More Stencil Builder - with Layers
Inspired by this Tag Team Technique video from Gina & Jennifer
One part of the Gina K July release (available here) is a new innovative and creative system that she and Jennifer McGuire came up with: the Stencil Builder. It is similar to Gina’s wreath builder, if you’ve used that, but for stencils.
Gina and Jennifer did a Tag Team Technique video for Gina’s regular live time slot on July 30, and they shared a lot of ways to use it - and do more. I have the products and have already played with them (see that post here) so I thought I’d pull mine out do something more while they did theirs.
Double Stencil:
When Jennifer showed her die cut Masking Magic addition to the stencil early on in the video, I decided to add some pattern, but wasn’t sure which die cut to use (or where my Masking Magic was) so I pulled out this Masks and Fillers stencil and layered it below the smaller of the two teardrop stencils. (I just taped it on one side.)
Techniques:
I wasn’t sure where I was going with this, but I pulled colors inspired by Gina’s shirt. (Go watch the video. You’ll see…)
This is one of those projects that evolved as it went. I didn’t have a clear vision of what I was going to end up with but just went along with it and kept trying to see what else I wanted to add.
You’ll see in the 4th process image below that I thoughts I’d ink blend in the Blueberry around the edges. So I did. But it wasn’t what I wanted, so I used a circle die and cut it out, and positioned it offset on an A2 card base.
Colors:
cardstock: Concord & 9th Blueberry
ink colors: Concord & 9th Sweet Pea, Creamsicle, Aqua Sky, and Blueberry
When you layer stencils together and overlap colors and shapes, there are some very cool details that are created. Notice the deeper orange sections near the center of the pink “petals”.
Also in this close up, you can see how the pink and orange colors overlap the Aqua Sky background dots and change the way those look, even though they are all the same blue. This is exactly what is so cool about using translucent / dye inks.
Thank you for visiting! I hope you get some time to create something soon. Be sure to take some time to play with these Stencil Builders from Gina K if you have them. They’re a lot of fun.
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