Hello friends,
I wish Winter was leaving. It technically isn't even here yet. I'm playing around with some stencils and a new set from Unity. I love the softness. I tried to keep all the tones the same to the green and the star would be the pop of color. It would hard to make a lot of these cards, but that makes them even more special.
Hello friends.
Thank you so much for joining me for class today. It was pleasure to meet you. I love these quad stencils. I love that you are making a set of coordinating cards to help refill your card box or to give them as a gift. You can buy the ones we used at Taylored Expressions. I would appreciate it, if you told them I sent you. Just write you took Chris O'Malley's class in Akron. It might help us get a discount next year!
1. Remember to fill in the four tiny boxes on the edge of the stencils for perfect alignment. On some stencils it really matters and the only way to get good placement.
2. Remember to blend in circles and in both directions
3. When you are done blending trip 1/4 inch off each side of your paper. Then cut at 4 inch and then at 5.25 inches. You should end up with four panels.
4. When I finish my panels off into cards. I personally like to keep them simple. Look for places to anchor your sentiments, so they are not just floating. I love using tags, or vellum circles to help the sentiment stand out from a busy background.
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Hey friends!
Companies keep getting smarter and smarter. Stencils have changed paper crafting again. Companies have figured out that they can break them apart to layer them to color in complicated images such as this one. This card doesn't actually use a single rubber stamp. It isn't very often I can say that. The image is foiled to with a hot plate and gold foil. I used yellow diamond dots to accent the flowers. I love the elegance that foil gives to the card (it doesn't show up in the photos very well :🙁 )
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Welcome friends,
This is for all my cat loving followers. There is nothing new about cats in a bookshelf. However Waffle flower made it so easy to create. The created a series of stencils that work together to create the books and then stamps with just the best book titles to add when done. I hope that they have a dog version in the works. It makes me wonder what the dogs would be doing. Sleeping on the couch? What do you think?
Materials:
Hello,
One of my favorite things I learned this year was foiling. Toner foil is definitely the easiest ways to get the shiny look. Taylored Expressions has made it ever easier by selling foil panels. The toner foil sticks to the panels with ease. For this set of cards, I used gold foil, but I think this card would look good in any color. They also created coordinating stencils to add color to each layer of cake. I used these colors to create my rainbow cake. Taylored Expressions Ink- Guava, Pumpkin, Pineapple, Key Lime, and Cookie Monster.
Blending Brushes: https://amzn.to/3rkTBD4
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Hello!
I'm so excited to share the new Chicken Stencil and Stamp Combo. This set is genius! The sentiments made me chuckle! TE released the products today. I'm so excited to share them all with you. I made a video for so you can see how easy this card is to make. STAMPS: Just Chicken In: http://shrsl.com/45i6x Just Chicken Dies: http://shrsl.com/45i73 Chicken Stencils: http://shrsl.com/45i72
INK:
Memento Ink: https://amzn.to/3vkAR86 or http://shrsl.com/3grmo
Versafine: http://shrsl.com/45i75
Paper:
Neenah: https://amzn.to/3E5SnAE
Other:
Bearly Art Glue: https://amzn.to/3LXS2CW
Tombow Glue: https://amzn.to/3XSusOT
Sticky Mat- http://shrsl.com/3x312
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Hello friends.
Thank you so much for joining me for class today. It was pleasure to meet you. I love these quad stencils. I love that you are making a set of coordinating cards to help refill your card box or to give them as a gift. If you are loving them as much as I this one just released.
1. Remember to fill in the four tiny boxes on the edge of the stencils for perfect alignment. On some stencils it really matters and the only way to get good placement.
2. Remember to blend in circles and in both directions
3. When you are done blending trip 1/4 inch off each side of your paper. Then cut at 4 inch and then at 5.25 inches. You should end up with four panels.
4. When I finish my panels off into cards. I personally like to keep them simple. Look for places to anchor your sentiments, so they are not just floating. I love using tags, or vellum circles to help the sentiment stand out from a busy background.
Birthday Set Materials: (photos are at bottom of post)
Hello friends,
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. What is not to love? You get to dress silly, eat candy and it is pretty much stress free.
Stencils are becoming more and more popular. Four of these cards were created by using a stencil set by Taylored Expressions. The fifth card is created using a reverse background stamp. I embellished the cards by using a glitter gel pen, spooky dies, and sentiment strips. I love how they turned out. Can you guess which one is my favorite (listed at the bottom)? Do you have a favorite? I'd love to know.
Materials:
My favorite card is the spooky cat. Those green eyes are just captivating!
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