{"id":9430,"date":"2014-07-25T16:03:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T14:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/?p=9430"},"modified":"2015-08-11T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T14:25:35","slug":"11-ways-to-use-stencils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewholesaler.biz\/blog\/11-ways-to-use-stencils\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Ways To Use Stencils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Remember back when you were a kid and stencilling on your walls and everything else was so fashionable, well did you ever imagine that it would be one of the hottest trends in scrapbooking? I am not sure I did…but I am glad to be around for it though.<\/h3>\n

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Enter the wonderful world of stencilling with Heidi Swapp<\/h1>\n

I love stencils, and those with neutral designs that can be used for any theme are my favourites. Incorporating them subtly into my designs to add rather than to distract or overwhelm the overall design. So for this layout I used my stencils in pretty ordinary ways but with stunning results – what I wanted to showcase is that by using something new with the products you already may have on hand makes your stash go so much further and gives a different result each and every time.<\/p>\n

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Create your own patterned paper<\/h2>\n

I started off by creating a base of patterned paper for my middle section of my layout. I then created a stencilled and inked piece of cardstock as part of layering. I love how I can dictate the colour combinations of smaller pieces of art work that will in the end work with the whole design. I used a combination of stencils, misting and inking to create a fun piece of handmade cardstock. Start off by misting one of your stencils, then add a layer of inking by dipping your cardstock into ink misted with water, and lastly use a different stencil to ink a pattern over everything.<\/p>\n

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Stencilling directly on my background<\/h2>\n

I used my triangle shape stencil and first inked a layer of creamy chalk ink using a sponge dauber, and then once the ink was dry went back and stencilled a second layer of green but this time slightly off-setting my stencil.
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Stencilling a word with different mediums<\/h2>\n

For my \u201cfab-O\u201d word I used 2 colours of Mr Huey’s inks gold and brown to stencil with. I misted the 2 colours of inks on top of each other and then used a sponge to lightly mix them before stencilling onto my background cardstock. The 2 colours enable you to get lighter and darker spots adding more interest to your word than just a flat single colour. Adding gold, silver or shimmer to a solid colour like I did gives a stunning shimmery look. I like working on white smooth cardstock for a background because it enables me to stamp, stencil and ink without any hindrance from textures.<\/p>\n

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Things to do with your stencils<\/h3>\n