Cyndi’s Project {Stenciled} Life

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Cyndi Bundy

Hi this is Cyndi aka “The Scrappy Chick” here with you today to share a Project Life layout. I am thrilled to be guest blogging for The Crafter’s Workshop! Thanks Jaime for inviting me!

I thought it would be fun to do my pics from a recent Trade Show that I attended where I finally got to meet Jaime in person! Here’s the double spread:

For this panel I sprayed randomly through an assortment of TCW stencils ( Subway, Pie Chart, and Eye Chart all in 6×6) with Dylusions ink sprays and then dabbed black paint through the 6×6 Casey and Penelope stencil so I would have a blank black canvas on which to add journaling.

This panel (as well as the last) is done on Mixed Media paper. I dabbed Picked Raspberry Distress paint through the Church Windows stencil and then sprayed Vibrant Turquoise Dylusions through a part of the Urban Landscape stencil (I masked the words off with painters tape) I later added a piece of turquoise cardstock stenciled with Thursday from the Weekly Circles stencil.

A few of my panels I sprayed Dylusions onto colored cardstock pieces to see what would happen and I love the result! Fun slightly more subtle colors! For this one I used the Subway and Urban Landscapes stencils again.

Back to the Mixed Media paper for this one (this stuff is so thick and amazing! Jaime turned me on to using this as backgrounds for my stenciling during the class she taught. It’s great to spray large pieces and then cut them up for the sizes needed! Since Project Life offers so may different sizes in the various configurations this is perfect!

On this one I sprayed through the Eye Chart stencil again for a bit of texture under the Cityscape stencil that was done using black paint.

Finally for this one I had sprayed a large piece of green cardstock with the larger 12×12 Cityscape Stencil and it turned out to be perfect to matte a photo onto!

Here’s a closer look at the left page:

And a closer look at the right page:

That’s it for me today…Please visit my blog for more stenciling ideas: The Scrappy Chick. I hope you all have a great week and find lots of time to stencil - Thanks so much Jaime for inviting me to join you today!

Stamping thru stencils with Sanna

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Sanna Lippert

Hi everyone, Sanna here again! It´s not goodbye for me quite yet, since Jaime asked me if I could do a few more posts here at the blog and I´m more than happy to. So we´ll be seeing each other a couple of times during this summer .

Jaime has already previously shown the layout here:

and I thought I´d share a step-by-step how I created that background. So I´m using the same technique on the following card and layout.

1. I used the “Chevron” stencil with a My Mind´s Eye stamp set and Hero Arts shadow inks. You will also need a black pen, some masking tape, a card base and an acrylic block for stamping.

2. First I placed the stencil over the card and adhered it to my working surface with masking tape. This way it will not move around during stamping.

3. I chose the little round number stamps from the set for stamping, since they perfectly fit into the free areas and create a nice pattern. Starting with the lightest color I randomly stamped through the stencil. After that I just repeated the procedure with another number stamp and ink color until all areas I wanted to cover were covered.

4. Next I outlined the stamped areas with a black pen for contrast. I love to use black as a contrast color in my projects.

5. After that I just decorated the card and added a stamped sentiment.

The following layout was created exactly the same way, I just used the “Sunburst” stencil and different colors on it.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and will try this idea out on your projects! See you soon!!

Happy stenciling ,
xoxo, Sanna

“U2″ – a layout background created with stencils

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Sanna Lippert

Hi there, Sanna here again ! Thank you so much for your kind comments on my previous post beginning of May – they really made my day! As promised, here´s my second post for May. This time I wanted to play with stencils by creating a unique background for a layout.

I started by layering the “Aztec” stencil over a 30×30 inch piece of water color paper (taped it down with masking tape to keep it from moving) and then borrowed a white wax crayon from my kids . I covered the open spaces with wax crayon for a resist effect.

After that I flipped the mask around and stamped with an acrylic stamp (that was just big enough to fit into the open mask area) some stamp images onto the paper for more interest. When the ink dries, it looks much lighter.

Now I went on and sprayed a reasonably big amount of water onto the water color paper to make it wet. See how the wax keeps water from soaking into the paper?

Before adding spray inks I mixed them with water to create a lighter tone and then just went along and brushed the colors over the paper.

Since I added quite much water, the colors will need a while to soak into the paper, but I like the effect it creates, so I let it air dry.

