Stenciled Background

While looking at my stencils I spotted this one from the Crafters Companion Sheena Douglas Collection called Burst and immediately I could see that it would work great for an Easter card with the rays flowing off of a cross design. So I dug out my no longer in business favorite cross die from Top Dog Dies and used it with the burst design to make this card.

On white card stock I laid the burst stencil down and taped it so it would be secure and then I took Deco Foil Transfer Gel and with a palette knife smoothed it over the stencil design. Then I carefully removed the stencil and while the gel was still wet I added Sparkle N Sprinkle Sunny Daze glitter. I thought it was the perfect choice to represent the rays for this Easter design. Before working further on the card I then washed off the knife and the stencil before the gel got too dry.

Next I took the cross die and cut the upper layer in white card stock and the lower layer out of gold glitter paper. I attached them together and then added some light purple rhinestones before laying it onto the white panel. This panel was then added to a Lilac card base. My sentiment die is from Impression Obsession and is called Easter Joy. It was die cut with white and also the gold glitter paper. I placed them slightly out of alignment to give a shadow look and then placed them onto the Lilac card stock and then hand cut around them for an additional layer before adding it to my card design.

Below is a close  up so that you can see all the shimmer and shine with all the glitter used on this card. I was so pleased with it's beauty and I think it makes a wonderful Easter card.

I am entering this in the Mod Squad Challenge in which we are to stencil a background. This card also works for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge.

Thanks for visiting. I think I have all my Easter cards done now and will be sending them out soon. Time to get working on other cards. You have a wonderful weekend. Take care until next time.

God bless,
Verna