Stenciled Spring Card for Scrapbook.com and the Creative Kindness Foundation

Hello crafty friends. I'm back to showcase another card for Scrapbook.com and the Creative Kindness Foundation fundraiser event. The goal for this fundraiser is $75,000 and as of this writing, it currently sits just over $29,000. There's only 5 days left to help them reach their goal. In exchange for your $50 or more donation, you will received the Spring Flutter Donation Bundle, pictured further down.

I'm getting super colorful today with the stencil included in the donation bundle, paired with the random colored cardstock included in the kit, Summer Peach. Scroll down for creative details. I'll have a clickable supply list at the end, if you see something you'd like for yourself!

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.) 

Here's what you will receive in the Spring Flutter donation bundle with your $50 or more donation:

Random selected cardstock pack

A5 Stamp Set

Coordinating die set

5x5 inch stencil

6x4 inch embossing folder

I started by trimming a piece of white cardstock measuring 4.25 x 8.50 inches, as I planned to stencil both ends of the cardstock. You can quickly and easily stencil one, so why not two?

In fact, I stenciled a total of 5 to have extras on hand for when I need to make a quick card!

I stamped my sentiment using my stamp positioner. I wanted to create a one layer flat card and incorporate my sentiment seamlessly into the stenciled images.

To do this, place low tack tape over your stamped sentiment. After stenciling over my first card panel, I realized I needed a wider border, so I placed a wider strip over the next stamped sentiment, which is the card you see in the first photo. 

Next, I lined up my stencil and centered it over my masked sentiment, taping it down. I used lots of pretty Catherine Pooler Designs ink with my blender brushers, over the stencil in random sections of color. 

The colors I used are:

Coral Cabana

Aquatini

Sweetheart

Orange Twist

Tiara

Lime Rickey

As you can see, for the card above, I had a little more room to work with, drawing a border around my sentiment with a ruler and fine black liner pen.

I also placed a lot of ink splatters using the Scrapbookcom Lustre brush in the color Pacific. I shared a reel over on my Instagram with tips on how to do this, and place the larger ink dots as well.

I wanted some extra color for my card panel backing, so in addition to the Peach cardstock included in my donation kit, I picked two pretty pink colors from my Scrapbookcom A2 Classic Cardstock - Valentine and Berry.

I trimmed it so the pink peeked out just above and below my stenciled card panel. I love the extra pop of color behind the stenciling, it really helps things pop!

Speaking of Pop, I did some embellishing with my Pops of Color liquid embellishments. I used Sunflower for my primary card above. You can see where I used Orange Squeeze as well, on the finished card panel on the lower right. I also used a white gel pen to embellish some of the other elements on my card.

I had so much fun stenciling and so glad to have some extras ready in my stash. Thanks so much for stopping by. Tap any of the products in my clickable supply list to browse for more information or to shop. Thanks so much and have a fantastic day!

Terri

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Flirty Blooms Doodling for Catherine Pooler

Hello friends, I'm back with another project for Catherine Pooler Designs. I have absolutely fallen in love with the Flirty Blooms stencil set, which is prominently featured for today's card. I was going for a doodle effect and I love how it turned out. Scroll down for creative details and more product info from the Petals and Purrs collection!

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

To begin, I stenciled the floral image from the Flirty Blooms stencil set using Tiara and Sweetheart inks.

  I alternated my colors for each bloom, using one color on the upper half of each flower, and the other color on the lower half. What can I say, I was in the mood to be "flirty"! 

To create the doodle effect, I simply used a fine liner black pen to outline each bloom. It's not about perfection here, it's about quirkiness. Leaving small gaps where white is visible on the petals was intentional. My artist friend Lindsay Ostrom once told me, "leave a little white space"and she was right. It also lends to the quirky feel that I was going for.

Initially, I was going to produce a one layer card, however, one thing led to another and before I knew it, I was looking for my adhesive foam circles. March is National Craft Month and I've really been leaning into it. I grabbed my CPD/Wow glitter in cotton candy and sprinkled it on top of my circles, pressing the mix in with my finger and tapping off the excess.

I also added lots of yummy splatters with my Glitz Shimmer and applied some of the new

enamel dots. 

For my sentiments, I used one of the papers from the Totally Bloomin' paper pack, to die cut with one of the Scripted Sentiments Trio Word dies. Then I heat embossed the other sentiment from the 3 Times The Thanks Sentiments stamp set on CPD Midnight cardstock with white embossing powder, and die cutting it with the new More Sentiment Banner Dies. I love these dies and will be using them A LOT!!

