Layered Stencils

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped in.

How are things in your neck of the woods?
I hope all is well with you and yours.

Hilary is hosting CAS Stencil this month...

I've sponged some Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn Distress ink on a piece
of Neena cardstock.  Using a mesh stencil, I added some Pine Needles ink, removed
the stencil and sprtized water on it, flipped it over and pressed it on the inked piece.
After blotting with a paper towel, I had some stencil monoprint.

When everything was good and dry, I placed this Bamboo stencil over top
and inked some Distress Black Soot ink through it.

I was able to cut the piece in half and get a second card from it.

Challenges:

CAS Stencil - Layered Stenciling

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Fun Birthday Sentiments (HLS), Thinking of You (ALT)

Ink:   Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Black Soot (DI), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Basic Black

Other:  Texture Mesh Stencil (MB), Bamboo Stencil (Magenta)

Gilded Holly

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

How are you?  I hope you and yours are staying healthy and
not worrying too much.  I'm trying to focus on the uplifting stories
I see and hear and trying not to worry about the rest.

I've needed the fan on in the studio for most of the month, but had a day 

cool enough to turn it off and get out the Gilding Flakes.

If you've ever used them with a fan on, you know what I mean! ;-)

Cathy is asking for us to use gilding flakes at CAS Stencil.

I used a Tim Holtz holly stencil and a piece of cut-n-dry foam pad to spread

Flitter Glu through the stencil.  I removed the stencil and covered

the piece with these gold flakes pressing down with my fingers.

When it seemed the flakes were covering good, I used the scrubby thing

to brush off the excess.  The leaves still felt a little sticky so I took out

some little scraps of foil and used a bone folder to rub it over the stickiness.

It gave it a bit of a golden grunge look.

I love the way my friend Ros tucks a bit of same color die cuts

on her cards and I copied that idea with a pine branch.  A gold embossed

sentiment on a strip of vellum finishes it off.

.  This shows the shine, but the background is washed out.

Oh, well.  Hopefully you can get the idea.

It really looks much better IRL.

Challenges:

CAS Stencil: Gilding Flakes

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Think Big Christmas (PTI)

Ink:   WOW Emb. Pad

Paper:  Neenah Natural, Vellum, Gold Foil (SU) 

Other:  Holly Bough Stencil (TH), Flitter Flu, Chariot of Fire Mega Flakes (Indigo Blu), Gold EP, Holiday Greens Die (TH)

Foiled Dragonflies

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I did some foiling through a stencil for CAS Stencil.

I don't have laminator so I watched the video at the challenge site

7 Ways to add Foil Without a Machine - Janie (26:18) - stencil part is at 15:35 of the video

Loll suggested using Pixie Spray.  

I had that.

So I laid the stencil on some black cardstock and sprayed.

Then I laid the foil down and used a bone folder to try to transfer the foil.

It wasn't working on those little dragonflies.  

So I used a stylus and rubbed some more.

I finally had enough foil to show the dragonflies.

And my stencil is now covered in foil.

I think I should have removed it after I sprayed.

Oh, well.  It's a really pretty stencil now!

Here's a different angle because it really hard to photograph that foil!

I love the shimmer of those dragonflies!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Basic Black, Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Dragonfly Stencil (Magenta), Foil (Ranger), Pixie Spray

What's in Your Cup for CAS Stencil

Hi there.  Are you ready for the weekend?

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I sponged some Real Red ink through a stencil.

When I removed the stencil, I spritzed with some water and laid it

on a piece of Mixed Media paper and pressed down.

This created a stencil monoprit that looks like a warm and cozy

sweater or afghan.

It's been paired up with a cup colored with red re-inker dropped

onto a wet die cut cup.  I've filled the cup with some hot cappuccino

and a healthy helping of whipped cream. 

(Whipped cream is healthy isn't it?)

CAS Stencil

Also for CAS Christmas

and for CAS Watercolour

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Peaceful Pines (SU)

Ink:   Real Red (SU)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Watercolor for cup (Arches Cold Press) for card front (Strathmore), Dazzling Diamond Glimmer (SU),

Other:  Holiday Knit Stencil (TH), Double Stitched Circles Die (Lil' Inker), What's in Your Cup Dies  (PB), Real Red Re-inker.

Stenciled Flowers

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Today I'm sharing a card with CAS Stencil.

and

Stamplorations CAS Challenge

and

Stamploration's new Stencil Challenge

This pretty piece of patterned paper had been sitting out for quite a while.

I think it was in one of my birthday cards.  I didn't make note so thank you

to whoever sent it.

I used a stencil that my dear friend Nancy had gifted me and I 

thought it would make a great birthday card for her.

I laid the stencil on the patterned paper and sponged some Distress ink

through it.  I liked the way the flowers showed up on the paper.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Special Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Brushed Corduroy (DI), WOW Embossing  Pad

Paper:   Textured (Darice), Chocolate Chip, Patterned Paper, Neenah

Other:  Sanna Lippert Flowers 1 (Artsplorations), White EP

Baby Wipe and Stencil

Hi there.  I hope the week is starting off well for you.

Today I'm playing with the CAS Stencil Challenge that's hosted by Julia.

I've smooshed a piece of photo paper into some spritzed Distress Oxide ink.
I only used one color this time to leave a fairly neutral background.

I laid the stencil over the dried smooshed piece and
sponged more Distress Oxide ink through it.

When it was completely dry, I wiped with a baby wipe and watched
the magic happen.  I never get tired of this technique!

All that was left was to trim it up and put it behind an
embossed frame.

The sentiment is stamped in the same color as the background.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Banner Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Iced Spruce (DI), Iced Spruce, Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint (DOX)

Paper:   Photo Paper (Staples), Neenah

Other:  A Bloom and 3 Buds Stencil (Artsplorations), Baby Wipe (Costco), Square Die (?), 

Subtle EF (SU)

Flutter by Thoughts

Hi there.  Another week has whooshed by.

