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Metallix Gel to add Shine

By KariV on October 26, 2019 in Paper Crafting, Thanksgiving

Hello! Today I’m excited to bring you a variety of cards using Metallix Gel in five colors. I got these a while ago and finally found the perfect time to use them…as a part of my AECP Certification. I was inspired by Carissa Wiley in her “Let It Shine” class.

This Metallix Gel is the perfect product to shine on your cards! I tested out the colors on both black and white cardstock to see the differences the backgrounds make on the colors.

I combined these beautiful backgrounds with one of my new favorite Altenew Layering flowers to make some colorful cards! This first card is perfect for this time of year. I used the Mega Blessed die and heat embossed it multiple times in gold to get a metallic embellishment!

This was also a first time using some Altenew inks and I fell in LOVE!!

Look at those vibrant ink colors! (Love)

I really enjoyed making all these backgrounds and putting the cards together, and I made a video to show you some tricks I learned along the way. Watch it below, or on YouTube:

I’m often asked what supplies I use to make my cards and projects, so I’ve put together a list using affiliate links when possible. If you make a purchase with these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up with blog costs and continue bringing you fun projects. Thank you so much for your support!

Did I mention I took lots of pictures? Lol. The next card I used the Uppercase Alphabet dies to cut out some PEARLIZED paper for the sentiment. The pearl paper looks so cool with the black on black…check out the close up picture below to see it a little better.

Here’s all four cards I put together…they all shine in their own way. For the orange flowers I used Distress Oxides and I have to say, for this project I loved the vibrant inks from Altenew. I need to get myself some more of their inks!

A big thank you for stopping by today! I am excited to announce that this is my last course in Level 1 for AECP. I have my final exam and then on to Level 2!! Yay!

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Double Stencil Technique

By KariV on October 1, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am a part of Justine Hovey’s Video hop celebrating 50K followers on her channel! This is a hop with lots of prizes and many great techniques shared.

Today I am sharing the double stencil technique, which is a favorite of mine for an interesting background. Check out my video below or on YouTube. (Be sure to comment on my video and on all the videos in the hop to enter to win one of multiple $50 gift cards!)

First I will show you a few simple cards to share the technique. This works best when you have one stencil with a larger design, and one stencil with a smaller more detailed design.

First stencil the larger stencil, then place the smaller stencil over the top and use a darker color to stencil on the second one.

This technique is much more difficult to explain in a blog post, so I hope you will go check out the video.

Here are some more examples and cards I made using this technique:

For this one, I stenciled on the plaid design first with a light blue ink, then added the medallion stencil over top and used dark blue and purple inks.

I hope you will give this technique a try! I really have fun with it. It’s a great way to build up some backgrounds.

Thanks for stopping by!

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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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Floral Arranging with Stencils

By KariV on May 23, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! I’m here with a card share and a PAPER flower arrangement using the new May 2019 Hedgehog Hollow Kit.

This kit is so full of beautiful florals, but I tried to focus and pick just one stamp to use with this card! Lol. I am also using the stencil in this kit to give the flowers in the jar look BIGGER and take up more space on the card.