Stenciled Backgrounds

 Hey Everybody,

I'm back with three more cards. We looked at watercolor backgrounds yesterday. Today we're going to look at using stencils for a background.

Here is a cute House Mouse image colored with Copic Markers and spotlighted in the negative portion of a heart. I used the cut out heart for another card and didn't want to waste this pretty glimmer paper. The House Mouse Stamp is called Easter Egg Nap.

Our challenge was pink flowers. I used the Hero Arts Tulip Pattern 4 part tulip stencil to make the background. Then I stamped and colored my little mouse with Copic Markers. I punched a heart out of my black glimmer paper and put the image behind it so it would stand out against the background. I stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up called, Blessed Easter, then punched it out with the key tag punch. I did the same with the black glimmer paper and cut it horizontally and put it behind the sentiment. This will go to a local nursing home.   This was a 4 part stencil. There were two different colors for the flowers and two different colors for the leaves. I really like using two different colors for the flowers and leaves. It takes a bit longer, but I love the look.

Keywords: F4A835 Easter House Mouse

Stamps: House Mouse-Easter Egg Nap, SU-Blessed Easter

Paper: white, black glimmer

Ink: memento tuxedo black, strawberry slush, granny apple green, garden green, pretty in pink

Accessories: heart punch, SU-key tag punch, Hero Arts-Tulip Pattern Stencils, Copic Markers, dimensionals

Techniques: stenciling, coloring, using negative

  The second background that I stenciled was inspired by this card from the featured stamper of the week.  

What stopped me at this card was the background she made with this cute bunny.

 I made an Easter Card with a different character. I kept my card vertical and added two sentiments instead of one. I did multiple layers but didn't add a button or ribbon.
This little guy was masked then I stenciled the eggs around him. I colored him with Copic Markers and blending brushes. I outlined each egg with a fine line sharpie marker. I stamped and added the two sentiments. This will go on a dinner tray at a local hospital.

This stencil is from Lawn Fawn called Easter Egg background stencil. If you notice I only used one color for the eggs. There are two stencils, one with egg shapes and one with designs in the egg shapes.  Typically in the plain egg shapes you'd color these with light colors then place the detailed stencil on top and color those eggs a bit darker.

I chose to just trace the plain egg shapes behind the little guy so there wouldn't be an overwhelming number of colors to distract from my image.

Keywords: FS994

Stamps: Unity Stamps-Little Weirdo, Jillian Vance-Spring Hootie

Paper: white, peach pie, black glimmer

Paper Size: A2

Ink: memento tuxedo black, pecan pie, strawberry slush, highland heather, pretty in pink, crushed curry, balmy blue, lemon lime twist

Accessories: Copic Markers, Lawn Fawn Easter Egg background stencil, fine line sharpie black pen, dimensionals, blending brushes, computer paper for a mask

Techniques: Masking, stenciling, coloring

Here is an Easter Card with colors used on both stencils. I varied the colors of the backgrounds and tried to make them lighter than the detailed parts of the eggs.

This works well for this card because the images are small and off to the side of the card. The black sentiment really stands out against the eggs and doesn't interfere with the background at all.

 I used a die for the sentiment and added these two cute bunnies from Colorado Craft Company that I colored last year and had in my stash. It was fun to pull out colored images and add them to cards.

You may not be able to tell, but the bunny tails have paper glaze with glitter on them to make them raised and sparkly.

So there you have it, three cards with stenciled backgrounds. I have lots of other stencils for backgrounds so I might do this again with general stencils. 

Do you have stencils you could use for a background? What would you add for an image to go with your stenciled background?

Before  you begin working with colors look at your stencil and image. Are there typical colors you'll use on your image?  What colors will go well with that for your background? Just a bit for thinking ahead will make your project easier.

Well, thanks for visiting.

Blessings,

Sue