Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Stenciling 5 Ways
Hello crafters! I am super-excited to be bringing you a new Studio Monday tutorial featuring one of my favorite techniques; stenciling! In the video for today, I will share 5 different ways you can use stencils to make some fun effects on your cards. Let’s quickly highlight a of them before watching the video!
First up, we have stenciling with embossing paste; and to step it up a notch, I’ll show you how you can COLOR that embossing paste to get this stunning rainbow! The rainbow is a stencil from Stencil Girl called Little Painted Rainbow. Don’t you just love it? After applying my embossing paste through the stencil, I was really inspired to enhance the brushstroke effect with a bit of watercoloring!
The sentiments I added are from My Favorite Things’ Hello and Thanks die set and Neat & Tangled’s So Many Sentiments stamp set. One of my favorite parts of this card are the tiny Iridescent Stars that “twinkle” on the rainbow!
Next in the video, I’ll show you how to create a ghosted sentiment with stenciling. Can you see the “hidden” greeting in the stenciled pattern??
The letters that create the ghosted effect are from Altenew’s Bold Alphabet die set; the stencil design was Neat and Tangled’s Geometric Circles.
In the video I also shared a look at doing some ink spray stenciling – 2 ways! A clean and simple style like the background behind my shaker…
Or you can go wild and create something with a lot of interest and texture like this one!
Both have an awesome look and use Ranger Dylusionals ink spray. I enhanced the second card with Translucent embossing paste for extra dimension and texture.
Have you ever tried coloring with a stencil? It is another fabulous way to create a unique, stenciled effect! I recommend either tracing your stencil and coloring inside the traced lines, or use a medium that is not super-saturating. The trick is to not let a wet medium seep underneath the stencil and make a mess of your crisp lines. I’ll touch on this more in the video. For my card I used Tonic Studios Aqua Flow pens and colored directly through the Altenew Layered Dahlia stencils (there are two layering stencils).
Finally, the last technique I will be sharing in the video is how to make a cute stenciled candle holder! With a bit of acetate and a translucent paste (I prefer glitter pastes for the translucency and shimmer!), you can make a stunning candle holder for a tea light very quickly. The hardest part is waiting for everything to dry!
Be sure to watch the video below to see all these techniques in action! :) I hope you enjoy and are inspired to do some stenciling on of your own! Thanks for stopping by, I’ll see you next week with a brand new Studio Monday!
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Gorgeous and stunning creations! I especially love the candle holder. Thank you for sharing these techniques. Hugs, Jinny
Cool cards and project! Thanks for sharing!
I just love using stencils! (Gave a class with 17 ways to use them, but have more ways I use them LOL…)
These look so sunny!
Love the arty feel to these cards.
Beautiful candle holder. Love the colors!
Oh my!!! You’re great dear Nina-Marie!!! All your projects are simply AWESOME!!! And your colouring take my breath away!!! <3 <3 <3
Some of this was fascinating.
Pretty cards! Love the bright, bold colors.
Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic techniques.
Have done a little stenciling but want
to get more proficient in it.
So many wonderful textures from
stenciling.
thanks for sharing
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Really helpful tutorial. I want to try some of these.
Awesome!!! I love the tea light holder!!!
Amazing projects!
The stenciled candle holder is awesome. Great projects!
Beautiful projects! Great techniques!
thanks for sharing your creative ways of stenciling – very inspiring:)
Always something new to learn
Wow!!! These projects are so colorful and your tutorial is fabulous! TFS!
These are all such great ideas, very dramatic and different looks to all of the projects. The candle holder is especially pretty.
These are great. Love the candle holder. Soooo pretty :)
Great ideas!
Oh what fun ideas–thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful projects
I really like the ghosted sentiment card.
Lots of great ideas!
Wow! I love the rainbow card!! So bright and awesome
Wonderful stencil techniques. I’ll have to try these out.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Terrific tips and techniques for using stencils. I totally thought you used vellum letters on the ghosting technique card – glad I watched the video.
Such beautiful, fun and inspiring techniques! Thanks for the tutorial!
Such beautiful cards and I really love the tea light!!
Thanks for ideas. Love the everything will be okay card.
Beautiful projects! Love the candleholder!
These are simple but stunning ways to use the same supplies or things already in your “arsenal” – I especially like the candle holder, that would be awesome as a little table decoration or party favor
The bold and beautiful colors are stunning.
Thanks for another great video featuring a fun technique! Lovely cards!
Wow, awesome, love the candle holder idea ?
Thanks for the ideas
such pretty projects.
Beautiful and stunning creations! I especially love the candle holder and rainbow. Thank you for sharing!
Wow! Awesome post with loads of ideas!
Love that Tea Light Holder, very cool!! Love all the cards, but that light holder tops them all! Thanks for sharing all of these very cool ideas!!
Fun projects! Especially the candle holder! TFS
Always fun and bright projects… great start to the week.
Beautiful cards Nina. Love all the ways you have used stencils!!
Thanks for the great ideas!
Love the bright rainbow!
What a great post! I learned so much. Thank you.
Great ideas, love the candle holder!
Wow, Nina! I love seeing all the ways one can use stencils. That first card looks like you somehow managed to fingerpaint with embossing paste (that’s a good thing, in case that didn’t come across). And I wouldn’t have ever considered trying to make my own luminaria, so that’s kind of blowing my mind. Thank you so much for sharing all these amazing ideas!
Thanks for inspiration!
Beautiful creations! Thanks for sharing all these ideas.