True Story!

I have always loved fairy tales and fantasy.

TUTORIALSTENCILSTRETCH YOUR PENNIES

4/4/20242 min read

Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You'll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencil I used from A Colorful Life Designs. Follow the link and use discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Green Border: 5 ⅜ x 4 ⅛ *

Card Face: 5 ⅛ x 3 ⅞

*See Chating on Layers and Borders under Stretch Your Pennies in the header

Card Face:

I put the card face into my stamp positioner and stamped the books with medium gray ink.
I removed the card face and coloured the books with alcohol markers.
I put the card face back into the stamp positioner and stamped the Pixies, repeating the stamping once to get a good dark image.
I also stamped the sentiment at this point.
I needed to fill in the background … hmmm…. Then -
I put the card face onto my Grip Mat and positioned the stencil on it.
I used blue ink and a careful hand to apply ink through the stencil above the books, but not on them.

Assembly:

I centered and glued the green border to the card base.
I centered and glued the card face on top.

Final Thoughts:

I love the moments of serendipity that come in the craft room when I realize that two unconnected products will work beautifully together.

This is what happened with these two stamps: the books are typically used on a portrait-style card, but I happened to see the stamp package in a horizontal orientation, and the Pixies were close by. So of course I had to try it!

I’m so pleased with how this came out!!

Supplies: (and links where possible)

I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It's a huge marketplace and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencil: Intersection, A Colorful Life Designs

Stamps:

Stack of Books, Technique Junkies

Pixies, Technique Junkies

Stamp Positioner: Misti, Spellbinders

Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Versafine Onyx: Simon Says Stamp

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up!

Memento Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Alcohol Markers:

Stampin’ Blends: Stampin’ Up!