December 08, 2015

ARTplorations Stencil Blog Hop Day 1

Day 1



Hey everyone!  There's a great stencil hop going on over at STAMPlorations for the next five days!  Come on over and check out all the awesome ways some of the design team girls used the fabulous stencils that are available at the STAMPlorations shop!

There are some fabulous prizes to be won if you come hop with us and comment along the way.  More details can be found at the STAMPlorations blog.
(Commenting closes on December 13. Winners will be announced on December 15.)

Here's what I made...





This card uses 3 stencils.  One is quite subtle so it's hard to see in the picture.  First I took my patterned paper (the words are actually gold foil) and stenciled the reindeer (Christmas Reindeer stencil) in black.  Then using the Nestled Circles stencil I lightly sponged on sea glass ink (SSS) around the reindeer image.  Using a variety of mixed media stamps (Mixed Media Elements set) I stamped around the reindeer image in the following ink colours:  Vistorian Velvet Distress ink, SSS Sea Glass, Dove Gray StazOn, and Delicata Golden Glitz.  Next, I stenciled the holly using a portion of the Holly Background stencil using Cottage Ivy ink (Memento).  I splattered some watered down Broken China Distress ink and spritzed some Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist.  I added some bling to the holly, colouring it pink with a Spectrum Noir marker and also added a trimmed strip of teal glitter tape.  I die cut a snowflake (Echo Park) and attached it to my panel.  Lastly, I attached my panel to a kraft card base.


Check out what the rest of the team made! You'll find links to all our projects here.

Hope you all come join in on the fun!  Have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by!


28 comments:

  1. love the background and the stenciled image in black !!
    http://kalasirjana.blogspot.in/

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  2. The deer is so creatively showcased
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  3. Hmmmmmm - don't tell anyone Kim - heheheheh - but I think this may be my favorite one for today's hop!!! Just can't help it - I live on a ranch where we see the deer every day, I love you bit of added bling and the background just makes me happy! I really have enjoyed seeing your very creative and lovely project. Thanks bunches. j.

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  4. How stunning - I really love it! I am seeing the reindeer head every where this season and I'm becoming a huge fan of it. This would be so great to give a man at Christmas.

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  5. very beautiful card, would love to see in person because of the gold foil words, imagine it is even more beautiful thanks for sharing
    Barb Housner

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  6. Love this Kim, great composition. Carol x

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  7. Oh my, this is so lovely. Like how you combined three stencils!

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  8. Love the deer on the newspaper print background! Just FAB!

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  9. Stunning project TFS

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  10. Fabulous card! Love the silhouette deer over printed paper!

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  11. This is a super stunning card Kim...the deer, printed background..design is just superb! :)
    Suchi xx

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  12. Lookie, lookie, Kim is going all cluster and mixed media on us ! Must be a result of the painting the kitchen project;)

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  13. I am in awe... The text BG is so perfect for the stenciled reindeer :)

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  14. Wow, this is so interesting. I needed to look several times to check out all the details! Wonderful. Creative regards from stempelfrida

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  15. Wow..Loved the total look of the card ,text bg ,stencils and the reindeer look Wonderful !

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  16. Stunning card. Love how everything goes so well together!

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  17. Beautiful! I love all the subtle elements on the background.

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  18. The layering of the black silhouette and the snowflake, along with the glitter of the washi tape, add a lot of visual interest to this card.

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  19. Totally wonderful card!!! Reindeer just popping against the text bg!

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  20. Pretty card. I like the way the reindeer really pop out.

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  21. Wonderful card..loved the vintage feel of this card !!

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  22. Love your script background and silhoutte image. Very creative Kim.

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  23. Wow, this is so beautiful. I love how you've got all the images nestled in the corner to show off the wonderful background paper. And the images themselves are fantastic! What a great Christmas card!

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  24. Beautiful card! I love the reindeer! xxx

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  25. Wonderful creation!
    Love the stenciling
    you did, looks so
    gorgeous.
    Carla from Utah

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  26. The black stag looks great against the text background and your card has so much interest, it's a wonderful creation :)

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