Hello! It’s LauraJane. Welcome to a new week:))

I was interested in trying out a technique that Jennifer Mcguire shared, a while ago, for creating a background by using dies to make a stencil. I’ll share with you the steps in photos using the Holiday Cones Coordinating Dies for the stencil.

LJs completed card

cut the stencil using the coordinating dies, repeatedly on CS to create a stencil

Sponge ink through stencil

Stitched Rectangle die

slightly mis-align the stencil to add shadows

Stamp in darker color coordinating images

Here are the steps to create the background panel:

First I repeatedly cut the two smaller branch dies from Holiday Cones Coordinating Dies on CS to makes a stencil.
Then Sponged a shade darker than the chosen colored CS..I chose Bright Emerald Dye
Next, stamp the coordinating images in an even darker shade…Basil Mojito
For the shadows, I slightly misaligned the stencil and traced the images where the shadow would be with COPIC N1.
Trimmed the panel down with the Double Stitched Rectangle Dies
Adhered that onto an A2 sized CS in the same color as the original blue

For the embellishment:

Stamped and heat embossed in GOLD the Holiday Confetti on the top left corner of the background panel.
On coordinating Blue CS: stamped and embossed in GOLD the CONGRATULATIONS from Brushed Cheers….trimmed into a strip and adhered it to the panel. added two smaller thin strips for accent.
On vellum: Embossed the berry branches from Fresh Cut Poinsettias (Coord. Outlines ) in GOLD and cut them with Fresh Cut Poinsettia Coordinating Dies
On vellum: Stamped and clear embossed a large Bloom from Fresh Cut Poinsettias (Coord. Outlines )..stamped in Hot Tourmaline Dye and cut with Fresh Cut Poinsettia Coordinating Dies
On coordinating Blue CS: cut bloom with Fresh Cut Poinsettia Coordinating Dies
Embossed the center of the Poinsettia with GOLD.