I'm late to the blog today as I wanted to get the new Newton's Nook release loaded first as I've used it for my blog today as I fell in love with their new layered stencils which are just super easy to use thanks to their clever marking system!
I started with plaid - as I said these new stencils are layered so you get two stencils per pack to create layered patterns. Here I used one once to create the background squares in firefly green ink from the new Altenew Green Valley set. I then used the "lined" layer twice. The stencils are very clever as they have "scored" them so you can line them up perfectly every time - with the lines one there are little cubes so you line those up over the green cubes and the stencil is placed perfectly straight - that's what I did with the red lines (using oxide ink). You can however then turn the stencil and ignore the squares to get extra lines to give a different plaid pattern - which is what I did with the gold which is embossed. So all inks work perfectly with the stencils
To finish the card I used the Season's Greetings Die from Lil' Inker Designs cut once from green and once from gold for a double layered shadow sentiment.
For the second card I switched to the argyle stencil which again has similar score lines so is super easy to line up. I went with a simple two layer design using the same green and red inks as before, but you can double up both stencils to fill the page.
To finish the card this time I went with the new Christmas Haul stamp and used just shades of red, green and gold to colour the present-laden lady. I edge the panel with gold embossing and a dark green matt to match the first card.
Catch you on Sunday!
Tara
I started with plaid - as I said these new stencils are layered so you get two stencils per pack to create layered patterns. Here I used one once to create the background squares in firefly green ink from the new Altenew Green Valley set. I then used the "lined" layer twice. The stencils are very clever as they have "scored" them so you can line them up perfectly every time - with the lines one there are little cubes so you line those up over the green cubes and the stencil is placed perfectly straight - that's what I did with the red lines (using oxide ink). You can however then turn the stencil and ignore the squares to get extra lines to give a different plaid pattern - which is what I did with the gold which is embossed. So all inks work perfectly with the stencils
To finish the card I used the Season's Greetings Die from Lil' Inker Designs cut once from green and once from gold for a double layered shadow sentiment.
For the second card I switched to the argyle stencil which again has similar score lines so is super easy to line up. I went with a simple two layer design using the same green and red inks as before, but you can double up both stencils to fill the page.
To finish the card this time I went with the new Christmas Haul stamp and used just shades of red, green and gold to colour the present-laden lady. I edge the panel with gold embossing and a dark green matt to match the first card.
Tara
