Although this challenge at Crazy is our Fame – Stencils are our Game has an optional twist of winter, I wanted to try a particular technique and the stencil I tried is a heart. The stencil was a gift from someone who makes their own using a Silhouette and it seemed the best one to use for this technique. I followed a tutorial found HERE and went to work. I discovered that running the stencil and card stock through my Platinum machine, as suggested in the tutorial, helped to hold the whole thing in place making it easier to add the inks. Note: running it through added some lines I didn’t want as the heart was not covering the entire piece of CS and to hide the lines I did some debossed scoring top and bottom. I used Distress Oxides in Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick and Candied Apple. Then I added a pink powder over the top and set it with a bit of sprayed water. I overdid the water slightly and ended up with a couple of drops that spoiled the look so added some Pops of Color drops to cover it and then a few more so it would look balanced. The sentiment comes from a small die set from Divinity Designs which I’ve had for several years and never used until now. I die cut the words and cut off the last letter from Valentines as I didn’t want the S. This was cut twice in two colours and I offset them just a little before adding to the card front. The scored lines helped a lot with placement of the top words.
I enjoyed playing with this technique and already plan to do a few more in a similar fashion. I quite like the look and how this card turned out. I appreciate you stopping by.
Lavender House Creations 
Pretty! Love the swirls in the heart.
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Thanks Lisa. It’s a pretty stencil and works nicely for some designs.
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Very pretty! Love the heart and the colors.
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Thanks – I’m working on another from the same person who did the tutorial for this one. We’ll see how it turns out.
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So pretty Johanna, the stencil is amazing. Looks like a wonderful technique I may have to try it.
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Thanks my friend. This was easy to do and the result is great so I am going to try a few more with different stencils. Also got a shadow technique from the same person that I want to try.
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This turned out beautiful. Love the stencil.
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It’s a stampin buddy stencil creation and a good one that I should use more than I have.
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This is fantastic! I love that you are trying new techniques and making different styles of cards.
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I see so many things I want to try and occasionally I do just that. This one worked beautifully.
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Beautiful! The debossed lines and dots look planned and not as a means to cover stuff you didn’t want; great job! And your stenciling looks great!
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Thanks, for a change my stenciling was good as so many times I overdo it and smudge things.
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OH WOW! Cool technique and looks awesome! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our STENCIL FUN challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!
Darlene
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Many thanks. I enjoyed playing in the challenge and will do so again when I have time.
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