Simple Stencilling

Hello, Kirsten here with my regular Tuesday post.

 I want to show you some very simple cards I made using Adirondack inks & four stencils:

•  Sweet Pea by Glitz Craft
•  Bubble by Imagination Crafts
•  Diamonds by Imagination Crafts
•  Daisy Silhouette by That Special Touch....

 There are lots of photographs so I'll try to keep the words to a minimum. I applied the inks with small pieces of Cut & Dry Foam, it's easer to use for small areas than large blending tools.

Sunshine Yellow & Sunset Orange AIs through the Bubble stencil. Pool AI through the Sweetpea stencil:

Pool & Lettuce AIs through sections of the Sweetpea stencil. Torn pieces of paper & AIs used to make the ground:

Cool Peri AI through the diamonds stencil (Cool Peri is a great colour for subtle backgrounds), Sunset Orange for the flowers & butterflies of the Daisy Silhouette stencil & a fine line black pen for the stems & leaves:

Cool Peri through the Bubble stencil, Sunshine Yellow through the Diamonds stencil, Purple Twilight through the Daisy Silhouette stencil:

Cool Peri, Sunshine Yellow, Lettuce & Sunset Orange through the Bubble stencil. I stamped the flower with Seedless Preserves distress ink & then ruined the card with the black flourishes. Oh well, the base is an idea for another card:

 

Handy hint: Adirondack inks are very 'juicy', especially the bright colours. If you have too much on the cut & dry foam, wipe it off onto your craft sheet, or onto a scrap piece of paper. It's easier to add ink than to remove it.

To finish, a little tutorial with the final card.

 

 

Cut a circle from a piece of card & lay it on top of the card base. 

 

Lay the stencil on top & secure to the craft sheet with stencil tape.

 

 

 

Apply the inks through the stencil with a piece of Cut & Dry foam.

 

 

 

I purposefully didn't blend the inks together, I wanted the circles to look textured. 

 I finished the card with a doodled line made with a blue water colour pen:

 

 

 

All the sentiments on these cards are from a Penny Black set of stamps. I think there were a few sets left after Friday's classes, I shall find out.

 

Remember to leave a comment to be entered in the stencils promotion giveaway, details on this post.

 

 

                    

 

               

 

                

 

 

 

Until next time, happy crafting.

 

Kirsten