After the paper is dry you can wipe over the page with a baby wipe to remove any residue ink from the wax areas. The parts that did not get totally covered with wax, will absorb color, so now you´ll see how carefully you have worked with the crayon .

You can leave the paper like this or add even more details and layers. I stamped around the edges with a background stamp to give them more interest..

..and then continued by adding even more layers with crackle paste.

I wanted to create a grey crackle paste, so I mixed some grey acrylic paint with the white paste.

Then just applied it over the “Tiny Circles” stencil with a palette knife. Depending on the medium you use, it might dry quite fast, so remember to carefully clean your stencil after using it, if you don´t want any residues left on your stencil (rinse with water)!

Next I mixed some yellow spray ink with the paste to create a light yellow tone. After that just applied it over the “Diamond” stencil and let it dry.

Now the background paper is done. You can go on adding media on it, if you like. You might notice that I added some white and black ink splatters in the end (just can´t seem to do anything without ink splatters lately..).

Finally just built up my layout by adding embellishments, stickers, stamping, rhinestones, chipboard and a photo.

Hope you have enjoyed this step-by-step! I sure have had a great time preparing these tutorials for you and playing with these stencils – thanks TCW & Jaime for having me here!!! See you around!!

Happy scrapping,
xoxo, Sanna

Find Yourself Canvas…..Lynne Forsythe

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Lynne Forsythe

Lynne Forsythe here with a little ditty I created……

I began with a Die~Namites “Daisy Bunch” die.

I cut (2) full images from a piece of Canvas Corp ~ Handmade Paper.
I colored one with Dylusions ~ Black Marble Ink Spray.
The other I colored with Rain Forest ~ Twinkling H20.

I then cut (2) each of the “Daisies” from the same Handmade Paper.
I colored the flowers with various amounts of
Love Struck, Just Peachy and Mango Freeze ~ Twinkling H20′s.

I created the background for my “posies” by
applying Claudine Hellmuth’s ~ Gesso,
through The Crafter’s Workshop ~ Mini Bricks Template
onto a Canvas Corp ~ Burlap Stretched Canvas.

When the Gesso was dry, I placed the Mini Bricks Template
back over the “gessoed” bricks….slightly off.
With a palette knife, I randomly applied
Viva Colour ~ Amber Gold and Golden Green Ferro.
What a BEAUTIFUL Brick Wall indeed!?!?!

Don’t you just love the dimension of these flowers??

I hope I’ve inspired you….
to pull out one of your favorite
Crafter’s Workshop stencils…..
and have a BLAST!!!

Easy stencil ideas for cards by Sanna

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Sanna Lippert

Hi everyone, Sanna here! When Jaime contacted me and asked if I would like to do a blogpost or two for the TCW blog, I was more than thrilled and immediately agreed. I love the TCW Stencils and have been using them quite intensively recently!! So my first post in May is about cards. I did four cards using the Mini Garden Gate, Quatrefoil, Kaleidoscope, Honeycomb, Tiny Circles and Mini Elevator Gate Stencils. So prepare for quite a long post …

Materials for the first card:

You will need: stencils, white cardstock, a card base, embossing ink pad, clear embossing powder, craft sheet, heat gun, ink pads and a pen.

1. Place a stencil over the white cardstock and press embossing ink over the mask into the paper. While you are at it, cover the whole paper up, so you can use the other images for later projects, if you like.

2. Remove the stencil, cover the embossed areas with clear (or white) embossing ink and heat them with the heat gun until the powder starts to melt (don´t burn your fingers!).

3. This is what everything looks like after you are finished heating the powder.

4. Now add ink over the images with an ink blending tool. I used Distress Inks (bundled sage, wild honey and worn lipstick) from Ranger Inc. You could also use a spray ink here too.

5. After inking, I outlined the stencil images with a black pen for more contrast, but you could also skip this phase, if you prefer the original look.

6. After that just use as much or as little of the embossed and inked paper for a card (or on a layout) and decorate/embellish to finish your project. I used a wide chevron washi tape to create a flower. Just first fold the washi in half and then fold it again lengthwise to create a flower. Fast and easy and adds nice contrast to the card.

Now for the second card. Since I had leftover pieces of that previously embossed paper, I used them for this quick project.

I punched butterflies out of the leftover pieces and layered them over each other and added a rhinestone on top. Then I used the “Tiny Circles” stencil, placed it on the card and dabbed some white acrylic paint with a sponge over it. This creates a really nice background for the colorful butterflies – I really like this stencil a lot! Finally just decorated and glued all together. Really fast and easy!

