Hi everyone! Welcome to day THREE of StencilGirl® and Emerald Creek’s Blog Hop with Seth Apter! Have you not been blown away by all the creativity you have seen in the past two days? If you have missed any of them, scroll to the bottom of this post because I am certain you will want to check them out. Also, we have an amazing GIVEAWAY that is fabulous! It’s at the bottom of my post too.
As many of you know, I juggle many creative hats. Just take a look at my blog for example, sorta A.D.D. here…lol! It’s always interesting navigating from one genre to another. Sometimes it takes days! To get started with this project, I chose what I was comfortable with, namely cards, and then created my own mixed media twist. Art. You gotta love it! Endless opportunities and never, ever boring! Excited to show you what I did with Seth’s sentiment. And here is my 3-D card showcasing StencilGirl® stencils and Emerald Creek and Seth Apter embossing powders. Can you tell which ones I used?
For the card base, I used mixed media paper and slathered a bunch of ephemera papers onto it using collage glue then wiped some paint across the paper. Adding stencils was the fun part. Hmmm, so many choices! I picked Rae Missigman’s Repetition stencil and MaryBeth Shaw’s Planner Words. Then and there I decided to add a little Vintage Beeswax into the corner, which is close to my top favorite embossing powder ever :). I did several coats of the Beeswax then threw it into the freezer (learned that as a Close To My Heart demonstrator years ago) then bent the paper to make it crack. Eye candy.
As for the pop out portion of the card, I cut several parallel slits on both sides of the fold making sure I scored the top and bottom area of the strips instead of cutting them. This made the card dimensional.
I traced and cut out several of Seth Apter’s 3 Rings stencil using a white pen onto black cardstock (I connected them to form complete rings where the stencil dictated broken lines), did some mark making and finally applied Rocky Road embossing powder to some of them. I love the texture of Rocky Road. Very chunky. Then I overlapped and layered them onto the pop-out portion of the card.
For the bottom half of the card, I traced and cut out more of the 3 Rings but from cream paper, grunged them up a bit with distress ink, and adhered them to the bottom of the card.
And finally, can you tell how I created the show piece? One of my favorite mini stencils, “Now is the Time” by Seth Apter is so reasonably priced, especially when StencilGirl® and MaryBeth have a sale that I used the actual stencil itself! I applied PaperArtsy paint in layers using Chocolate Pudding, Little Black Dress, Green Patina, a touch of Mahogany and Mud Splat onto the sentiment. I added brushes of glue here and there and added my favorite Emerald Creek and Seth Apter embossing powder, Chunky Rust, to create a bit of texture, as well as color. Using pop dots to give it dimension, I adhered it in place. I mounted the entire card base onto a piece of cardstock for stability and to create a background for the pop out portion, and then placed it all inside a slightly larger card base that had been layered with lots of the PaperArtsy paint. And that was it! So much fun.
Almost a bit busy for me but I’m leaving it. It was nice to do something a little bit different.
I added just a touch of Vintage Beeswax in the corner to this side of the card too!
Looks almost like metal here. Love how the paints and embossing powders work together! Because of the material of the stencil, I did not heat set this, preferring the powdery look.
Here is the layered cover.
So excited to be a part of this hop! There are so many fantastic designers participating. Keep going! The list is below. And if you missed any others, their links are listed as well.
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This is awesome! I love the stencils you use and the embossing-powders give such a great vintage look.
Wow! Debi this is grunge fantastic . So much to LOVE. and I mean really LOVE ! You rocked it , for sure .
Tfs x
Absolutely stunning! Most of the time the stencils are used for journals and other mix media projects but I love the way you have used them for your card WOW. And together with the embossinpowders…………..totally in love with it. Thanks for sharing this wonderful tutorial.
Wow Deb, you amaze me again. Love this beautiful piece.
Word escape me – that is… beyond amazing. Thank you for all the details. Now to buy a few of that stencil hahahaha. Thank you
That is an amazing utilization of produce to create grunge. Super cool!! mcsuetexas(at)yahoo(dotcom)
WOW! Great use of the dimensional pieces and you really used the embossing powders to a perfect grungey effect.:) Thanks for sharing.
Love your card!
What a great rusty 3-D card! Thanks for sharing your techniques!
Wow so much texture, I love this card, awesome!!
Fantastic card.
You did an amazing job with the “metals”.
Look just like pieces that have been weathered
and rusted over years. Beautiful piece.
thanks for sharing
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Wow! What incredible “out of the ballpark” artwork. Very inspiring, creative and so well constructed
Never thought to use the actual stencil!
FABULOUS texture!!! Really great project.
WOW! This is an amazing work of art!
Awesome project!
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This is just stunning…love it
This is really amazing! I can’t get over how much texture and variety you’ve achieved from stamps and inks! This looks absolutely fantastic! I am SO impressed!
