New Crafter's Workshop at Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions is hosting a blog hop today to showcase the new Crafter's Workshop stencils now available in the TE store.  If you are not familiar with these fun little templates, be sure to hop around to all of our blogs today to get a wide range of delightful ways to use them.

I'm using the Tree of Life stencil this morning and I thought it would be fun to ink it up a few different ways.  First, I used Repositional adhesive on the underside of the template to keep it tightly against my cardstock and then used some Dark Brown Colorbox chalk ink to create the tree trunk after I masked off the leaves I didn't want to stencil just yet.  Once the ink dried, I masked off the tree trunk and birds, and then used Versamark ink over the leaves.  To make the leaves sparkle, I used Heat & Stick powder over the Versamark ink (use a heat tool to activate the powder) and then added the Pistachio glitter and heat set them so the glitter doesn't rub off.  Nice and sparkly!!  I put the stencil back on and added some Lemon Yellow Liquid Pearls to the little circles border around the outside of the tree.  While the Liquid Pearls were still wet, I removed the template. Such a fun and easy way to make a little border around any image!  I added some punched out flowers and dabbed a little Cotton Candy Stickles in the centers {more sparkles!} and used a sentiment from Celebrate Life.

There are many more Crafter's Workshop stencils to see - each of us is using a different stencil, so you are definitely in for a creative treat today!  Hop on by to see:

• Taylor VanBruggen
• Jami Sibley
• Karen Motz
• Sankari Wegman
• Jodi Collins
• Jackie Pedro
• Melissa Sauls
• Carolina Buchting
• Jeanie Witmer
• Alex Maldonado
• Charmaine Ikach

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I do hope you enjoy the hop today!
Karen

recipe -

stamps: celebrate life

paper: kraft cardstock, sweet pea dsp (stampin' up!)

ink: dark brown colorbox chalk ink, versamark, memento rich cocoa

accessories: cotton candy stickles, lemon yellow liquid pearls, pistachio glitter, savannah buttons, linen thread, tree of life stencil (crafter's workshop), heat & stick powder, flower punch, butterfly punch