Materials for card number 3:

You will need: craft sheet, Mini Elevator Stencil, card base, embossing ink, embossing powders (white or like me holographic, cream, yellow and orange), heat gun and embellishments of your choice.

First place the stencil over the card and add embossing ink. Then take orange embossing powder and add a wide strip over the card. Dab off the residue, then add in the same manner yellow, cream and the lightest color. Next heat the powder with a heat gun. Now your ombré card base is done. You can create gorgeous backgrounds just by changing the colors and stencil patterns! You could now either outline the images or even add spray ink or stamp ink over the white areas, if you´d like to experiment more, but I wanted to leave the image as it is. Then just add the embellishments and your card is finished!

For the last card you will need:

Card base (I prepared the background with Distress Ink – scrattered straw – and a background stamp), “Honeycomb” stencil, twine, needle and a black pen. And later coloring pens – I used Copics.

First place the stencil over the card and outline the image with a waterproof black pen. Then grab your coloring pens and color the pattern. After that punch holes around the hexacon images to be able to stitch through the card with twine. Finish the card with a sentiment and embellishments. I used a hot air balloon stamp and a rub-on, then glued everything down with foam pads for a more dimensional effect.

I hope you have enjoyed the tutorials and got inspired by them! Thank you TCW and Jaime for having me here – looking forward to my next post later in May!! See you!

xoxo, Sanna

Martha Richardson & Pan Pastels

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Jaime

I love keeping an eye out for what Martha Richardson is up to. Here she is using a whole bunch of stencils (our Quatrefoil and our Diamonds).

Martha has used Pan Pastels (so delicious and rich) along with rubber stamps, gesso and collage. For complete instructions and step-by-step photos, click here.

Louise Rocks Julie’s blog

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Jaime

I’m a little jealous, but I’ll get over it. Louise Nelson is the guest blogger over at Julie Fei-Fan Balzer‘s blog. I just can’t get enough of that girl. Louise, that is. All of her layouts are so yummy. Just look at this one. The color, the dimension. Love the whole package. And check out the one below. Can she just come to NY and paint my walls for me? Too many walls? Alright, so maybe when I’m in my nursing home and there are only 4 walls to paint she could come by.

So enough of my blabbing, go to Julie’s blog and read the whole thing. Enjoy! And Louise, when you’re ready, I’ll be here in my rocker, waiting. Just waiting…

Kelly Foster

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Jaime

This painting is so peaceful. Thank you Kelly Foster for posting it on your blog. I love how you used the Flying Geese TCW332 stencil plus a few more. Be sure to click on her blog to read the whole process.

TCW332 Flying Geese

Winter CHA 2013: Quatrefoil by Ronda Palazzari

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Ronda Palazzari

Hello again! It’s Ronda here to introduce you to the last of my new stencils with The Crafter’s Workshop! Today I am sharing with you my quatrefoil stencil. It is such a regal design dating back thousands of year. I twisted a bit into a barbed quatrefoil design with the openings approximately .75″ x 1″ on the 12×12. The 6×6 is so petite and beautiful. Here are a few examples using this stencil.

Here you can see both sizes next to each other. Go small or go big but you cannot go wrong with this stencil.

Folllow your heart art journal page uses the 12 x 12 stencil along with the 6×6 confetti stencil.

On this “I Am” layout I used the 12 x 12 stencil with watercolor crayons.

This tag uses the petite 6×6 quatrefoil stencil with distress inks. I also used my 6×6 subway stencil with some paint for added texture.

I hope you love my new stencils as much as I do. Is there one that really speaks to you? Make sure you ask your favorite local store or online store to order them. They are available for wholesale purchase and are ready to ship NOW!

Happy New Year Tammy Tutterow!!

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Jaime

At first I just saw this saying on a tag Tammy Tutterow made and I thought “YES! we all need to count our blessings”. Great thought for the new year.

And then I saw those little numbers and thought “hmmm?”

And then took a closer look and saw my little friend, Basketweave TCW210.

I know this is totally out of order as far as Tammy’s tutorial goes, sorry about that. I think I multitask too much that I end up doing first-things-last and last-things-first! Sorry. You’ll just have to go to Tammy’s blog and read it properly. But in the meantime, this is the beauty she created in the end.

Can’t wait to see you, Tammy!! And to remember that when I count my blessings, I’m blessed to count you among my many blessings.

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