A glittered stencil

Here's another card for Virginia's View Challenge #2: Stencils.

I've been wanting to try glitter with this beautiful Texture Flourish by Memory Box.  I secured it down to some heavy-weight watercolor paper, then spread on a fairly thick layer of modeling paste, removed the stencil and sprinkled on this turquoise fine glitter by Martha Stewart.  It took a couple of hours to dry, during which time I pondered how best to use this panel, and decided in the end to just make a monochromatic card and let it be the star.  The sentiment is a Lil' Inker Darling Diamonds, stamped and heat embossed on vellum so it wouldn't smear, and I added some sequins from my friend Heather to finish.

And just a note: I originally tried this with a more chunky, tinsel-like glitter, because I had more colors of it, but it came out a big mess; you could hardly distinguish the design.  So, at least for a detailed stencil like this, save yourself the trouble and use the finest glitter you can find!

Wishing you all a glittery weekend!