Cake? - stencilling, watercolour marker

The best part of a birthcake day is the cake!

My birthday card features stencils and stamps from Newton's Nook, Cosmic Shimmer, Nuvo mousse, and Distress markers.

Putting It Together 

Newton's Nook's current challenge is a celebration of their 100th challenge. They have three copy cat (use a previous challenge) and one for your favourite NND product. For my favourite products, I want to showcase the first stamp set I bought and the first stencils I bought because I love them both. 

First the stencil, which is a 2-parter. I used a from Cosmic Shimmer on Stampin' Up cardstock. I love Cosmic Shimmer and picked up the opal polish last weekend. It's gorgeous!

After letting the first stencilling dry, I lined up the second stencil. There are lightly etched diamonds on the second stencil to help with alignment. I use Press and Seal under the cardstock panel to hold it in place and to also help hold the stencil, too, as well as make clean-up easier. I can reuse it a few times until it gets too schmutzy to hold anything.

I used Nuvo mousse to add in the stitched detail of the argyl.

I die cut the fork from glitzy cardstock, stamped on pearl cardstock trimmed with another die, and did a dry layout with a ribbon. Did I mention I got this idea as I was falling asleep pondering my stash? It bugged me each time I woke up and then all day at work and at a small very social gather with my Stampin' Up demonstrator before I could get home and into my craft space!

To give the fork a bit more rigidity and dimension, I die cut a second one from heavy white card stock and stacked them.

Inside, I used Distress markers and the opal paste for a pop of colour on the cake and kitty.

Because of the weight of the ribbon, I used double-sided tape to adhere the stencilled panel. When using double-sided tape, I put snips of the release perpendicular to the tape to give me the ability to position the panel before the adhesive catches and bonds the panel to the cardbase.

Ta-da!

Supplies

Challenges

Inky Paws: Copy Cat - Favourite NND Product

Seize the Birthday: Cover the Card / Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun: Birthday
Outlawz Festive Fridays: Theme - Birthday
Sketchy Challenge: Ribbon