How to create custom stencils for cardmaking

 

Hi crafting friends thanks for stopping by today as you click around the Totally Techniques International Stampin' Up! Demonstrator blog hop.  We are sharing ways to create your own custom stencils or masks as my US friends call them for using on your card making or even your scrapbooking and memory keeping projects.  

I have used an upcoming suite of products called the Tradtions of Christmas with two bundles, Christmas Greenery and Traditonal Labels along with Traditional Sparkling Sequins.  There is also a sparkly ribbon and stunning pack of specialty DSP that you will love.   You will see in time that this bundle isn't just for Christmas projects and I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I have during our preorder period.  The suite and many more Winter Mini products will be available from 3 September.   

My card today is simple, but modern even though the colours and images are very traditional.  It's easy to create and as you'll find in the video does what it says on the title! 

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A little variation if you want to add a more vintage, traditional sentiment look.

Above is an alternative way to create a similar card with different margins on the layers and a different sentiment and dies from the Traditional Labels Bundle available from 3 September 2025.

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Happy stamping 

Zoe x

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Supply List

Stampin Write Markers

Available from 3 September

Blending Brushes

Long Time No See fun handmade cards for all the family

 

Are you a dog or a cat person?  Or maybe you adore both.  It's fair to say I'm an animal fan, but my first choice would be a dog, and hence why I love this stamp set which has a small, but eclectic group of animals.  I think the Dachshund is uber cute and the llama or alpacha whichever you want it to be is just fun.  If you missed my post using the dog visiting the Eiffel Tower you can see it on my earlier Stampingscene post. 

I've enjoyed using them so much and I think you will too!  Today I'm sharing this fun 'sausage dog' ,'as we called them when I was a child, dog card or is it a bee!

 Tips to Create

• stamp the dog on masking paper and cut out
• stamp dog on matt layer and cover with mask
• stamp flowers, grass , wings and antennae
• stamp the dog onto an offcut of card and colour with alcohol markers. Fussy cut out. Adhere with glue dots
• colour flowers
• use wink of stella with ink from smoky slate pad or a watercolour pencil to create sparkly subtle wings
• use a blending brush over diecut clouds to add soft sky.
• pop stamped sentiment of choice in the sky and add tiny bee trinkets with multipurpose adhesive. 
• add matt layer if desired to coordinate with flowers

Check back soon to meet more friends of Pierre and Bea.

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Happy stamping

Zoe x

Supply List

Long Time No See stamp set

#166189

Tiny Bee Trinkets

#164714

Wink of Stella 

#141897

Bee my Valentine

#162547

Blending Brushes

#153611 large

#160518 small  

masking paper

#155480

Watercolour Stamping Tutorial for paper crafting

Hi friends how's your week been?  Here I've been busy enjoying time out with friends,  walking dogs and enjoying son being home for a few days.  I've also been busy creating and really enjoyed tinkering with ink and water to create this month's Totally Technique card.  Annette my lovely dutch friend set the task for us to share watercolour stamping and it is fun. 

I really like the differing looks that just using these mediums can create and add in embossing folders and dies and there's lots you can do. 

The measurements are as follows

Fluid 100 watercolour paper whole sheet

Lost Lagoon card base 29.8 x 10.5 cm scored at 14.85 cm

Lost Lagoon matt layer embossed 9.7cm x 14cm

Lost Lagoon die cut rectangle start with 10.5cm x 14.8cm

All the extra details are included in the video.  If you enjoy watching please do subscribe to my channel and share with friends.  

You can use ribbon, rhinestones and die cut card to embellish or add some tiny bee trinkets and hand torn stamped two-tone cardstock.  Which do you prefer?

Enjoy your weekend

Hugs Zoe x

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Supplies used

Natural Botanicals stamp set

#164831

Painted Stripes background stamp 

Lost Lagoon cardstock

Ink/water spritzer

Tiny Bee Trinkets

Pierre the sausage dog!

Have you met Pierre?  How cute is this little dog.  He's a new stamp that I just can't put down.  I have had so much fun creating this card and adding in some images from very old stamps that I told my husband were all gone!!! 

You can make some images pop in the background by embossing them with clear powder onto darker colour shades then add your main image or focal point over the top.  

The dog is super cute and easily coloured with alcohol markers or Stampin' Write markers.  Fussy cut him out to place him wherever you want him.  I have some more examples coming soon.  

You might also want to note that we have a 3 day free shipping window.  You'll earn 10% Stampin' Rewards also of your product total which can be used on your next order or saved.  Please note that the free shipping applies between 23 and 25 July 2025 once £60 of paid for product is in your shopping basket. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and come back soon for more Long Time No See stamp set adventures. 

Happy stamping

Zoe x

Supplies 

Long Time No See stamp set

Spotlight on Nature dies

Alcohol markers Stampin' Blends

SHOP with ZOE 

Ink Patterns with Sunshine Vibes

 

Happy Monday are you still enjoying sunshine?  Here we managed a little gardening before getting too hot yesterday and were pleased to hear some rain as we tumbled into bed last night.  It's just what the garden needed.  

My card today sends you a happy hello.  I wanted to show you that you can use those small stamps in your sets. They sometimes seem a little random, but think outside the box a little and you can create a fun design.  I chose to stamp the line image 4 times on each piece of card, rotating the image as I went along.  

Build up the squares to create overall a larger image or background to be home to the leaf images from the same Sunshine Vibes stamp set .  These are fussy cut and easy to cut out. Remember to move your card and not your scissors when you fussy cut to get a more even border.  

The sentiment in part is from Sunshine Vibes, but the friend is from a retired set that just fitted perfectly under the semi circle which also fitted beautifully into the die cut circle from Spotlight on Nature dies.  

Add some embellishments, but position your leaves to cover some spots so you don't run out and give the impression of adding to the whole design.  

By the way the squares are all mounted onto Stampin' Dimensionals to give a little more depth and the colours are Secret Sea and Daffodil Delight with white.

Have a great week.

Hugs Zoe x

Supply List

Sunshine Vibes bundle

Secret Sea cardstock

Secret Sea Ink Pad

Daffodil Delight Ink Pad

Muted Palette Dots