Saturday, 8 February 2020

Stencil from die-cut.

Hello everyone. 

I've finally managed to make a card I'm happy with after a bit of dry spell of feeling uninspired. Now I can't wait to get on and make some more. There is a storm on the way tomorrow so perhaps that is the perfect opportunity to stay in with stamps. 

 I took inspiration from 

 I rooted through my box of dies to choose one which would work for this technique. 


 I chose this bubble/circle die which I have not used nearly enough. It's one of those I bought and then forgot why I'd chosen it. I like the fact that you get all the little circles to and I save them though I don't really know why.

 Holding down the two pieces of stencil was a little fiddly and there was no where to tape it down. I should have tried to gently stick it. I think I got away with it, though. 

 I sponged through it with green, blue and yellow ink. Then I decided to use some of the little circles so I inked them using the same colours and added Glossy Accents. 
When they were dry I popped some into the shapes with a few extra for accents. 


So I've used a die to make the stencil and then used: inking, stamping, more die cutting and glossy accents. Plus using up the scraps which must count for something!

 I don't have many stencils but I would like to get some more. I'll also try this again. 

 I can't wait to visit the cards from the DT and also the entries which are inspiring but must do some cooking first!
Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x
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10 comments:

  1. Becca Sadler8 February 2020 at 20:40

    Alison: This is so artsy! Love your fantastic results! I'm inspired to get messy and make some artsy backgrounds, too!

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  2. Carole8 February 2020 at 22:24

    great card Alison..and super for a male recipient too. Clever use of your stencil and I like the way you have used the cut out circles too.

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  3. Ros Crawford9 February 2020 at 11:04

    I have this die and never thought to use it for a stencil till I saw this... It's fabulous!! Thanks so much for sharing at CAS Mix Up!

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  4. Viv9 February 2020 at 12:50

    Kicking myself now as I have just cut out a similar circles die to use as a stencil but threw away the middles! Like very much the idea of colouring and using glossy accents Alison and an idea that I will keep to CASE at some stage so thank you for the idea.
    Lovely card! x

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  5. StephW9 February 2020 at 12:57

    Thanks for stopping by my blog, your beautiful inky card & those little circles reminds me of smarties!

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  6. Papercraft Boutique9 February 2020 at 16:36

    What a fun and whimsical birthday card, Alison! Love the CAS design. When I saw the pic of your card, I wondered where you found the little enamel accents in perfectly matching colors. How clever to color your little die cut-out circles with the same inks and to coat them with glossy accents! Thanks so much for joining us at CAS Mix Up!
    Hideko

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  7. Jo9 February 2020 at 21:49

    Love the circle theme to this beauty, along with the analogous colour scheme. Keeping the centers just adds to the interest of the beautiful ink blending. Glossy accents also give a nice punch too.
    Thanks for joining us at CAS Mix Up!

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  8. Bonnie11 February 2020 at 00:27

    What a wonderful design, Alison! I love the bright colors with those circles! Coloring and glossifying some of those circles was a brilliant idea! Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  9. Loll18 February 2020 at 14:46

    Such a fun design Alison! I LOVE how this turned out using that fun cirles die (I have it and have not used it!). :) And I love that you've used some of the die-cut circles to add glossy accents ... they look like candy dots. Great design! Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  10. Aimeslee Winans24 February 2020 at 02:37

    Brilliant choice for your die cut stencil! I've been wanting to do this challenge but have been stumped as to which die cut. Glad you got past that step! Beautiful card, XOX

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