Ink It! Stamp It! Design Team Blog Hop - Technique:

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If there's an actual name for this technique, I don't know what it is but I call it the Glitter Stencilling Technique.

Stencilling with blue and white glitter using Pattern Party Decorative Masks

Warning:  If you can't cope with unconstrained mess - this technique is probably not for you!  No matter how hard I try to keep things clean and controlled; no matter how quickly I use the vacuum cleaner or step on old towels in the door of my craft room - the glitter spreads and pretty soon I'm finding it all over the house!

Instructions:
Step 1:  Apply Multipurpose Adhesive Sheet to one side of your chosen cardstock (I've used Whisper White).

Step 2: Cut your desired shape using punch, die or trimmer.  (I've used Layering Circle and Sweet and Sassy framelits)

Step 3: Remove the protective cover to reveal the adhesive.  Place sticky side up on a piece of scrap paper (to catch the glitter)  Tip:  Try not to touch the adhesive 

Step 4:  Apply a thin layer of soap to the back of your chosen stencil.  This will prevent the stencil from sticking too firmly to the adhesive.  Tip:  Time and care taken on this step will pay dividends!  I like to moisten a small bar of soap with my fingers until it produces a creamy lather and then carefully spread it onto the mask with my fingers.  If necessary, I remove any soap that finds its way to the front of the mask.

Step 5: Lay the mask, soap side down, onto the sticky shape.

Step 6:  Tip some glitter on top - be generous.  Tip:  Use very fine glitter (the finer the glitter, the more consistent the coverage). You'll need two colours of glitter.

Glitter Stencilling step 6 - adding the first glitter

Step 7: Use clean, dry fingers to press the glitter down through the mask.  Use small circular motions to ensure complete coverage over the project.  Tip:  Take your time to "burnish" the glitter well.

Glitter Stencilling Step 7, burnishing the first glitter colour

Step 8:  Tap off all the excess glitter and put it away then carefully remove the mask/stencil.  Tip:  I like to work in gently from the edges.  Avoid touching the adhesive.

Glitter Stencilling Step 8 - the mask has been removed to reveal the rest of the adhesive

Step 9:  Place the project on a clean piece of scrap paper to catch the glitter and then pour the second colour of glitter on top of the project.  Tip:  You will probably be a little nervous the first time you do this but don't worry - the second glitter will stick to the newly revealed adhesive.

Glitter Stencilling Step 9 - pouring the second colour of glitter on top of the first

Step 10:  Press and "burnish" (use those small circular movements) the glitter onto the project.

Step 11:  Tap off the excess glitter and put it away for next time.

Step 12:  Burnish or polish the project a little more with your finger to ensure that all the glitter is well adhered and enhance the shine.

Glitter Stencilling

For the card below, I repeated the process with the same colours and a different mask to produce the patterned side strips.  

I added more glitter to the embossed panel by using the Fine Tip Glue Pen on the embossed stars

Here's the card I made with the red and gold circle.  

Christmas card using traditional colours in Glitter Stencilling and the Garden Trellis embossing folder

Same method with different colours.

Glitter Stencilling Step 7, burnishing on the first colour of glitter through the stencil

Glitter Stencilling Step 9, adding the second colour of glitter on top of the first

There's always some glitter on my desk afterwards - but I seem to have been extra messy this time! 

The aftermath!  Not a technique for anyone unwilling to find a bit glitter all over the house.

The little bow on this Christmas Card is cut with a die from the Santa's Sleigh Thinlits

Both cards were finished with pine pieces cut in Tranquil Tide and Lemon Lime Twist using Christmas Staircase dies.  The labels are made with the Labels To Love and Hearts Come Home stamp sets.  They're cut with the Everyday Label Punch.

I hope you've enjoyed this this project and I welcome your comments. 

Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope you'll join us again next month for our Christmas projects! I'm Stephanie Fischer and to keep hopping around see the list below to see who is up next with another great project .

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List

Pattern Party Decorative Masks

$10.00

Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets

$17.00

Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies

$68.00

Labels To Love Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Sweet & Sassy Framelits Dies

$58.00

Hometown Pines Quartet

Here is a quartet of simple but festive Christmas cards using the Hometown Greetings dies.

Christmas cards made with the Hometown Greetings & Pretty Pines dies

The card below was the first I made and has slightly different dimensions to the other three.  All of the cards followed a few basic steps.

Pretty Pines and Hometown Greetings dies combine to make a simple but festive Christmas card

• I cut  circle of Whisper White cardstock.
• Using a Stitched Shapes circle of similar dimensions and a slightly smaller Layering Circle die, I created a narrow edge of Basic Grey.
• With Basic Gray cardstock, I cut just one of the houses with the Hometown Greetings die.
• I glued the house to the white circle and glued the Basic Gray edge on top.

The foliage in this Christmas card is from the Christmas Staircase die set

• I added a layer of Designer Series Paper to the card (some of the cards also have Basic Gray and Whisper White mats)
• Glued the decorative circle to the card front
• Added some foliage cut in either Gold Foil Sheet or Tranquil Tide and using either a die from the Christmas Staircase or Pretty Pines die sets.
• Added a bow cut with a die from the Pretty Pines die set and an Enamel Dot or Rhinestone

Traditional red and green is combined with grey and silver in this Christmas card

• The greeting is heat embossed either with gold or silver heat embossing powder on either Smoky Slate or Basic Gray cardstock
• I used one of the square Stitched Shapes framelits to cut the rectangular shape for the greeting.

The black and white Christmas card is made more festive with addition of Real Red trimmings

The banner on this card is a little different.  I cut the red layer at both ends with the Triple Banner Punch.  The Smoky Slate layer is cut with one of the Lots of Labels dies (see below) and then trimmed to slightly wider than the greeting.

This is how I used the Lots of Labels die to cut each end of the label

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To visit my online store, click a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

[145372]

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

[141705]

Hometown Greetings Edgelits Dies

[144671]

Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies

[144679]

Pretty Pines Thinlits Dies

[141851]

Christmas Pines Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142049]

Star Of Light Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142110]

Year Of Cheer Specialty Designer Series Paper

[144640]

Be Merry Designer Series Paper

[144111]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

[121689]

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Ready For a Beachy Little Christmas

One of my friends recently made a sea change so this will be her first Christmas by the beach - this card may be for her!

Christmas Staircase meets Beachy Little Christmas - a stamp set so suitable for Xmas in Australia!

Having cut the staircase from Wood Textures Designer Series Paper with the die from the Christmas Staircase Thinlits, I used a Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Marker to emphasise the lovely embossed details and add a little shading.

I stamped the tree image from Beachy Little Christmas in Sahara Sand ink and then, using a Garden Green Stampin' Write Marker, inked the branches.  I don't think I could have done this manually - I made use (finally!) of my precision stamping folder (like a Misti).

I then used Stampin' Write Markers to add colour and definition to the rest of the image.

Having masked the bucket, I then sponged on some Crumb Cake ink to provide a suggestion of flooring and stamped the sentiment in Chocolate Chip ink.

Lastly, I added a layer of Wood Textures paper to the Real Red base card before adhering my card topper.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Beachy Little Christmas Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[144857]

Christmas Staircase Thinlits Dies

[144679]

Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

[144177]

Real Red A4 Card Stock

[106578]

Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad

[126979]

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

[126975]

Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad

[126976]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]