As an embellishment for this card, I die cut 2 butterflies from vellum using the Tim Holtz Detail Butterflies Dies. I used my sewing machine to stitch them together, but you could certainly skip this step and adhere them using an adhesive of your choice. I then adhered the sentiment to the center of the butterfly.

To add a little more texture, I machine stitched around the outside edge of the card panel. Next, I applied Vintage Photo Distress Ink to the edges of the card panel to grunge it up just a tiny bit. I also decided to add some stamping using the script image from the Tim Holtz Dearly Departed Stamp Set. I didn't want it to be a stark image, so I applied Old Paper Distress Ink to my craft mat and then picked up the ink with the stamp before stamping the image onto the paper.
For the sentiment on this card, I used the same stamp set as the first card. This time I stamped it using Distress Oxide Ink in Salvaged Patina.

The mat for this card is a piece of green paper from the Scrapbook.com Sherbet Paper Pad adhered using Scrapbook.com Permanent Refillable Adhesive Roller. I then adhered it to the center of the butterfly using double sided foam adhesive.

At this point, I thought I was finished, but after setting the card to the side and looking at it later, I decided to add some Turquoise Waters Pops of Color to the vellum butterfly and a bit of white sewing thread behind it. I used the Scrapbook.com Permanent Refillable Adhesive Roller to tack it in place.

Dreamer Of Dreams Card

Finished Size: 4.25x5.5 inches

This third and final card kind of goes off on it's own little tangent. I've been wanting to try mixing Pops of Color with Texture Paste Transparent Gloss to see if it would work with a stencil AND keep the shiny look of the Pops of Color. Spoiler alert...it works perfectly!!!

For this card, I used the Scrapbook.com Little Boxes Stencil and used a piece of Mint Tape to hold the stencil in place on a piece of Distress Watercolor paper. I then mixed some Turquoise Waters Pops Of Color and Transparent Gloss Paste together using my palette knife until it was thoroughly mixed together. I then applied it through the stencil using my palette knife, carefully removed the stencil to clean it and set the paper to the side to dry.

On a side note, I wanted to share that I think the Texture Paste Transparent Gloss is the same thing as the newly released Distress Texture Paste Translucent. So if you already have some of this, make sure to use it up first.

For the next part, I adhered a Scrapbook.com adhesive sheet to the back side of the lighter blue paper from the Sherbet Paper Pad. I used this to die cut some of the scribbly shapes from the Tim Holtz Abstract Faces Dies.

I then took the darker blue paper from the Sherbet Paper Pad and die cut a butterfly using the Tim Holtz Detailed Butterflies Dies.

Using a craft pick, I removed the liner from the adhesive and adhered the scribbly die cuts to the butterfly. I then took a pair of scissors and trimmed off the overhanging parts of the die cuts.Now it's back to the background paper. I smooshed some Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink onto my craft mat, spritzed it with water and used a paint brush to splatter it onto the paper. If you shake the brush in a downward motion you will get the larger droplets and if you tap the brush with your finger you will get the smaller splatters. I used my heat tool to dry the splatters. I then repeated the splattering process using Mowed Lawn Distress Ink.
For a little more interest, I used the script stamp from the Tim Holtz Dearly Departed Stamp Set applying the same technique I used on the second card with Old Paper Distress Ink. And of course, I had to ink the edges of the card panel and the die cuts with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
I also added some more scribbly die cuts from the Abstract Faces Dies and cut them from a salmon colored paper from the Florals Paper Pad. I adhered them with Distress Collage Medium and added a sentiment from the Tim Holtz Metallic Sticker Book. I then finished off the card by matting it onto the same piece of blue paper I used to die cut the butterfly. This is a little paper saving trick for those of you who hate to waste paper!Thanks for stopping by! I sure hope you enjoyed learning some new ideas for adding Scrapbook.com Pops of Color to your next card project. I also can't wait to do some more stenciling with the Transparent Gloss Paste in the near future!

Below are the cards from my video. I've included some of basic information along with the main products I used on each card. If you are interested in more details on how I created each card and the techniques I used, make sure to check out my video. And as always, you can find a complete supply list at the end of this post.

Before I get started on the cards, I want to share that I used the same basic background. Each card base is a piece of Distress Watercolor Paper trimmed to 4x5.25 inches and stamped in Frayed Burlap Archival Ink with the Tim Holtz Ledger Script Stamp Set.

Love You & Me Card | Mixed Media Stencil Techniques No. 1

On this first card I used the Scrapbook.com Heart Patterns Layering Stencil combined with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink, Distress Crackle Paste and Scrapbook.com Spun Sugar Pops of Color. The dies I used include the beautiful Scrapbook.com Sprigs Decorative Dies and Love Die for the sentiment.

To make the sentiment pop I added Salvaged Patina Embossing Glaze and then finished it off with the "you & me" from the Scrapbook.com Wordfetti Oh So Happy Stamp Set.

Happy Easter Card | Mixed Media Stencil Techniques No. 2

For this second card, I used the Scrapbook.com Eggs Layering Stencil along with the Distress Crackle Paste and Pops Of Color in Spun Sugar, Seafoam and Lemon Chiffon. Although these photos don't show it well, these Pops of Color have a pearl finish that really adds some fun shimmer and shine to this card.

To embellish this card, I added some die cuts using the Tim Holtz Bunny Hop Thinlits and Scrapbook.com Sprigs Dies. For the sentiment I used the Tim Holtz Spring Shadows stamp set.

