Sweet poppy stencils

I was about to start sewing some shorts, when I had an urge to make a card. This card emerged really quickly without any thinking. It rarely happens like this for me! I used a 6" square piece of white card and lay the Sweet Poppy Stencil "Aperture Circle" over the top, securing in position with a piece of low tack tape. I used a selection of Elements Inks to blend within the circle, starting with Sundance, followed by Sahara, Russet Orange and then Truffle. I only used the Truffle, which is…

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Hi guys, I thought I'd show you my latest and probably last Christmas card I've created using the fabulous bauble stencil by Sweet Poppy, I love the stencil and have used it quite alot, this time I combined it with a Tim Holtz Poinsettia stencil, I created the stencil using a technique I saw by Eileen Godwin on the internet, my cardstock wasn't as happy with taking off the inks from the Gesso but I quite love the misty look it gave instead, After I'd stencilled the Poinsettias I went over…

I was up early this morning making this Autumn card - I think the drizzly weather we've had the last day or so is rubbing off on me! I started by positioning the Sweet Poppy "Rose Aperture Stencil" over a piece of white card and going around the edges lightly with "Peat Moss" Ranger Archival Ink. Next, I lay the Sweet Poppy "Plaid Back Plate Stencil" over the top of the leaf stencil, securing with low tack tape. I then applied several shades of Ranger Archival Ink through the stencil using a…

Happy Monday ......... Have you played along with the Simply Sweet Poppy Stencils Facebook Challenge yet? It's a monthly challenge that runs on the Simply Sweet Poppy Stencils Facebook page Each month there's a new challenge theme, and the rules to enter are simple ....... Follow the monthly theme and create your project, and post it onto the Simply Sweet Poppy Stencils Facebook page Include the challenge theme in your post ........ this month the theme is 'Love is in the Air' Use ONLY Sweet…

One of my favourite techniques A dimensional card using the beautiful Sweet Poppy Harmony stencil and Distress Inks Fabulous technique to do C&S...

Sweet Poppy Stencils

Happy Tuesday ...... Pinch and a punch for the 1st of the month ....... welcome to September!! (picture found on Pinterest) I hope you all had a fabulous weekend ...... it was an extra long one here in the Isle of Man with TWO Bank Holidays so we've had a real break. A few days away in the motorhome ..... started off a bit wet and windy but we did get some lovely sunshine. And then we finished the weekend off with family BBQ yesterday ..... always fun when we get together. So it's the 1st of…