Magenta Super Saturday - Stencils and Shaving Cream

Welcome back to my blog and Magenta Super Saturday.  Thank you for visiting today.  You can also see today’s card on Magenta’s blog here.

I have one last shaving cream technique to share with you today.  I’m using a stencil again, but this time I’ve added some gold embossing using the “Flowers All Over” stencil.

To create this card, I started by using my powder tool on a piece of white, 80# cardstock.  I taped the stencil to the cardstock then colored in the flowers and shapes openings with a VersaMark pen.  I worked on one section at a time, coloring approximately a quarter of the stencil openings at a time, then removing the stencil and covering the inked areas with Brutus Monroe Gilded Gold embossing powder.  After heat setting the embossing powder, I allowed it to cool for a few seconds, then replaced the stencil and repeated the process until all the stencil openings had been embossed.  I did several of these pieces because I wanted to make a bunch of cards at one time.  Plus, you get two cards from each panel.

To create the colored background you see in the picture, I prepared my shaving cream and alcohol ink using the process you can see here.  After the cardstock was dry, I cut the panels to 4 ¼” x 4 ¼”.  (I could have started with this size cardstock but I have a bunch of pre-cut A2 cardstock that I grabbed when I started these cards.) 

Next, I cut the panels across the diagonal, creating two triangle pieces.  I also cut some 4 ¼” square gold cardstock into triangles in the same way. 

I splattered some gold paint on the front of a white, A2 card.  I also stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and embossed with gold embossing powder. I cut the sentiment piece with a 3 1/8" stitched oval die and then cut a piece of gold cardstock with a 3 1/2" stitched oval die.

I layered the stenciled triangle piece over the gold triangle piece so that the short edges of the triangles were staggered to show a thin gold border. 

I adhered them to the card front with the long side of the stenciled piece even with the folded edge of the card.  Use scissors to trim off the edges at the top and bottom of the card.  To finish the card, I adhered the sentiment. 

These shaving cream backgrounds are so much fun to make and I always make a stack of them at one time.  I think this technique would work great with a variety of stencils and sentiments so I hope you will try it.  

Magenta Products Used:

TM244 - Flowers All Over

07.928.I - With Sympathy

Other Products Used:

Brutus Monroe Gilded Gold Embossing Powder

VersaMark Pen

Ranger Alcohol Ink

Barbasol Shaving Cream

Layered Flowers

Welcome back to my blog and Magenta Super Saturday.  I’ve had to make several sympathy cards in the last month, so I thought I’d share this one with you today.  

I think any sentiment would work on this card and the technique is so much fun.  You color the flowers on one stamped image, then cut them out to adhere to a second stamped image. You can also see my card on the Magenta blog here.

To begin I used my MISTI to stamp the floral image.  I stamped it two times on pieces of 4” x 5 ¼” white cardstock.  Using a blender brush and some Distress Shaded Lilac ink, I lightly blended color over the flowers on both pieces.  It’s okay to go outside the lines on the one that will be your finished image as it adds some shading on the card, just use a light hand.  Next, I used colored pencils to color the flowers on the one piece.  On the other piece I used colored pencils on the leaves and berries.  I returned both pieces to my MISTI and restamped them with VersaMark ink, then embossed with white embossing powder. 

Next, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment in with VersaFine Majestic Blue ink on the piece with the colored leaves.  I adhered the panel to a piece of dark blue cardstock, then adhered them to an A2 card.   Finally, I cut out the flowers I had colored and used a few foam dots to adhere them on top of the flowers on card front.  I added a few gems for an additional bit of interest. 

Thanks for visiting my blog today.   

Magenta Products Used:

02.316.P - Poinsettia Corner

07.928.I - With Sympathy

Other Products Used:

Prismacolor Pencils

VersaFine Ink (Onyx Black, Majestic Blue)

VersaMark

Judikins White Embossing powder

Distress Shaded Lilac Ink

Magenta Super Saturday - New Stencils from Magenta!

Welcome back to Super Saturday.  You can also see today’s post on the Magenta blog here. 

I love, love the beautiful new stencils in Magenta’s new release. The new release also contains lots of beautiful stamps and you can see them all here.

When I recently needed a sympathy card, I reached for the new Floral Corner stencil and my gold embossing paste.  I taped the stencil to a piece of navy blue cardstock that I had cut to 4” x 5 ¼”.  Since the stencil is slightly smaller than the cardstock, I also used some Post-it notes to mask off the side of the stencil to avoid getting any paste on the cardstock. 

I applied the paste then removed the tape on three sides of the stencil, leaving the tape on the top of the stencil as a hinge.  I lifted the stencil gently away from the cardstock and set it aside to dry. 

I immediately washed the stencil with warm water.

While the paste was drying, I cut a piece of gold metallic cardstock to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.  Then I used the Rows of Diamonds stencil, along with an embossing mat in my Big Shot to emboss the design onto the cardstock.  To create the “sandwich” to emboss the cardstock with a stencil, open the platform to Tab 1, place a cutting mat on top, then the rubber embossing mat, the cardstock, the stencil and another cutting mat.  Depending on your machine, you may need to add a shim to get the design to emboss onto the cardstock.

When the stencil paste was dry, I put the piece in my MISTI then stamped “with Sympathy” and embossed with gold embossing powder.  I assembled the layers and place them on a navy blue A2 card.  I added a few gold dots from a sheet of peel offs for an accent.

All of the beautiful stencils in the new release will work very well with embossing paste, glitter, foil, and many other applications.  I hope you will try them.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Magenta Products Used

TM304 - Floral Corner

TM309 - Rows of Diamonds

07.928.I With Sympathy

Other Products Used:

Dreamweaver Gold Embossing Paste

Judikins Gold Embossing Powder

VersaMark Ink