Ink Blending Your Background using a Stencil

Hi everyone!!  Just wanted to share with you a video we made awhile back that teaches you a little about ink blending with a stencil.  Hannah used a Taylored Expressions stencil, Catherine Pooler Inks, and Picket Fence's Life Changing Blender Brushes.


These brushes really are life changing!!  Look at that blending on the clouds!
Here are a few tips and details about these brushes....

• They are a "make-up brush," but a higher quality one. (Will the cheap ones work....yes, but think of them as "work shoes;" you know the shoes you pay more for so they WORK...and your feet feel good in them.  Same thing.  You can get the cheaper ones, and they will blend ink, but probably not as well and they may not hold up like you want them too.  I know the ones I tested the brush lost bristles and they bristles were nut cut as smooth, so my blending did not look a flawless like I wanted it to.)
• Can I clean them- YES!  Dawn Dish Soap and water and then let air dry.  You can blend the color out too on a scrap piece of paper or a microfiber towel for a quick ink color change.
• Can you use them with all inks- Not really.  We were told by picket fence to avoid using them with SOLVENT based inks....like Staz-On.

Check out this video to see a full tutorial on how Hannah made this card background:

She used the following products on her card background:
Picket Fence Life Changing Blender Brushes
Catherine Pooler Ink
Taylored Expressions Cloud Stencil- 
Neenah Classic Crest 80lb Solar White Cardstock


IF you love this and would like to learn more about how to use stencils...Join Hannah for STENCIL SCHOOL June 7th from 6:30-8:30