Stenciled background card ideas

Hi everyone! I am playing around with stencils for an online stencil class I am taking and here are a couple cards I've made with the backgrounds.

First up is a simple stenciled background using the Twinkle stencil by Spellbinders. I used 3 colors and when they over lap each other you end up with 5 colors. I used a pink, blue and green -I blended the pink at the top, blue in the center and green along the bottom. When they mix with each other there is a gorgeous purple and teal color that appears.

The daisies and butterfly is from the new Stampendous Hello Butterfly stamp set which is part of the spring 2023 collection. I colored them with copic markers and fussy cut. I didn't want to cover too much of the background, so I added slim profile sentiments from the Wonderful Script Sentiment die set.

Next up is a pretty background make with the Gina K Designs stencil called Snowflake Mandala. Once again I used 3 colors of ink -teal, yellow and pink. After I stenciled the colors, I used a thin layer of gel medium mixed with Sparkle Dust glitter. The gel is almost clear, so the ink shows through only slightly muted. The result is so pretty!

Supplies used on these cards:

 Twinkle stencil

Snowflake Mandala stencil

  Hello Butterfly stamp set

Wonderful Script Sentiment die set

Hello, Friend Sentiments Glimmer (for the "friend" and "you are")

Gina K Inks in Medium Orchid, Powder Blue, Lucky Clover (Daisy card)

Turquoise Sea, Sweet Corn, Bubblegum Pink (Mandala card)

Glossy black cardstock for the sentiments by Simon Says Stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

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Quick and easy cards with Stampendous Hope of Spring collection

 Hi everyone! Have you seen the new Stampendous Hope of Spring Quick Card Backgrounds? I new to them, but they are kinda cool. They are a nice weight cardstock color sheets of beautiful spring florals with a combination of birds, butterflies or dragonflies and a selection of sentiments. Just trim and pop them on a card base and with little effort you get a wonderful card. Check out what I made.

 My square card features one of the images with a cute little bird. I trimmed the down panel and  matted it behind white cardstock that had a circle die cut from it and then embossed with the Orange Peel Quilt 3D folder. That was then matted to a chocolate brown piece of cardstock. I added an accent flower and a few little branches from the Be Bold Blooms die set. The square card is made with the Lacey Squares die set. All and all a super easy and pretty card.

Next up is a beautiful floral and dragonfly image colored in blues and purples. I went super simple here and matted it to blue and then white panels die cut with the Rectangle Postage Edge die set. I tied some twine around the sentiment panel, added stickles and it was good to go. This was the easiest of the 3 cards. 

And my last card is a mini slimline using the French Braid and Hexagon Panels die set. I fussy cut out one of the pink floral images and placed it in the lower right corner. I marked where I wanted it trimmed and placed the part I trimmed off up in the upper left corner. I sponged some light blue ink on a few of the insert pieces and randomly glued them and a few plain white ones in to the outline.

If you haven't already, you can check out the entire Stampendous Spring collection it has several stamp sets, the quick card backgrounds and some watercolor panels. Stay tuned, I will have a couple cards using one of the stamp sets coming in the next few days.

Supplies used on these cards:

 Hope of Spring Quick Card Backgrounds

 Orange Peel Quilt 3D folder

 Be Bold Blooms die set

 Lacey Squares die set

 Rectangle Postage Edge die set

French Braid and Hexagon Panels die set

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day!

 

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Spring Camellia flower card

 Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing another Camellia card which is one of the new gorgeous flower dies from The Victorian Garden collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn for Spellbinders. This time I made the flower a bit flatter by doing less forming on the petals and eliminating the smallest set of petals. Check out what I made.

This is a favorite go-to card layout of mine. I like it because the main image is the star of the card, but the patterned papers in the background are simple strips that add colors and texture to the card. The spring papers I used are from the Echo Park My Favorite Easter paper pack, I even used one of the prints as the top layer for my flowers.

