Hi All,
My Favorite Things recently sent me some of their new stencils to try out. I’m happy to report that I really enjoyed working with them a lot. Many of the designs are very cool, and one of them especially caught my eye – the Rose Builder. Here’s what it looks like:
I thought it would be really cool to create a realistic-looking rose inspired by the lines of the stencil. I came up with a technique that I don’t think is too hard. And I only used one ink pad (Worn Lipstick distress ink) and one marker (Festive Berries distress marker – found in the 12-count set). I hope you like it!
Thank you to My Favorite Things for your wonderful products and inspiration! 🙂
Supplies:
To purchase at Ellen Hutson, click the EH link. To purchase at Simon Says Stamp, click the SSS link.
 Rose Builder Stencil |
 Hero Arts Canvas Background EH|SSS |
 Avery Elle Custom Panels EH|SSS |
 Worn Lipstick EH|SSS |
 Peeled Paint EH|SSS |
 Distress Markers (12-set) EH|SSS |
 Watercolor Paper |
 C1 Copic Marker |
 Versamark Ink EH|SSS |
 Ultra Fine Clear Powder |
 Sponge Daubers |
 Basic Gray Cardstock |
 Neenah Cardstock EH|SSS |
 Thin Paper Tape |
 Tombo Mono Multi Glue EH|SSS |
 Sizzix Big Shot EH|SSS |
 Magnetic Platform EH|SSS |
 Craft Mat EH|SSS |
 Heat Tool |
Other stencils I referenced in the video:
 Small Checkerboard EH|SSS |
 Scrolled Background EH|SSS |
 Brick Wall EH|SSS |
 On the Diagonal EH|SSS |
Mary-Anne V.
Gorgeous card and great technique!
Richell
You’re the only person I know who could take a simple stencil and turn it into a masterpiece like that! Wow! I mean, just WOW! Thanks for taking us through the steps. Your card is gorgeous!
Kathryn
Wow! this is really beautiful! Great use of a stencil!
Anita Holmes
WOW…..that is a beautiful card, you are truly amazing with your designs and techniques.
TFS
Hugs
Anita
Wanda M.
Beautiful card. I can’t imagine what it looks like in person. You make it look SO easy.
Val
Wow! That’s an amazing card! The roses are very “life” like!!
Felicita
Darlene amazing…….. You make it all look so easy…. I just love your cards and videos. On another note I know that you take most of your card photos on a Nikon D3200 do you know what your aperature, shutter and ISO setting are.
Darlene DeVries
Felicita, to be honest, I’m not sure. I used to set the speed manually based on where the lines “line up” when looking through the view finder. But lately, I feel like I get better photos using the setting that looks like mountains (not sure what it’s called – maybe some kind of “scenery” setting?). The camera becomes a point and shoot at that point and the photo comes out very clear, with both the background and foreground in focus. Hope this helps!
Carol B
Awesome card, almost can smell the sweetness of the roses as they look so real.
Casey Thrush
What an AWESOME technique! Love it.
Diana
Absolutely GORGEOUS ! Stunning and so realistic!
Diana
Absolutely GORGEOUS! Stunning and so realistic, I want to pick them.
Holly Saveur
Stunning!
Patty Beers
You make everything look so easy. I love watching your tutorials. I watch them and try them over and over until I can get the technique to seem as easy as they look when you do it.
Shirley
Oh my gosh…when I first saw your roses, I thought you used some type of texture paste. The coloring looks so real and with a lot of depth
Jamie Vanskiver
This is just beautiful! Thank you for sharing this with us. Love this!
Peggy
This was lovely. Well done! I like to use the distressed ink too. I might experiment with your idea. Thanks for the inspiration.
Kelly Clark
Beautiful card and a wonderful technique with a lot of possible applications! Thanks so much for your great videos!
Gabby
Lovely colored roses! 🙂
Darlyne Wagner
So, so lovely and inspiring, Darlene! The background is perfect behind the roses. Your watercoloring is outstanding and so realistic. yummy
Maria Rodriguez
I love the water colored look of this roses, your patience is unparalleled Darlene. You took this stencil to a higher level, your attention to detail is really amazing.
Thank you for showing this totally new technique, you make it look so easy.
Debbie Lou
Beautiful, beautiful card! Hey do you have any inspiration for a Thanksgiving card using the owl punch?
Cynthia Patti
Really impressive and so pretty! Thanks for sharing:-)
Robin in WA
Wow! That was made from a stencil! Your technique looks very easy. Thank you for all the work you did to find an easy technique!! I need to see if I have anything I can try that with!!!
Robin in WA
Beautiful card too!!!!
Rosy Newlun
Fabulous Darlene! They sure look like real roses!
Gloria Taylor
What simple & clean card to make for any occasion!
Amira
Hi Darlene,
Thank you for this awesome tutorial. One request if I may- earlier in the video before you started you showed a whole lot of samples that you had tried before you found the one that didn’t work. Is it possible to do a tutorial on “what does not work”?? I know this is such a silly request but I actually learn so much better from mistakes…kind of a what not to do because it feathers, what not to do because it bleeds etc…just a thought.
Kin regards,
Amira
Darlene DeVries
Hi Amira, that’s a really good suggestion! I often try several things before deciding on a technique I will use for a card, so I will keep this in mind for future videos. For this card, I already threw away my samples and I probably wouldn’t be able to tell what I did because I didn’t take notes. Thank you for the idea!
Jan
Darlene, how do you separate the Avery Elle Custom Die? I must be making it too difficult. Thanks! I made a similar card as this one and I have grooves now on my stencil panel as I’m struggling with this die and separating each die.
Darlene DeVries
Hi Jan. You need a set of small wire cutters. I stole a pair from my husband’s tool box. 🙂