Hope – Coloring a Stenciled Background

Hi friends! I’m here today to show you a fun stenciled background using a stencil and some Distress Crayons. It’s a really easy way to create a beautiful background and it’s so much fun. Enjoy!

 

To begin, smudge some Distress Oxide colors onto a craft mat, spritz with water and run the watercolor paper through the oxides. Dry this first layer with a heat tool and repeat a couple more times or until you are pleased with the background.

 

Choose a background stamp that coordinates with the theme of your card and stamp onto the blue background created with Distress Oxides. Use an ink that is watercolor safe. I used Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink. (The background stamp I used is Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz Papillon CMS106.)

 

When the background is completely dry, stencil on a design of your choice with Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste. Set aside to completely dry. (Stencil used is from Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz Mini Stencil Set #25.)

 

Begin coloring the raised stenciled design with Distress Crayons.

 

After going over the raised area with crayon, dip finger tip lightly into some water and smudge pigment into design.

 

Use deeper shades with lighter shades to achieve some shading.

 

Using the same process, color the leaves.

 

Remember to use a color shade darker to achieve some shading to give the design depth. Allow the Distress Crayon pigments to completely dry.

 

Ink the edges with Distress Ink to draw the eye inward and give the background depth.

 

Distress the edges with a distress tool. I want the edges of the paper to be white but if you want them to be brown, ink the edges after distressing the edges.

 

To create the stone window use the Sizzix – Tim Holtz Stacked Archway die set. Place the smaller archway inside the larger one and run through your die cutting machine.

 

To create the stone effect. Ink the entire piece with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink. Place the mini dot layering stencil from the Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz Mini Layering Stencil Set #8 over the archway and wipe away ink with a baby wipe.

 

Remove the stencil and you will see that the ink was lifted to create variations of color.

 

Splatter Black Soot Distress Ink over the archway to complete the stone look. Set aside to completely dry.

 

To create the lattice piece in the window, I use the Sizzx – Tim Holtz Mixed Media die set and cut the design out of vellum paper.

 

Run the piece of vellum through a die cutting machine using the larger sized archway die that was originally used to create the arched window.

 

Here is the result.

 

Next, cut away the solid piece of vellum.

 

Adhere the vellum piece to the inside edges of the stone archway piece using multi matte medium.

 

Paint the edges of the stone archway window with Black Soot Distress Ink by running the dauber tip along the edges of the frame.

 

To complete the card, create a double card panel base by stamping the Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz Botanical Background stamp onto a piece of light pink cardstock.  Adhered that to a piece of Simon Says Stamp Black cardstock. Next, adhere the stenciled background piece to the double card panel base with 3D foam tape. Adhere the stone frame to the left center of the card with 3D foam tape and adhere the butterfly to the window. The butterfly was created using the Sizzix – Tim Holtz Mini Detailed Butterfly die set. I added a small metal index clip and tucked a small addressed letter envelope from the Tim Holtz Snippet Ephemera Paperie collection.  The sentiment is from the Tim Holtz Quote Chips collection and has been inked along the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink.

I hope you enjoyed seeing how I created my card. Thank you so much for stopping by!