How to Use the Lulu Background Stencil with the Sunbird Spark Stencils 360

Learn how to create this Scrapbook page using the LoveAll Crafts Lulu Background Stencil Set and the Sunbird Spark Stencils 360. Easily adapted be used in scrapbooks, journals and card making. Perfect for Valentine's or Camper Van Adventurers.

What you'll need:

LoveAll Crafts Lulu Background Stencil Set - Linked here

Sunbird Spark Stencils 360 - Linked here for Canada/US/ROW or Linked here for UK (limited stock runs but comes in time to time).

Distress Oxide Inks - Kitsch Flamingo, Villainous Potion, Lumberjack Plaid, Weathered Wood, Black Soot

Biro pen

Gold pen - Staedtler metallic marker gold

Painters/Masking Tape

White card stock

1 sheet of 12 x 12 patterned paper

Optional but used in this project:

John Next Door - 4 inch Layering Dies

Computer printed "I <3 adventures with you" - Printed from Canva in Amsterdam 1 font

Tim Holtz Alterations/Sizzix - BigZ Heartfelt die set

Let's get crafting!

1. Place you card on the Sunbird Spark Stencils 360 board. I'm using an 8x8 inch square card.

2. Put on the relevant Guide Ring - you can use any of them, but smaller rings mean more closely packed Campers.

3. Tape off the top left and right and middle camper on all of the stencils to make things easy for yourself and stop any ink from going to unwanted places!

4. Measure your stencil and mark the half way point.

5. Line up your mark with the mid line on the Guide Ring and tape down. If you're using a layering stencil it's important that the first stencil layer you use the highest stencil - the stencil layer that puts in the top of the design. This means you don't end up cutting any of the image off later on!

 

6. Make sure the Guide ring arrow starts at 12 o'clock on "The Base" and drawn in the first Camper. For this project I'm using the 30 degree intervals so I move the Guide Ring to each circle on the "The Base" and draw in the Camper. Keep going until you reach back to 12 o'clock.

   

7. Take the stencil off. Make sure the Guide Ring is pointing towards 12 o'clock and place down the next layer (body), lining it up with the biro image you've already drawn.

8. Ink with distress inks. I'm alternating Lumberjack Plaid, Kitsch Flamingo and Villainous Potion. So Lumberjack Plaid is 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock. Kitsch Flamingo is 1, 4, 7 and 10 o'clock and Villainous Potion is 2, 5, 8 and 11 o'clock.

  

9. Take the Body layer off and add the next layer stencil (metal). Make sure when you are positioning the stencil the Guide Ring is pointing towards 12 o'clock.

10. Ink! For the bumper and lights I'm using Weathered Wood. For the Centre logo I use the same colour as the body.

11. Remove the stencil and add on the final layer. Make sure that the Guide Ring is at 12 o'clock when positioning. Ink and draw in the features. I use a biro for the windscreen, a gold pen for the headlamps and Black Soot Distress Oxide for the tyres and licence plate. 

12. When complete it looks like this:

 

13. I like to go round the sections in biro - I just think it lifts the image and almost gives it a hand drawn, illustrated look. I also hand drew hearts into the camper logo circle.

 

14. On Canva create a custom size image of 9.5cm square, use Amsterdam One font and write "I Adventures with you". I wanted to add in the heart myself so I left space for that to be hand drawn in. Print on a computer and here I'm using the John Next Door ***** die to cut out the image.

15. Add some foam sticky tabs and add to the middle

16. You can use it as a journal page....

17. Or cut it out using scissors and add it to a scarpbook page. The hearts are made from inking white card in the same Distress Oxide inks as I used for the campers (Lumberjack Plaid, Villainous Potion and Kitsch Flamingo) and used the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Heartfelt BigZ die.

You can use the Sunbird Spark Stencils 360 with any stencil - it's a great piece of kit to play with!

Making stickers with Stencils

Stickers are all the rage at the moment - but they can cost time and money to get the right set-up. So why not try making stickers with what you've already got?

