Category: Stencils

Good morning! Ardyth here with a fun, edgeless shaker card using the stencil.

I started by gathering my supplies: the stencil, 5 ink colours, and 5 circle masks cut from sticky notes (one for each colour).

I used sponge daubers and the masks to blend ink into the circular shapes on the stencil. I tried to make sure that they were spaced out randomly over the panel of white cardstock.

I worked through all 5 colours, and left some areas white for some breathing space.

I added texture by spritzing the panel with water and lifting the colour with a paper towel.

I trimmed the panel into 2 pieces and flipped it over on my work surface. I cut a piece of acetate so that it was wider than my panel so I can create flaps.

I scored the acetate twice on each end, about 1/8 inch apart, and about an inch from the end.

I glued the acetate to the panel pieces – here you can see the 1/8 inch ‘walls’ and the flaps.

I added strips of doubled-up foam tape to create the rest of the walls, and to support the panel.

I filled the shaker area with gems and removed the release paper from the foam tape. I left the flaps standing up for the next step.

I placed a white panel of cardstock over the back, and then glued the acetate flaps down .

I attached the shaker panel to a white cardbase, and added the Big Sugar Script Hello die, cut from black cardstock.

Here’s how the edge of the shaker looks.

And of course, I made a second card using the leftover ink from the stencil.

An edgeless shaker has big wow factor, but it’s easier than it looks – I hope you’ll give it a try!

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Good morning! Ardyth here with some Christmas-in-July cards with a special light-up feature!

All 3 cards follow the same steps:

• create the layered die cut
• ink blend a background panel (you can use solid cardstock if you wish)
• cut the hole from the background panel and back it with vellum
• glue the layered die cut in the hole
• add the lights to the back of the panel
• adhere to cardbase

For my first card, I used 2 layers of the Glitz Snowflake dies, A & B. I stacked up 4 of the B layer and added one Layer A on top, that had been cut with one of the glitter cardstocks from the Delicate Pastels paper pack.

The sentiment is from the Memory Box Tidings Wreath set, embossed with white powder.

(The paper clip is just to hold the lights on by putting pressure on the switch).

My second card uses the Bold Stripe stencil on the background, and 3 of the layers from the Nativity Star set, cut from glitter cardstock from both the Delicate Pastels and Twinkling Jewels paper packs.

My third card uses the centre, floral portion of the Epiphany layering set, to create a poinsettia.

Here’s a video showing how I made these 3 very special cards:

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