Creating Layered Stencil Backgrounds and Make-Aheads

Land ho! I'm back from teaching on my crafting cruise, which was a blast... until I got Covid. I'm fine, and I'm home, and I'm on my 10th day of isolation so by tomorrow I will be mask free! My cabin-mate Tiffany and only one other crafter contracted it, so we got lucky there I think. Regardless, we did have a fun time and I'll be posting a video soon of the project we made and talk a little about what happens when you get a positive test on a cruise. So stay tuned for that.

Back to today's post. While I was away, sailing the seas in the Southern Caribbean, I scheduled a post about making your own layered backgrounds with stencils, for your planner pages. It was over on the Elizabeth Craft Design's page, but I wanted to post it here as well.

Be sure to check out the video at the end of this post where I share my process on using the new stencils and some Oxide inks to achieve these fun backgrounds. You might learn a thing or two as I share some tips about my experimentation with inks, gel medium and color selection.

Even if you aren't happy with the results of a stenciled page, you can salvage it by using parts as embellishments. I share a couple of examples of this in my video.

The bonus feature in the video is making what I like to call "Make Aheads" which are little collaged clusters like the one shown here on the lefthand page. It's a super efficient way to collect ready-to-go pieces for our future planner pages.

Listed below the video are all the supplies I used, with links to each. As always, those links take you directly to the ECD online store, and if you make a purchase by using that link, I get a small commission on the sale. So thank you in advance for that.

Please enjoy the video and let me know if you have any questions. Thanks for popping in today!