hi everyone its Keren here and welcome back to my channel I'm so glad
you came back to watch another one of my videos today's video is about cards and
I created two very easy to make cards using Altenew layered stencils this
is the layered dahlia stencil and it comes with two separate stencils that can be
layered on top of each other you can either buy a one stencil or both the
beauty about this stencil so that you can create an amazing pattern with two
different colors and they layer on top of each other so I first started with
the first stencil which is stencil A gives you the background of the
flower and I took to distress oxide inks I took the spiced marmalade and
fossilized amber and just mixed them together they are very similar in color
but they still have different hues and it's really nice to combine them
together as I really wanted to have both colors on the background I used my
blending tool to just blend them around and create a beautiful background for
the first layer then I took the second layer and this
time I'm using a darker color because this is the layer that gives you all the
details so I took the vintage photo color from the distress oxide inks and I
basically rubbed it on top you can use any type of inks to do this double
layering the reason why I wanted to use the distress oxides is because
they're very highly pigmented and give a really nice deep color to the background
you could also use sprays or paste, embossing ink or anything that you
want the possibilities are endless
look how beautifully it layers I just really love the results and the fact
that you can also use them on their own I went ahead and wanted to create a
second card just to play around with the distress oxide inks and I went ahead
and did the same thing which is blend the two colors that I had used before
with the first stencil however this time I wanted to have the ink react with
water so when I was finished adding all the ink I went ahead with my spray
bottle and while the stencil was still on I splattered a little bit of water on
top of the stencil I apologize that the spray bottle was off-screen and you
can't see me spraying but I did actually spray and then used a paper towel to dab
it out this is a very important step to have a paper towel handy so you can dab
out the water that is pooled on top of the ink one of these tricks with this
technique is to let the water sit a little bit and then wipe it off with the
paper towel that way it creates really beautiful splatters in the background I
did the same thing with the second stencil and added the vintage photo ink
on top of the second stencil to get those details. the nice thing about the
distress oxide inks is that they layer really nicely on top of each other
which was perfect for this layered stencil I wanted to splatter it again on
top of the vintage photo and I took my spray bottle while the stencil was still
on and then used a paper napkin again the reason why I kept the stencil on
while spraying is because I wanted to make sure that the water only reaches
the areas where the ink was and not go in between the grooves of the flower
to assemble the card I cut out an orange 12 by 12 cardstock into two 6x6 note cards
then I added in a smaller brown cardstock inside and then a white one. each one of
the mats where an eighth of an inch smaller than the previous one and I
wanted to have a white one right underneath the flower because I wanted
to mat it in white to give it a really nice border and matching the rest of the
grooves of the flower. I also cut two rectangles to have them for the
sentiment of the card and glue them through the background I also forgot to
mention that the paper that I used for the background is Strathmore more Bristol
smooth paper and it comes in a paper pad I'm listing it below as well as all the
other products that I used today
finally to add the sentiment I used the thanks die from the altenew collection
and cut it in the orange cardstock to add in the center of my rectangles this
die comes also with a stamp set that is really beautiful and I could have
stamped it in the center of the rectangles but I was really lazy and I
really wanted to finish the card so I just went ahead and cut it out however I
did want to add a small sentiment from that stamp set so I took my acrylic
block and some of the vintage photo ink and I went ahead and stamped the
heartfelt thanks on top of the thank-you die finally I went ahead and added a few
drops of the nuvo crystal drops in white just to add a little bit more fun
embellishment to the background these cards were quite easy to make and I
really love the beautiful result that you get with the layered stencil
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