Happy Birthday Layering Stencils

I have become fascinated with layering stencils, and I have posted some of my projects here and here. This is my favorite one so far, and I used a set from Pinkfresh Studio called Cosmos Bunch. I hope to do much more with this set, since it comes with stamps, a die and layering stencils. For these cards I only used the  stamp and stencils.

I honestly wasn't sure which card to post first, since I love them all. They are all the same design, but with different colors, and most of them went to my friend Pam's Church charity.

I stamped each panel with a light color of ink. It really doesn't matter what color you use for this step because it will eventually be covered with gold embossing. There are 5 stencils: 3 for the blossoms and 2 for the leaves. I used my small iCrafter brushes to blend the inks. I like to smooth out some of the blending with colored pencils. A complete list of the colors used is below.

I made 2 or 3 cards with each color family. It's easy to make multiples while you have everything out.

After I stamped each panel I left the stamp in the stamp platform. Once they were all colored I stamped them with Versamark ink and embossed with gold embossing powder.

I very much enjoyed coloring all of these, both by blending the inks and then adding touches with colored pencils.

I used blends of orange, red, purple and pinks with accents of blue

I die-cut each panel using my favorite edge finishing die, The Greetery Crimped Frame die. I then cut the sentiment out for each panel from black cardstock.

I chose mats for each color family and put everything together. I hope you like these, I really think they're pretty and they were fun to make.

Products used all cards:

Pinkfresh Studio Cosmos Bunch Stamp Set 132721

Pinkfresh Studio Cosmos Bunch Layering Stencils 132921

Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Happy Birthday Die czd82

Versamark ink

Ranger gold embossing powder

Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock

Products for orange cards:

Distress inks: Wild Honey, 

Spiced Marmalade, Prize Ribbon,

Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron,

Mowed Lawn

Prismacolor Pencils: 

PC1032 Pumpkin Orange, PC1003 Spanish Orange 

PC912 Apple Green, PC905 Aquamarine

Stampin Up Cajun Craze cardstock

Products for red cards:

Distress inks: Aged Mahogany,

Festive Berries, Prize Ribbon,

Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron,

Mowed Lawn

Prismacolor Pencils:

PC924 Crimson Red, PC994 Process Red,

PC905 Aquamarine, PC912 Apple Green

Malmero Pearl Red Cardstock

Products for purple cards:

Distress inks: Wilted Violet, 

Villainous Potion, Peacock Feathers, 

Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn

Prismacolor Pencils:

PC1008 Parma Violet, PC956 Lilac,

PC905 Aquamarine, PC912 Apple Green

PTI Plum Pudding Cardstock

Products for pink cards:

Distress inks: Kitsch Flamingo,

Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers,

Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn

Prismacolor Pencils: 

PC928 Blush Pink, PC994 Process Red,

PC905 Aquamarine, PC912 Apple Green

PTI Hibiscus Burst Cardstock