Good times
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TUTORIALSTENCIL
3/13/20242 min read
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Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You'll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencil 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
Black Border: outer dimensions approximately 5.25 x 4
Card Face: 5.5 x 4.25
Coloured cardstock for the frames of the sunglasses.
Black Cardstock to create the lenses
A small strip of white cardstock for the sentiment.
Card Face:
I put the card face onto my Grip Mat and laid the stencil on top.
I used pink, orange, blue, purple and green inks in bright tones for the petals. I took care not to mix colours that would create “mud”.
Other:
I used two stitched rectangular dies to create the border, spacing them evening and taping them together to ensure that they didn’t wiggle around as they went through the Big Shot.
I cut sunglasses out of pink, orange and purple cardstock, matching the inks on the background.
I used a piece of black cardstock for the lenses. After dusting this liberally with anti-static powder I stamped the three different patterns with Versamark embossing ink.
I sprinkled all of them with silver embossing powder and set everything with my heat gun.
I die cut the lenses.
I stamped the sentiment and used a small rectangular die to cut it out.
Assembly:
I glued the card face to the card base.
I glued the black border in place, centering on the card face.
I glued the three pairs of sunglasses frames vertically in the center of the card face, leaving a space for the sentiment.
I added a set of lenses to each pair of sunglasses.
I put dimensional foam on the back of the sentiment and put it in place where shown.
I glued small irridescent pearls randomly on the card face.
Final Thoughts:
A mixture of a stencil I love and a stamp set that I love - and I love the 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.
Stencil: Heart Flowers, A Colorful Life Designs
Stamps: (Both sunglasses and sentiment)
Shades of Summer, Taylored Expressions
Die: Stitched Rectangles, Stampin’ Up! (retired)
Stamp Positioner: Misti, Spellbinders
Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com
Ink: Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up!
Versamark clear:Simon Says Stamp
Silver Embossing Powder: Stampin’ Up!
Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels
Card Base & Card Face: Accent 100 lb., Amazon
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