Here For You Card | Mixed Media Stencil Techniques No. 3

This third card features the Scrapbook.com Umbrellas Layering Stencil. Here I've combined it with Salvaged Patina Distress Ink and Pops of Color in Ocean Waves.

For the main embellishment on this card I used the Scrapbook.com Nested Fancy Circles Dies along with some basic circle dies. And yes, the gorgeous Sprig Die Set is back in action once again! I seriously can't get enough of this beautiful die set! To create the sentiment I used the Scrapbook.com Feel Better Sentiments 2 Stamp Set.

Hippity Hoppity Easter Card | Mixed Media Stencil Techniques No. 3

Now for the final card! Here I used the Scrapbook.com Eggs Layering Stencil along with Pops of Color in Spun Sugar and Bubblegum.

This card is quite similar to the Happy Easter card in that I once again used the Tim Holtz Bunny Hops Thinlits, Spring Shadows Stamp Set and Scrapbook.com Sprigs Die Set. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and checking out my 4 Must Try Mixed Media Stencil Techniques Blog Post and Video. I hope you are inspired to give these techniques a try!

Supplies

Below you can find the products I used to create these cards along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no cost to you. When you shop through the links below, I receive a small commission from Scrapbook.com. These commissions help me cover the costs of my blog and other expenses, which allows me to continue to provide you with FREE inspiration and tutorials. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here. Thank you so much for your love and support! 

Saltwater Taffy Swatches

Just One Life Card | Embossed Embossing Technique

This first card (I actually ended up making 2 of them so I could create the video) was made using Distress Embossing Glaze, an embossing folder and embossing powder. Which is why I'm calling it embossed embossing! I invite you to check out my video for all the details. You can find a complete supply list at the end of this post.

Use Your Wings Card | Distress Oxide Stamp and Smudge Technique

On this card, I used Distress Oxide and the Stamp and Smudge Technique to create the background. I began with a piece of Distress Watercolor paper trimmed to 4 x 5.25 inches. I then selected a mix of stamps including: Flutter, Illustrated Garden and Field Notes. I started by stamping images from the Field Notes set in Ground Espresso Distress Oxide. While the ink was still wet, I took a clean paper towel and smudged (smeared) the ink. For the second layer, I stamped images from Illustrated Garden in Saltwater Taffy and repeated the smudging. I stamped some butterflies from the Flutter stamp set using Peacock Feathers and for the final bit of stamping I stamped a couple more images from Field Notes using Wild Honey. With each color, I stamped and then smudged the ink while it was still wet. Once the stamping was completed, I inked the edges with a bit of Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I then spritzed the entire panel with a bit of water and dried it with my heat tool.

Now onto the butterfly. I stamped the image using the butterfly from the Perspective Stamp Set using Ground Espresso Archival Ink. I smooshed the Saltwater Taffy and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks onto my craft mat and used a waterbrush to pick up the ink and color in the image. I then fussy cut the image using a pair of scissors. Behind it I placed a piece of vellum die cut using the Tim Holtz Label Thinlits. I added some machine stitching around the outside edge before I adhered it to my card.

The card panel was attached to a piece of Distress Heavystock that I ink blended with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide creating my own custom cardstock. 

I then finished off the card with a sentiment from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic Stickerbook.

Hope Is Never Lost Card | Ink Smooshing Die Cuts Technique

For this card, I began by taking several pieces of Distress Watercolor paper (4.25 x 5.5 inches but any size will work). I then smooshed some Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink onto my craft mat, spritzed it with water and then smooshed one of the pieces of paper into the ink. I dried the paper and then repeated the smooshing until I was pleased with the look. I repeated this process on a second piece of paper, this time with Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink. I also took a couple of small watercolor paper scraps and ink smooshed one with Aged Mahogany and another one with Fossilized Amber. Next, I took Tim Holtz Bloom Colorize Thinlits Dies and cut out the various parts of the flower from the different pieces of inked paper. To give the layers of the flower a bit more contrast, I inked some of the pieces and edges of the paper with Abandoned Coral Distress Ink. For the flower center ( the pieces die cut from Aged Mahogany and Fossilized Amber) I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. With the leaves, I inked the main background piece and the edges of the layers with Forest Moss Distress Ink. I then adhered all of the layers using Distress Collage Medium.

Behind the flowers, I added a Seal die cut created using the Seal Switchlit. I lightly rubbed a bit of embossing ink over the raised areas and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.

For the background, I took a piece of Distress Watercolor paper trimmed to 4.25 x 5.5 inches and repeated stamped the ink splatter stamp from the Tiny Toadstools Stamp Set and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I then added some ink splatters using the Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink Reinker and a bit of water. I then added more water to get a lighter ink splatter. I completed the background by layering a piece of Distress Heavystock die cut using the Simply Plaid Thinlits Die.

To finish the card, I stamped a sentiment from the Tiny Text Stamp Set onto black cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing ink.

I sure hope you enjoyed the card inspiration and video I've shared featuring the new Tim Holtz Distress Color Saltwater Taffy. Thanks so much for your visit!

Supplies

Below you can find the products I used to create these cards along with compensated affiliate links to Scrapbook.com. These links are at absolutely no cost to you. When you shop through the links below, I receive a small commission from Scrapbook.com. These commissions help me cover the costs of my blog and other expenses, which allows me to continue to provide you with FREE inspiration and tutorials. If you want to learn more about what an affiliate link is, you can see my full affiliate and product disclosure statement here. Thank you so much for your love and support!