Stencilled Floral Card with Layered Design

A project from our live show Stamps By Me - Celebration Box - Sweet Like Honey Class 1 · 12/08/2023 · watch it from 7:00

A multi-layered card featuring a hand-stencilled flower design with bees, built up with watercolour-style inking in yellows, teals and whites. The design is outlined with black gel pen and topped with a fussy-cut bee element for dimension and visual interest.

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Step by step

1. Select a teal card blank and trim it to your desired size. ▶ watch 7:00
2. Cut a piece of black card stock to create a mat layer for your design panel. ▶ watch 8:30
3. Choose a patterned paper from the pad and trim it to size for your focal panel, then mat it onto the black layer with a thin border. ▶ watch 9:00
4. Position the flower stencil on your patterned panel, holding it in place with a magnet. ▶ watch 10:45
5. Apply yellow ink through the stencil using a blending brush, working the colour into the stencil openings. ▶ watch 12:00
6. Layer teal or green ink over the yellow to add depth and shadow to the flower design. ▶ watch 13:30
7. Add white ink to the highlights and edges of the flower to create dimension and make the design pop. ▶ watch 15:00
8. Use a black gel pen to outline selected areas of the flower, working within the stencil lines for precision. ▶ watch 18:00
9. Stencil the word 'thank you' onto a strip of black card stock using white ink, then heat-set with a heat gun. ▶ watch 23:15
10. Fussy-cut a bee from the patterned paper, cutting loosely around the shape without worrying about perfect precision. ▶ watch 25:00
11. Assemble your card by layering the stencilled panel onto the black mat, then onto the teal card base using thin borders. ▶ watch 27:00
12. Adhere the fussy-cut bee to the card using foam pads to raise it up, positioning it off to the side of the design. ▶ watch 28:45

Tips from the show

• If you struggle with pen outlines, place the stencil back on top and draw within the stencil lines for a neater finish.
• Use thin mat layers when you have lots of colour going on, to avoid the design looking cumbersome.
• Don't worry about fussy-cutting perfectly—the watercolour bleed underneath the design makes it look intentional and artistic even if the cutting isn't precise.

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