ink. Then I decided it would be fun to heat emboss it so I lined up the stencil again and added Versa Mark ink over the entire design and heat embossed with clear powder. Not sure how I will use the piece as yet.
This is such a pretty stencil from Memory Box. Since it is such a large design it fills the entire 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of card stock. I will have to mat it and then use a larger card for the base. I love the design, but it's my least favorite piece that I did today.
Thank you for coming by today!
1 comment:
These are all such pretty designs. I think the card with the torn piece of stenciled CS would make a nice sympathy card. Also, I really liked the large design in your last photo. I think it would be pretty if heat embossed with gold EP and then a few red or white "berries" added with enamel dots or Nuvo Drops.
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