....stencil it

When I saw that this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp was "Stencil It", I knew two things:  1.  I wanted to play along, and 2) I don't own any stencils.  So, needless to say, this will be my one and only entry into this challenge (unless I find a stencil or get really creative).  You might be asking how I created a stencil card without any stencils.  Good question!  I took a piece of cardboard and used several different sizes of circle punches to create my own stencil.  Once I had cut several different sized circles (holes) into the cardboard, I laid it over a piece of vintage sheet music and used pink acrylic paint to cover each hole in my make-shift stencil.  Once I had completed that process, I sprinkled a few of the wet pink paint circles with some ultra-fine glitter to give my card a little bit of sparkle.

Next, I took two chipboard hearts from my stash and covered them with Mod Podge and several scrap pieces of lace to cover them.  I trimmed the exceess lace overlap to create two different sized lace hearts.  I attached a few vintage buttons to each heart, and placed them onto my card base.  Next, I had to add a sentiment, so I stamped happy anniversary in black ink onto a strip of cream paper and attached that to the card.

I also inked the edges of my sentiment strip with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Hickory Smoke to give it an aged appearance.  Anything shabby and grungy is always a fun accent in my opinion.  Tea-staining is another fun vintage accent, but I didn't try that technique on this card.

Here is where I'm sharing this (make-shift) Stencil Card, and I encourage you all the give it a try even (if like me) you don't own any stencils.  I love the vintage feel to this card and I always enjoy using vintage items on my cards and creations.  The pink paint looks really cute on the vintage sheet music.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stencil It

DRS Designs Rubber Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #225 - So Distressed - I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink so distress my card and make it grungy.

Have a great week, everyone.  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today to take a quick peek at my stencil attempt.  It may not be perfect, but at least I didn't let the fact that I don't own a stencil stop my from entering this challenge at least once.  It was fun, and I enjoyed myself.  That's what it's really all about.

Karen