Little Paper Star – Rhonda Fawcett

Sharing my love of all things paper-craft: Card making, Scrapbooking, Gift Boxes, Invitations, Party Favours, Craft Supplies and more. (Formally Stampin'Fantastic)

Layers of Beauty

Posted on July 21, 2025 by littlepaperstar

Here’s a card I made at our recent Stamp Camp. It was taught by Leoni Cane. I loved the technique of sanding the two tone paper to further highlight the pretty embossed background.

The stamp is from the Layers of Beauty bundle, which includes decorative masks, (stencils), dies and stamps.

The DSP is from Nests of Winter paper pack. It worked well with the Pool Party two toned paper.

The stencils make colouring the flowers so easy. For the lightest and darkest colours, I used a blending brush. For the middle colour, I used a sponge dauber and dabbed colour on. It gave a more mottled effect, whereas the blending brushes give a very smooth finish.I added Wink of Stella to my flowers for an extra sparkle.

How cute is the little gold bee? A perfect finish to this card.

Using stencils for cardmaking

Posted on April 13, 2023 by littlepaperstar

Earlier this year, Stampin’ Up! brought out a layering stencil called Loveliest Layers Decorative Mask. It is a fun stencil to use as it creates a big flower using four different layers of stencils. (Two for the flower and two for the leaves).

There is also a lovely patterned stencil to make backgrounds with. I used it for the top of my card.

I made a big square card (13.4 cm square) as it was a good size to show of the flower. I used Polished Pink and Melon Mango inks and a blending brush to add ink