Stencilled Trees
Posted: October 29, 2015 Filed under: Nature's Beauty, Tiny Tree | Tags: Penny Black creative dies, Tsukineko Memento inks 6 Comments
You know I have said before, ‘You can never have too many tree stamps!’ Well if you find yourself running short you can always make a few tree stencils to help you through that difficult time. I was happy to see some new tree dies in the latest release from Penny Black and decided to make my own stencil by die-cutting a row of trees using two different sized tree dies.
I used a piece of Plaid stencil plastic and cut a row of trees with the die from ‘Nature’s Beauty’ set and a smaller tree from the ‘Tiny Tree‘ set. I sponged a gradated sky with two blue inks then sponged two greens through the stencil. I was going to spritz the images quite generously to make the colours bleed together but I decided to stop after a couple of spritzes because the watermarks and texture from the paper already looked interesting. I diecut a single tree from the stencil plastic also so I could sponge isolated trees then painted the shadows of the snow drifts around them. The foreground tree was sponged and spritzed the same way then die cut and popped up on some die cut fun foam for added dimension.
I decided to inlay the word Joy which was not a brilliant idea because I had already attached the thick watercolour paper to the green cardstock mat and die cutting an intricate word ended up being rather tricky.
Supplies:
Dies: Nature’s Beauty, Tiny Tree, Greetings (PB)
Inks: Memento Northern Pine, Cottage Ivy, Summer Sky, Danube Blue (Imagine Craft/Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Cold Pressed Canson, Green cardstock
Also: fun foam, Plaid stencil blank
Heather Telford 
Oh, Heather, this is gorgeous, and you are so right about never having enough dies! Haha! And I love that you’ve made your own stencil (which is why dies are so great) and made such a beautiful scene and used them die-cuts for popping them up! Stunning and beautifully done with the “joy” too! Hugs!
What a great idea to cut a stencil for the trees Heather and it works beautifully, also love the idea of making the front tree more dimensional by die cutting a layer to go underneath for more height. I love the colours too, and the ‘joy’ finishes it really well. x
Oh Heather, what a great idea. I have separate tree dies that I like, but the stencil would make it so much easier!!! I’m so excited. I’m putting it on my “want to try soon” list. Thank you so much!
As I always seem to say… this is gorgeous! Love how you used the stencils and still have the perfect watercoloured look.
Beautiful! ALMOST makes me wish for snow… I love the idea of creating your own stencil using dies.
wow… thanks for a gr8 tech.. i love your ideas… and thanks again for sharing… 🙂