Altenew Academy – Celebration: Stencil Techniques

For these two cards here I used the Aztec Dreams Creativity Kit.  I purchased this kit as part of a virtual workshop and I really thought this would not be something I would reach for.  Was I wrong!  I absolutely loved creating with this kit.  I used different parts of the stencil for my cards to show how versatile the stencil is.  I did bring some supplies out of my ever-growing Altenew stash to help make these cards amazing.  For the Be A Dreamer card I used Altenew’s Embossing Paste mixed with the Antique Gold Metallic Shimmer spray.  I was surprised to not see any hints of metallics in the sprays once they were mixed with the embossing paste, but they were still gorgeous!  For the card, I used the top portion of the image on the stencil.  I then used Altenew’s Embossing Ink and Black Embossing Powder to create my sentiment.  The stamp does have an arrow and some dots, I just cut them off to make the sentiment work for me.  I embossed two feathers from the set with Altenew’s Silver embossing powder and that finished off my first card.  My second was similar to the first, but I changed it up a bit.  I used the Lagoon Metallic Shimmer spray and the bottom half of the stencil.  For both cards, I measured the base at 2.75″ so I could be equal on each part of the stenciling I did. I then heat embossed another sentiment from the kit with gold embossing powder.  I used the same feather image, but heat embossed with platinum embossing powder this time.  I did not plan on using as many feathers as I did, but I smudged my embossing paste by touching it too soon and voila, more feathers!

I fell in love with the “Follow your dreams” sentiment and had to make a 3×4 card for my pocket pages to be used at a later date.  I find its best to do when you already have the supplies out.  This also shows the great versatility of these products you get in the kits.  

The next three cards I created were actually using a different stencil.  These cards were created using the Foliage Stencil.  

I used the embossing paste for the first layer of the stencil.  In the last photo, you can see I colored the embossing paste and simply added the hello sentiment from Handwritten Hello.  I used the shadow layer here instead of using both.  I also used Altenew’s Gold Foil cardstock that I am determined to use and not hoard because it is so shiny and beautiful!!  The other two cards I changed my treatment of the embossing powder. The middle card had plain embossing paste and I used the Gold Metallic Spray for the second layer of the stencil.  It adds such a delicate beautiful touch.  The card on the far left I went all out and added embossing powder to my embossing paste for the beautiful sparkle.  I then added the second layer with the Gold Metallic Spray.  I was not as careful on this card as I was with the other and there are droplets on my card.  I’m okay with that — just another beautiful touch. 

Thank you so much for spending a few minutes of your day with me checking out my creations.  Once you start stenciling with embossing paste it is REALLY hard to stop!