Printing backgrounds using stencils

I've been playing with stencils and how to replicate the image in a different way.

I used Distress Oxide Inks in the shades of Mustard Seedm Spiced Marmalade and Picked Raspberry.  I used a stripe Clarity stencil for this tutorial.

I randomly inked the stencil, ensuring there was a decent coverage of ink across the stripes.  I then spritzed the stencil with water.

I then flipped the stencil on a piece of cardstock.  Using a piece of kitchen paper, I gave a little pressure to ensure there was contact between the stencil and the paper.  The kitchen roll absorbs and surface ink that squishes out of the side.

Lift the stencil to reveal the coloured stripes.  You will notice that there is still quite a lot of ink left on the stencil, so I spritzed it again and repeated the process a further two times.

These are the three takes from the one inking of the stencil.

I inked the stencil again using the same colours and had a further play, I turned the card around creating a coloured grid background which I quite like.

I also tried the same technique using Distress Inks, but it wasn't as successful, I'm not sure why.  

However, I did like the look of the lower images, which was where I was cleaning the stencil with a wet wipe and it left a lovely coloured pattern.

I used Distress Inks on these tags too and the pattern is patchy, however they won't go to waste and will appear on a future project no doubt.

Design Team Make for "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog" 399 "Water Colour"

It's time for another challenge on the "My Time To Craft Challenge Blog".  The challenge #399 theme is "Water Colour".  This is my Design Team make for this prompt.  If you do have a minute spare, please do pop over and see the fab makes my Design Team colleagues have created.

I started this card by using a paint brush, giving the background a water colour wash using my Prima Watercolour Confections set.  

Once dry, I stamped the Lavinia Stamps "Nigella Damascena" in Distress Oxide Inks, first in the shade of "Bundled Sage" for the stem and foliage and then I used a mix of Dusty Concord and Faded Jeans for the heads of the flowers applied with a paint brush.  

I then gave the flowers a fine spritz of water as I wanted to give the stamped image a more water colour look as if it was bleeding into the background wash a little.

Once this was dry, Using a Versafine Ink pad in the shade of "Stormy Gray", I stamped the sentiment which is also by Lavinia Stamps and is called "Sparkle".  Finally, I used a silver glitter Signo Pen to add some highlights to the flower heads.

Lavinia Stamps "Tree Goddess Luna" on a Funky Fossil Stencilled Background

While the Funky Fossil "Enchanted Fan" stencil was on my desk, I decided to use it to make a card using a Lavinia Stamp.

I used a Distress Oxide Ink in the shade of "Peacock Feathers" through a Funky Fossil stencil called "Elegant Fans" to create the background pattern.

Using Versafine Clair Ink in the shade of "Twilight" I stamped the Lavinia Stamp "Tree Goddess Luna" and the "Dream" word, which is part of the "Inspire Me Set" of word stamps by Lavinia Stamps.

Finally, I used a Uniball Signo Pen to add silver glitter highlights to the fairy and tree.

Forget Me Not "Cyclopse Demon" Good Luck Card

Today I made this "Good Luck" card using stamps from "The Forget Me Not Kraft Kabin".

I started by stamping the "Cyclopse Demon" figure using Versafine Clair "Twilight" coloured ink.

I then used a Distress Oxide Ink, in the shade of "Peacock Feathers" through a Funky Fossil Stencil called "Elegant Fans".

Finally, I stamped the sentiment, also by "The Forget Me Not Kraft Kabin" in the "Twilight" shade of Versafine Clair Ink.

Lavinia Stamps "Dragon Stone Castle" Card

I made this card using a Brusho/Colorbox Ink Gelli Plate background.

I then multi stamped section of the Lavinia Stamps "Sacred Spells" script stamp in Versafine Clair "Stormy Gray"

Using Versafine Clair "Twilight" for the remaining stamping, I stamped the "Dragons Stone Castle" and the "Path".

I then masked the moon and edged it using a Distress Ink in "Faded Jeans" shade.

Using Distress Oxides in "Faded Jeans" and "Chipped Sapphire", I created the landscape using a torn section of card.  I used the same colours for the sky but added some Distress Oxide Ink in the shade of "Wilted Violet".

I then stamped the trees, which are part of the "Tree Scene" set and the "Mini Dragon" which is from the Lavinia Stamps "pound stamp" section.

Finally, using a white Posca Pen, I added some dots to the sky for stars.  I used metallic silver Sakura Gelly Roll pen to fill the windows and doors of the castle.

Forget Me Not "You Were Meant To Fly" Card

As the stamp set was out on my desk, I have continued my play with "The Forget Me Not Kraft Kabin" Bee Happy Stamp set making this second card.

This is the "Bee Happy" Stamp set.

I used an off cut of a previous gelli plate project for the background colours (I think I used Distress Inks).  I stamped the frame, the bee and the sentiment in Versafine Clair "Fantasia" shade of ink.

The small flower is from a Papertrey Ink Set of stamps.

Forget Me Not "Bee Happy" Card

Today I have been playing with the "Bee Happy" stamp set produced for "The Forget Me Not Kraft Kabin".

I used one of the gel press backgrounds I made yesterday as the base of this card.

Using a leaf stamp by "Oak House Studio", I stamped the leaves at the base of the card using Versafine Clair Ink in the colours of "Verdant" and "Shady Lane".

The wavy edge, sentiment and the bee are all part of the "Bee Happy" Set of stamps.

Using Versafine "Smokey Gray" ink, I stamped the wavy edge line four times to create a border for the image.  I then stamped the sentiment and the bee in the same ink.  I stamped the bee on an off-cut of card, coloured in the head and body with an amber coloured Arteza Brush Pen and then cut out the head and body and adhered over the top of the stamped image of the bee.

Finally, I added some subtle shimmer to the wings of the bee by using a Sakura Gelly Roll pen.