{"id":601,"date":"2016-08-26T05:22:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/playing-with-craftadda-stencils\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T12:22:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:52:29","slug":"playing-with-craftadda-stencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/playing-with-craftadda-stencils\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing with CraftAdda Stencils!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHello!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nToday I am playing with the new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> CraftAdda stencils<\/a>!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThey are impeccably manufactured right here in India&#8230;the quality is excellent and they have been designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CraftAdda&#8217;s<\/a> very own Khyati Kothari!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI decided on two colours&#8230;Tim Holtz Fired Brick and Dried Marigold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/inks?mfp=26-type[Distress%20Inks],stock_status[7]\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">distress inks<\/a> and used three different stencils on smooth white card stock.<\/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\/2016\/08\/stencil-band.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/stencil-band.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 this card, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\/craftangles-6x6-stencil-dots-ctcs6?recommended_by=popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Dots&#8217; stencil.&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then used some sunshine yellow ink from Mama Elephant to add some brightness.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used the dienamics &#8216;Band&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">die<\/a> against the background and the sentiment from&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nConcord and 9th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stamps<\/a>, seemed just perfect!!!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI finished the card by adhering it to a kraft card base.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/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\/2016\/08\/stencil-sofa.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/stencil-sofa.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 this card, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\/craftangles-6x6-stencil-floral-pattern-ctcs3?recommended_by=popular\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Floral pattern&#8217; stencil.&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used the darker colour first and then off set the stencil and used the lighter colour over it.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThis created some dimension to the design.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI stamped and cut the cushions from the stencilled cardstock&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nand added them to the stamped and fussy cut orange couch.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used two different washi tapes to &nbsp;anchor the couch and the coffee table.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock, to make it bold.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nAll the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stamps<\/a> used here are from Papertrey ink.<\/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\/2016\/08\/stencil-silhouette.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/stencil-silhouette.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;\">\nTo make this card, I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stencils\/craftangles-6x6-stencil-argyle-ctcs4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Argyle&#8221; stencil.&nbsp;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI think this is my favourite&#8230;Though I dont particularly enjoy the grunge look..it totally works here!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nIt almost looks like flames doesn&#8217;t it?<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI added the cityscape<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> die<\/a> cut from PaperSmooches to this beautiful background.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI cut a strip from the bottom and placed it with a gap, to create some interest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThe sentiment is also a favourite..from &#8216;Hot of the press&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI hope you enjoyed reading about these cards and&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI hope you will try playing with these stencils too!!!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThanks so much for stopping by&#8230;Have a great day!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nParu Mahtani<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! Today I am playing with the new CraftAdda stencils! They are impeccably manufactured right here in India&#8230;the quality is excellent and they have been designed by CraftAdda&#8217;s very own Khyati Kothari! I decided on two colours&#8230;Tim Holtz Fired Brick and Dried Marigold distress inks and used three different stencils on smooth white card stock.&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/playing-with-craftadda-stencils\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Playing with CraftAdda Stencils!<\/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":[395,209,280,815,67,397,151,538],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations","tag-die-cutting","tag-distress-inks","tag-heat-embossing","tag-kraft-card","tag-parus-perceptions","tag-rubberstamping","tag-stencils","tag-washi-tape"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","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=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}