Easy Stencil Ideas for Beautiful DIY Mother’s Day Cards

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

Card Face:  5.5 x 4 (patterned paper)

Card Face:

• I began by laying the patterned paper on the Grip Mat and positioning the Love You stencil.
• I used medium purple ink and a light hand to apply ink across all exposed areas.
• After removing this stencil,  I replaced it with the Heart of Hearts stencil positioned at an angle and towards the left of the card face.
• I applied the same purple ink with a heavier hand, allowing it to stand out against the first layer of stencilling.
• I applied additional layers of ink to the left-hand side of the stencil,  building up intensity and depth.
• I used gold watercolour paint to add a fine spatter to the card face.

Other:

• I stamped the sentiment with Versamark Embossing Ink, added gold embossing powder and set it with the heat gun.
•  I cut this out with an oval die.

Assembly

• I glued the card face to the card base, centering vertically.
• I put a thin strip of gold foil on both top and bottom of the card face.   This left me with a very narrow strip of the card base visible, which I didn’t care for.   I dealt with that by running an embossing pen along the strip, sprinkling gold embossing powder over top and setting it with my heat gun. 
• I used double-faced tape to add metallic gold thread to the back of the sentiment.  I added a piece of foam tape as well,  and put it in place as shown.

Final Thoughts:

This patterned paper is so pretty with the gold marbling:  the gold accents I included in the design echo this very well.

I was very happy with this card in the end.

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:

    Love You:  A Colorful Life Designs

    Heart of Hearts,  A Colorful Life Designs

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

Embossing Pen: Ranger,  Amazon

Gold  Embossing Powder:  Wow,  R&R Scrapbooking

Metallic Watercolour: Amazon

Dies:  Nesting Oval Dies,  Hero Arts

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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