Stepping Up Basic Stencilling: Add a Little Glitter, Get a Lot of Wow

Sam here on the blog today. One of my all‑time favourite products has to be the Postage Collage dies and their coordinating stencils. With a brand‑new release arriving next week, I couldn’t resist pulling out my trusty postage collage set—along with one of the original stencil companions, the Here Comes the Sun Postage Stencils—to warm up my ink‑blending muscles. Consider this a little creative stretching… and maybe a tiny hint at what might be coming soon!

In addition I decided to step things up by adding a layering of glitter embossing paste. Scroll down to see all that good shimmer.

If you’d like to recreate this card, you’ll need:

Postage Collage dies, Postage Collage Stencil, LDRS Hybrid Inks, Snail Mail Collage Stamp Set and Here Comes the Sun Postage Stencils and stamps.

• I decided to start with the stencilling and then diecut
• Pick out what ink colours you would like to use. LDRS Hybrid Inks has a huge collection to choose from.
• Align the first stencil over the postage collage frame stencil and ink blend. Continue to do the same with stencil 2 and 3.
  • Tip: For a simple blend use one colour per section
  • Tip: Stretch your colours by creating light ink colour and dark ink colour depending on how heavily you ink blend.
  • Tip: Step it up ink blend similar to my card using two ink colours per section.
  • Tip: Before removing the postage collage frame stencil using a complimentary colour and whatever ink is left on the brush, lightly ink blend. Repeat for all frames. This is certainly a step up choice but it is a great way to make the individual postage frames stand out even more than the die cut stitching.
• Lay back the third stencil overtop and add a layer of glitter paste for an added shimmer and shine.

• Diecut the stencilled peice out with the Postage Collage dies
• Stamp Sentiment: Pick out and stamp one or many of the sentiment from Snail Mail Collage Stamp Set and the Here Comes the Stamp set.
• Mount onto an A2 card base.

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