I hope you have a fun weekend planned.

A few weeks ago we had a stamp show in Raleigh and I let myself be
talked into buying some shimmery sprays.

The sprays are really pretty, but the sprayer has a love/hate relationship with sprays!

I did a make and take at the show and used the sprays and it went okay.

Maybe we were using magic spray bottles there?

The ones I bought don't work as well or maybe I'm just afraid of them.

But I pulled out a stencil, sprayed some Pixie spray on the back (which worked out
really well), put it all in my spray box and sprayed away.

The sticky back of the stencil really helped to keep it in place so the color
didn't run underneath, but I can't say I got a very even spray job.

I think I need to keep trying.

Anyway, I cut a piece out of the stenciling and put it on a card for
this month's CAS Stencil Challenge which is hosted by Robyn

The Design Team have outdone themselves and make me want to perfect this technique.

Maybe I'll get a chance for a redo.

And maybe I'll be really glad I only bought two bottles of shimmer spray.

The base of the butterfly was die cut with a piece of paper towel used to mop up Brushos.
I die cut a snippet of card stock to glue it to then popped the white top layer on.

The butterfly was inspired by Chrissie's butterfly here. (Scroll down a bit for the butterfly.)

 I'll add it to the gallery at CAS Mix Up

and at CAS Watercolour

I'm hoping that snippet for the butterfly is enough to get me into
Pixie's Snippet Playground.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thoughtful Messages (Stampendous)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media, Bermuda Bay, Neenah

Other:  Moonlight Butterfly, Kaleidoscope Butterfly Dies (MB), Miami Vice, Chestnut Mare Shimmering Bliss Spray (Technique Junkies), Triangle Blast Stencil (SSS), Subtle EF (SU), Paper Towel Mop Up

Alcohol Lift with Stencil

Hi there.  I'm so glad you could stop by.

I've been lifting alcohol ink again.
I'm glad it's not to heavy! :-)

This time I used a stencil over a piece of alcohol ink on Yupo paper.

I used a piece of felt dipped in blender solution and dabbed it over the

stencil. I found I needed to dab off the felt occasionally so it 

wasn't redepositing ink back on the piece.  I should have dabbed

it off on a clean piece of Yupo and maybe had another

background piece to use.  Too late now!

This is one of my favorite dies for a quick and easy card!

I'll take this over to CAS Stencil

and I'll drop it in the gallery at

CAS Mix Up

My mixed media are Alcohol Ink, Alcohol Ink Lift, Stencilling, Die Cutting, Stamping and Heat Embossing.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sentiment (AE)

Ink:   Encore Gold 

Paper:   Neenah, Yupo

Other:  Alcohol Ink, Forest of Leaves Stencil (Stmplrtions), Blending Solution, Felt Applicator (Ranger), Floral Stem Collage Die (PS)

Stenciled Flower

Hello.  I hope you are having a crafty weekend.

No crafting here but I'm hoping to get a few cards posted.

This was made from an image done at the retreat.

I used Versamark through a stencil, sprinkled with heat and stick powder

and heated it up.  Then I dry brushed some purple Pearl ex over the flowers and bud, 

and gold Pearl ex over the stems.

I think I missed some of the center area of the flower because it was

pretty blank there, so I swiped some Distress ink on my palette

and added some watercolor to the flower.

I did a wet on wet wash around everything and got a few splatters too.

For a little extra somethin' I added a few score lines.

I'm going to join in at

CAS Stencil

Stamplorations CAS Challenge

Stamplorations Mixed Media Challenge

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sprinkles and Smiles (PB)

Ink:   Blackberry Bliss (SU), Versamark, Tumbled Glass, Wilted Violet

Paper:   Mixed Media, Orchid Opulence, Neenah, 

Other:  Happy Flowers Stencil (Stmplrtns), Pearl Ex, Simply Scored (SU), Candy Dot with Dazzling Details on top

Daisy Fresh for CAS Stencil

Hello and happy TGIF!  I hope you have a fun weekend in your plans!

Today I'm playing with my good friend Loll's CAS Stencil Challenge.

I pulled a background from my stash.  I think it was just a mop up piece

or it could have been done with smooshing.  I laid my mesh stencil on top

and randomly sponged Distress ink over the top, die cut it and sponged

a little extra color around the edges.

We were doing a card with this layout and flower at this month's class,so I made 

an extra flower and popped it on top.  I love the freshness of the green, white and yellow.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Garden Green (SU), Mowed Lawn (DI)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  Texture Mesh Stencil (MB), X-Stitch Dome Die, Daisy Die, Leaves Dies (AE), Punches for flower center

Baby Giraffe for Twofer

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you could visit.

I'm joining in at the Twofer Challenge today.

I didn't  think I had any zoo animals, but then I remembered

this sweet giraffe stamp.

One of my daughters needed baby cards last time she was here and

I need to replenish my supply.  So my onefer is a baby card.

I colored this with Copic markers.

For my twofer, I went with a get well card.

Sorry it looks crooked.  I think my doodling went awry.

I had some fun using stencils and embossing paste for

CAS Stencil so I popped this giraffe on one of those backgrounds.

This one was colored with Distress Markers and a waterbrush.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!Google

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Baby Giraffe (IO)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah, Soft Sky

Other:  Copic Markers (E13, E21, E23, E25, RV10, B000), Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Subtle Texture EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Baby Giraffe (IO), Tulips (TT)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Markers (Scattered Straw, Rusty Hinge, Brushed Corduroy, Spun Sugar)

Paper:   Neenah, Watercolor (TH)

Other:  Texture Mesh Stencil (MB), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Sharpie Pen