Hello friends. I'm playing along with the gals over at the
Group of Seven Cardmakers where they are playing with the
Stenciling Over Heat Embossing Technique. It's been awhile since I've done this technique and had forgotten how fun it is to mix and match background stamps with stencils! I have 3 cards to share with you, so let's get to it!
My 1st card started with SSS's Holiday Background stamp and white embossing powder, and then using a very light hand I used leftover residual ink from my turquoise blending brush to cover the whole panel. Next I added Gina K's Stellar Snowflake Stencil over my embossed panel and used a bit heavier hand with the turquoise ink and then added Tranquil Teal ink and Medium Lilac ink (Gina K), starting from the inside of the snowflake and blending out to the edges. I added a thin strip of Tranquil Teal cs to the left edge of the card and my sentiment is MB's Let it Snow Posh Script die (die cut 4 times and stacked for dimension. A couple Disco Ball sequins finished off this card.

My 2nd card started with gold embossing using retired SU!'s En Francais background stamp, and then used Impression Obsession's Poinsettia stencil with yellow, red & green inks (all Gina K). This is a new (to me) 6x6 stencil and I'm loving it...so easy to use! I did trim off about a third of the bottom and added a piece of white that I embossed with SSS's Holiday Greenery embossing folder with a thin strip of gold mirror cs between the 2 layers. I used MB's Special Merry Christmas die cut in black for my sentiment.
One of my favorite color combinations is pink & orange, and even though this 3rd card is a rather simple layout, I think it's my favorite of the 3! I started with SSS's Friendship Text Background stamp and embossed it in white for my background and then used Gina K's Bold Bouquet stencil and lots of masking off to keep the colors separated as I did my ink blending.
This is just a single stencil, so you do have to be careful to keep the colors separate unless you don't mind pink or orange leaves. I cut it down a bit and added a Passionate Pink panel behind it before attaching both to a white card base, and then added a sentiment strip using a couple small stamps from Gina. A couple silver dots finished off this sweet birthday card.
There are so many AWESOME cards from this talented group of cardmakers that you can check out right
HERE...it is definitely a FUN technique to try and also very addicting! :0)
Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!