Hi everyone. One more stencil tracing card for the CAS Mix Up Challenge before it closes in 2 days.
You may recognize this stencil. :) I used it for my reminder card. It's one of my favourite large flower stencils. This card looks totally different than my reminder card. Changing up the colours of the flower and the colour of the pen for outlining makes a big difference
This is such a simple technique that gives a whole new look to the image. Thanks for this fun challenge Nancy!!
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I hope you had time to try this technique. As always, I'd love to see your cards in our gallery. Hope to see you there!
Hi everyone. Today's card is a reminder that we are already half way through July. There's still nine days left until the CAS Mix Up July Challenge closes.
I'm having fun with Stencil Tracing, which is hosted by my dear friend, Nancy. This time I used only a portion of a large flower stencil, tracing the stencil with a metallic silver pen. It turned out well, even though the silver pen had a mind of its own. :) It doesn't like to stop and start, usually leaving a little extra of the silver ink behind.
I cropped my image to fit inside this beautiful PB frame. I then heat embossed the sentiment in silver to match.
My CAS Mix Up card has stenciling, stencil tracing, sponging, die-cuts, heat embossing, and stamping.
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I hope you'll come join us. Make a stenciled card and then trace the design using the stencil as a guide. Come join us!
Our Guest Designer this month is Mac (Sweetest of Peas). Mac is an amazing mixed media artist and she is GD this month at CAS Stencil and CAS Mix Up!! Welcome Mac!
So this card is actually very simple. I used a large flower stencil, sponged gilding flake glue over top and then removed stencil to let glue dry. Once clear (the glue is still a bit tacky), I applied two colours of gilding flakes. The center is Red Blaze ... I love all the pretty colours in this mix (gold, bronze, pink, orange, etc.). The outer layer of the petals is done with Warm Sunrise (gold and bright copper). It justs a little something different to have the two colours. I cut my panel to size and stamped a large sentiment, then heat embossed in black so it would show up over top of the gilding flakes.
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I hope you'll come play along with us this month. Pull out those gilding flakes and get a bit messy!
I started by smoshing my favourite combination of colours on mixed media paper (Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade).
Once dry, I cut down my panel and placed a large flower stencil over top, just using about 1/4 of the design. A palette knife was used to add white embossing paste. I removed the stencil and quickly sprinkled with gold tinsel embossing powder. I left it to dry before heat setting the embossing powder ... or so I thought. The paste started to puff up a bit as I was heating it, which means it wasn't completely dry. I was still happy with the look. :)
A simple sentiment was heat embossed in gold and a white, square frame was added around the panel.
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There's still a few days left to play along before the challenge closes. Hope to see you in the gallery!
L to R: 1)Ripe Persimmon & Barn Door; 2) Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade & Mowed Lawn; 3) Picked Raspberry
Hi everyone. I needed to make six quick cards to send to friends and I wanted them to be the same design, just switching up the ink colours. I used a large bloom stencil and made the cards above in about 5 minutes per card. You gotta love that!! Super quick, easy and fun. I shared a CAS version HERE. I actually made these cards first, but wanted to wait until they were received before posting.
Here's how I did it ...
I secured an A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") white card front to my craft mat, placed the large bloom stencil over top, with it hanging off one side and secured it with temporary tape. Then I used sponges and distress ink to sponge over the stencil, starting with the lightest colour to cover the whole image, and the darker one added on top, just in the center. To finish I stamped a fun sentiment in black and then adhered the card front to a base.
Here's three more colour variations ...
L to R: 1) Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers; 2) Worn Lipstick & Ripe Persimmon; 3) Mustard Seed & Ripe Persimmon
I love how bright and cheerful these cards turned out. It was fun trying different colour combinations. :)
Stamps: Happy Messages (Stampendous) Paper: White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.) Ink: Distress Inks from Tim Holz. Colour listed under photos. Accessories & Tools: Bloom stencil (Mayco), Sponges
Hi everyone. We had a great start to the new CAS Stencil Challenge with lots of amazing entries into January's Sponging challenge. Thanks to everyone who played along!
I have done another video using different types of powdered inks. It has just gone live and I hope you'll have some time to watch it. I will add the video below or you can click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
If you find the tutorial helpful, please give me a thumbs up on YouTube!
Thank you!
I have made the card above from the samples made in my video. The above card uses the first stenciling of wildflowers (the positive image). I have only used a small part for my card, framing it up in green. I really like how it turned out.
... and here's the negative (or stencil monoprint) with gold glitter paste added through the same stencil using a sponge ...
Here's another card from the video. This is the positive ...
and this is the negative ...
... and one more card of a partial flower stenciled with magicals. Some of the powder ended up on the side which I was hoping to keep white, so I fussy-cut out the stenciled part and added it to a white card base.
... and negative ...
I hope you'll join us for this fun challenge. Pull out your stencils and powdered inks (any kind - brushos, bisters, Lindy's magicals, infusions, etc.) and play along. Remember to keep you design CAS (clean and simple!).
Hi everyone. Just sharing a quick only layer card that I made in about 5 minutes. No kidding! Used painter's tape to adhere my card to my mat, placed a large bloom stencil over top, with two of the sides hanging over the card and secured it with more painter's tape. Then sponged with two shades of distress inks, blending more colour to create a dark center.
This is a great way to use only a portion of a large stencil to create a CAS design with lots of white space. A simple black stamped sentiment finishes this one layer card.
I'm adding my card CAS Stencil gallery. The challenge is still open for a couple of days. Come play along! :)
Stamps: Happy Messages (Stampendous) Paper: White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.) Ink: Distress Inks: Abandoned Coral, Barn Door (Tim Holtz) Accessories & Tools: Bloom stencil (Mayco), Sponges
