DIY Card Making: Blend Colors with Stencils for Great Results

Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You’ll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencils I used from A Colorful Life Designs.  Follow the link and use the discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Border Layer: 5.⅜ x 4 1/8

Card Face: 5.25 x 4

Card Face:

• I got started on this card by placing the card face on the Grip Mat.
• Using the Daisy Trio stencil, I added pink, orange, and yellow flowers to the background, moving the stencil and placing flowers in all three sizes randomly across the blank surface.
• Setting that stencil aside, I positioned the bee stencil on the card face and pressed my Versamark embossing ink pad firmly through the openings to create the bee.  I removed the stencil and sprinkled gold embossing powder on it. I set it with my heat gun.
• I repositioned the stencil to allow the heart trail on the same stencil to be part of the design, then pressed embossing ink through the openings and added gold embossing powder.
• I placed the card face in my stamp positioner and added the sentiment using Versafine Onyx.  I sprinkled on clear embossing powder, and set this with my heat gun, which made the sentiment “pop”.

Assembly

• I glued the card face onto the black border layer,  and then added these to the card base,  centering both layers.
• I scattered card bling randomly across the card face.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

   I have listed the products I have used and where they can be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace, and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencils:

Buzzing Bee,  A Colorful Life Designs

Daisy Trio,  A Colorful Life Designs

Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com

Versamark Embossing Ink: Simon Says Stamp

Clear Embossing Powder,  Wow,  Simon Says Stamp

Gold Embossing Powder: Wow, R&R Scrapbooking

Stamps:  Technique Junkies  (no longer in business)

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up! 

Card Bling,  A Colorful Life Designs

Versafine Onyx, Simon Says Stamp

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

Card Base & Card Face: Accent 100 lb., Amazon 

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Buzzing Bee

Buzzing Path

Daisy Trio