Boy, stencils are all the rage right now. Works for me as I have a ton of them!
There are many techniques you can use when using stencils. That said, I went with the Ghosting Technique.
I started by ink blending my background, and then laid a diagonal striped stencil down over the top, and spritzed it with water. I used a paper towel to absorb off the excess water, lifted the stencil, and then used the paper towel once again to get that excess water off. You are left with a subtle image. To add some dimension, I used an embossing folder and sanded off the top layer of ink.
I cut out some foliage [Tim Holtz Holiday Greens Thinlits], adhered those to my card, and added a sentiment from Pink Fresh Studios Perfect Sentiments. That's it for me today.
Your turn! Come on over to Seize the Birthday Challenge and play along. While the stencil is optional, being a birthday card is not.
Thanks for stopping by~
14 comments:
Very Merry card!
Wonderful card design and great colors! Nice way to use the stencil.
Oh, I love this! Very cool techniques!
I've never heard of this stencil technique, this turned out great. Marvelous card, Vicki!
I love, love, love this card!
What a fabulous background! And I love that you brought out an *older* embossing folder and made it look new and different.
What a great idea to use not only a stencil but an EF as well! It makes a striking background! I love that you sanded off some of the top, the white really shows up and the words (happy!) pop out at you!
Such a great card, Vicki! Very creative with the topping! BTW your link is broken!
I need to try this!!! Love the beautiful layering effect that the spritzing/embossing gives your background.
Wow, great card Vicki. Love how you did the background and all the colors you used. Love it.
The ghosting technique added so much texture to your card, love the look and the gorgeous autumn colours, Cathy x
The subtle striped pattern adds a fabulous look to the embossed background! The Fall colors are gorgeous, Vicki!
So I just went 'woooooowwww' and my brain stopped working a couple of seconds before coming back to take a look at how you had done it!! :D
I am sure to try this combination of stencil, ghosting and embossing and sanding.. I mean... what a fabulous looking card!!!
Your background is so cool!! Great combination of colour, stencil & texture.
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