Hello!!!
Hi readers! We’re excited to have Lisa Spangler back as our guest designer today!
Now let’s dive right in and get creative!!
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Hello hello! I am so happy to be joining you today because it gave me a chance to play with the BasicGrey Leaf and Flourish stencil and share two fun techniques. As soon as I spotted it the first thing that popped into my mind was that it looked like my trusty red bandana! I love to wear it to protect my neck from the blazing Texas sun. Plus who doesn’t love a red bandana? :)
So let’s get started!
First I grabbed the stencil and placed it on a piece of scratch paper, then inked it up with Tim Holtz Festive Berries ink. You want to do this on scratch paper and not on a craft sheet like you might think, otherwise the ink will get in between the cut out parts.
Next I slid it off onto a craft sheet. Tip: by sliding the stencil off the paper you don’t get red fingers. Ha! Then I gave it a good mist with water. I trimmed a piece of paper to 4.25×5.5 inches and placed the paper over top, then pressed on it all over with my fingers. If you like, you can place a piece of scratch paper over top so you don’t get inky.
After it was dry I used the stencil as an embossing folder. This is super easy to do, and a great way to get more from your stencils! Just place a piece of felt down on your last plate, then put the paper on top, and line up the stencil over top of that followed by the top plate and run it through the machine. It doesn’t give as deep of an emboss as a true embossing folder but it’s still pretty nice!
To finish off the card, rounded the corners on the bandana piece, then cut two strips of patterned paper and sewed them on.
Next I heat embossed the hello message on a strip of navy paper. I think this really makes it pop!
I added some Sea Mixed Accents here and there and then popped the whole piece on the card front with foam dots for extra dimension.
And that was that! Thanks so much for joining me, and hope you have a great day! xo

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Lovely stencil and love the technique too!
Wonderful card! Love that!
wow I have to try this
Love that stencil and what you did with it your card rocks! Great embossing technique!
That looks like a fun technique you used with the stencil.
Beautiful card and I really love this technique. TFS
Love this technique and the card turned out fabulously! I need that stencil!!!!!
Great technique and I love the look you achieved!
Love this technique and card!
So cool!
Very pretty use of the stencil..neat technique.
Very pretty card – looks like the image was printed on the paper. I wish I could be so neat wuth stencils)
Love when Lisa is a guest!! Her designs are always spectacular. Love this!!!
Pretty card, love that stencil!
Thanks so much for all of your kind comments! Love hearing from you all! And thanks again to SSS for having me as a guest! xo
Beautiful card, beautiful pictorial! Thanks!
Love how you used itfor an embossing folder too. Looks great!
I really like your red bandana card. thanks for the instructions on how to emboss with a stencil. I follow the blog by email.
Awesome technique!
Love the technique! Congratulations to all the blog candy winners!
NICE CARD!
Love this technique! FABulous card! Big fan of Lisa’s!
Always love what Lisa does with ink and paper! So so cute
Wow, fun technique! I love the card!
What a beautiful card! Thanks for sharing a new technique, can’t wait to try it out.
What a great technique and card! I must try using felt to emboss on – thanks for the tip :)
Fabulous card! Great way to get the most out of a stencil!
Great card & great technique! Thanks for showing us how it’s done!
Lovely card. I am going to try this with a stencil. Really like the look. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
This is just a gorgeous bright card. I love learning all of the new techniques using stencils because it is fun to try and all of the techniques makes a great background for your card.
So beautiful Lisa!!
Great technique! I’m loving the stencil!
What a cool technique!! I need to give this a try!!
awesome technique with the stencil!
Interesting use of Stencil as a stamp and then as an embossing folder. Thanks for sharing.
What a great technique! Can’t wait to try it!
Great techniques and helpful hints, Lisa. I like the felt idea. Both my daughter and I are deathly allergic to latex rubber and that is what the embossing pads are made of.
LOVELY stencil and FABULOUS card Lisa!!!
THANK YOU for sharing this technique and top tips too :)
I just love my stencils and this technique is so quick for making backgrounds; I use it this one now for allmost two years and still think it is a great one!
OMG!! WOW!! LOVING this SO MUCH!! =) Just AMAZING!! THANKS for sharing and have s FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Brilliant technique!!!
Such an awesome card here, really beautiful.
Fabulous card!!
Looks really cool!
a pretty card.
Neat technique,plus you get to use your big shot and I love my big shot
Fab technique and card. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a beautiful card. This technique is amazing! I will definitely have to give it a try.
Love that stencil. Such a beautiful card.
Great stencilling technique! Would love to try this!