{"id":379,"date":"2018-03-28T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/stencil-fun\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:28:29","slug":"stencil-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/stencil-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Stencil fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHello!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI have a few cards for you today, which I made using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/index.php?route=product\/search&amp;search=stencils&amp;description=true&amp;bfilter=m0:149;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles stencils<\/a>!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI do not have a step by step tutorial for these, but they are pretty straightforward and as always,<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI will explain my process in this post.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the first card, I used the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\/craftangles-stencil-marble-effect-ctcs66\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Craftangles &#8216;Marble Effect&#8217; stencil<\/a> and created this beautiful multicoloured effect using Tim Holtz &#8216;seedless preserves&#8217;, &#8216;black soot&#8217;, &#8216;chipped sapphire&#8217; , &#8216;mowed lawn&#8217; and &#8216;twisted citron&#8217; distress inks.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then die cut the butter fly from DCWV Glitter Mat Stack paper pack and adhered it to the base using double sided foam tape.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI gold embossed the sentiment form My Favourite things and adhered that too using double sided foam tape.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI finished the card using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/embellishments\/sequins\/craftangles-sequins-clear-shimmer-ctseq08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles clear sequins.<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marble-stencil-glitter-butterfly.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1170\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marble-stencil-glitter-butterfly.jpg\" width=\"295\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nIt shard to photograph the glitter paper..here is another angle.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nAs you can see, there is a bit of colour going the opposite way on the stencilling&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI spritzed some water on the remaining ink on the stencil and dabbed it on the card base to create some interest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThis is an easy way to make the background a little interesting.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glitter-butterfly.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"864\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glitter-butterfly.jpg\" width=\"400\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the second card, I started with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/papers\/cardstock-pads-and-sheets\/craftangles-cardstock-12-by-12-250-gsm-set-of-10-sheets-earl-grey-ctc-37\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles Earl Grey cardstock,&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nwhich I cut down to fit on my card base.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then used Tim Holtz &#8216;Black Soot&#8217; distress ink and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\/craftangles-stencil-stoned-wall-ctcs72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Stoned Wall&#8217; stencil<\/a> to create the background.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then used the black and pink gold glitter sheets&nbsp; (from DCWV) to die cut the Memory Box Dandelion, which I adhered to the card base.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;I added a heat embossed sentiment from Stampendous, and some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/embellishments\/sequins\/craftangles-sequins-clear-shimmer-ctseq08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles clear sequins<\/a> to finish the card.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glitter-dandelion.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1296\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/glitter-dandelion.jpg\" width=\"266\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the next card, I used the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\/craftangles-stencil-jumbled-alphabets-ctcs67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Craftangles &#8216;Jumbled alphabets&#8217;<\/a> stencil along with Tim Holtz &#8216;seedless preserves&#8217; , &#8216;fired brick, &#8216;carved pumpkin&#8217; and &#8216;twisted citron&#8217; distress inks.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then die cut the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/dies\/craftangles-steel-dies-birthday-intricate-and-outline-set-of-2-dies-ctsd11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">birthday (Craftangles birthday wishes) <\/a>from scraps of the glitter paper, I used for the cards above, adhered it to the card base and finished the card with a stamped sentiment from stampendous.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Alphabet-stencil-birthday.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1296\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Alphabet-stencil-birthday.jpg\" width=\"266\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the last card, I started with a kraft card base, from Craftangles.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used Memento Rich cocoa ink along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/index.php?route=product\/search&amp;search=stencils&amp;description=true&amp;bfilter=m0:149;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Gears&#8217; stencil<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI stamped and embossed a simple sentiment form Paper Wishes and added a clock brad from Recollections.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then matted this panel on a black glitter card base, cut to size. I adhered this to a white card base to finish the card.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/celebrate-srencil.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1296\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/celebrate-srencil.jpg\" width=\"266\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThe Craftangles range of stencils are super fun and super fun, and, I hope you will give them a try!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThanks so much for stopping by!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHave a great day!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nParu Mahtani<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! I have a few cards for you today, which I made using Craftangles stencils! I do not have a step by step tutorial for these, but they are pretty straightforward and as always, I will explain my process in this post. For the first card, I used the Craftangles &#8216;Marble Effect&#8217; stencil and created&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/stencil-fun\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Stencil fun!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[296,626,3,286,156,627,66,165],"class_list":["post-379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations","tag-birthday-cards","tag-butterflies","tag-craftangles","tag-craftanglessequins","tag-craftanglesstencils","tag-glitter-cardstock","tag-handmade-cards","tag-paru-mahtani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}