StencilGirl Clearsnap Blog Hop!

10/18/2014

Welcome to Day ONE of the StencilGirl and Clearsnap Blog Hop!
For this blog hop, I decided to make a set of nature-inspired note cards – and to include bits of map collage, too!

I’d never tried Clearsnap products before, so I limited myself to using only Clearsnap media – along with one stencil: Roxanne Evans Stout’s Nature’s Gatherings – to see what I could come up with! Gwen from the StencilGirl Creative Team recently shared this quote she learned in a creativity class in business school:
Creativity loves constraints. So I thought I’d give it a try! Thanks, Gwen!

To start, I tore maps out of a 1983 Missouri Park Maps book I’d recently found at a book fair.

I sprayed half the pages with Smooch Spritz® in Ginger Ale. I crumpled up the other pages, opened the pages, and then wet the pages by holding them under the faucet in the sink. Then I sprayed them generously with ColorBox® Spritzers in Glacier Lake, rinsed away the excess color under the faucet again, allowing the lines of the maps to show through and the color to settle into the creases and folds.

After these pages dried, I flattened them a bit under some heavy books. I used my Fiskar Squeeze Punches to punch large circles out of the Glacier Lake pages and small hearts out of the Ginger Ale pages.

I used a glue stick to adhere the hearts onto the circles, and the circles onto 7” x 10” cardstock folded in half.

Next, I placed Roxanne Evans Stout’s Nature’s Gatherings stencil directly onto the card stock. Using a ColorBox® Color Blender, I pounced Mossy Mix'd Media Inx™ through the stencil. I love the dense, rich color of this product, and it was so easy to apply with the color blender!

Lastly, I added sweet little dragonflies by placing Dragonfly Design Adhesives on each card, then adding Designer Foil in this beautiful Lagoon color! Now I have a sweet set of 5 note cards to send!

Before you leave, be sure to enter the GIVEAWAY!

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All comments left for this week on all blogs in the hop will be eligible for the giveaway. Comments close Sunday, October 26th at 11:59PM Central Time.

Monday's Blog Hop Order
StencilGirl Talk
Mary Beth Shaw
Mary C. Nasser – you are here!
Clearsnap
Denise Hahn

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59 Comments

Janet link

10/19/2014 10:39:10 pm

Mary, Your notecards turned out wonderful. Anyone who receives one will pin it up to their bulletin board and treasure it always!

Shari L

10/19/2014 11:24:44 pm

BEAUTIFUL notecards! Definitely will have to pull my stencils out!

Carolyn Dube link

10/19/2014 11:29:58 pm

What stunning cards you've created!

Ina Good

10/20/2014 12:01:57 am

I love your natures gathering stencils and how you used them love the glacial color !

Courtney miley

10/20/2014 12:04:00 am

Im always amazed at how you use maps in your art. Love these cards:)

Margaret Griffiths

10/20/2014 12:28:23 am

wonderful cards, love the colors

Tasha F

10/20/2014 12:56:53 am

I love these note cards. What a great gift :)

Carmen Buster link

10/20/2014 01:13:34 am

Such lovely cards, Love the color scheme!!

Mary Ann Griss

10/20/2014 01:23:30 am

These cards are really awesome!

Maria McGuire link

10/20/2014 01:49:34 am

Mary these cards are just beautiful! Clean, crisp and would put a smile on anyone that received one :)

Andra

10/20/2014 02:00:04 am

These cards are beautiful! Now I'm curious about Mix'd Media Inx!

Barb

10/20/2014 02:34:24 am

I love these cards. Interesting technique - the crumpling, wetting, spritzing, rinsing, smoothing, etc. I must try that.

jpscraps

10/20/2014 03:26:16 am

These cards are wonderful! Love the colors you picked for them.

Jo Murray link

10/20/2014 03:53:21 am

Those notecards are very stylish. Love your choices of colour and stamps...and the maps...what a find!

ros

10/20/2014 04:24:09 am

the cards are so pretty anyone would love to receive them

shanti

10/20/2014 04:57:20 am

Interesting products that I never had heard of. Lovely cards!

