Art Philosophy Stencil Cards and Glimmer Mist Recipe

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ByLisa Stenz

Did you know that you can use the negative part of your images from your Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge cut outs as well? I cut a tree, a star, a circle, and a snowflake using my AP cartridge and used the negative shape as a stencil. (I got the idea from the negative snowflake shape that was left over from the card I made here.)  I simply placed the negative shape over some White Daisy cardstock and used the Universal Backgrounds stamp set to stamp either the musical notes or the text image on top. Then I used a Sponge Dauber to add a tiny bit of color before lifting off the stencil. I added a simple Christmas sentiment from the Christmas Love set. 
If you have read my blog for any amount of time, you probably know that I tend to lean towards a clean and simple style. I liked the simpleness of the cards, but wanted to add just a bit of “something” so I pulled out my trusty old Spray Pen and a tube of Create-a-Shade Pearl Paint and mixed up a little homemade “glimmer mist.” I added about 3 blobs of paint and filled the pen with water. I shook it up and spritzed the cards a couple times. It is really hard to see in the photos, but in the sun, the cards have a beautiful shimmer to them. You can even add a few drops of re-inker to make your own colored glimmer mist. It is such a quick and easy way to add a bit of fun to any project!

Here’s a close up of the images. The circle ornament photo is darker so you can see the shimmer a little better. It really does sparkle a lot in real life. 


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20 Comments

  3. Love these! But I'm assuming you didn't use cardstock for your stencil. Could you add a comment to the post to address how you got such a clean edge to the Universal Background stamping through a stencil? Thanks!

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  5. Lisa, these are GORGEOUS and you can consider them LIFTED! I've been saving my paper I've cut images from for another project, but I'll have to honour this one now too! Thank you for your continued inspiration.

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  13. These are so fantastic! I have fallen in love with this cartridge — I hardly use any of my others since I got it. Thank you for all of your ideas.

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  18. These are absolutely stunning! I love that idea. I actually used the negative space from the Art Philosophy for something similar, but not quite this way. I love this idea!

    And Becca Whitham…I am not sure what Lisa used, but mine was cardstock and all I did was sponge daubered (I know that's not a word in the dictionary, but there is a scrapbooking dictionary I know it's in! LOL) and it came out fine. I still have the negative spaces for other projects. Also, there is a flower in the Art Philosophy cartridge that the left over pieces (if there is ever anything such as left over pieces) actually look like teeth. So if you have a tooth fairy story, you could use that flower 😉

    Again, great job Lisa and thanks for sharing!

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  20. These are just beautiful! Thanks so much for the inspiration – I didn't know about the homemade glimmer mist either!! Thanks for the tip!

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