Hey card making friends.  I have a New Card Making Video – Add Dimension to your Stenciled Cards to share with you today.  Waffle Flower was so kind to send me some new products.  Their NEWly released GRIP Mats and some adorable strawberries to stencil.  So I thought I would do a review of the NEW Grip Mat, and share some stenciling tricks at the same time, using the new Grip Mat to stencil.

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Waffle Flower is relaunching their Grip Mats.

They have a new vendor producing the mats, they feel a LOT STICKIER and there are some great new sizes.

• 5.5″ x 8.5″
• 7.5″ x 11″
• 6″ x 6″
• 6.5″ x 8.5″*** used in video
• 4.75 x 6** shown in video
• 4″ x 4″

There are also some bundles that will save you 10% when shopping. (see thumbnails below).

I opted for the 6.5 x 8.5 Mat and the 4.75 x 6.  Mostly because they fit into my Misti’s.    I use my Grip Mat a lot and for many different techniques, but mostly I stencil with them or use them to ink blend colors onto die cut pieces.  They also work great in my Misti for holding cardstock in place without needing magnets….

As you will see in the video, the new mats have grids to stick to the back of them that are smaller than the actual Grip Mat.  This is so you can still see the grid and your Mat will stick to your glass mat at the same time (brilliant idea).  They are also a lot stickier (as you will also see in the video, LOL).  You get an upper body workout just getting the carrier sheets off, haha.

After using them to create today’s card, I have to say, I honestly love them, I love the new sticky, I love that I can see the grid and it still sticks to my glass mat, and I’m using my old ones as ink pad holders now…..

So, enough about the mats – let’s move on to today’s card shall we.

Products used for today’s card:

• Waffle Flower Sweet Strawberry Foiling Plate
• Sweet Strawberry Coloring Stencil
• and the Coordinating Sweet Strawberry Dies (I didn’t get these and fussy cut out my two art pieces – I HIGHLY recommend getting the dies, LOL).
• Sweet Strawberry Stamp Set
• Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil in Gold
• Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels dies.

Add Dimension to your Stenciled Cards: 

I’m not going to go into a pile of card details because they are all on the video, but here are the card cuts:
Card base:  Hammermill 4-1/4″ x 11″, score and fold at 5-1/2″

Card Front:  Hammermill 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ – Ink blended and then cut down with the Nested Postage Labels Dies.

Art pieces:  Hammermill (2) – 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ panels.  Gold Glimmer foiled and then stenciled.  Die cut with the coordinating die.

Inks used:  Simon Says stamp Pawsitively Saturated:
Reds:  Punch, Cherery, Cabernet – Greens:  Limelicious, Pearfection, Field.

And here is today’s Card Making Video walking you through the intro of the NEW Grip Mats, and then making the card using the Grip Mats.

Save 18% by ordering the Grip Mat V2 BUNDLE

Save 10% with the Stamper Bundle – 1 – 4.3/4″ x 6″ and 1 – 6.5″ x 8.5″ (this is the one I use in the video)

Save 10% with the Stencil Bundle 1 – 6″ x 6″ and 1 – 5.5″ x 8.5″

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Card Making Supplies used for the Waffle Flower Add Dimension to Your Stenciled Cards :

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