Gwen L. link

10/20/2014 04:57:21 am

Ha! I think the restraints must have worked... these turned out great! Love your color palette and how beautifully these turned out... and especially the little hints of maps on each of them!

Jessica Sporn link

10/20/2014 05:04:17 am

these are just beautiful Mary.

Saranne Valentine

10/20/2014 05:11:30 am

Love your cards and the color combos!

Wendy

10/20/2014 05:13:38 am

I just love these notecards. Beautiful colours and great images.

jean marmo link

10/20/2014 05:57:39 am

Oh my goodness! What gorgeous colors and images!! These just grab you! Love them!

Heather Thompson

10/20/2014 06:32:41 am

Very neat idea with the maps, very pretty.

Jackie PNeal

10/20/2014 06:42:29 am

Mary, Was an awesome way to use those stencils! I love how your notecards came out- so organic and beautiful! TFS!

Robin B.

10/20/2014 07:14:30 am

Beautiful cards, I really love the colors. Thanks for sharing.

Shari Czerwinski

10/20/2014 07:41:35 am

Beautiful color combination!

Leslie McNeil link

10/20/2014 07:52:56 am

always fun to discover new products and these look very enticing!! thanks for showing us how.

Cindy L

10/20/2014 07:56:14 am

Such cute cards Mary! These would be great gift sets!

Janelle Rourke

10/20/2014 08:16:51 am

Oh wow - those are so cool! I would never have thought of making cards this way out of stencils! I will have to re-think what I can do with mine! Thanks so much for sharing and for a chance to win. I just love all the Stencilgirl stencils! Janelle R

Cecilia link

10/20/2014 09:10:30 am

Mary, these greeting cards are beyond beautiful! You did a fantastic job!

Tommy McDonell link

10/20/2014 09:21:14 am

Neat cards. Still not sure what clear snaps are though.

Denise Spillane

10/20/2014 09:24:39 am

Mary, these are so beautiful! At first I thought you used gold ink but the moss is such a rich color, perfection. Love these cards.

Jeanne Kelly

10/20/2014 11:00:13 am

Beautiful cards!

Cheryl

10/20/2014 11:15:00 am

I love these cards! The way you used those really cool maps and the creative way you used the stencils is so inspiring. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.

Susan Schultheis

10/20/2014 12:58:16 pm

I just love your note cards using the Stencil Girl stencils with Clearsnaps products. I think they would make a perfect xmas gift to someone I know at work. Thanks for the idea.

Vicki Romaine link

10/20/2014 01:02:21 pm

What a great way to use a map. It has really inspired me to do something with the many maps I have. Thanks for the generous giveaway.

Donna Lueders link

10/20/2014 02:19:16 pm

Love your project and those stencils are to die for. Wonderful!

Victoria Banaszak

10/20/2014 02:52:03 pm

These are quite lovely cards. The stencils almost look like hand carved stamps.

Kaye Grieve link

10/20/2014 06:07:19 pm

Stunning combo of colours - gorgeous

Lisa M link

10/20/2014 10:59:12 pm

Ooh! I love how your notecards came out! What a great use of the stencils! Thank you for sharing!

Amante del Papel

10/20/2014 11:38:13 pm

I love your notes cards, there are clean and wonderful!

Gill

10/21/2014 06:29:28 am

Fabulous!

Carla Hundley

10/21/2014 07:52:49 am

Lovely work on
your interesting
cards! Love the
use of the maps.
Carla from Utah

marylouh

10/21/2014 10:18:03 am

Who would think that old maps could be re-cycled into something so beautiful. The cards are great.
thanks for sharing.

10/21/2014 12:21:24 pm

Tho I have not used Colorsnap products before, I am lovin' what I'm seeing and they will be my next big craft purchase... WoW, thanks for the great demo... those cards are fab!