Hello Everyone!
Thank you all who are playing along with us! Remember, if you play along and link your blog to Lynell's you have a chance to win a stencil or two.
Here are the two stencils that will be given away:
Green is thins month's theme along with the upcoming Saint Patrick's Day.
These are the three stencils that I used. Don't be put off by the image sizes, downloading photos sometimes does strange things to them.
Ingredients
Dreamweaver Stencils: LS109 Thank you, LX7013 Pinwheel Checkerboard background and LL3025 Mushrooms
Dreamweaver Embossing Paste - white
Color Solutions Alcohol Inks and blending solution
Ranger Distress Inks - Pine Needle and Peeled Paint
Tag by American Tag
Glossy card stock
Ribbon by May Arts
Method
Taping the tag down - I use a loop of tape on the back so I don't leave a bare spot on the front of the card.
Lay the Pinwheel Checkerboard stencil over the tag. Tap one side to make a hinge. You will need to be able to open and close the stencil while keeping the registration.
With the stencil open tap the Pine Needles ink pad all over the stencil. You are aiming for good overall coverage of ink on the metal. Be sure to have a craft sheet or some other cleanable surface under the stencil.
Once you have enough ink on the stencil, flip it closed so the inked side is on the tag.
Take a foam ink applicator and pick up some Peeled Paint with it. Pounce the ink applicator all over the stencil. I like to hold the stencil down as I work.
By pounce the lighter green ink on the stencil you accomplish two tasks at once: transferring the ink that is on the stencil and filling in the open areas of the stencil.
When you are happy with your inking, it's time to paste. Clean the Pinwheel Checkerboard stencil and set it aside.
Tape down and mask the mushroom stencil. With the white paste applied liberally on your paste spreader fill the stencil in. A 45 degree angle works well. You may find that you need to work left to right rather than top to bottom on the stencil. The thin lines of the stencil are best pasted in the direction they run.
Set the tag aside for the paste to dry. Clean the stencil.
With the small Thank you face up and backwards -- so as you read the words they read backwards, put many drops of various Color Solutions Alcohol ink on the stencil. Add single drops of blending solution to the drops. If the ink isn't spreading use a felt from an alcohol ink applicator to spread the ink all over the stencil.
Place the glossy paper over the stencil, glossy side down. You are transferring the ink to the paper. The alcohol ink will run if you try to pick it up and flip it over on the paper.
Trim the thank you saying to fit your tag.
Now to make the mushrooms green!
Put the clean mushroom stencil, you did clean it, right, over the dry paste. Line up so the stencil fits over the dried paste.
Using a felt alcohol ink applicator and a green alcohol ink, I used Pine Bough here. Ink up the applicator and pounce it all over the mushrooms.
Adhere the thank you to the card, add ribbon and you are done!
Visit the other blogs of the Design Team member's to see what inspirational crafty work they have done. Their blog links are to the right, click and away you go. Leave me a note that you stopped by.
Have fun and make art today!
Lee
