Stencilled Fern Card with Ink Blending and Sparkle

A project from our live show CREATE AND CRAFT TV - Join Toni for her brand new SBM launch show 2 - broadcast 8th Jan 2024 · 01/08/2024 · watch it from 16:15

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Create a beautiful layered card featuring a delicate fern design with multi-coloured ink blending in soft greens and blues. This project shows you how to build depth with colour, add white highlights to soften darker areas, and finish with colourless glitter for an elegant glass-like shimmer effect. The result is a sophisticated botanical card perfect for any occasion.

You will need

Stamps By Me - Wistful Charm - 7 X 7 Paper Pad 140623BSEE IT Stamps By Me - Wistful Charm - 5 X 7 Stencil - Fern - 180723BSEE IT

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Step by step

1. 

   Cut a piece from the patterned paper featuring the lace border design. Position it on your card base, placing it where desired.

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2. 

   Position the fern stencil off-centre on the vellum paper, placing it slightly towards one edge rather than in the middle of the paper.

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3. 

   Tap the pink ink pad through the stencil using light taps, building the colour gradually. Work over the fern design area, keeping the stencil held firmly in place.

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4. 

   Apply orange ink around the fern area using a blending tool to create a halo effect, blending the colours together smoothly.

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5. 

   Using a blending brush, apply teal ink from the ink pad over the stencilled design to add depth and enhance the colour variety across the ferns and flowers.

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6. 

   If the colour appears too dark, remove the stencil and use a clean brush with white pigment ink to gently push back the colour and soften the effect.

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7. 

   Using a glitter glue pen, apply colourless glitter glue randomly to some of the leaves on your stencilled design for a subtle shimmer effect.

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8. 

   Allow the glitter glue to dry completely to reveal the glass-like finish without visible adhesive.

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Tips from the show

• You can always add another colour and keep running the card through the embossing folder if you're not happy with the result.
• Colourless glitter is a game-changer and works perfectly for adding shimmer without fighting with your background colours.
• Save small pieces of vellum and paper scraps for use as banners, tabs and texture layers on card backs.

More from this show

• Embossed Vellum Mount Card with Layered Fern Detail
• Inked Embossing Folder Dalon-Style Card
• Tulip Embossing Folder Card with Vellum Overlay
• Stencilled Floral Card with Multi-Colour Blending
• White Ink Highlight Technique on Embossed Design

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