I also layered some light pink and yellow cardstock beneath my card panel, from the Party Mix Cardstock Assortment. Check out all the new cardstocks here. They've just been re-stocked!

Lastly, I created some cute little embellishments adhered on all four sides of my card, using yet another patterned paper from the Totally Bloomin' paper pack. That about wraps it up. I totally got lost in doing all the things on this card and it was such fun, which is what cardmaking should be all about, wouldn't you agree? Thanks so much for stopping by. Click any of my highlighted affiliate links for more information on the products that I used, or to shop. Have a great day!

Terri

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Nativity Card for Erin Lee Creative

Hey friends, Erin Lee Creative has just come out with a new holiday release and I am loving it! It's all about the reason for the season, the birth of our Savior! I'm creating with 3 different products from this collection, so scroll down for all the details. Also, shoutout to Erin for sending me the products that I'm creating with today! I'll have my supply list linked at the end of this post as well.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

Below is a photo of all the products in the new holiday release. I'll be creating with the Oval Nativity Die, Starry Night Stencil and Love Came Down Stamp Set today.

I'm also featuring several techniques: ink blending, heat embossing, stamping, die cutting and paper piecing.

 

First, I pulled out an A2 size piece of 80 lb white cardstock and did some ink blending with my Catherine Pooler Inks in Orange Twist, Do Si Doh and Lemon Sorbet.

I'm only going to use half of my ink blended cardstock for today's card, trimming horizontally right in the middle. I'll save the other half to make a duplicate card later. The ink blending will be the backing to my die cut scene.

Next, I made 4 die cuts using different cardstocks, with the Oval Nativity die and my Platinum 6 die cut machine. I cut one complete die cut with black cardstock, then 3 partial die cuts with white, tan and gold holographic cardstock.

For the white die cut, I only wanted to hand trim the star at the top and adhere it to the star on my black die cut. For the gold holographic cardstock, I had some scraps and made a partial die cut only to retrieve that tiny gold center for the white star. Not pictured is the tan cardstock. I only wanted the sloped line in the middle to represent a natural color of dirt or sand, an earthy neutral color to break up my black silhouette. This is definitely an optional thing. I liked how it looked, so I kept it.

Before adhering my white star. to the black, I did some ink blending with the Lemon Sorbet ink around the edges, glued my gold star center on top, then glued the entire piece to my black star.

I also used the Starry Night stencil on top of my ink blending. I simply trimmed a large half oval shape from the inked cardstock. To achieve this, I placed my black nativity die cut on top, then simply hand trimmed just under the upper half outline of my die cut. It's not perfectly trimmed but it really doesn't matter, as long as the black die cut covers the edges.

When I finished hand trimming my inked trimming, I kept in in place with tape on the back of the entire inked card panel to do some stenciling. I just thought it would be easier to gauge where I wanted to stencil, using my black die cut as a guideline. I taped off the area where the windows are, then taped my stencil to my craft mat and used my Cloud Whip, a modeling paste from Scrapbookcom. It's currently not available in the shop, but I've linked a similar modeling paste in my supply list. 

The reason I wanted to use the modeling paste is for dimension for my stars. You could also stencil with white paint, you just won't get the same dimension. And yes, that's a used gift card I'm using to stencil with. Hey, use what you have. I didn't want to go digging for my craft scraper and I always keep old gift cards handy.

IMPORTANT TIP: Make sure you prime any tape you use when placing over cardstock, if it's not a low tack tape. Just place your tape across your arm and it will pick up the oils from your skin.

You do not want to risk tearing your beautifully inked cardstock with paper tears from the tape.

Finally, I added some white highlights with a gel pen to the top of my trees and building, as if the moon were shining. No, there's no moon, haha. Just humor me, people.

I also heat embossed my sentiment from the Love Came Down stamp set, stamping with clear emboss ink and my Misti stamp positioner, sprinkling on some Ranger Gold Tinsel embossing powder, tapping off the excess, then heating it with my craft heat tool. 

I recommend you prime your cardstock with an anti-static pouch or tool before heat embossing. This helps to minimize excess powder that scatters about and can make your embossing look messy.

If you lasted through my entire crafty monologue, you're a better person than I am, haha. I sometimes get a little caught up in explaining things and get a little wordy. Not always, but sometimes. I have to remind myself that some of you might be looking into cardmaking for the first time, so this might be information you've not been exposed to before. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment!

Check out all the crafty goodness at Erin Lee Creative. I believe she is still having a $1 embossing folder sale as well! There was a coupon code available for 10% off the new release last week, but I'm not sure if it's still active. Give it a try though and find out, using coupon code NEW at checkout. Have a great day!

Terri

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