Hello, all you crafty card makers! I'm so grateful you've stopped by to see more of my handmade greeting cards.
I've watched several YouTube videos of card makers using the newer Pretty Pink Posh layered Candles and Cupcakes stencils and I fell in love.
I was pleasantly surprised that creating one layered stencil background could be cut into two pieces to cover 2 mini slimline cards.
The first 2 cards are created using one background made with the layered cupcake stencils. After creating the background, I wanted to cut it in half, but there are 5 columns of cupcakes and I didn't want to have 2 cards with a column of cut in half cupcakes. I chose to cut the background down to 2 columns of cupcakes each and was left with a single column of cupcakes that I may or may not create another card with.
For all four cards, I used Catherine Pooler inks since they blend so well. On these cards I used: Mint To Be Hot Tub, Aquatini, All That Jazz, It's A Boy, Something Borrowed, Stone Blue, and Juniper Mist.
After inking the last layer, I covered the last stencil with Liquitex Basic Acrylic Iridescent Medium to give it a pearlescent shine.
The sentiments are from Pretty Pink Posh and Simon Says Stamp. "Happy Birthday To You" is cut from Tonic Studios Mirror Cardstock (Tidal Wave), and layered with 2 additional die cuts from heavyweight white card stock for added dimension. "It's Your Birthday" is cut from cheap-o black glossy cardstock I purchased from Amazon.com. I also layered this sentiment with heavyweight white cardstock.
The card fronts were stamped using the Happy Birthday cling stamp from My Favorite Things, using Versimark ink, then covered with Wow Super Fine Opaque Bright White embossing powder and melted with my heat tool. I then did an emboss resist blend with Catherine Pooler's It's A Boy ink.
I'm absolutely in love with the layered Candles Stencils from Pretty Pink Posh. I used Catherine Pooler inks again: It's A Boy, Something Borrowed, Aquatini, Limoncello, Sauna and Mint To Be. The flames were covered in Gina K Designs Glitz Glitter Gel in white, then topped with Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen from Hero Arts for an additional glossy shine.
This background was cut in half and trimmed down to cover 2 mini slimline cards. I covered the card fronts with Aquatini ink, then stamped the "Happy Birthday" cling stamp from My Favorite Things with Unicorn White Ink from Hero Arts. Unfortunately, I didn't wait long enough after ink blending the card fronts, and the white pigment ink absorbed into the dye ink causing it to lose its crispness.
The die-cut sentiments are from Mama Elephant's "Wishes Enclosed" stamps and dies. The sentiment was stamped with Versifine Ink, covered with Wow Super Fine Clear Embossing Powder, then heated with a heat tool till it melted.
I didn't include any other embellishments since these layered stencils should be the star of the show.
I hope you've enjoyed these cards. Please stop by occasionally to see my newest projects.
Bye friends!
