Crafty Adventurista: Stencil Magic - July DT Project 1 for Country View Crafts

Hello Lovelies,

It's a new project for July over on the Facebook Country View Crafts and Challenges page and it's all about 'Stencil Magic'.

The fabulous prize for this month is a set of Tim Holtz newly released Distress Spritz Sprays, 12 in total.

The Challenge is open until the end of this month and you can find it on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You'll need to join the group to be able to participate. The Challenges are open worldwide as Country View Crafts do ship overseas too.

You have until the end of the month to join in and can enter up to 5 times with different makes using products and brands that are stocked by Country View Crafts.

One person will be selected as the winner by the random selector generator.

For my first DT make this month, I decided to use my Tim Holtz stencils and create a background that was subtle, yet there.

Using a piece of card that I could then cut down to the size I wanted, I stencilled across the THS183 Deco Feather stencil with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, lining it up as I went to get one continuous image.

Then I took the THS170 Spellbound stencil and using the Distress Opaque Grit Paste, I created a raised image over the top.

Once dry, using my trusty Splat Box, I proceeded to spray the stencilled card with Scorched Timber Distress Oxide Spray and Spun Sugar Distress Spray Stain and gave it a spritz with water to disperse the inks a bit.

I felt it needed the blue of the original stencil to be brought through a bit more, so I took a Distress Mica Spray Stain in Snow Flurries and gave it quick spritz.

Using a pink Distress Crayon, I rubbed over the stars to dull down the white and blended this in with a waterbrush. I also chose my image from the Ideaology Paper Dolls Groups and coloured these with the pink and coordinating blue Distress Crayons.

Having cut my card down to a square shape, I pretty much always like to have some sort of script text in the background, so I used a stamp from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous CMS454 Gothic Tapestry set, using Coffee Archival Ink so that it would blend in.

I chose my text from the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous CMS446 Noteworthy set and felt this was appropriate for the two girls who are my focal point. I also cut out the main card to a 6 x 6 inch square and then the black layered card that would frame my design. I stamped the 'Collect Beautiful Moments' onto the same Kraft card as the main one and then layered this onto a piece of black too, to give it a frame.

And here is the finished piece. I really like the subtle stencilling in the background as it draws you into the card but without it being overpowering, and the 'stars' of course add a different dimention and texture to the card.

I felt that this would be a great card to give to your sister or friend.

I hope that maybe you'll give this technique a try for yourself and also join in our challenge to win that fabulous prize of Tim's Distress Spritz Sprays.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a great day.

Carol x

Products used:

Tim Holtz Stencils

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ths183-stampers-anonymous-tim-holtz-layering-stencil---deco-feather-173569-p.asp

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ths170-stampers-anonymous-tim-holtz-layering-stencil---spellbound-170700-p.asp

Tim Holtz Sprays

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/ranger-tim-holtz-distress-spray-stains-696-c.asp

Tim Holtz Ideaology Paper Dolls Groups

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/th94137-tim-holtz-idea-ology---paper-dolls-groups-131400-p.asp

Tim Holtz Distress Grit Paste Opaque