CAS Stencil Challenge .......

Hello there ...... I'm back again.

How's your day been? It's been lovely here ..... our Bank Holiday weekend has got off to a great start.

I've spent the day in the company of my crafty friends, working on more calendar pages.  We've had a great time, playing with simple masking techniques and easy scene building, using the gorgeous Lavinia stamps ....... more about all that later.

It's time to get this months CAS Stencil Challenge underway. 
It's hosted by the lovely Sue this month and it's another fun technique for you .....

Stenciling over Coloured Backgrounds ...... there's a few ways you can do this. 

Use your stencils with inks, or pastes etc.,  over pretty Designer papers, or even over those papers that are not your favourites but you don't want to throw then out .... we all have them!!
Why not stencil over one of those many inky backgrounds you have, made from all those mop up pieces of card perhaps.
Or ....... a really simple way is to just use coloured card, as I've done here.

I've used an off cut of coloured cardstock ..... a pretty pale green shade, and then stenciled over the top using Distress Oxide inks and the TH Mosaic stencil

I love how the Oxides still keep their colour even on the green cardstock.

I die cut a frame to fit over the top and then added a pretty die cut flower, coloured using Oxide inks

A sentiment stamped underneath ....

and a few touches of Crystal Glaze here and there, to add a bit more interest to the stencil design.

Now it's your turn.  Happy stenciling!

The rest of the Design Team have been busy, check out the CAS Stencil blog and see what they've created  And we've also got another great Guest Designer this month .........  Michele (from I Card Everyone) is joining in the fun.  Please pop by and say Hello.

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day and have a great weekend.
We're off out again later ..... its Thai food tonight.  Well, I've been busy all day, so I'm not in the mood for cooking!

Cheerio until next time .......

Products used:
Stamps: Heartfelt clear stamp set (Penny Black)
Inks: Distress Oxides; Verafine Clair (Black)
Other: Mosaic stencil (Tim Holtz); Crystal Glaze (Nuvo); Stitched Frame Die; Daisy Die (Penny Black)

Ho! Ho! Ho! .......

Hello again .....

Time for another festive tag for this year's 12 Tags of Christmas with Loll & Friends.  If you don't know what I'm talking about .... .where have you been!!??

Each day, for the last 10 days or so, Loll and her friends have been showcasing gorgeous, mixed media style Christmas Tags for what has become a very popular annual event.
Check out Loll's blog for full details or go to the Pinterest page and feast your eyes on all the fabulous tags up to date.

I'm busy trying to catch up ........ it's actually Day 11 today, but I'm only up to Day 9!!!!

What do you think ...... perfect for a certain little special person in this household.

Kraft card (again!)  ...... that Tim Holtz Speckles stencil (again!) along with white texture paste ... I'm loving this as a wintry background!

I even added a sprinkling of crystal glitter whilst the paste was still wet.

I then die cut the letters from red cardstock and gave the 'H's the look of the Santa belt.  A little on the fiddly side but worth it I think ...... black card stock for the belt, a gold mirri square topped with a smaller black square for the buckle.

And of course ...... the important festive greeting .....

Only two more to go before the final day ...... can I catch up ..... I'm giving it my best shot!

Thanks for popping by .... enjoy the rest of your evening.
I've got a rather nice glass of red waiting for me tonight ..... and the next episode of Designated Survivor is available on Netflix, so that's my evening sorted.

Cheerio until next time ....