Let me {stencil} you in!

Happy weekend, friends! 

I wish I could say fall is in the air,

but it's still super hot here in South Florida.

The only fall I'm seeing is in the decor in the stores

and on all the pretty autumn cards on social media :)

One thing that i absolutely love in this card making hobby

is creating a card that tells a story ♥

Some great techniques to do this are to using scene building dies,

masking and stencil work!

 

Yesterday, I stenciled in some time to make a new card

using some super cute fall critters!

I quickly fell in love with these fall friends and had an idea of a card,

then another, then another!

This is the first of three cards using one stamp set ..

first up, a stencil!

I found an amazing stencil during that massive Hobby Lobby stamp/die/etc

liquidation a few months back and it was one of the many things

that ended up in my cart and followed me home!

Thinking of an outdoor scene, it just made sense :)

 I used the Tim Holtz distress oxide inks in warm tones

of worn lipstick, fossilized amber and squeezed lemonade.

Using my mini blending tool, I applied the inks directly to the stencil

on white cardstock to give the illusion that they are birch trees.

Last, I colored the friends with a mash of prismacolor and promarkers

in a similiar color palette and added the sentiment and iridescent sequins.

And that's it from me today!

Wishing you a wonderful rest to your weekend! ♥
Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly

Mondays with The Project Bin ~ Shaking it up!

 Happy Monday, friends ♥

Today I'm shaking things up a bit on my blog!

 So!  I was recently in a restaurant 

and spotted those tiny take-out containers and lids.

Being the creative sort, I asked the sweet server
 if I could have a couple for an idea that popped into my head.

You know ... one man's trash, another man's treasure :)

Introducing, the *lid shaker card!*

I took a re-purposed lid, stamped out the gorgeous new sentiment stamp
 from The Project Bin "New Leaf",

some assorted colored sequins, the lid to the container, 

Hero Arts Serengeti Sunset ombre ink, the cuttlebug, circular die,
some paper, glue and twine and made a shaker card.

 

I went from this  ↑

to this ↓

I first cut a circular shape with my nestabilities die 
and cuttlebug into a white base of card stock.
I glued the lid to the inside of the card stock and poked it through the card,
like a mountain verses a valley.  
It looks like it's just stuck on there, 
but the circumference of the lid is slightly larger than the cut out (on purpose)
to push it through for better stability.  
Next, I cut a small piece of heavy cardstock for the back panel,
 just a hair smaller than the A2 size. 
After filling the 'shaker lid' with assorted fall colored sequins, 
I glued the back panel on and then layered it onto the Really Rust card stock.
Finally, I attached the entire shaker panel with a small twine to the 
patterned paper card stock base.
I also decorated the inside of my card and shook things up! :)

I had a lot of fun with this one and love the 'quirky-ness' of it!
As you can see, my stamps are well loved :)
The point it - it's fun to think outside the box with card making.
It's awesome to experiment and use what you have on hand -
you just never know what you'll come up with! 

You can see this stamp set and more in The Project Bin store,
and inspiration galore on The Project Bin blog! 
Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly