Quick stencil card

Sometimes you just want to add ink through a stencil and make an easy card … this was what this was!

Yesterday evening, after a trip to Manchester to see my daughter I wanted to craft but wasn’t sure what to make … well I started by using some new to me slimline rectangle dies and cut out a panel of white and a frame of black. But then wasn’t sure what to do with it until I remembered this fabulous large 12×12 stencil and decided it was perfect for this shape of card to just do a section of the stencil.

I inked through the stencil with distress inks (fossilized amber, spiced marmalade and fired brick and love the gradient of colour across the image.

I kept the card itself really simple addigg no the black frame which I stacked three times for dimension.

I felt like the sentiment needed grounding so I also cut another two strips using the smallest of the slimline dies, stacked them and added them in the left hand side to the top. I felt this helped in giving the sentiment a home.

I then added the black card candi to embellish as I thought that helped tie in all the black frame and strips too.

So a simple but effective card that satisfied my urge to be creative.

Happy crafting!

Catherine