Stencil Girl & Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Blog Hop

Happy Friday! Today's blog post is exciting as I'm participating in a blog hop with Stencil Girl and Emerald Creek Craft Supplies. Both of these companies have fantastic products and I highly encourage you to go and check them out. If you've come from Emma's blog welcome or if you've just joined me, you'll also want to stop by Stencil Girl's and Emerald Creek Craft Supplies blogs. 

For my project, I combined a variety of stencils from Stencil Girl as well as stamps and embossing powders from Emerald Creek Craft Supplies to create my Happy Birthday Card. So, grab a cup of your favourite beverage and learn how I created my card. You'll also want to read all the way down to the bottom of my post as there is a giveaway as well as the next blog to visit. 

To start, cut a piece of cardstock that measures 4" x 5 1/4". Cut a piece of ephemera to the same 4" x 5 1/4" as the cardstock piece. Adhere the ephemera piece to the cardstock piece.

Paint a layer of Paper Artsy Midnight paint over top of the ephemera cardstock piece. With the midnight colour down, paint a layer of Paper Artsy French Roast Paint over top of the Midnight Layer. The last layer of paint to add is the Paper Artsy Claret Paint overtop of the French Roast layer. 

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Kimilese stamp and stamp at the bottom of the now painted cardstock piece. Reapply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Kimilese stamp and stamp at the top of the now painted cardstock piece. Dry the ink.

Place the Paint Splatters stencil overtop of the piece of cardstock. Using a blending tool with foam, blend Ground Espresso Distress Ink through the stencil. Dry the ink. Move the stencil slighty to the right and then use a blending tool with foam to blend Potting Soil Archival Ink through the stencil. Dry the ink.

Place the Coffee Cup Rings stencil overtop of the cardstock piece. Use the Emboss It dabber and dab through the Coffee Rings. Take the stencil off. Sprinkle Salted Wine Embossing Powder overtop of the coffee rings. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Take the Emboss It Dabber and rub it along all four edges of the cardstock. Sprinkle Seth Apter's Baked Texture Embossing Powder in Ancient Amber around the edges. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Place the Text & Texture - Explore Stencil overtop of the cardstock piece. Use the Emboss It dabber and dab through the explore stencil as desired. Take the stencil off. Sprinkle Midnight Black Embossing Powder overtop of the images left from the stencil. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

From the left over ephemera, tear a piece that measures approximately 1 1/4" x 3 1/8". Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Happy Birthday stamp. Stamp the Happy Birthday sentiment in the middle of the ephemera piece. Place the splatter stencil overtop of the ephemera piece and use a blending tool with foam to blend Potting Soil Archival Ink through the stencil. Ink the edges of the ephemera piece using Ground Espresso Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Wrap twine at the bottom of the cardstock piece six times. Adhere the Happy Birthday ephemera piece 1/2" from the bottom and right to the edge of the right hand side of the cardstock piece. Rub the Emboss It Dabber along the edge of the ephemera piece. Sprinkle Seth Apter's Baked Texture Ancient Amber Embossing Powder along the edge. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Cut a piece of black cardstock that measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  Adhere the cardfront to the black piece of cardstock. Cut a piece of white cardstock that measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", score at 4 1/4". Adhere the black piece of cardstock to the cardbase.

Here are a few closeups of my Happy Birthday Card.

And here's my finished card.

Stencil Girl Products Used:

- Text & Texture - Explore Stencil

- Paint Splatters

- Coffee Cup Rings

Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Products Used:

- Kimilese

- Happy Birthday

- Midnight Black Embossing Powder

- Salted Wine Embossing Powder

- Seth Apter's Baked Texture Embossing Powder: Ancient Amber

Other Supplies Used:

- Paper Artsy: Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paint - Midnight, French Roast and Claret

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Ground Espresso Distress Ink and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink, Potting Soil Archival Ink and Emboss It Dabber

- Misc: White Cardstock, Ephemera and Black Cardstock

And we can't forget about the giveaway! Here are all of the details:

GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive $50 in Gift Certificates to Emerald Creek
and StencilGirl® Products!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below.
Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, August 21st at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl® Product's Facebook page and Emerald Creek’s Facebook page on Wednesday, August 22.

You'll want to head over to Vicki's blog next. Thank you for stopping by and I hope that I've inspired you to recreate my Happy Birthday Card.

Here is a list of today's blog hop participants: 

Debi Adams
Janet Joehlin

Emma Ivemey

Katelyn Grosart (You are Here)

Vicki Garrett

Day 1 Blog Hop:

Mary Beth Shaw

Seth Apter

Gwen Lafleur

Kim Evans

Day 2 Blog Hop: 

Mary C. Nasser

Tina Walker

Josefine Fourage 

Jenny Marples

 - Katelyn