Who has tons of stencils in their stash? I do!! I have so many that it was actually hard to choose some for these projects. I love stencils but I tend to forget to use them. With this stencil class on Altenew called Celebration Stencil Techniques it gave me some great new ideas.
My first card is a stencil overlaying a watercolor background. I had a lot of fun making this one. Just adding the watercolor using two inkpads was so cool. I never thought to use ink pads! This picture shows the watercolor background getting the stencil inked over it.
I really like how the watercolor shows through the inked stencil image and gives just a bit more depth to my finished card. I colored the images with my artist markers ink similar and contrasting colors so they'd really pop off the card.
Here's a closer look. I added a sentiment to vellum in embossing ink and then embossed with white embossing powder. This has been one of my new favorite techniques.
I did make a second card using a different stencil and technique. This one used embossing paste in white. I let it dry while I created the above card. Once it was dry I used four different inks and colored in the background
I stamped the flower image onto vellum and colored it from the back side. I then used a stitched rectangle die to cut it out and attached it to my embossed background. The vellum helps soften the background just a bit more.
I used antique gold pigment ink and stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock and trimmed it down and attached it to the front. It took me a few minutes to figure out just where I wanted it to go.
Thanks for stopping by!!
I like the look of inking over the watercolour background, I love doing this too as it gives such a variation in the stenciling. I wish I could see your second project a bit better, the photo is too small and the focus is on other things more.
ReplyDeleteThank you for entering your work to the AECP assignment gallery. Good job!