Thursday, April 23, 2020

Quick Stencil Cards with Paper Smooches and Create a Smile




Hello crafty friends! Today I have a set of 9 cards using a stamp from Paper Smooches Happy Hellos and a bunch of stencils from Create a Smile. I picked up the Happy Hellos stamp set because I liked that the sentiment and image were all in one and I knew it would be great for making quicker cards. I loved the cat image so I stamped a whole bunch of them and colored them with Copics (C3, C1, C00). Then I created a mask with the coordinating dies and started to ink blend some stenciled backgrounds with my Distress Oxides Inks and Picket Fence Studios brushes. Check out the video for some more info and tips:



I don't always do a coordinating blog post for my videos, but wanted you to be able to get a closer look at the final cards without having a super long video. I am sharing all the colors/supplies used below each picture. 

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This is the card I share from start to finish in the video. The background is the Create a Smile Blossom stencil. The distress inks are Seedless Preserves and Wilted Violet. The Copics for the sentiment are BG78, 75, 72. 


The background is the Create a Smile Big Stars Polka stencil. The distress inks are Wild Honey and Fossilized Amber. The Copics for the sentiment are YG 17, 13, 11. 


The background is the Create a Smile Petals stencil. The distress inks are Peacock Feathers Mermaid Lagoon. The Copics for the sentiment are YR 18, 16, 14. 


The background is the Create a Smile Triangles stencil. The distress inks are Carved Pumpkin and Wild Honey. The Copics for the sentiment are BG78, 75, 72. 


The background is the Create a Smile Lots of Mugs stencil. The distress inks are Ground Espresso and Gathered Twigs. The Copics for the sentiment are R39, 37, 35. 


The background is the Create a Smile Diamonds stencil. The distress inks are Evergreen Bough and Cracked Pistachio. The Copics for the sentiment are YG 17, 13, 11. 


The background is the Create a Smile Big Hearts Polka stencil. The distress inks are Candied Apple and Abandoned Coral. The Copics for the sentiment are R39, 37, 35.


The Copics for the sentiment are C9, 7, 5.


The Copics for the sentiment are R39 and 35, YR18 and 16, Y17 and 15, YG17 and 13, B18 and 16.