Creating Stencils with Die Cuts
Hello there, Creatives! It's Janette here today to share a little about stretching your dies by creating stencils. Dies can be pricey, so making the most of the investment makes my crafty heart smile!
To begin cut the Flower Garden Fancy Die from a masking paper or large full stick postie notes. Place mask onto A2 sized (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") panel of Hero Hues Arctic cardstock. Then ink blend with Mint Julep and Indigo, leaving a highlight in the middle for a glowing effect.
Carefully peel away masking and color in a few flowers and leaves with colored pencils. Be selective or color them all, your choice!
Die cut Hello Message in Hero Hues Dove White. Coat bottom half of Hello with liquid Precision Glue. I used one of those old triangle shaped makeup sponges (that's a blast from the past, right?!). Sprinkle on chunky Snowfall Glitter and then adhere sentiment to slightly trimmed top half of a card base. By trimming off just a smidge, the white strip across the bottom of panel from the back side of the card shows. A fun little surprise detail!
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10 Responses
Jan Hansen
April 10, 2019
I LOVE this fancy die and I’ve found one person who has made a card using the Flower Garden Fancy Die (Jennifer McGuire) but I would love to see additional ideas on how I can use that die in different greeting cards. I’m going to try the stencil card for sure! I have a Cuttlebug and I found that I needed to run my paper backward and forwards several times in order to get a good cut. Its an absolutely beautiful die.
GLenda M Sultan
March 30, 2019
You are so clever. I like how you colored in just a few flowers.
Lauren Z.
March 29, 2019
Great idea to use dies as stencils. I’ll have to try it. This is a very pretty card. I love the glitter on the bottom of “hello”.
Barb Oliver
March 26, 2019
lovely card, Janette! Great way to stretch the use of your dies. Thanks for the inspiration!
Carole Lohr
March 26, 2019
What great idea with succinct and easy instructions. A helpful post😀.
Kathleen
March 26, 2019
gotta love ways to save money! I haven’t tried this with paper yet but I have taken stamps and stamped on whats called stencil banks and made my own stencils the stencil blanks are usually available at your local craft store. It take a bit more time but you have a permanet stencil.. I did experiment with running the die and stencil blank thru my die cut machine but wasn’t successful. so I ended up cutting it by hand
Cindy C.
March 26, 2019
So clever, and the result is incredibly pretty!!
Helen
March 26, 2019
What a wonderful card…and great idea for stenciling, Janette. This die is going on my wish list! tfs
Karthikha Uday
March 26, 2019
That’s so beautiful!! Lovely technique!
Henriétte
March 26, 2019
Gorgeous card Janette and a great idea to use our dies to make a stencil. Thank you so much for sharing.