Tuesday, March 11, 2014

thanks - stencil love



This is a bit of a riff on this card I created back when I was taking the Stenciled class.

This time I used Dreamweaver's Large Cathedral Window stencil.  The panel was run through my Vagabond to dry emboss the paper.  With the stencil still in place, I applied Versamark and embossed in white.  Then I added color using my Inktense pencils.  One thing, if I was doing this again, I would use watercolor or mixed media paper instead of regular cardstock as the cardstock was starting to pill/degrade a bit.

For the sentiment, I die cut the thanks four times from that dark gray cardstock and obviously once with the stenciled panel.  Three of the thanks pieces were stacked and adhered, the fourth was fitted back into the stenciled panel and the negative spaces were replaced there.  The thanks from the stenciled piece was adhered to the stack, but slightly offset.  Then when I adhered it to the panel, I lined the stenciled piece up to fit correctly, so you get a bit of shadow, but the panel reads as continuous.



For the little panel with the secondary sentiment, I wanted to curve the ends rather than create the traditional banner V shape.  I just used a small circle punch to create the curve.

I'm also linking this up with Vicky Papaioannou's challenge to try out InkLinkz.  I've never tried it before and it was a lot easier than I thought it would! 
Papaioannou
Papaioannou
Papaioannou
Papaioannou

That's all for today.  Hope you are having a great week!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  Avery Elle - White and Fog cardstock; MFT - Steel Grey cardstock
Stamps:  Paper Smooches - Many Thanks
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  Dreamweavers - Large Cathedral Window stencil; Paper Smooches - Thanks die; Derwent - Inktense pencils; Stampendous - White Detail embossing powder; Tombow - Mono and Multi Mono adhesive; CM - small circle punch

19 comments:

  1. Oh, this looks amazing! Fabulous card, Miriam!

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  2. This is really awesome! I love it!

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  3. This is brilliant. I love the dark shadow beneath the word, and was wondering how you did it. Thanks for that explanation. It's totally AWESOME!

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  4. Fabulous design! Beautifully done, Miriam.

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  5. gorgeous colors n design elements :)

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  6. LOVE this so much, Miriam!! I love how you used the stencil and diecut! Truly AWESOME!

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  7. Oh my!!! Genius!! Awesome way to use a stencil and die cut!!

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  8. Very cool card!! Love how you used the stencil and the die cut.

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  9. This is so amazing looking! Wow, girl!

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  10. Love this! Great colors and use of the stencil!

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  11. this is just beautiful. I might have to try this.

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  12. fabulous card.. love how you used the stencil...

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  13. This is so awesome, Miriam! I love the dimension on the die cut sentiment and the colors are so pretty!

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  14. Miriam, What a super cool card!! Love the stenciling and the diecut word!! Wow! I have been looking at things you are doing here at your blog for awhile now!! I think you are so fabulous - what an honor it would be for me to have you stop by my blog sometime - daisiesgirl.com. I am hosting a giveaway right about now to celebrate the fact that I finished organizing my craft space. Please stop by if you can - I would be thrilled!!

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  15. This is awesome Miriam. Love what you've done.

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  16. Sweet card... Miriam. Love those beautiful colors and the dimensional sentiments. :)

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  17. Um, wow. Miriam, you are totally knocking my socks off! I was really impressed with the card, and then when I got to the middle of your post when you said your 4th layer was in the negative space I was wondering why you bothered. Then I read that you offset it slightly, and WOW ... SO impressed!! You have totally taken this technique to the next level.

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