Hello and welcome back!
I hope everyone had a good week and can now enjoy the weekend!!
In today's blog, I'm going to show you a simple, yet different look you can get with your stencils. This is a dry emboss technique that uses a stencil and your die cutting machine. This gives a slight raise on your cardstock and adds a little extra touch to your ink blending with stencils. Let's get started!
The cardstock I will be stenciling on is 80lb Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, I have also chosen Ocean Mist and Soft Stone cardstocks, both from Gina K. Designs and will be using the coordinating inks as well. The stencil I will be using is Thermoweb - Crazy Daisy also from Gina K. Designs. To start, I first line up the stencil on my white panel where I want it to be, flip it over then tape it to the back of the stencil. I use Blender Brushes from Taylored Expressions to first apply the Ocean Mist ink in a circular motion over the stencil onto my panel. Next I add in some Soft Stone ink with a separate blender brush to the center parts of the image.
Leaving the stencil attached to my white panel, I run it through my Big Shot from Sizzix using an embossing mat, (pictured below) I bought from Simon Says Stamp. ***Be sure to look at your die cut machine to see what sandwich order you need when using an embossing mat. After running my panel through my machine, I decided to add a little sparkle to my image. With my panel still attached to the stencil, I lightly misted some Liquid Pixie Dust from Inkon3. I keep a small mist bottle filled with water and a few drops of Pixie Dust on my desk to add sparkle to my cards. I set the panel aside to dry for a few minutes before removing the stencil.
Next, I decided to add a few splatters with a small paintbrush using the same colors I blended with. After everything was dry, I mounted the white panel onto a slightly larger Soft Stone piece of cardstock. I then mounted onto a 4 /14" x 5 1/2" Ocean Mist card base.
I finished off the card with a sentiment from the Tiny Words stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of Soft Stone cardstock and mounted with a thin piece of foam tape.
I also show this card made with Turquoise Sea and Stormy Sky cardstock, both from Gina K. Designs.
I hope you enjoyed today's project and give this technique a try for yourself. If you have and questions or comments, please leave them in the comment section.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. I will be back on Monday with another fun project!
Happy Stamping!!
Jeannie
I hope everyone had a good week and can now enjoy the weekend!!
In today's blog, I'm going to show you a simple, yet different look you can get with your stencils. This is a dry emboss technique that uses a stencil and your die cutting machine. This gives a slight raise on your cardstock and adds a little extra touch to your ink blending with stencils. Let's get started!
The cardstock I will be stenciling on is 80lb Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, I have also chosen Ocean Mist and Soft Stone cardstocks, both from Gina K. Designs and will be using the coordinating inks as well. The stencil I will be using is Thermoweb - Crazy Daisy also from Gina K. Designs. To start, I first line up the stencil on my white panel where I want it to be, flip it over then tape it to the back of the stencil. I use Blender Brushes from Taylored Expressions to first apply the Ocean Mist ink in a circular motion over the stencil onto my panel. Next I add in some Soft Stone ink with a separate blender brush to the center parts of the image.
Leaving the stencil attached to my white panel, I run it through my Big Shot from Sizzix using an embossing mat, (pictured below) I bought from Simon Says Stamp. ***Be sure to look at your die cut machine to see what sandwich order you need when using an embossing mat. After running my panel through my machine, I decided to add a little sparkle to my image. With my panel still attached to the stencil, I lightly misted some Liquid Pixie Dust from Inkon3. I keep a small mist bottle filled with water and a few drops of Pixie Dust on my desk to add sparkle to my cards. I set the panel aside to dry for a few minutes before removing the stencil.
Next, I decided to add a few splatters with a small paintbrush using the same colors I blended with. After everything was dry, I mounted the white panel onto a slightly larger Soft Stone piece of cardstock. I then mounted onto a 4 /14" x 5 1/2" Ocean Mist card base.
I finished off the card with a sentiment from the Tiny Words stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of Soft Stone cardstock and mounted with a thin piece of foam tape.
I also show this card made with Turquoise Sea and Stormy Sky cardstock, both from Gina K. Designs.
I hope you enjoyed today's project and give this technique a try for yourself. If you have and questions or comments, please leave them in the comment section.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend. I will be back on Monday with another fun project!
Happy Stamping!!
Jeannie
Great technique!! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you Crissy!
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