Plastic Patterns Technique Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Technique Blog Hop!

This month, the featured technique is to use stencils - hence the title of Plastic Patterns. 

You should have arrived here from Katy Taylor's blog.

I love the Distress Oxide inks and I combined those with Solar Flare Glitter Gel to create the backgrounds for both of my cards. I began by using three inks to create a random background on White Daisy cardstock. I then placed the stencil over the inked background and covered it with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink. Keeping the stencil in place, I then covered it with the Solar Flare Stickles Glitter Gel. 

While that background piece was drying, I stamped, coloured and cut the images I wanted to use. I wanted to show an autumn coloured background can also work for a Christmas card. 

Here is the autumn based card - it is a mini slimline card measuring 3" x 6". I used a sunflower and some associated images to match a beautiful sentiment. The leaves of the sunflower and the sentiment were brushed with the Gold Shimmer Brush although that doesn't show in the photo. I used the extra background piece to decorate part of the envelope. 

The Christmas card uses the same background but I fussy cut and coloured images of a fireplace with a few extras. Since this is the only current Christmas stamp I own (more are coming), I had to use a retired stamp for the sentiment. Some of the images on the fireplace and the sentiment were also brushed with the Gold Shimmer Brush. Again, I used the leftover piece to decorate the envelope. 

I hope you enjoyed my projects.

The next blog on this hop is Miss Carrie's Creations. 

I know she has something fabulous to share with you! 

Products used are all Close To My Heart:

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Sundance Cardstock, Candy Apple Cardstock, Twinkle Toes Holographic Paper 

Stamps: Say it in Style, With a Thankful Heart, By the Fireplace

Inks: Espresso, Sundance, Nectarine, Charcoal, Candy Apple, Distress Oxide Inks: Black Soot, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed

Accessories: With a Thankful Heart Thin Cuts, Stitched Bracket Thin Cuts, Stitched Fancy Bracket Thin Cuts, Stencil Pack 1, Tri-Blend Markers, Gold Shimmer Brush, Gold Glitter Gems, Gold Embellishing Thread, Solar Flare Stickles Glitter Gel

Enjoy,

Alyson