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Today's card features the newly released Heart Surround stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

I used it in a totally different way to create the background of my card.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art station.  I figured out the center point on the cardstock and placed just the bottom part of the Heart Surround stencil over the top edge of my cardstock. 
• Starting at the inside edge (point of the heart), I inked up just the tip with some Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink.  Next, I inked with some Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry and finally some Broken China DOX ink, layering them as I moved up to the top.
• When I was happy with the inking, I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and moved it into the bottom position.  I inked it again in the same order mentioned above.
• I repeated those steps to ink up the side areas.
• After the whole front of the panel was inked up, I rubbed over it with my anti-static powder and placed it into my Misti to stamped the sentiment.  I clear heat embossed the sentiment.
• I glued it onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• Finally, I added 3 black gems to finish my card off around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Heart Surround

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/ WINTER

The Sisterhood of Crafters- SOMETHING NEW

The Crafter's Cafe- COLORS OF THE RAINBOW

Supplies

Stamp- XL Greetings (SSS)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes;

clear eb powder; anti-static powder; black gems; Misti