Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Stretching your Stencils



One of the techniques I teach in my Craftsy class involves selectively cutting out portions of stencils to create a totally different design.

I had some time this weekend to just play and I pulled out my Parquet stencil.

It's rotated 45 degrees, and then I traced and then used a cutting knife to remove these alternating triangle portions.  I love what a different look this is.

Since I wasn't really planning ahead, I ended up with a cut out area that wasn't quite symmetical.  If I had planned ahead, I would have made it symmetrical and used it on the horizontal, adding the sentiment in the center.  But, I was flying by the seat of my pants here, so.....



I knew I wanted to pop the panel up over some black cardstock, but I wanted some brightness, too, so I cut three 1" squares of colored cardstock to add behind the squares/diamonds.  I found the perfect patterned paper to accent the design from an old BG 6x6 pad.

A simple partial sentiment from Calathea was embossed on black to finish this off.

I love this technique because it allows you to take one thing and create something totally different.  Hope you're inspired to take a fresh look at your stencils!

14 comments:

  1. it's really striking! i can't believe you did that with an exacto!

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  2. Ok, I've looked at the stencil and I've looked at your card, and I cannot see it. Your eye is amazing to see this card in that stencil. Amazing work (and I actually like it this orientation). Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Wow, miriam, what a great idea, and even better execution! You have such a steady hand! Love that you used just a small portion of the stencil.

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  4. Terrific technique! And what a great way to add variety to stencils!

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  5. Fabulous card....so clever and a great idea.

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  6. Love the simplicity and graphic look!! Awesome!

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  7. This is Design with a capital D my Friend!
    Gorgeous card!

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  8. Dang--I super like this one! <3 Fantastic technique, and as always, you have the patience that blows my mind! :) :) love how cool this turned out!

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  9. Absolutely fabulous! Sometimes, flying by the seat of your pants produces the best results ;). Love it!

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  10. You cut these out by hand-Wowza!! I could never do that. I am not that talented with a knife and would wind up slicing myself. Blood on a card is not attractive!! I LOVE what you did with this, though. It is amazing!!

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  11. Wow I really love this Clever Girl! <3

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