What you're going to need for this project:

• Matt sticker paper - we use Pepra "Matte Sticker Paper" which are A4 sheets (50 sheets at the time of writing this are £7.49 from Amazon)
• LoveAll Crafts VW Inspired Camper Background Layering Stencil
• Something to colour the stencils with - we used Distress Inks in Weathered Wood, Black Soot, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry, Chipped Sapphire, Lucky Clover and Candied Apple
• Some kind of tape to tape down the stencil - we use red painters tape
• A thick black pen (Optional - but we like to use Pigma Micron Pens - size 08)
• A pen to colour the headlights (this can also be inked but we use a Hybrid Metallic Copper Pen in this project)
• Holographic Paper (Optional but a great way of taking your stickers to the next level - we're using Gearific Transparent Holographic Overlay Vinyl Sheets (£14.99 for 30 sheets from Amazon at the time of writing of this blog)
• Scissors to fussy cut - we use the Tim Holtz Micro Serrated Scissors

Lets Get Crafting!

1. Take a piece of your Matt adhesive paper and put the first layering stencil down in the corner

2. Colour with your material of choice - we're using Distress Inks because they give vivid colours and are very easy to lay down a good amount of colour

3. Put the next layering stencil down, taking care to line everything up. 

4. We would like the tops of our campers to be white so we're going to use a black pen to trace around the outside of the stencil. You can ink this stage if you'd like it to be a colour.

5. Put the third layering stencil on

6. Colour - we've used a Distress Ink in Weathered Wood for the whole of this layer. I also like to go round the circles with a black pen but this is entirely optional.

7. Put the fourth and final layering stencil down.

8. Colour. We've used a black pen to outline the windshield, a copper pen do do the headlights and Black Soot Distress Ink for the tyres and number plate.

9. We went around everything with a thicker black pen because I love a black outline and thought the thinner line was a bit weak.

10. You could stop here, fussy cut and use them  as stickers..... orrrrrrrr you could go to the next level and use some holographic transparent vinyl....

11. Peel off the transparent vinyl and place over the top of the matt sticker paper - remember if you want to write anything on the number plate do this before you use the vinyl as this will seal the image.

12. Fussy cut and revel in the amazingness of the stickers you've just created....

You can use them in journals, scrapbooks, cards and more!

When is a Tree not a Tree? When it's a Wreath!

 

The LoveAll Crafts Tree Stencil can be easily turned into a wreath builder - and wreaths aren't just for Christmas! Here's how to do it...

What you'll need:

* LoveAll Crafts Tree Stencil

* Inks - I'm going to be using Distress Oxide Inks in Iced Spruce and Rustic Wilderness

* A card blank (bought or made) - my card is 5'x5'

* Some kind of sentiment/topper - I'm using the Bold Tidings 1 stamps from Stampers Anonymous

* Small gems (or you can use nuvo drops of similar)

* A pencil and eraser

* Painters or Masking Tape

Let's get crafting!

1. In pencil, lightly, draw a circle. This will be the middle line of your wreath so make sure there is ample space on both the outside and inside.

2. Take the tree stencil and use masking/painters tape to tape off some of the tree. Try to make sure you don't have any half leaves as these will leave a funny design on your wreath

3. Place the stencil down on your pencil circle line, trying to keep an even amount of foliage on each side of the line. Don't worry if it's not exact - the more organic the better! Ink in your choice of colour.

 

4. Move the stencil to the next part of the card and keep repeating until the wreath is built. It doesn't matter if there are gaps, you can fill them in at the end.

 

 

5. Clean the stencil fully then turn it upside down (so the tape is facing towards the card) and repeat with your next colour. I like to turn the stencil the other way just to get slightly different shapes.

 

 

6. Repeat as many times as you want with as many colours as you want. I find 2 or 3 layers does a lovely job though. Use a clean eraser, once the ink is dry, to remove any pencil lines left over.

7. Add embellishments. I'm using some red gems bought from The Range but you could use nuvo drops or similar, or draw on some berries, die cut them, use 3D berries - whatever you'd like to do!

 

8. I'm going to finish off my card using the Bold Tidings 1 Stamp set from Stampers Anonymous, some Gold Embossing Powder from Wow Embossing and my Stamp Easy platform.

 

 

9. Ta-dah!

and to prove a wreath can be used at any time of the year, here's one I made using Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink, Tattered Rose Distress Ink, Dew Drop Galaxy Gold Ink, some feather stamps from the Pink Ink Design Unicorn stamp set, a sentiment from Tim Holtz Ideo-ology and a butterfly topper from my stash.

The possibilities are endless! Enjoy!!