Stenciled Greetings

Hello, crafting friends!

 

I spotted a couple of fun challenges today that made me immediately reach for some inks and rummage about in the stencil drawer! I've made a quick Christmas card to get a head start on this year's stash.

 

The  stencil is the Holly Wreath by Funky Fossil and I positioned it just off the edge of a 4" square card base and sponged in some green and red inks. I added a little detail with coloured pencils, a Blackberry Bliss marker and a white acrylic paint pen. 

 

The card was finished with a block sentiment from Uniko, stamped in Blackberry Bliss ink, snipped out and positioned on the edge of the card.

CHALLENGES

I'm playing along at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where the challenge is Masks and Stencils; the colours I've used are from CAS Colours and Sketches where the challenges are now every two weeks - and I'm delighted as I love this challenge and should now be able to join in more often :)

 

AND IN OTHER NEWS

The wind and rain and mud continues here. I trudge through the mud with heavy wellies dreaming of spring, but golden retrievers were bred in the highlands of Scotland and are unphased by these conditions.

 

Swimming is still on the menu and... hang on! Is that a golden retriever? Or an arctic otter?!!