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Stencil wonder

Happy New Year everyone! The first challenge of the year, at cardz4galz, is to use stencils. The theme is chosen by Lynda and she will also choose the winners.

I haven’t used stencils anywhere near as much as I probably should, so this challenge is a good one to get me using them. I had this scrap piece of square card and a new stencil from Crafters Companion to use. I also had some new stencil butter from TWC, and decided now was as good a time as any to try it out. The stencil is a multi pattern one so I chose the section I wished to use and when it was completed set it aside to dry. While it was drying I added ink to the die cut butterfly – from MFT – and then used another of the stencil patterns on top. It needed a bit more definition so I added the black body with a glaze pen and some stickles in gold. This was set aside to dry and as the other piece was now dry I went around the edges with a darker blue and a third part of the stencil until I was happy with the coverage. The sentiment is a freebie from Catherine Pooler I think. I inked around it but didn’t like the result much. In the end I used a black glaze pen on the letters and when fully dry cut the sentiment by hand. This I liked much better so I added foam tape and placed it as you see. The butterfly was added and then the entire panel added to a Navy blue card front.

For someone who doesn’t use her stencils much, this card in nothing but stencils and I’ve surprised myself in the process. Thanks Lynda, for helping me to do something outside of my normal comfort zone.

Thanks for spending time with me today, I appreciate you and your time.

I’ve been invited to share this card at https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/ so I have just added it there.

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  3. BEAUTIFULLY done my friend! Don’t forget about our STENCIL FUN challenge! Would love to have you share this beauty with our followers. Love your choice of color too! Well done!!

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