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Sunday, 23 August 2020

Leigh SB's Stay Crafty at Home Blog Hop (Aug 7 through Sept 25) #18


Stay Crafty @ Home Blog Hop 2020
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Join our 2 month "Anything Goes" hop & stay inspired, creative & safe while crafting to your hearts content @ home!
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HOP POST for details and rules!
Play fair and have lots of fun!
Stay Inspired & Stay Safe!

Moving on from the grunge and 'scattered twigs',
 I am now following the videos in
Altenew's course Stunningly Styled Stencils.

The first video shows the technique to use dry embossing with a stencil and, in my case, a Big Shot. Unfortunately I do not have the Altenew stencils, inks and stamps used in the class so I have had to substitute...

I decided to make two examples to see how they came out...basing my makes on ideas from the video. I applied Distress Oxide ink through two stencils using the colours shown picked raspberry, seedless preserves and wilted violet. I am not sure where the leaf stencil came from but the other one is Heffy Doodle.
I then ran the card and stencil (attached with washi tape) through the Big Shot. Here the difficulty is making the correct 'sandwich' to get a good impression. 


You can see the back of the cards showing the impressions.


The next thing I did was heat emboss several stamps with white embossing powder and then paint the images with the same inks. I then cut the pieces out.
These stamps came from

 Stampendous Rose Friend PCS - a stamp set that I won as a prize from Leigh!

and the dragonfly from AALL & CREATE #45


Next I added these scrolls in gold embossing to the opposite corners of the backgrounds.
This stamp is from Joy Clair Bandana Bits.
In the video Jenny used a large scroll embossing it on a separate piece of card before die cutting it and attaching it to her card.

I added some wilted violet to the edges.


I then arranged these items on my November calendar card.


I also made a card in a similar fashion adding my pieces to a white card blank.


The sentiment is from Altenew Dancing in the rain which I stamped in wilted violet.





I will add the card  to Leigh's Linky.

and also to NBUS #17 as this was a new technique and most of the stamps were unused!!


Happy Crafting!


 

7 comments:

  1. I love the beautiful colours you used Susan!

    Val S - LeighSBDesigns DT
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  2. Dear Susan
    Thank you. Blessings to you and yours

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  3. These are so creative, Susan and I love the vibrant colours you used. I'll be looking at my stencils with new eyes now! I hope you are all settled in your new home now.
    Take care,
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  4. Beautiful colours, love your November calendar and your card.

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  5. Wonderful colourful makes, so pretty!
    So happy to have you playing in my Stay Crafty @ Home blog hop!
    Stay Safe!
    Leigh
    www.LeighSBDesigns.com
    www.etsy.com/shop/LeighSBDesigns
    https://LeighSBDesigns.blogspot.com

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  6. great use of the stencils.
    Thanks for sharing with us at Little Red Wagon this week. :)

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  7. These are really stunning! I love the technique and would have never thought to do it! You used three of my favorite colors, too! :)

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