Laurel Beard

Influencer, Brand Ambassador, Blogger, Designer, Youtuber

How to cut your own stencils at home

A while ago, I posted THIS VIDEO and received a ton of requests of how I cut my own stencils that i used in the video! Your wish is my command. It took longer than expected, but I finally have the DIY STENCILS video up for you. This video shows you everything I do to cut my own stencils. From where I find them (Free versions and bundle versions) to what TYPE of file you need for cutting, to what paper I use from cutting and then how I cut… Next week, I’ll be sharing Part 2, which puts the stencils I cut to action! So here we go!

If you don’t have a cutting machine, try grabbing the stencil paper I use and use your die cuts with them.. Instant stencil!

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Altenew Geometry & Nature Stencils Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

It is no secret that I love stencils. LOVE THEM! You can do so many things with them with very little effort. I’ll show you. (All the supplies I used are linked at the end of this post). You should have arrived from Reiko Tsuchida‘s blog. If you get lost, head to the Altenew Card Blog. Alright! Let’s get to it!

I used the Woven Stencil with some white embossing paste and before the paste dried, I added gilding flakes to it. People. This is stunning.

I applied the same embossing paste thru the Leaf Bed Stencil and before it dried, I sprinkled on some Nuvo Shimmer Powder over the top, LIGHTLY sprayed it with water and let it all dry. AND LOOK AT THIS!

A little Clear Nuvo Glimmer Paste thru the Castle Motifs stencil makes for a sunning background. I only blended the paste thru part of the stencil… I love partial stenciling. And the florals came out of my magic mug (from this set)! In fact, all of the images and sentiments did. So it really made pulling together these cards quick.

This Modern Circles stencil is fun and you can make some great geometic backgrounds here. I just did some simple ink blending thru the stencil, flicked on some water and voila….

The Sphere Stencil is so cool because it covers a standard card base so a perfect focal point… I spread some Gold Glimmer Paste thru the stencil and once dry, adhered the sentiment (yep, from the magic mug)….

I used the Stripe Builder Stencil and those same Nuvo Shimmer Powers on this next card. Simple, fast, sparkly!

***** Next up on the hop is Tania Ahmed!!

Giveaway Prizes:

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 3 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by 09/23/2020 for a chance to win.

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew Winners Page on 09/26/2020.

Special Offer

To celebrate this release, we are offering a free gift for a limited time.

  • Receive a FREE Gift with every order of the Geometry & Nature Stencil Release Bundle from 9/18/2020 at 12:01 am EDT until 9/20/2020 at 11:59 pm EDT. The free gift will be added to cart automatically while supplies last.

If you don’t know what the magic mug is, I talk about it in this time savings tip video:

 

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Christmas is on my brain…. Have a Jolly Holiday.

Who has Christmas on the brain? Anyone…. With all the things going on world wide, I need some festive inspiration to really get my brain in a positive place. The Jolly Holiday release from Catherine Pooler came at the perfect time. I sat and played for hours…. No design in mind. Just played…. Wanna see what I came up with? Oh, and before I forget! Catherine has TWO NEW INK COLORS! I didn’t get them in time to use them on my cards, but do check out the first two items in the supply list at the end of this post. The red and green are GORGEOUS, deep shades….

A chalkboard snowman! Simple to achieve and oh so eye catching! The background is something I already had made previously so it took no time at all to pull this card together.  The snowman is from the Caroling Sentiments stamp set and coordinating die.

 

I adore the Jolly Trees stamp set… So many adorable shaped patterned tree. The Brand Ambassador made some killer projects with these trees so I wanted to try and show them off in a different way. So, I made a circle wreath! The trees outline the wreath and the sentiment is from the same stamp set as the snowman above!

Here are some more of those adorable trees. I summoned my inner mixed media gurus to create this card. It all started with a white piece of paper. Because Catherine’s inks react to water well, I was able to create a beautiful watercolored scene here.  See the grey? Just some swinking with Twilight Ink.

And lastly, some simple DIY patterned paper with some of the smaller images of the set! And loving the new Merry Christmas word die! 

 

These handmade cards only showcase a small part of the new release. I link to ALL the new release below for you! It’s really amazing and I hope you’ll check it out!!!!!!

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You are Pawsome

Cats and dogs…. Peeking at you. How adorable is these critters?!? There are so many ways to use these guys, but for today I created my own patterned paper! Using all Catherine Pooler stamps, dies and inks….Easy to mass produce! And available at Scrapbook.com!!!!

 

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