teddystencils.pdf

Te d d y St e n c i l s

By Marijke Shrivastava

Stencils can be quite expensive so I try to

buy those with elements which can be used in

different ways to make a variety of designs. You

may have stencils which would work just as well

as those I have chosen for the background.

Materials Required:

Dreamweaver stencils:

STE031, STE124, STE028, STE029.

A selection of coloured pastels.

Black felt tipped fine pen.

Double ended stencil embossing tool.

Sheet of plain paper and some cottonbuds.

Scotch tape and colour fixative.

A lightbox and 1 sticky fixer.

Thin White card 8cm x 8cm.

Needle and Brown thread.

Card mount: PS014.

To Make The Card:

Place the card face up on the work surface

and begin with the Oak leaves and acorns

(STE124). The four Oak sections are worked

one at a time moving, flipping and rotating the

stencil in between. Place the stencil onto the card

so the larger group of leaves are towards the left

hand side and hanging downwards. Tape the

stencil onto the card using scotch tape which

will not leave a mark if removed carefully.

The flowers at the bottom of the card are

embossed in three sections in the same way

using details from STE028.

The branch swing is taken from STE124. Place

the stencil on the card mount. Keep the branch

at an angle, the teddy’s leg will cover the gap in

the branch (where the owl sits on the stencil).

Tu rn the card and stencil over onto the lightbox

and emboss as before.

Place the card stencil side down onto the

lightbox, the light will shine through the card

showing the design. If you don’t have a lightbox

you can tape the work to a bright window to

emboss. Using the embossing tool and exercising

gentle pressure, follow all the outer lines on the

part of the design you are working on leaving

the central areas unembossed.

Move and rotate the stencil so that the smaller

leaf group is next to the embossed leaves on the

card. Emboss this area in the same way as the

last. Flip the stencil over and emboss the two leaf

groups onto the right hand side of the card as

well, moving and rotating the stencil as necessary.

The teddy and bird are embossed onto a

piece of card. Place the teddy stencil (STE031)

onto the thin card and tape into place, turn the

card and stencil over and emboss over a lightbox

as before. The face details are not embossed and

will be added later. Remove the teddy stencil,

place a bird from STE029 over an unused corner

of the thin card and emboss the bird onto it.

To colour the embossed areas I like to use

pastels following this method. Replace the stencil

over the design (this will prevent the powder

going onto the background). Rub some of the

desired colour onto a piece of paper and dip a

cottonbud into the resulting powder.

Cut out the teddy and bird leaving a 1mm

border all round. Cut the sticky fixer into six

small pieces. Use five of them on the back of the

teddy, one on each foot, two on the body and one

on the head, not too near the edges or they will

show. Use the last piece on the back of the bird.

Leave the backing pieces on until later.

Thread the needle with a 30cm length of

brown cotton pulled through so it is double and

tie a knot in the end. Bring the needle through

from the back of the teddy just under the left

paw as shown and pull through so the knot is

against the back of the card. Push the needle

through the front of the card mount at the top

centre and pull some thread through. The thread

is too long at this stage, this is to prevent it

pulling back through the card while you work

the other side, so cut it close to the needle.

Rub the bud gently over the area to be col-

oured making circular movements. Blow away

the excess powder and do the next area using a

new bud for each colour used. Pastels smudge

quite easily so you will need to work with great

care to avoid smudging.

Colour the whole design including the bird

and teddy. Place the stencil (STE031) back over

the stencilled teddy and draw the features onto

the face in black felt tipped pen. Spray all the

coloured areas lightly with a colour fixative.

Thread the needle with another 30cm length

of brown cotton, pull through to double the

thread and knot as before. Bring the needle

through from the back of the teddy just under

the right paw, pull through and take the needle

through the right hand top of the card in the

same way as you did for the left side.

There are many different ways to colour the

stencilled design. You could use watercolours,

wax crayons or oil sticks. Normally felt tips are

too brightly coloured but watercolour felt tips

are a good alternative.

Remove the backing from the sticky fixer

pieces on the back of the teddy and press him

into place on the branch making sure his leg

covers the gap. Open the card, pull one pair of

threads through from inside. Holding the threads

taught tape them to the back of the card and cut

off the excess thread, do the same with the other

pair of threads.

Peel the backing from the sticky fixer on the

bird and press it into place and add a ribbon

bow to the teddy if desired.

Cover the threads and tape showing inside

the card with an insert sheet or glue a piece of

plain paper to the inside front panel of the card.

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