Guest Designer ~ Jennifer Timko

Jennifer Timko with today’s post.  Wow!  It is already my last week as a Guest Designer and I have had such fun sharing with you.  For today, I am going all in on stenciling. 

For any of you who have followed me before now, I have long sung the praises of stencils.  I love them!  They are such an economical addition to your craft room and they can do so much to add texture and detail to your projects.  Today, I used the Leaf Canopy Stencil in the traditional way.  I put the stencil down on Bristol Smooth paper and brushed on Distress Ink in Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn.

Not sure how you feel about it, but one of the happiest moments in crafting for me is pulling away the stencil.  Kind of like a big reveal!  The detail of this stencil really makes for a pretty base so I decided to let it be the star.  I chose the SugarCut Grateful Die as my sentiment.  I inked up a scrap of the Bristol Smooth with the same colors in a gradient and then cut it out with the die.  To get a bit more dimension, I cut the word three more times from green card stock and the layered them all together to attach to the card.

Beyond this style of stenciling with ink, you can stencil with pastes and you can even use them in your die cutting machine for textured embossing!  So consider yourself enabled to go shop for a bunch of them.  You’re welcome!  Thank you again to the whole SugarPea Designs team for letting me join them this month.  It has truly been a joy!