DIY Stencils with the Kat Scrappiness Heart Panel Die and a Video

Since I got the Heart Panel Die from Kat Scrappiness, I've been thinking that it would make an awesome stencil.  After some internet browsing I found out that you can buy full size acetate sheets just to make your own stencils! GENIUS!! I found this listing on Amazon for 12x12 stencil sheets:

12 pcs 7 mil Blank Stencil Sheets, 12x12 inch Mylar Template Stencil Material

I only paid 7.99 for this item but at the time I am writing this post the price is listed as $9.69. 

Still a good price since it comes out to $1.23 per sheet and you can get 4 stencils from 1 sheet by cutting each sheet into four 6x6 individual sheets. 

That's roughly 30 cents a stencil! You can't beat it. Now you can make your dies do double duty.  It's like getting 2 products in one! These sheets cut very easy in my die cut machine and I can't wait to cut some more!

Here is the card I made after I used my homemade stencil with the Heart Panel Die.

I used the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment from the Kat Scrappiness Say It With Hearts stamp set and I stamped it on to one of the dies from the Stitched Sentiment Strips.

What a fun technique and it's amazing how many possibilities there are just with the cover dies alone from Kat Scrappiness! Check out the patterns in these cover dies, 

I bet they would make gorgeous stencils!

Medallion Coverplate

Star Fusion Coverplate

Fancy Floral Coverplate

Peacock Backdrop Die

I have a video showing the process of making the stencil and the card.

You can watch it here or on YouTube.

I hope you enjoyed learning about DIY stencils and that you'll give it a try as well!

Have a great day, I already am!

💓Lisa 💓

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Medallion Coverplate Card

Happy Tuesday crafty friends!

I'm up on the Kat Scrappiness blog today and
I've got a new card to share with you!

Today is a special day on the blog because it is day 1 of of the New Releases

and not only is Kat releasing some fabulous new dies

but there is a GIVEAWAY as well!

The newest die in the collection being released today is called the

Medallion Coverplate!

This intricate die will quickly become a favorite of yours and I've

done some watercoloring with gold accents using this new die.

Here is the card I made and I will walk you through the process I used to make it.

Step 1:  First I took Salty Ocean and Lucky Clover Distress Ink and I "smooshed" them

down onto my Tim Holtz glass media mat and then sprayed them with water.

 Next I cut a piece of watercolor paper down just slightly larger than the

Medallion Coverplate die and laid it into the ink, moving it around to

spread the ink all over the paper.  I dried it with my heat gun and 

then pressed it down again into the ink to cover the paper.

Step 2: Once I was happy with the background pattern I did some ink splattering 

with the Gansai Tambi Starry Colors in gold all over the background with a 

large fan brush. It added a really nice shine to the panel!

Step 3: When the entire panel was dry I took it over to my die cut machine and 

used the Medallion Coverplate die to cut it out. 

Step 4: Because the die is so intricate I used Elmer's spray adhesive to mist 

the back of the panel so I could adhere it to my card front. This technique

works very well on dies with lots of intricate cuts.

Step 5: Now that the panel was done and adhered to the card, the final step

was to stamp the sentiment.  I stamped an older Happy Birthday stamp from 

my stash on to some vellum with Delicata Gold Ink and heat embossed it with 

WOW Metallic Gold Sparkle Embossing Powder. Once it was dry

I cut out the sentiment with the smallest die from the Double Stitched Circles Dies.

Step 6: I added the vellum circle to the middle of the Medallion Coverplate panel 

with some liquid adhesive making sure to only get the glue behind the letters so

it wouldn't show through.

I really love how the watercoloring came out so randomly all over the coverplate and the

gold paint gives it a very elegant look!

I hope you enjoyed seeing the process I took to make this card!

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope you'll check out

all of the new releases in the shop over the next few days!

Don't forget about the giveaway on the blog as well!

If you use my code Lisa10 you can save 10% on your order anytime!

Have a great day, I already am!

🌟Lisa 🌟