Simon Says..........Stencil It!

It's Wednesday and another challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!  

Our theme this week is Stencil It.  There are so many beautiful stencils out there now, so I'll really enjoy seeing your take on the challenge this week!  The design team and guest designer Jocelyn Olson  are using stencils made by The Crafter's Workshop.

My first card uses the stencil called Mini Mod Checkerboard, but to me it looks like a basket weave, and I envisioned a white-washed basket.

So I started with an Audrey Blue card base, and used a picket fence distress marker to place the design on it, in a rough diagonal direction.  Then I ran the whole thing through my Cuttlebug and embossed the motif also onto the card front.  I just got this beautiful Memory Box Gorgeous Gardenia Outline die, and, after playing a bit with it, I decided to make it into a stained-glass look, using some pieces of previously-made polished stone pieces of cardstock.  And to finish I used my current favorite sentiment stamp set, Winnie & Walter's The Big, the Bold, and the Happy.  

I also made a second card this week, using the Mini Flower Frenzy stencil and distress inks.  I was inspired by a card by Julie Ebersole from the Stencil classes I took earlier this year at Online Card Class.

Starting with a piece of heavy cardstock, I sponged picked raspberry, squeezed lemonade, and spiced marmalade distress inks through the stencil.  That panel was then trimmed down to size and I reattached the stencil and ran it through my cuttlebug to dry emboss the pattern also.  I have been unable to capture that effect with my photo, but it really adds a lovely subtle texture which you can feel.  I liked Julie's idea of using black accents with these bright colors, so I followed suit, adding a strip of black washi tape, and a stamped and die-cut Hero Arts butterfly, (painted with picked raspberry ink watered down), along with my Paper Smooches sentiment embossed in white on black.  After assembling everything, I added some Doodlebug sprinkles for more dimension.

Now it's your turn!  There's a $50.00 gift voucher up for grabs from the fantastic Simon Says Stamp store for the random winner of our challenge!

*The Crafter's Workshop MINI MOD CHECKERBOARD 6 x 6 Template	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# AUDREY BLUE AB19	*Tim Holtz Distress MARKERS PICKET FENCE Ranger White TDM33073	*Memory Box GORGEOUS GARDENIA OUTLINE Craft DIE 98691	*RESERVE Winnie & Walter THE BIG THE BOLD AND THE HAPPY Clear Stamps	*Scrapbook Adhesives 126 3D WHITE FOAM SQUARES Adhesive
*The Crafter's Workshop MINI FLOWER FRENZY 6 x 6 Template	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger SUMMER	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD SQUEEZED LEMONADE Ranger SPRING	*Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD SPICED MARMALADE Orange Ranger	*Doodlebug BEETLE BLACK SWISS DOT Washi Tape 12 Yards	*Hero Arts Stamps & Die Cut ANTIQUE FLOWERS & BUTTERFLIES Sizzix 657773
*Paper Smooches SUMMER GROVES Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*Doodlebug SPRING ASSORTMENT Sprinkles	*Doodlebug HALLOWEEN Sprinkles Assortment	*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	*Hero Arts EMBOSS WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER
*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111

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