Use It! with Lucy's Cards - Class 1: Lesson 2 (Stencils)

Welcome to Day 2 of my Use It! class where I take a selection of supplies and create a series of cards each featuring a different technique. If you missed Lesson 1, click HERE.
Firstly, let me thank those of you who emailed me or left such kind comments on yesterday's post. It was great to see that people liked the idea. :)

A recap on my supplies for this class:

Mama Elephant's Up and Away set

Paper Smooches' Salutations set

Heidi Swapp's Confetti stencil
Clearly Besotted's Rounded Tag Die

Hello Sunshine and Into the Woods 6 x 6 pads
And now it's time to begin lesson 2:

Lesson 2 - Stencils

Today's card features stencils and embossing paste, a super fun technique with lovely results. I was first inspired to try this by my sweet friend Debbie who in my opinion is the queen of embossing paste.

Creation

Adhere a sheet of patterned paper to your work surface then adhere the Confetti stencil to the patterned paper. Washi tape works best for this.

Apply White Embossing Paste. I use a kitchen palette knife for this. (No fancy tools for me…)

Scrape off the excess paste and return it to the pot.

Remove the stencil carefully from the patterned paper then sprinkle the paste with White Gold glitter, tap off the excess and set aside the paper to dry.

TIP: Be sure to clean your stencil immediately as the paste dries hard. (Experience has taught me this…)

Once completely dry, die cut a tag from the patterned paper. (You could of course cut the tag first then apply the stencil…)

Stamp the monkey on woodgrain paper and cut him out. Stamp him again on white paper and cut out the face, tummy and feet.

Pause briefly and say "awwww". He is just too cute!

Stamp the sentiment onto the tag.

Stamp a flower on white paper and trim. Paper piece the monkey together then adhere the monkey and flower to the tag. Add dots of pink watercolour paint to the monkey's cheeks.

Cut two strips of the pink paper and adhere them behind a panel of white woodgrain card stock.
Stitch along the top with silver thread.
Adhere the tag to the background with foam adhesive.

 

And that's it.

 

Loving the texture the embossing paste adds, and the sparkle from the glitter… 

And today I have a bonus card.

I created a masculine card using exactly the same technique. I added some Calico Shine Mister Huey's to my heart background. Instead of spraying it, I flicked it onto the card for bigger droplets.

  

Variations
Adding different colours of glitter would be fun. You could even go with a rainbow effect if you had lots of time to spare. :) Alternatively, leave the paste to dry, then add Glossy Accents on top before adding the glitter (as I did with THIS card).

That's all for today.

Join me tomorrow for Lesson 3: Clean and Simple. :) And again, be sure to leave a comment if you have any questions or requests. I've had a few suggestions of future techniques (keep them coming), but would love to hear of any products you purchased and did not quite get around to using yet. If I have them, I'd love to help you with them. :)

Bye.

Supplies

*Heidi Swapp CONFETTI 6 x 6 Stencil HS00838	*Mama Elephant Clear Stamp UP AND AWAY Set ME1306-035	*Paper Smooches SALUTATIONS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn HELLO SUNSHINE Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack
*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn INTO THE WOODS Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack	Clearly Besotted Rounded Tag Die	*Simon Says Stamp WOODGRAIN CARDSTOCK WHITE 111 LB	*Wendy Vecchi WHITE EMBOSSING PASTE Studio 490
*Martha Stewart WHITE GOLD GLITTER 1.5oz M111019	*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	*3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	*Cuttlebug Die-Cut & Emboss Machine Provo Craft 2000293
*Studio Calico SHINE Mister Huey's Color Mists 101284	*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111	*Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200
*Bazzill ROCK CANDY Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock	*Hero Arts Layering Papers SNOW PS610	*Martha Stewart MINI SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool 42-05013 New 2012

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