Hey crafty friends! I'm finally back & sharing a fun blog post all about our brand NEW stencil: Field of Flowers. This stencil is a lot of fun to play with & there are multiple ways to use it! I'm going to show you all about it today! If you'd like to be FIRST to order this lovely new stencil, make sure to check out our Creative Hearts Club!
Check out my full process video below!
First, the facts! This stencil has FIVE separate layers & is 6x6 in total size. Three of those layers are different flower petal designs (also allowing you to have 3 different color flower choices!). The other two layers are: the leaves, and the center circles of the flowers.
Below you can see a visual of each different petal design & the sizes they come in on our Field of Flowers Layered Stencil:
Notice how the center of the flowers are a different, lighter color than the petals. This is because we meticulously designed this floral stencil so you can add the middle part of the flower without having to overlap in a darker ink color!
Since it's nearing fall, Sabine & I were inspired to try our take on a "Halloween" themed floral background! Below you will see Sabine's beautiful background (on the top):
I love how she did more of a turquois color for the leaves & the center with a grey! Plus the flowers themselves all have a beautiful muted tone to them. I think that would make for a super fun spooky card!
Below you will see my background (on top this time):
I chose Midnight Black Ink from Catherine Pooler & only regretted it because it's permanent ink & stained my stencil - just as a warning! I used more deeper purples & oranges on mine - which I then turned into a Halloween card you will see below!
Now - I MAY have went just a little overboard with the florals here! Haha! But in my defense - it was fun - LOL! I decided to use a really fun "cluster" technique with our stencil that I show you in the video & I also displayed in our Facebook Live HERE.
There are a ton of ways to use this stencil. A lot of simple ways as well! You could use just one layer, two or all three. Below you can see the difference between keeping the leaf layer off the design (left) & adding the leaf layer to the design (right).
One simple change like that can really make it look so different!
Another fun way to use this stencil is a sort of ombre effect. For example, the background on the left above (which you also see below), I used all different shades of purples. This is really fun & something I did with this lovely hello card below as well - featuring our small hello word die & some lovely gorgeous blue florals!
I also used a fun layering technique for that blue card that you won't want to miss in the video I have (coming soon)! I hope you guys love this new stencil! I really wanted to create something so we could essentially design our own patterned paper with - I think it turned out great (not biased or anything!)! I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments as well as what colors you'd like to give a try!
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Have an awesome weekend, xoxo
Emily
