Stencil Techniques with Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder

 

What you will need for this project:

* A stencil. I'm using two stencils from the LoveAll Crafts Slimline Background Set - Bricks and Hexagons

* Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder in your colour of choice (there are other brands of this kind of powder so use any you have in your stash). I'm using Lava Red and Firework Burst

* Water colour paper. Any brand is fine, I'm using Faber-Castell 140gsm paper.

* Normal copy paper (optional if you want to keep costs down and not use 2 sheets of water colour paper)

* Spray bottle with water

Let's get down to it!

1. Tape down the stencil on to your watercolour card. I'm using a UK A4 sheet of water colour card here and am taping the stencils at each end so I make 3 backgrounds per sheet of paper. No wastage!

2. Spray with water liberally. 

3. Add the Pixie Powder and respray with water. Do this until you get the look you're wanting.

 

4. Once you have the coverage you want, spray once more with water and place a piece of watercolour paper over the top (you can use normal copy paper here if you want to save some money but it may wrinkle). Leave the paper over the top for about 10-15 seconds to let it soak up the excess powder and water.

5. Peel off carefully and ta - dah! 6 slimline backgrounds ready to rock!! Lava Red Pixie Powder on the top with the Brick LoveAll Crafts Slimline Background Stencil and Firework Burst Pixie Powder on the bottom with the Hexagon LoveAll Crafts Slimline Background Stencil on the bottom. In the middle a pixie powdered mix of the two. The left hand paper is the watercolour paper that had the stencil on. The right hand paper is the copy paper I put over the top to soak up the excess.

Card Examples

This slimine card was created using the top left background. I distressed the edges with Fired Brick Distress Ink. The stamps are from Lavinia Stamps (Zentangle Fairy Cottage). The sentiment I made using my Tattered Lace Foiling Machine.

A few more examples...

This is Cosmic Shimmer Firework Burst with the Circles Slimline Background Stencil on the Top and Teal Wash with the Waves Slimline Background Stencil on the Bottom. Left side is the stencil side, right side is the pickup piece of paper.

Using the Bottom Right Background from above, distressed edges with Mermaid Pool Distress Ink, Stamped with a Lavinia Stamps Mermaid and sentiment from Tim Holtz Ideaology Pack. I used Ranger Liquid Pearls for the mermaid's body in Majestic Purple, Petal Pink and Platinum Pearl.

Using the Top Right Background from above. Bear stamps and sentiment are from Personal Impressions "Everyday Bears Miss You" Stamp Set. The bears were watercolour painted.

This technique works with all sizes of stencils. This is the LoveAll Crafts Dorset Wall Background Stencil with Teal Wash Pixie Powder over the top. The flowers are made from the AlteNew "Layered Rose" Die Set, the foliage is from Sizzix and Sophie Guilar Thinlets "Hidden Leaves" and the sentiment is from the  Tim Holtz Ideaology range.

Please do share your cards with us in the comments if you give this a go!