Experimenting with various techniques such as blending colors, adding texture, or incorporating glitter can make your stenciled heart background truly unique and eye-catching.
Today’s project by Julie was a fun, easy card to make. This card could also be used as a Valentine’s Day, Wedding, Anniversary or Birthday card. There is minimal coloring and by using a heart stencil to adhere translucent grit paste, you can create a beautiful background. This is easy to customize using the colors of your choice; the hardest part is waiting for the paste to dry.
- Julie started this card by placing the ‘4302 – Stacked Hearts Stencil‘ on scratch paper and rubbing 2 colors from ‘Color Fuse Set #4‘ of pinkish/red ink over the top. She didn’t try to blend it, just dabbed it in areas, first dabbing the lighter color then using the darker color on the rest. Julie placed the stencil on top of white card stock, ink side UP, then used a palette knife to spread the grit paste in a thin layer. The paste picked up the ink from the top of the stencil as she spread the paste and it gave a lovely varied color. (The grit paste has a subtle glitter in it that’s really pretty in person.)
- Julie carefully lifted the stencil & washed it right away so it wouldn’t adhere to the stencil. Then she let the background piece dry (about 20 minutes or so).
- While it was drying, Julie stamped the greeting using a sentiment from ‘36021 – Love is in the Air Set‘ and die cut with the longest tag from ‘5605-03D – Off Set Tags Die‘.
- The heart balloons from ‘36021 – Love is in the Air Set‘ were also stamped, colored & die cut using the coordinating ‘36021D – Love is in the Air Die Set’. Copic Markers were used to color the balloons.
- When the background was dry, Julie attached a pink inside scallop frame using ‘5500-01D – Inside Scallop Frame Die‘ around the heart background, tucking the greeting tag under the edges, and layered a red outside scallop frame using ‘5500-02D Outside Scallop Frame Die‘ underneath it. The balloons were popped up just a bit.
Julie’s card can be used for many different occasions, or just to let someone know you are thinking of them. Be sure to visit Brass and Bliss on Instagram and Pinterest to see many more charming cards for you to make yourself.