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Hello friends, Eloise here and today I’m continuing on with the Stencils Video that was posted a little while ago. I shared 12 ways to use the newly released stencils using different mediums and techniques and in today’s video I’m using four of my favourite backgrounds that I created to make three cards.

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I started off with picking out the four backgrounds. I used the embossing paste and dry embossing backgrounds together using the Graduation Stencil, the water-coloured leaves background using the Leaves Stencil and also the bleached background using the Wide Stripes Stencil. I used various stamps from different releases to help decorate each card. Once I knew what stamp sets I was using, I stamped out my images, coloured them in with Copic Markers and cut them all out.

Copic Markers Used: Y11, Y13, Y15, Y19 / R14, R24, R27, R89 / N2, N4, N6, N8 / 0 / W00, W0, W1 / BV01, BV02, BV04, BV08 / YG01, YG23, YG17, YG67 / RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29 / B000, B00, B01 / YR00, YR02, YR12, YR18 / BG10, BG11, BG34, BG45 / E30, E31, E33, E34 / E000, E00, E21, E02 / B93, B95, B97, B99 / E81, E84, E87, E89

For my first card I used the embossing paste and dry embossed background. I also used the Congrats Grad Stamp Set for the images and sentiment. I stamped them out, coloured them in and then cut them out. I then cut down the dry embossed background to a thinner strip and adhered it onto my embossing paste background using foam tape. I then stamped the ‘Congrats Grad’ sentiment into the centre and stamped a few yellow stars around it as well. I added foam tape onto the back of the hats and scroll and adhered them into place. I lastly adhered the panel onto a white card base.

For my second card, I used the water-coloured leaves background. I used the Mother’s Day Stamp Set stamped and coloured in a few of the images, I then cut them out. I added foam tape onto the backs and adhered them into place on my card. I then used the Elephant Friends Stamp Set and stamped the ‘Big Hugs’ sentiment into place. I tied a small hemp cord bow onto the vase to give a little extra texture. I added a green strip of cardstock onto the left-hand side and adhered the entire panel onto a card base.

For my last card I used the bleached yellow sunray background. I used some images from Tropical Birds, Summer Friends and Summer Surfboards stamp sets, I stamped out some images and coloured them in. Once they were coloured, I cut them out. For my background as well as the bleached background, I used the Stacked Edges 1 Die and used the scallop one to cut a wave border on a blue piece of cardstock.

I then used the Stitched Borders 1 Die and used the curved one to cut from some brown cardstock. I added adhesive onto the backs of both of the pieces and adhered them down onto the sunray background. I then added foam tape onto the backs of the images and adhered them down into place. For my sentiment I used the ‘Sending You Sunshine’ from Summer Friends and stamped it in black ink on the top of my card.

That finished up all three of my cards today, using four of the stenciled backgrounds I made in a previous video. Thank you so much for stopping by today and I’ll catch you all next time.

Eloise

Hi everyone, Rina here with a congratulations card using the Animal Signs stamp set. I really enjoyed tailoring the signs to exactly what I wanted.  Since it is graduation season, I also used the Congrats Grad stamp set to pair with the koala. The Pretty Pink Posh script dies are always a favorite of mine so I used the Congrats Script die.

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I also wanted to take this opportunity to play with the new stencils. I created a fun landscape using the Scallop Borders 2 dies and Distress Oxide ink in Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover. I used the Leaves Stencil to create texture on my landscape.  I cannot wait to use the other stencils!

I colored my images in copic markers using the following colors:

Y13, YR24, YR04, YR27

W1, W3

E51, E50, E55

C00, C1, C3, C5, C7

R20, R27

I finished off the card with the Buttercream Jewels, which added the right amount of sparkle!

I hope you enjoyed my card, have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by!

Rina

Hello! Ardyth here with a fun, sunny card using a few of the new products in fun ways.

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To start, I created a stenciled background with the new Waves stencil. I blended yellow ink through it onto a white card base and then lifted the stencil and turned it so that the waves were upside down. 

I lined up the downward wave points on the stencil with the upward wave points on the cardstock and then blended ink through that. When I was finished, I had a fun, chain-like pattern.

I cut the Aloha Shaker die from the panel and trimmed it with the stitched rectangle die from Stitched Notes. I used scissors to remove the Aloha word from the sun frame, and then blended more yellow ink on it, so that the stenciled pattern was no longer visible.

I cut the new Sunshine Script die from white cardstock and coloured it with a dark gray Copic marker. I also cut a banner from one of the dies in the Stacked Edges 1 set, and blended blue ink along the edges for dimension and a pop of colour.

Because the Sunshine die cut is so narrow, it’s quite flexible and I was able to curve it to match the curve of the banner. I adhered the stenciled panel to a white cardbase then stamped a partial ‘Sending You’ sentiment from Tropical Birds inside the cut out sun, directly on the card base.

