Hello Crafty Friends, today we have DCAM first Guest Designer, bringing you a review of Two of our Two step Stencil Sets. Neha has done a wonderful job, and our design team will be bringing you more of these reviews in just a couple of short weeks.
Hello Friends,
I am delighted to be here on the blog,
today! Some time back Mansi sent me the whole bunch of her new stencils and I
was thrilled to see the designs and quality of the product.
They are 8X8 stencils made out of really
sturdy material. Some of them are two
step stencils which is very interesting concept. I am going to share my
experience using two of them.
One thing I want to point out is – there
are two holes at upper left and bottom right corners.
So,when you lay first stencil, mark through
both the holes. So when you are overlaying second stencil, just align those two
holes on the previous marks which will align the whole design on the previously
inked layer.
Let’s talk about first stencil – Tri
Elegant . It is a two layer stencil, one layer of solid and other layer of
striped triangles. I love geometric patterns. There are so many possibilities
with using both or single one of them. I will share few here.
1) 
I first sponged grey ink through solid triangle stencil.
I flipped the stencil . This will mask the inked grey area
and sponged cracked pistachio .
I flipped the stencil again to have it in original direction
and shift a bit sideways and lightly sponged the mermaid lagoon ink. I just
love the pattern it creates.
2)
Here I applied coral ink using solid stencil, overlayed
striped steicil and sponged picked raspberry ink, flipped the solid stencil and
applied grey ink. Is’nt it fabulouse?
There are so many possibilities. You can overlay firt stencil and offset
it and use another ink color. You can shift sideways or up down. Each one will
create different pattern. You just have to play with it to find the one you
like.
3)
Here I have shifted the stencil diagonally
in between each inking. Again, the key is to sponge lightly to give the airy,
three dimensional look. Check the final card I made using this BG
I kept the rest of the layout simple to let
the bg shine.
Now,
the last one with this stencil...
I masked surrounding area of three
triangles with masking tape. I selected three green inks and inked them using
lightest green ink. I shifted the stencil ¼ inch downwards and inked those
three triangles with medium dark ink. Repeated it for the third time using
darkest ink. Check the final product.
Isn’t it simply elegant? Give these a try
and let your imagination run wild! There are many options using them with
texture paste and heat embossing and what not! But I will leave it to you guys
to explore!
The second 2 layer stencil I am using is
Moroccan Tiles ! True to its name, it reminds me of the floor and window jaalis
you see in many palaces and Middle Eastern inspired architecture.
(1)
I simply applied two inks using both stencil
and stamped the centres using little darker inks to make it look like tile.
(2)
For the second one I used 1st
stencil twice with two different inks.
You can see the middle space is exactly
same as the second stencil. So I laid the second stencil which will practically
mask the inked area and applied grey ink.
Doesn’t it look like floor? I wish there
was third stencil to fill in the tiles with some intricate designs.
(3)
For third variation, I applied
yellow ink first.
For second layer, I rotate the stencil at
45 degree and applied blue and pink inks in alternate shapes. See how it changes the color where it mixes
with blue and pink making centres green and orange.
And the last one of the post...
I used single stencil, three times with
three different grey inks for monochromatic look.
I hope you are feeling inspired and will
give these stencils a try. Thank you so much Mansi for giving me the opportunity
to explore this wonderful product of yours!