The sentiment is from Inside Card Glimmer sentiments foiled in Silver. I have the camellia flower sitting on a Scalloped Circle with a ring of the blue patterned paper adhered on top. Both of these were made from layering some old school Spellbinders dies, the Scalloped Circles and Standard Circles. I have had these die sets for over 10 years, quite literally my first die set purchase. Timeless!

For the finishing touches, I added a white button to the flower center as well as a few silver pearls.

Supplies used on this card:

Spellbinders Camellia die set

Spellbinders Scalloped Circles Small die set

Spellbinders Standard Circles Large die set

Spellbinders Inside Card Glimmer sentiments

Silver Foil roll

 Silver Pearls

Echo Park My Favorite Easter 6x6 paper

White button and twine from stash

 

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

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Spellbinders | The Victorian Garden collection

 Hi everyone! I'm popping in today with a simple birthday card which features a Camellia, one of the new gorgeous flower dies from The Victorian Garden collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn for Spellbinders. This die set makes the most beautiful camellias! And they are easy to put together.

The subtle background is from the chevron border die that is part of the Bunch of Borders die set. I die cut it 2 times with white cardstock and then in an alternating pattern, I colored the inserts with a RV00 Copic, added Twinkle Stickles and kept one plain white.

To make my Camellia, I die cut the flower and leaves with white cardstock and then colored the smallest petals with the same RV00 Copic marker. I didn't use the largest set of petals to keep the flower smaller in scale for my card. I colored the leaves with Copics and then to get the shine (Camellia leaves are shiny), I pressed them in clear pigment ink and heat embossed with clear powder.

For the finishing touches, I stamped the sentiment and added a single yellow gem to the center of the flower.

Supplies used on this card:

Spellbinders Camellia die set

Spellbinders Bunch of Borders die set

Spellbinders Essential Sentiments stamp set (retired)

 Twinkle Stickles

Copic markers in RV00, G28, YG67

 

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

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Spellbinders | New Flea Market Finds - 2 card designs

 Hi everyone! Today I am sharing a few cards that are kind of a departure from my normal style. When I was offered the chance to work with a few items from Cathe Holden's newest Flea Market Finds collection I jumped at it! New year who dis? All kidding aside, this year I am branching out creatively and I had a blast with Mini Envelopes 1 die set and Stationer's Boutique sticker pad. Check out what I made.

First up is a fun card with 3 pockets, each has a tag with an inspirational word. Perfect to give to someone you admire or want to encourage. The pockets are from the die set called Mini Envelopes 1 and features 2 slim envelopes, scalloped stationery insert, window options and mini tags! I used the small envelope in the set, it measures 1.5" x 2.5".

I decorated the envelopes with stickers from the Stationer's Boutique sticker pad. I also used some patterned paper I had left over from my card making kits (details below) and some ribbon and twine from my stash.

Here are all the tags, each decorated with a flower from the Sealed Blooms die set and a different word from the Stitched Alphabet Glimmer Descriptors.

Supplies used on this card:

 Mini Envelopes 1

Sealed Blooms die set (on tags)

Stitched Alphabet Glimmer Descriptors

Indoor Garden Card Kit Jan 23 (patterned paper)

Matte Gold Foil roll

My next card uses one of gorgeous floral cluster stickers from the Stationer's Boutique sticker pad along with some fun element stickers and that gorgeous border. I combined the stickers with more left over card making kit patterned paper and added some buttons and twine for a bit of vintage charm. In order to get the gorgeous flower cluster up on foam squares, I stuck it to some white cardstock and fussy cut it out. Fussy cutting isn't for everyone and you can avoid it by moving the twine on top of the sticker, which can be stuck flat to the card base.

Here are links to ALL the new collections this month. Be sure check them out so you don't miss any sell outs:

Toolbox Essentials collection

Layered Stencils collection

The Victorian Garden collection

Stampendous Spring collection

Flea Market Finds collection

Supplies used on this card:

 Stationer's Boutique sticker pad

Indoor Garden Card Kit Jan 23 (patterned paper)

Gina K Designs Sentiment Sheets Mixed Messages (sentiment strip)

Buttons and twine from stash

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

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