Monday, November 29, 2010

reindeer games card & stenciled snowflake tutorial

today's card, made with awesome ingredients from the november pixie dust paperie kit, SNOW SHOE, is the featured project on the PDP blog, where there are some more photos and further details of what i used! but while you're here i'd like to show you a step-by-step version of how i made the fun (and VERY EASY!) snowflake background:

you just need regular old acrylic craft paint, a nice stiff-bristled brush, and a stencil. the problem is, i didn't have a snowflake stencil...or so i thought... until i was cleaning up the scraps after punching & diecutting snowflakes out of patterned paper, when i realized, YES, i did have an unlimited supply of snowflake stencils!!! (score!) :)

i really did use those scraps for the card i made above, but to make the demo easier to see, i punched a couple of "stunt flakes" out of red cardstock. (if you're punching-to-order, i recommend glossy cardstock since it holds up really well to repeated coats of paint!)

place the stencils on your paper and apply as little paint as possible, holding the brush almost at a 90 degree angle to your paper.

work from the center out, to avoid ruining the snowflakes you've already done. if you want them closer together than you can get without smearing, either allow the paint to dry between coats, or punch more than one flake on your cardstock and stencil them all in one go!

as soon as i was done i had to go and look at ALL of my punches and dies...and suddenly they were all potential stencils! give this idea a try and i bet you'll do *EXACTLY* the same thing afterwards!!! :)

17 comments:

  1. You are oh-so-right ... looking at my punches in a whole new light. ♥ this

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  2. Great snowflakes background, and adorable reindeer card!

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  3. What a clever little lady you are ... great card ...

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  4. thank you for the inspiration - I love the idea!
    Sandra

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  5. What a great idea! Your card is the cutest!

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  6. Thanks so much for sharing such a great idea; your card is beautiful!

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  7. I've typed it before and I'll type it again and again...you ALWAYS rock the christmas cards...thanks for the fabbie tut!

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  8. Just the cutest! Great tutorial, too!

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  9. fabulous snowflake background! love how you made it. thanks for the inspiration!

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  10. This is awesome!! Love the sentiment :) thanks for the fab tutorial! <3

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  11. WHOOT! I am stealing this tonight, baby!

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  12. You are so dang clever. I LOVE this. The stencil, the cute little reindeer... magnifique.

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  13. Super adorable and that background is AWESOME! I NEED to try that!

    (-: Heidi

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  14. Stunt flakes...too funny! Once again, I wish my brain worked even a little bit like yours does.

    Adorable card and terrific sentiment. I love the doodled flakes :)

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  15. Thats a neat tut to do. I am going to have to try this with my snowflake punch. Oh yes! I have on too. hehe. Great card. I love how you outlined the snowflakes really makes them stand out.

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  16. I am so glad you gave us a tut on this :) AWESOME!! and i think i will give it a try on my JB's card ;)

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