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Stenciling on a Stencil?

By KariV on July 30, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello there! Today I’m inspired by Laurel Beard’s Stenciling Techniques class over at Altenew classes. She has the best ideas in this class, some I’ve never tried before!

She also had a suggestion to do a stencil overlay on a watercolor background. Well, it got me thinking. What if I did a stencil overlay over ANOTHER stencil? That sounds fun!

So I got out two of my favorite stencils from Altenew and first I added the Ombre Stripes Stencil to my background using Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink. Then I added the Graffiti Scribble stencil right over the top and inked on some Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. Guess what?!? It worked!

The sentiment is from another of my favorite Altenew sets! Such a great sentiment for a card. (This one is going to a crafty friend).

I added some Hibiscus flowers that I die cut from watercolored panels. I used Gansai Tambi watercolors to get a very vibrant look. When I watercolored up my panels…I did them in a sort of Ombre fashion, with a darker pink at the top and a lighter pink at the bottom. Then I die cut my hibiscus so that the top layers would be the lightest. I did the same with the orange flowers (see below). I think these flowers look so pretty out of watercolored paper.

You can see a little texture from the watercolor paper

I found that for this technique, I like using a stencil brush…it’s so easy to spread on the color without affecting the stencil. I just lightly brush back and forth from one side to the other (starting and ending OFF the sides of the paper) until I get the shade I want. In this case, I blended the Picked Raspberry over the Spiced Marmalade and it gave me a darker orange color. Pretty neat.

I glued down the flower and Monstera leaf with liquid glue, and popped up the top hibiscus flower with foam tape.

I also created a card just using the Ombre Stripes Stencil alone, to give you a perspective of what the layering does to the card.

One stencil used on the left, two stencils used on the right

I think it adds quite a bit when you layer the stencils! I made the card on the left first for my sister’s birthday card and then I tried the two stencils for the card on the right. Can you guess that the design and color scheme was inspired by the July Altenew challenge?

Lol. I love entering these challenges and I have a lot of fun with them. For this card, I added some Nuvo Jewel drops to complete the look. [I didn’t think the double stenciled card needed the extra drops since it already had so much interest!]

You can see some of the watercolor splatters on the middle of this hibiscus

I’m often asked what supplies I’ve used to create my cards, so I’ve compiled a list for you using affiliate links, when possible. If you purchase product with these links I may receive a small commission. I appreciate this so much, as this helps me to keep up my blog and continue to bring you fun projects! Thank you very much.

I hope you enjoyed these projects today. I am really loving these florals and stencils so much right now. See you next time!

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How to get a Watercolor Look on Cards

By KariV on July 28, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m excited today to share with you some watercolor looking cards. Now, I did not actually watercolor these, however I did do a technique where I inked up the stamp then misted it with water to get this dreamy look!

I was inspired by Nicole in her All About Layering 1 course, she liked to use colorful, inked florals with a black sentiment. I love that look, so I thought I’d give it a try with a variety of sentiments!

For this one I used a gold glitter frame to make it pop.

I decided to make a whole bunch of cards using different colors of florals. Since I had the stamps all set up in my MISTI, why not?

To make it easy on myself, I usually set up the layers in my original MISTI so I have room enough to put two stamps on at a time. Then I stamp in assembly- line style, changing up the colors as I want. That’s how I made a whole bunch of these floral panels at the same sitting.

For the next cards, I went with a bold sentiment….just for fun! I really love how they turned out, and I’m always in need of thank you cards.

I just turned these onto the side/horizontal layout to fit that big thanks word on the card panel. For large sentiments like this I am sure to use my MISTI (or stamp positioner) just in case I need to stamp it twice to get that dark, crisp black sentiment. Love it! You can see I experimented with a lot of green inks on these…still need to find my perfect green combo.

This color combo was inspired by the current July Altenew Challenge!

The inking may not be perfect, but that is some of the joy of watercolor stamping (using a spritz of water)! Keep in mind that if you use Distress Oxides for this, they dry with a more chalky look (as one of those purple colors above…also on the yellow and dark blue flower in the very first picture).

Thanks for stopping by! I’m often asked what products I used, so I have a list for you below, using affiliate links when possible. When you purchase product using these links I may receive a small commission. These really help in keeping up with blog costs and allow me to bring more fun projects like this one! Thanks so much!

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Heat embossing with Stencils

By KariV on July 26, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I have another favorite technique: heat embossing with stencils. It’s a fun one, so gather your best stencils and give it a try.

Today I’m using the embossing powders designed by the Hedgehog Hollow in collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powders. They are such beautiful colors…take a look:

Plum Shift Craft, Coppertone Shift, Everything Glitter but Rose, Black & Gold

To make these panels, first attach your stencil to a card panel. Use Versafine ink (or another sticky embossing ink) and smoosh it through the stencil onto the card panel. Remove the stencil. Add your embossing powder and heat set it with a heat gun.

I think these embossing powders are certainly worthy of an entire card panel! I did create a couple of them into cards by cutting down the panel and layering with black cardstock. Then I added it all to a card base and attached the floral stems with foam tape.

I heat embossed the sentiments with the same embossing powders, and layer that onto a heat embossed strip of paper.

And that’s all it takes to create shiny embossed cards! These look great with the kraft envelopes included in the Hedgehog Hollow July Kit.

That’s all for today! I’ll see you next time.

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Glitzy Glitter

By KariV on July 25, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hi there! It’s the final Day (day 5) of MFT Camp Create and the challenge is Glitzy Glitter. For this one, I pulled out my all-time favorite Seagull stamp.

I love that little seagull. I colored him up with Copics and added white dots for some fun detail. The “ocean” is made with glitter paper cut into wave shapes, and behind that seagull is even MORE glitter paper in silver. I created an Oval dry embossed behind the seagull to highlight this critter even more.

I hope you have enjoyed this week of creating with Camp Create! I officially have completed all FIVE DAYS! Here’s my badge for today.

It was a wonderful week at Camp Create! A big thank you to My Favorite Things Stamps for the challenges!

See you next time!

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Sensational Sliders

By KariV on July 24, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hi there! It’s time for Day 4 of MFT Camp Create, which brings us to slider cards! I have to admit, I don’t make very many slider cards right now, but when I do make them I LOVE them!

Today I tried a new technique of a HIDDEN slider and it’s pretty slick! I learned this from the MFT video for today’s challenge.

Don’t you like how this hula girl dances across the card! Lol. I love it. I cut out the word “Aloha” from MFT alpha dies and colored them with copics to match her outfit.