Stenciled Christmas

  Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is Use a Stencil.

And here is the card I created:

I used a fabulous stencil from Newton's Nook to create this background.  I used several colors of Metallic Guilding Polish: Brown, Red Bronze, Copper, and Gold.  I just randomly applied them across the stencil.  Once they dried, I added some silver glitter paste on top.  Oh my goodness, the shimmer and shine on this one are fabulous!!  You can see it in the photo below.

I used the Red Bronze Guilding Paste to create a border for the sentiment strip so it would match the background.  I stamped the pinecone image twice, colored it and then stamped over top with the silver glitter paste.  I finished everything off with some chocolate liquid enamel dots.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Merry Christmas" and "Pine cone"

Stencils: Newton's Nook "Holiday Foliage"

Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #269--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #600--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #566--stamp act

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--Something that starts with "M" or "N" (I have "Merry" and metallic polishes)

Through The Purple Haze #182--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in July

Stick It Down--sketch (I adapted it just a little bit)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #36--anything goes

Moving Along with The Times #132--cool it down (Christmas and cooling it down with some icy sparkle)

DARE 2B Artzy--Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #549--anything goes with the optional twist: for a man or boy (this color combo would be perfect for sending to a man)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #161--anything goes (Christmas in July)

Incy Wincy Designs--enchanted garden AND/OR Christmas in July