It's almost Happy Heart Day! Valentine's Day is gonna be here quick, and I still have lots to share with you for this most fun holiday! Today I am sharing some cards I made using a new Hearts Stencil from Tim Holtz that I have been wanting for a while. I bought some beautiful Cherry Pie Dylusions Spray Ink and got myself messy! LOL. I also just bought this pretty new die set from Amy Tangerine…and it was a match. These cards are not my usual style, but I am trying new things lately and trying to get out of my creative box. Let me know what you think!
The 'red' one is with the ink undiluted straight from the bottle, and the 'pink' one happened when I diluted the ink with some water. They are both pretty I think…just different. I could have some real fun with this technique!! (I should not be left unsupervised with the spray ink!).
In that pretty die collection is this AWESOME die that is X's and O's in a row. OMG I am crazy for this! I used some very sparkly gold paper for one and some rich black paper for the other one. The dies are mounted on my cards with foam tape.
I like how the ink sort of spattered and speckled like this and it's random and funky. My card bases are made from watercolor paper to absorb the ink. I sprayed the watercolor paper with plain water first and blotted it dry so that the edges would bleed out some.
Here is the ink bottle – and my mixer bottle with the water. This ink is the prettiest shade of red!
I taped the stencil down with some washi tape and spattered away! I was going for an ombre effect but I think I was too heavy handed on the top ones… Warning – this is SUPER messy!! I had to completely clean my craft table with bleach after!!
This is what my paper looked like right after I took the stencil off. OOOOOHHHHHHH!
Now to clean up the crime scene…LOL…
I ended up making four versions – just to try out different things. The one on the upper right of the photo is extra wet! I sprayed the hearts after I took the stencil off too – kinda like it!
Here is something else fun I wanted to share! If you CLICK HERE ON THE RANGER WEBSITE you can download a printable color chart for your Distress Inks. I printed it out on some really heavy cardstock and had a blast stamping on it. Now, I thought I had every color…but it turns out I'm missing eight! Need to remedy that! LOL. I use a white Sharpie marker to write on the edges of my ink pads so I can find the color I need, when they are all in a stack. How do you store your ink pads?? That's a never ending thing at my house…
Here is my pretty chart!!
Have a great day everyone!! Thanks for coming by my blog to say howdy! XO
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6 responses to “Stencil hearts Valentines!”
Awesome Valentine cards Wanda! Love the stenciled hearts and die cut X’s and O’s!
STunning cards Wanda..I think I like the red one the best since it splashes look so stunning like if you put them there one by one…
Great distress chart…printed it too..but the laser jet printer(an very old one) gives ugly marks….thanks for the link!
hugs Holly.
Such a fun post, Wanda! Your joy of crafting shines through in everything you do. I LOVE your misted watercolor backgrounds here! So, so fun and playful and really artsy looking, too. Makes a great statement with your new XOXO die. Love these!
Oh my! She’s jumped on the stencil bandwagon!! It definitely looks messy and I like your description of cleaning up the scene of the crime. The hearts came out fabulous though.
OMG {as I slap my forehead} and wonder why I didn’t think to use the white sharpie…duh, thanks for the brilliant idea! Woo hoo! My sistah workin’ the stencil effect…and Dylusions spray to boot! Lucky for me, I happen to have ALL the supplies you used for your project so I don’t have to go out and buy anything! Thanks for sharing your brilliant-ness with us you crafty rockstar!
Love the Dylusion paints, I have every color!! Sweet Valentine cards, Wanda! Cool stencil.
I have the best book from our scrapbook store with all the Ranger product sheets plus the Copic, Memento, Perfect Pearls and other inky products added to it. Now when I shop I know exactly what I have. It’s AWESOME!