The November Festive Fun release from Simon Says Stamp is great for the upcoming holidays - and beyond. See the whole release here. I’m sharing a few more cards with it over the next week or so.

This post focuses on the Holiday Candies layering stencil.

Techniques:

• This cute little stencil set has two layers. Instead of doing colors on white, I decided to create a monochromatic card and did my stenciling on Watermelon cardstock. I used Poppy ink for one layer and white pigment ink for the other. The stencil is slightly smaller than the width I wanted, so I just rotated it to continue the pattern the full width that I wanted.

• To contrast with the smooth image layer, I wanted some texture on the card base. To have a good balance with the candy images, I was thinking a good option would have been a large stripe, but while flipping through my options I noticed the Star Lattice Embossing folder (see products below). Because the scale of it is smaller than the candies they work well together, and the pattern looks a lot like peppermint candies.

• Although the die cut greeting has thin lines, it stands out well against the background without needing the shadow layer because the bright white has such a good contrast with the Poppy cardstock base.
  

Colors:

• cardstock: Concord & 9th Poppy, Watermelon.

• ink: Concord & 9th Poppy.

Techniques:

• For some variety, I did some things different on this:

  • I made this one a tag instead of a card. The size of this stencil is perfect for that size.

  • I wanted to use a metallic paste for one of the layers on this. Lunar Paste is my favorite, and I chose the Slippery When Wet gold color to go with the soft Pink Lemonade color.

  • Since I did the stenciling on a colored background for the card, I chose to do it on a light base for this. Cream cardstock seemed to have the perfect neutral warmth with the pink and gold.

• When using paste through one of the layers of a layering stencil, I recommend doing any ink blended layers first while the stencil can lay smoothly on the paper. This allows for a more crisp edge without having the uneven base layer the paste can create.

• After the stenciling was completed and the paste had dried, I used two adjacent-sized arch dies to cut the stenciled piece and a layer of coordinating colored cardstock to be the backer. I attached the two layers with ribbon. By not gluing them together, it allows for room to write on the tag, and also creates some visual interest with the movement of the two layers.

Colors:

• cardstock: Simon Says Stamp Cream. Concord & 9th Pink Lemonade.

Thank you for visiting! Keep an eye out for more inspiration from the Festive Fun release!

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