I put foam tape on some of the sun rays, and placed it onto the card, offsetting the rays, so that there was a doubled-up effect. Then I glued the sentiment banner on top – I used liquid glue on the edges and foam tape in the centre for support.

Finally, I chose some yellow jewels from the Citrus Mix and glued them above and below the sentiment strip.

I love how bright and sunny this card is, I hope you do too! There are so many possibilities with stencils and dies!

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I’m here to share twelve ideas on how to use the Pretty Pink Posh stencil bundle #1. In today’s video, I’m just sharing the techniques and hopefully in my next video I’ll share some ideas using the backgrounds I made.

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Working from left to right, here is how I made each background.

#1 – Colour then Stamp. For this first background, I took a piece of white cardstock, adhered it down and adhered my Graduation Stencil over the top. I then used washi tape to mask over the other images besides the hats. I ink blended some Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink over the top. I then removed the stencil and stamped over the hats using the Congrats Grad stamp set. Super simple and easy background with these stamps that match. If you want the confetti images back from the stencil, line up the stencil and then mask off the hats instead and ink blend over the rest of the areas.

I also did the same technique using the Leaves Stencil and Mother’s Day stamp set, which I will share the quick and easy card I made with that background at the end of the post.

#2 – Tracing. I took a piece of apricot coloured cardstock and adhered it down into place. I then laid over the Leaves Stencil and traced around the shapes with gel pens. Then to show some examples I coloured a few in, drew random patterns in some or you can trace with a black pen and colour with a different colouring medium. I liked this idea more for a larger stencil with larger spaces to colour. But it still turned out okay and is another fun way to get more from your stencils.

#3 – Heat Embossing. I taped down a piece of white cardstock and adhered the Wide Stripes Stencil over. I then smooshed down my Versamark Ink and added some Rose Gold Embossing Powder over the top. I took a brush and brushed away some of the powder on the outsides and heat set it with a heat tool. I liked this way since you can use any embossing powder you own and being able to brush away whatever powder you don’t want is kinda nice so you can keep it in different areas.

#4 – Dry Embossing. I think this is definitely one of my favourite ways to use stencils. I ran a piece of white cardstock with my Graduation Stencil over the top through a die cutting machine. I made sure to use a metal shim and also the rubber embossing mats to allow the stencil to emboss and tada, the stencil pattern is embossed. I think why I like this way the best is because you can use it as a subtle background, add colour inside, etc. Also, stencils are cheaper than embossing dies which is also nice, as well.

#5 – Embossing Paste. I used some Texture Paste from Ranger and dyed it using Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink. I then took a piece of white cardstock, adhered it down and then adhered the Graduation Stencil over the top. I used a palette knife to spread the paste over and then before it dried, I sprinkled glitter over the top just for some added interest, but either way it looks good. I then removed the stencil (remember to clean it straight away) from the paper and set it aside to dry. Embossing Paste was huge a while ago and I still really like it; the clean-up is a little messy though.

#6 – Paints. So, for my next background, I used some acrylic paints. I have some Kaisercraft ones since I picked them up super cheap. I took a piece of white cardstock and put the Wide Stripes Stencil over the top. I then used little paint daubers and three colours of paint; a lavender, dusty pink and aqua and dabbed the colours over the stencil. I then removed the stencil and let it aside to dry. I really liked using the paints, I always look at paints as not really a card making supply. But using them over stencils just looks like Distress Oxide Inks or something; they blend really nice and they’re cheaper.

#7 – Tone on Tone. This one is super simple, not a lot of thought went into it but basically, I just wanted to create my own patterned paper. I love tone on tone and it’s definitely my most used patterned paper. So, using a light colour of cardstock; in my case yellow and then a darker yellow ink, I used the Wide Stripes Stencil and ink blended over it.  Super simple but being able to create these easy backgrounds, eliminates me running out of my favourite pieces of patterned paper.

#8 – Layering. Layering stencils are super fun. I like it especially when you have a really open design and then you can layer like a polka dot or something over top to give it a little fake texture. But in this case, I ink blended some blue inks over the Wide Stripes Stencil horizontally, then rotated it 90 degrees, and ink blended the same colours again. This created a checkered sort of effect and brought new opportunities to a simple design of stencil.

#9 – Bleaching. To do the bleaching effect, I ink blend some Distress Inks / Oxide Inks (I’m using these because they react with water) onto watercolour paper. I then laid the Wide Stripes Stencil over the top and sprayed over it with water. I blotted the paper with a paper towel and picked up the stencil. The parts where the stencil was stays the bright colour and the bits in between go lighter. I love the way this works out, it’s perfect for sunrays or a night sky or even to create the same tone on tone effect as earlier.

