My card today is a card that uses layering stencils to create a scene and then adding more detail with other mediums.

I’m using Gina K’s Create Friendship Layering stencil. Here is my process:

1. First I cut a panel using Master Layout #2 out of white cardstock and black cardstock for my mat.
2. Next, I planned out where I wanted my focal image to be.
3. I added a border of Masking Magic around the outside to create a white border.
4. I used my Ultra Stick Mat to hold both my cardstock panel and stencil in place while I applied the ink.
5. Using blending brushes, I inked the first of the layering stencils using a light shade and then adding a small amount of a slightly darker shade.
6. I then repeated the process for each of the remaining stencils.
7. Once I was done with the stenciling, I used my colored pencils to add more detail to the images.
8. When I finished with my pencils, I added even more detail with my atyou Spica glitter pens.
9. For the body and antenna of the butterflies, I traced the images using my black glaze pen.
10. My last step was to add a light color around the image making sure to add the color over the masking magic to define the white border.
11. Once done, I removed the Masking Magic to reveal the crisp white border.
12. I adhered my panel to the black mat and then to the card base.

My sentiment is from Vintage Summer.

1. I stamped the sentiment in Black Onyx ink.
2. Then I stamped the sentiment a second time using VersaMark Watermark ink.
3. After adding clear embossing powder over the VersaMark ink, I heat set the powder using my heat tool.
4. Finally, I used the coordinating die to cut out the sentiment.
5. I cut out three additional sentiments from white cardstock and glued them together with the stamped and embossed sentiment as my top layer.

When stamping my sentiments, I use Altenew’s stamping wheel so if I need to stamp my sentiment a second time, it will stamp in the same place.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Supplies Used:

Gina K: Create Friendship Layering stencil, Vintage Summer stamp set, Black Onyx cardstock, Master Layouts #1, Master Layouts #14, Detail Clear embossing powder

Gina K inks: Applemint, Bubblegum Pink, Innocent Pink, Jet Black, Lucky Clover, Passionate Pink, Powder Blue, Sea Glass, Light Spruce, Medium Spruce, Dark Spruce, Tranquil Teal, Turquoise Sea, Wild Dandelion, Wild Wisteria, Black Onyx

Simon Says Stamp: Cotton Candy cardstock

Polychromo pencils: 123, 125, 128, 129, 119, 101, 151, 146, 145, 267, 266, 166, 171, 108, 134, 136

Other: VersaMark Watermark ink, Nuvo Aqua Shimmer, Black Glaze pen, Buttermilk Atyou Spica Glitter pen

Tools used:

Altenew: 9″ X 12″ Ultra Stick Mat, Stampwheel

Gina K: Intri-Cut Die and Embossing Machine, Blending Brushes – Standard

Simon Says Stamp: Blending Brush Set – Small, Detail Round Blending Brushes