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Friday, December 6, 2019

Foil and Stencils

Next, I measured off a section of foil to fit the blank greeting card. I used a stylus for this step, as well as the following steps, but a ballpoint pen would work.

The red circle above spotlights one of the areas where I have used the stylus to draw indented shapes into the foil (which has been placed under the stencil.) The openings in the stencil were my guide. Below is a close-up showing a larger version of these outlined shapes.

Below: The stencil has been lifted off the foil.

Below are 2 close-ups showing glitter glue that I used to outline some of the embedded shapes:

The last steps were to cut this section of the foil off from the full sheet, then to peel off the self-adhesive backing and press it to the greeting card blank that's shown at the top of this post.

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

More Christmas Giftbags and Cards

Today's first art sample is a giftbag decorated with a print on red foil cardstock, made with silver metallic acrylic paint and my 4" x 4" stencil Fern Fronds Silhouette Stencil Mini.

After using my Pioneer brand Embellishment Gluestick to add this cut-out to the white giftbag, I added a flourish using Rangers Industries' glitter glue. Below is an enlargement showing part of the flourish.

Altho it's not visible in the next two photos below, I used the same glitter glue to add similar flourish lines around the trees--

The giftbag above features cut-outs from prints made with my 6" x 6" stencil Sprigs* and (the bottom layer of the tree) Sassy Spray*, another 6" x 6" stencil. And the glue glitter embellished giftbag below features a cut-out from a print I made on gold and white marbled paper, using my 6" x 6" stencil Mimosa 6, and I like to think this pattern makes a good Christmas tree!

Above: another giftbag decorated with a print made with silver metallic acrylic paint and my 4" x 4" stencil Fern Fronds Silhouette Stencil Mini.

*In their entirety, Sprigs and Sassy Spray look like this:

Sprigs

Sassy Spray

Above: A Christmas card candle made with gold metallic acrylic paint and my 4" x 4" stencil Fern Fronds Silhouette Stencil Mini. The flame is cut from a print made with my 6" x 6" mask Sprigs -- shown above.

Below: Another Christmas card made with silver metallic acrylic paint and my 4" x 4" stencil Fern Fronds Silhouette Stencil Mini.

Plain paper giftbags are available here and in some brick-and-mortar art and craft supply stores.

I do my stencil-print cut-outs using freehand original drawings, but for anyone who would rather use a stencil to make shapes of this kind, one helpful stencil is here. Another is here. And here. And here. And here. And here.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

LAST DAY of Sale at StencilGirlProducts.com!

Stencils used: Looking Up Through Trees, Mikki's Flowers and Swaying Grasses. You can click on the image to enlarge it and better see details.

My stencils and masks are on sale here, during this last day of Dec. 3!

Now is your chance to get my stencils on sale for 25% off!

Discount code to use at checkout: cheers25.

If you buy 6 stencils of the sale size StencilGirl’s 10% everyday discount is automatically applied to those stencils.

But the best part is there are FREEBIES to be had!

$100+ exclusive large stencil made only for this sale
$300+ a StencilGirl Studio class
$500+ original piece of art made by StencilGirl Founder, Mary Beth Shaw

Please note: Freebies are calculated after the discounts are applied.

You can take advantage of these colossal stencil savings through 11:59 p.m. CST, December 3, 2019.

Made with 6" x 6" Quilted Flower Garden mask.

Made with 9" x 12" Winter Berries Mask.

Made with 4" x 4" Fern Fronds Silhouette Mini mask.

Made with 6" x 6" mask Sprigs.

Made with 6" x 6" stencil Ferns 6.

Made with 9" x 12" stencils Wrought Iron Gate and Swatton Borders 2.

My stencils and masks are on sale here, only till the end of today, December 3! To scroll thru the pages of my StencilGirl stencils and masks, please start here.