DIY Card Design: Techniques for Beautiful Stenciled Art

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 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 x 3.75

Card Face:  4 ⅞ x 3 ⅝ (after die cut)

Card Face:

• I began by laying the card face down on the Grip Mat and positioning the grid stencil.  I applied  lime green ink over the exposed areas, deliberately creating variations in depth of tone
• I laid the Broken Lines stencil directly over the first stencil and secured it before adding dark grey ink randomly through the stencil.
• After removing both stencils and setting them aside,  I placed the card face in my stamp positioner and added those awesome hearts.  I stamped twice to be certain that the image was dark enough.
• I added both gold and black spatter, using metallic watercolour paint.
• I used a deckled edge rectangle die to trim the card face down to its final size.
• Then I decided that I wanted one more detail for visual interest,  so I used a smaller die from the same set to cut a deckled rectangle from the card face, centering the die around the hearts.

Other:

• I looked through my sentiment binder for the perfect finishing touch and decided on a motivational sentiment in the end.

Assembly

I added dimensional foam to the back of the inner piece of the card face.

I centered the outer section of the card face on the black border and then glued these layers to the card base.

I put the center of the card face back where it belonged, with the foam creating added dimension.

Finally,  I glued the sentiment to the card face, directly over the hearts.

Final Thoughts:

This design would work for any occasion:  I’m always happy when I have a fun, multipurpose card.   

I’m really happy with the way that these two stencils work together, as well as the final result.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

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

Stencils:

    Broken Lines,  A Colorful Life Designs

    16 Square Shadow,  A Colorful Life Designs

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

Metallic Watercolour Ink:  Amazon

Stamps:  

    Hearts,  Technique Junkies  (no longer in business)

    Polka Dot Blossoms Sayings,  Tim Holtz,  Amazon

Dies:   Deckled Edged Rectangles, Stampin’ Up! (retired)

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up! 

Versafine Onyx, Simon Says Stamp

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

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

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