#10 – Foiling. So, a little while ago I got some Deco Foil Adhesive which is super cool for those of us that don’t have any machine to foil with. I took a piece of white cardstock, laid over the Wide Stripes Stencil at a diagonal and taped it down. I then took some of the liquid adhesive and a paint dauber and dabbed it over the top. Remember, whatever texture is left behind when you lay the adhesive down, the foil is going to pick up that texture. I set it aside to dry for around half an hour and then took a piece of foil, laid it over top and rubbed over the foil with my fingers where the adhesive is. I also used a bone folder at the end to really help stick down the last few bits. Foiling is super pretty and honestly; I will use it a lot more now that I don’t have to use a machine.

#11 – White Ink. I love using white ink on a dark colour of cardstock. It’s perfect for easy night skies, etc. This time I used the Graduation Stencil and ink blended white ink over the top of a black piece of cardstock. Super simple, but effective. You could do this with lighter colours of cardstock as well to create a more tone on tone effect as well.

#12 – Watercolour. Last idea this time around is to use watercolour. Watercolour is one of my favourite mediums since it’s so free flowing and gorgeous. So, I used the Leaves Stencil and a watercolour palette and painted over a selection of the leaves. I used two different tones of greens for them. I then lifted up the stencil and mopped up a few of the really wet areas with a paper towel. Obviously, this isn’t going to look perfect, but I like how it’s not perfect since it looks like you water coloured them yourself… even though you didn’t.

Mediums Used: Distress Oxide Inks, Watercolour Palette, Embossing Paste, White Ink, Foil, Deco Foil Adhesive, Acrylic Paints, Die Cutting Machine, Embossing Powders

So that’s the twelve ways I’m sharing on how to use stencils today. I then went off camera to create a card with one of the backgrounds.

To start off my card, I stamped a couple of images from the Peonies stamp set and coloured them with Copic Markers. I then cut them out with the Peonies coordinating dies.

Copic Markers Used: RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29 / Y11, Y13, YR23, YR24 / YG01, YG23, YG07, YG17

I then took one of the leaves backgrounds that I made in my video and die cut a circle from the centre. While I was die-cutting I cut the Lattice Background Die from vellum as well. I adhered the vellum lattice behind the circle and popped up the entire background on foam tape and adhered it to a yellow card base.

I then popped up the images on foam tape and adhered them into place as well. For my sentiment I used the ‘Big Hugs’ one from Elephant Friends and white heat embossed it onto a thin black strip of cardstock. I then tied a little hemp cord bow on one side and adhered that onto my card as well.

So, that finished up my super simple card for today as well as all the backgrounds I made. In my next video, I’ll be sharing a few card ideas using the backgrounds I made today.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I’ll see you next time.

Eloise

Good morning! Ardyth here with a unique idea for a shaker die! 

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Usually when I build a shaker card, I use foam tape for the shaker walls. But you can also stack a die cut to create the walls and that’s what I did here. I started by cutting the Lattice Background Die 5 times – 4 from plain white cardstock and 1 from a panel of cardstock that I had blended a rainbow of ink onto.

I used liquid glue to stack the 4 white die cuts and then glued a panel of acetate on top before gluing the rainbow die cut on the very top. When the glue was dry, I flipped it over, and there were lots of tiny windows just waiting to be filled!

I put one tiny jewel in each window, using a jewel picker and craft pick to make sure that the faceted shiny side was facing out the window. I went in rainbow order, trying to match the rainbow on the front of the card.

Jewels used: Berry Splash Mix Jewels, Raspberry Jewels, Marigold Jewels, Caribbean Blue Jewels, Cornflower Jewels and Party Mix Jewels.

When I had all the windows filled, I put liquid glue on the back of the stacked die cuts and placed my cardbase on it.

To finish the card, I simply added the Happy Birthday Script, which I had cut from black cardstock. 

We hope you enjoyed this fun video tutorial. There are lots of great possibilities with this die set (and jewels)!

Hi friends, Eloise here and today I have a card to share with you all. I used the Anemones stamp set along with some alcohol inks to make a simple missing you card.

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I started off with stamping out the anemones onto some watercolour paper with black ink and clear heat embossed over it. I then used my Mijello Mission Gold Watercolour palette and coloured them in with shades of purple as well as colouring the leaves green. Once they were coloured, I cut them out using the Anemones coordinating dies and set them off to the side.

Next, I decided to do my striped alcohol ink background. I pulled several shades of blue alcohol inks out and used them to create a striped background. I used a paint brush along with water to help create the stripes today. I went from lightest to darkest down a piece of Yupo paper to create the background. I then dried it with a heat tool.

Lastly, I adhered all my flowers to the centre of the inked panel and then used the Camping Friends stamp set for the ‘Missing You’ sentiment. I white heat embossed it on a strip of black cardstock and adhered it onto my card as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you guys enjoyed and I’ll see you next time.

Eloise