Polkadoodles Christmas Holly Flourish stencil. If you are looking for a versatile tool to create different background designs for your hand made Christmas cards and Christmas craft projects, then look no further than this super holly pattern stencil. There are so many ways you can use this stencil to add colour and texture to all your Christmas card backgrounds. The festive holly stencil is made from plastic so is easily cleaned, lightweight and durable. Try using a stencil brush or foam ink blending tool with your ink pads to add colour through the stencil. If you want stronger colour you can use acrylic paint or lightly spray areas of the stencil with different colours of Prism Glimmer Mist for a different effect. To create a 3D effect and add texture and dimension as well as colour, use a texture paste, spreading it with a palette knife, you can colour the texture paste with ink before you use it or add embossing powder whilst it is still wet and heat emboss it for impressive results.
On this Christmas card example you can see the effect of heat embossing, the texture paste has been applied through the stencil over an inked background and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder, for a very eye-catching effect. The holly stencil is 15cm x 15cm so will easily cover the front of most hand made cards.
For the best results keep the stencil in place with masking tape and when using paints and sprays don't use large quantities as the liquid will bleed under the stencil and spoil the design.
