Instead of doing a Part 3 on Distress stenciling, I decided to combine it with some good old fashioned ink blending with stencils! Both these designs were made with Hero Arts stencils that I just bought! I couldn’t wait to play with them! The distress stenciling technique I used on the 1st 4 card below are discussed in my Part 1 and Part 2 blog posts.
I mainly used 3 shades of each color rather than just 1. I was going for a different look and the results were striking!
Wild Honey, Scattered Straw and Squeezed Lemonade
I used the distress stencil technique that’s in my Part 2 post and then applied the colors. The sentiment from Catherine Pooler Inks, I stamped and then die cut it in a square to place in the center.
Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans and Broken China
I couldn’t wait to get the new Speckled Egg color to play with and boy it is a beautiful blue color! I put it down in the center and blended it in on the edges as well.
Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry
Pink is my favorite color so I was really excited about blending these 3 colors. I think I had a bit of a heavy hand on the right bottom corner but I still like it, looks very artsy!
Tattered Rose and Dusty Concord
I only used two colors on this card and that’s because in the Distress traditional ink line, these are the only colors in the purple family I have. Still they blended so nicely together.
One of my favorite things to do when I’m mass producing cards is to make them in different color variations for the Shop.
Onto to the Ink Blended Stenciling
Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans and Broken China
I worked my first color, “Speckled Egg” from the center of the stencil using a really light hand as I knew I’d be stamping in the center as I knew I’d be stamping my sentiment in the center and I wanted it to stand out. Then I worked in “Broken China” around the outside of where I laid down my first color and then “Faded Jeans” to finish the outside of the card.
Tattered Rose and Dusty Concord
Again, working from the center with “Tattered Rose” and then coming in with “Dusty Concord” from the edges and working around the outside the card.
Wild Honey, Scattered Straw and Squeezed Lemonade
I really like starting in the center with the lightest color and working outward to the darkest so in this case, it was “Squeezed Lemonade” as the lightest, “Wild Honey” the mid-tone and lastly “Scattered Straw” as the darkest tone.
Tattered Rose and Dusty Concord
Decided to shake this card up a little and go the opposite: from darkest to lightest. Started with “Dusty Concord” in the center and “Tattered Rose” on those edges towards the center of the card.
The sentiments are from Simon Says Stamps’ “Beautiful Butterflies” stamp set which I placed in the center of the petals. Then, I cut my panels down to 3-3/4″ x 5″ and for the borders, I used Hero Arts Hues black cardstock and cut it down to 4″ x 5-1/2″. Glued the panels to the black cardstock and then to my card bases. I really think the black cardstock made all these cards pop out! So much fun playing with these new stencils and my distress inks!
List of Supplies:
Below are links to the products I used and some of them are affiliate links meaning if you purchase through them, I’ll earn a small commission and it is no extra cost to you. Your purchasing helps support our small business and we appreciate that so much! – Kim
- Hero Arts Bold Daisy Stencil – https://shrsl.com/2bi4n
- Hero Arts Glorious Petal – https://shrsl.com/2bi4o
- Therm o Web Pixie Spray – https://shrsl.com/2bi4q
- Picket Fence Blending Brushes – https://shrsl.com/2bi4s
- Distress Traditional Inks – https://shrsl.com/2b552 or here >> https://bit.ly/2Xhk1H9
- Kirkland Baby Wipes – https://amzn.to/3eDEawP
- Gemini Jr. Die Cutting Machine – https://amzn.to/2ZQMy89
- Benecreat 6-die set (comes with various shapes like: circles, squares and rectangles) – https://amzn.to/2TRgOw4
- Simon Says Stamp “Beautiful Butterflies” stamp set – https://bit.ly/2Y2TxZa
- Catherine Pooler’s “The Key” stamp set – https://bit.ly/2Y08yek
- Accents 100 lb. white cardstock – https://amzn.to/2XiH9oY
- Hero Arts Hues Black cardstock – https://shrsl.com/2bi52
- Teflon bone folder – https://amzn.to/2VcfC8
- Martha Stewart Scoring Board (not available on Amazon) – EK Tools has a similar one – https://amzn.to/2jJeEj8
- Tim Holtz Paper Trimmer – Simon Says Stamp – https://bit.ly/2Jb0L7V
- Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat – https://amzn.to/2lawwDO
- Gina K. Designs Black Obsidian Amalgam Ink – here >> https://bit.ly/36iMxeA or here >> https://shrsl.com/2ae1n
- Assorted Envelopes – https://amzn.to/2S3Z6Up
- Nuvo Deluxe Glue – https://amzn.to/2zKujqp
- Hero Arts Black Mini Misti – https://shrsl.com/2b55m, here >> https://shrsl.com/2b55o or here >> https://bit.ly/3eAzLeo
- Craft Tweezers – https://shrsl.com/2b55q