Wow! This is stunning! You showcased these products so well!!
It really looks like rust..what a great job!
Hi, Debi,
I can tell you had fun with this and were definitely playing “outside the box”! Although the style is outside my comfort zone, I see how captivating all the shape, color and textures could be to inspire the creative process. Thank you for being so adventurous.
Blessings, Sandy
Your rust work is outstanding.
Wow! What a fantastic art piece using SG and EC products. I just love it!!
This is a really beautiful piece.
This looks so much like metal that you can almost feel the weight of metal just looking at this card! Love it!
So awesome Debi! Incorporates everything I love about grungy mixed media. Love the idea of using the actual stencil in the project…..must try!
HOLY COW! I just do not even know WHAT to say!
This is possibly my favorite card EVER!
The grungy goodness is absolutely fabulous!!!
Great job!
Wow!love all that texture…and the grunge! Great piede.
Wowza!! What a great example of how a product can have many looks depending on who is using it! Thanks for sharing your work & an even bigger thank you for the tutorial!
I can’t get over how it looks like metal! And I want to try your freezer trick.
Debi, this card takes my breath away! It is truly just that amazing. I have seen many of your different styles and although I really do enjoy all of them, there is something about your delving into the mixed media that ALWAYS captures my interest! I think its so cool that you used the actual stencil to make that amazing rusty statement piece, and the cover, so simple yet a bit of a glimpse into what is in store is just perfect! Awesome card, thank you so much for sharing. I love this
This is amazing! I love the dimension!
Grungy goodness! I loved the pop-up part of it and the ingenious way in which is was created.! kcgoulet@gmail.com
Fantastic. Very inspiring. Well done!!!
Wow!!! Your project is totally stunning!!! Love the vintage look! And all the details are amazing!!!
Wonderful use of all of those art materials…..going to try the freezing trick with my beeswax powders
Gulp, this is wonderful. The stencil is just like metal. I love everything about this.
I love the vintage look of this card! So much detail to draw the eye.
WOW! This is absolutely fantastic!
Stunning card ! Love all that texture, it’s perfectly grunged !
Such a wonderful, grungy, rusty appeal to this piece Debi! Love it!! TFS Maura
Fabulous!!!
Debi, I keep sitting in shock and awe with this project. I can’t believe what an amazing and visually striking project you captured with stencils and EP. WOW!
Love the metal look you have inspired me to try this!
Ingenious
… and now I owe knowing that freezer trick to you!!! Love it!
Beautiful project!
WOW! This is an awesome piece! And that crackle is very cool!!! ~Rachel Bell racheljobell (at) gmail (dot com)
This project is so amazing – I love it!
Beautiful! Simply Beautiful!
Wow- amazing!
Beautiful grunginess!
Love it!
I love your work & I plan on taking your latest class soon. Thanks
Now THAT’S texture! Incredible process and result. I especially love how you altered the stencil on the card bottom. Looks like an ancient, filthy find! Thanks for the inspiration…
Amazing!
Oh wow, what a great card, love all the rustlike texture you’ve achieved.
Grungy perfection!
This is not busy at all, it’s fantastic!! it also happens to be one of my favorites from Seth also, so I might be a bit biased like you. This is a great inspiration and what wonderful uses and ideas, thank you so much, and you just got a new subscriber!
Great techniques (especially the freezer/cracking one) and love the color palette! Thanks for sharing! beenebag (at) Yahoo (dot) com
Awesome project!
I am totally flabbergasted! This 3d card is an amazing work of art!!! I can’t hardly go on with the hop as I want to keep looking as I spy something new each time I look. Guess I’ll have to bookmark it and hope some day I can CASE it.. Thanks for such amazeballs inspiration!!
love the subdued grungy colour palet. the pop up dimensional effect gives it so much life and movement.
Thank you so much for sharing. Very cool!
Very clever! Especially like the technique of throwing the Beeswax into the freezer to make it crack. Thanks so much for sharing!
You have nailed that grunge look! I love it.
Wow!! Love the grungy rust effect ! Great layers!
Absolutely rusty spectacular! Than you for sharing.
Oh my god, the patina you got on that stencil is nothing short of amazing! It *looks* like oxidized metal!
I could absolutely look at this piece all day long!! From the first time it popped up in my instagram feed until now, I’ve just shaken my head with wonder. I love that you span every art from every corner and do it so well!!
Wow, amazing! All this texture is so impressive.
Oh this is so special Debi. The textures here are fantastic. And I absolutely love the fact that you threw in the actual stencil too!
YOU are a girl after my own heart!
I absolutely love everything about this!
Of course, I immediately ordered another stencil!
LOL!
I adore grunge and you make it look so easy.
So beautiful. Very creative.