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Stamping thru stencils with Sanna

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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:sannalippert_hereandnow_full-397x400

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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 :D . I covered the open spaces with wax crayon for a resist effect.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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 :) .

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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..

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

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

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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)!

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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.

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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..).

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

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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

 

Carolyn Dube+NancyEmilyPolly

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHave you been intrigued by Dina Wakley‘s silhouette figures?  Like these:

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Well here’s a little something that Carolyn Dube created.  She called it an “oops” but I think it opens up many new opportunities (isn’t that what an “oops” really is???)

Journal4-228x300Take a look at this “lady”.  So pretty. She could be on a card, a canvas, a layout, even done as a quilt project (think fabric instead of paper.)

For all of the how-to details, go here.

 

 

 

 

 

And feel free to post your creations here: https://www.facebook.com/TheCraftersWorkshop

 

Louise’s Wedding Album

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P1040541Okay, not LOUISE’s personal wedding, but the wedding of her godson! Now that we’ve got that straight, take a gander at what a little modeling paste on white paper (and our lovely stencils) can do! Here’s another;

P1040545Wonderful, right? I love the subtlety of white on white with a little color sprayed onto the peaks and valleys.

To see more photos, and a listing of what products were used, click here.

Sanna’s Colour Challenge

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I just saw this post from Sanna and needed to share. I love her simple approach to layouts and stencils.  Here’s what she wrote on her blog:

It is again middle of the month and time for yet another colour challenge at ScrapFriends. I find these colours very inspiring and I´m guessing that you will too :) .  The girls (GDT & DT) have created STUNNING pages, so be sure to check those out here! And I´m also again hoping to see many of you submitting – we love to see your pages and share some love :). See you at ScrapFriends, lovelies!

Happy scrapping,
xoxo, Sanna

Materials:
Patterned Paper: ILS (pops of 01-02); Mask: The Crafter´s Workshop; Pen: Faber-Castell; Stamp: Scrapperin; Flowers: Prima Marketing Inc. (Donna-rustic, laraine, Tivona); Misting: Studio Calico Mister Huey´s; Twine: Whisker Graphics, Knot&Bow; Other: Date Stamp; Ink: Hero Arts shadow inks, Ranger Archival Ink; Glue: Aleene´s; Alphas: American Crafts; Die Cuts: Kaisercraft (Collectables-Botanical odyssey)

 

Confetti Layout by Jean

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Hi – Jean Okimoto here – with a spring layout of 8-month-old Addison.  The background is simply stenciled in ColorBox Chalk Inks.  Donna Salazar Fairy Dust Glitter adds a bright touch of baby bling to a “sweet ” diecut.  The poufy little accents are just hand-tinted puffs of ivory vintage lace from a set of trims and goodies by Hydrangea Hippo.  The wiggly strips are inked white rickrack strips, also from Hydrangea Hippo.

Use papertowels to ink the topside of 12″ strips of lace with Fire and Limon.  Gently heat-set the inks, under a protective layer of printer payer, with a medium iron.   Sew a running stitch down the center of the lace,  then scrunch it and tie it into a pouf – don’t cut the threads yet!  Punch two holes in the center of a scrap cardboard circle, pass the threads thru the holes and tie a few knots.  It’s a lot easier to glue the cardboard circle to your background, and any excess glue won’t show thru the lace.
Use papertowels to ink the rickrack with Limon and Jungle – then highlight the texture with Bark.  Gently heat-set the inks.
Stencil Sea Crystal, Lime Pastel and Rose Coral along the top/left and bottom/right edges of an 8″ square of Bazzill BasicsLimerick Smoothie with Ronda’s Mini Confetti template from The Crafter’s Workshop.  
Mat the picture with Bazzill Basics Flamingo.  Trim the bottom edge with the Purple Cows Trimmer and Long Wave blade.
Attach Scor-Tape to Bazzill Basics Whirlpool Cardstock and diecut The Crafter’s Workshop’s “sweet” die.
Press Sugar Shimmer Fairy Dust Glitter onto the adhesive.
Clearsnap Products - view the 2013 Catalog here
  • ColorBox Crafter’s Inkpads – Limon, Jungle, Bark, Fire (*Page 31)
  • ColorBox Chalk Inkpads – Lime Pastel, Rose Coral, Limited Edition Sea Crystal (*Page 6)
  • Donna Salazar Sugar Shimmer Fairy Dust Glitter (*Page 46)

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Louise Rocks Julie’s blog

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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.

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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…

May Flaum’s 5-way stencil review

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3825We are so lucky that May Flaum loves our stencils.  So lucky!! And we are equally lucky that Shimelle adores May too!! Shimelle actually asked May to write a guest blog post. She introduced May as her “dear friend and crafty wonderment”. Love that!  So without further introduction, here is a tidbit of May’s post listing 5 ways she recommends using stencils.  You can read the whole thing here.

1. As a Background
Perhaps the most obvious way to use a stencil is as a background. You can repeat the pattern, just make splotches of pattern, or even layer more than one stencil. It allows you to This works best on cardstock or a subtly patterned paper. In this layout I used Heidi Swapp color shine mist on my stencil for a subtle design to compliment my photos. 3819

2.Outline and Color

This is the most time consuming, and one I don’t do often. First I outline the stencil with a thin black pen, and then I go back and color with markers, watercolor pencils, or anything else that works for the design. In this layout featuring Amy Tangerine papers my title is stenciled, colored, and coated with glossy accents to really help it pop.

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This is fast becoming my favorite! I’ve always loved using flourish stamps to finish off my layouts, and now I can use stencils in this way too. In this layout (featuring Elle’s Studio papers and tags) I used two different stencils with ink (applied with a foam blending tool) to add little accents to my neutral background. I love all of the detail it adds – and with no bulk!

38224. Stencil onto a Die Cut
Whether it is a die cut, punched shape, alphabet sticker, or piece of chipboard don’t forget you can stencil onto more than just your layout directly. For this layout I knew I wanted to use my Webster’s Pages background paper but I didn’t really have much that went with it. I pulled out my flower stencil and colored a number of hearts and a butterfly punch that I then added to the page.

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5. The Shaped Stencil
In the layout above you saw how I used a single heart (in a stencil that had many) on my layout by utilizing a good amount of tape. Another approach to doing something like this is to create a second stencil as I did in the video. For this card I did just that! I placed a heart shaped (homemade) stencil on top of a patterned stencil and colored a heart onto a blank card. The effect is stunning – and at first glance it looks a lot more complicated than it really is which always makes me smile.

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Whether you go bold and finish layouts with a spritz of mist over your stencil or keep things more in control with a bit of ink on a stencil for a particular project element, know that there are a lot of ways that you can use those stencils. With intense techniques or simple applications, my stencils help me customize my projects and allow me the creative play that I always crave. I hope I’ve inspired you to try out a stencil on your next project. Oh, and one last note – if you have a punch, die cut, or electronic die cutting machine you can make stencils of your own! Oh yes, the possibilities are endless!