Sunday, 24 May 2020

Layered stencilling

Hello crafty friends! Hope you all continue to be safe and healthy. Here in Greece, summer has started and we are preparing for some sort of normalcy, with restaurants, tavernas and such reopening as of tomorrow, and tourists (primarily from those European countries where the coronavirus appears to be under control) will be welcome again as of July, 1st. At this point it's uncertain, though, if all hotels and tourist accommodations will open at all this year.


As for my card, the starting point was this month's CAS Stencil challenge, which is hosted by Hilary, and she challenged us to do some layered stencilling on our cards.

I started by creating a smooshed background panel using Distress Oxide inks and then blended distress ink (scattered straw and rusty hinge) through two different mini stencils (Tim Holtz, 019 and 026 - as far as I know, I had not used the damask stencil before). After I had cut my panel to size (being inspired by this week's sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch), I blended a little more rusty hinge along the edges. I then added a few dark splatters using the TH Splatters stencil (THS009) in Ground espresso DI to balance out the black image and sentiment strip.

The elephant (NBUS Go Wild stamp and die set by Craftwork Cards) was die cut twice from black cardstock. I heat embossed one layer repeatedly using clear embossing powder and then adhered the two layers together before adhering them to my panel. The sentiment (from an older stamp set that came with Creative Stamping magazine #57) was white heat embossed onto a strip of black cardstock.. 

I'm playing at:

CAS Stencil - Layered Stencilling


CAS(E) this Sketch -  #373


NBUS #14


Watercooler Wednesday - WWC272


Seize the Birthday - #191 Anything goes


STAMPlorations Stencil challenge - Always AG with stencils



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15 comments:

  1. brenda24 May 2020 at 18:12

    I think it will be a strange Summer everywhere this year Marianne, here in the UK they say eateries and bars may open in July, but that remain a big may I think and personally I think I prefer to stay home until there's some decree of safety/vaccine.

    I do like your Elephant against the Baroque style background with is very fiting.

    B x

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  2. HilaryJane24 May 2020 at 19:37

    I am glad things are starting to move forward in Greece, not much change here in UK. What a fantastic background you have created with your stencils and the black elephant sets it off beautifully. thanks for joining us at CAS stencil this month xx

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  3. Loll24 May 2020 at 23:09

    Hi Marianne. Your layered stenciling makes a gorgeous background for your elephant silhouette. Love the colours that give a sense of an African sunset. The splatters adds so much and well as that fantastic sentiment. Thanks for sharing with us at CAS Stencil! xx

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  4. Darnell25 May 2020 at 04:17

    Excellent smooching and blending and stenciling over stenciling, Marianne! Love the design and the colors! And way to go making it work in lots of challenges! Thank you for sharing at NBUS! Hugs, Darnell

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  5. nancy littrell25 May 2020 at 05:46

    Love the depth you achieved with your layered stenciling and splatters, Marianne. Your black accents look great with your color combo and your sentiment is perfect with your silhouette elephant. TFS and joining us at CAS Stencil. Hugs..Nancy

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  6. Dawn T25 May 2020 at 12:09

    An incredible background Marianne. Love the silhouette of the elephant. Awesome card. Thanks for sharing with us at Watercooler Wednesday this week.

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  7. Karen Brown25 May 2020 at 14:38

    Gorgeous layered background! And your sentiment is so fun. I am so pleased that you joined us this week at Watercooler Wednesday. Karen - DT

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  8. Heidi Weaver26 May 2020 at 01:23

    Wow, Marianne, that background is stunning! The colours set off the silhouette of the elephant beautifully. Thanks so much for sharing with us for our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge.

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  9. nancy littrell26 May 2020 at 07:57

    Thank you Marianne for sharing your beautifully layered stenciled and silhouette image card with us at STAMPlorations Stencil. Hugs..Nancy

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  10. KathyA.26 May 2020 at 21:39

    Stopped in after seeing your card on NBUS Challenge... and am glad that I did. I have always loved silhouette cards, and your CAS is wonderful. I also love the fun sentiment. Thanks so much for sharing. Kathy A from myasperations.blogspot.com

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  11. Nora Noll27 May 2020 at 02:17

    This is STUNNING!!! I LOVE that double stenciled background. This is so beautiful!!

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  12. Anonymous28 May 2020 at 18:04

    Wauw Mar,,wat is deze mooi gelukt. Het geheel spreekt tot de verbeelding. De gevarieerde warme kleuren met de grote zwarte olifant op de voorgrond, die je zo mooi hebt geankerd door de extra lange strip met grappige tekst. Leuk. Liefs, Ineke😘

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  13. Barbara2 June 2020 at 21:06

    Good to hear that things are returning to normal, same here. I am unsure though what I shoudl think of it. Time will tell, I guess. Anyhow, I love your card! The background color sort of... I don't know. Beams me right into the savannah!

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  14. Asmah Zainal Abidin2 June 2020 at 22:36

    Beautiful stenciling in the background and pretty focal point. Thank you for playing along with us at STAMPLorations May Stencil Challenge. Good luck and have a nice day :)
    Hugs and smiles,
    Asmah
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  15. Glenda J3 June 2020 at 07:39

    What a beautiful stencilled background! Love it. Really cool how you did the sentiment too.
    Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.

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