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As a card maker, I am thinking ahead and I want to get started on making some cards for the holidays.  

This new Sleek Deco stencil from A Colorful Life Designs worked great as a background for my snowflakes.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and got out my Gel Plate.
• I press some Uncharted Mariner in the middle and some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink along the edges of my Plate and using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
• I laid the Sleek Deco stencil onto the plate and rubbed my white cardstock over it to take the first print.  
• I removed the stencil and rubbed the cardstock over the plate again, picking up the leftover pattern and ink for my background.  It gave me a nice offset pattern.
• Next, I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the snowflake collage and the sentiment along the bottom.  I heat embossed them to help them pop against the blue background.
• I added a few black splatters with my Posca pen for interest.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added 3 blue gems to the centers of the snowflakes.

Here is the stencil I used:

Sleek Deco

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Krafty Chicks- ALL OCCASIONS

The Holly and Ivy Challenge- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Try it On Tues.- LET'S GO OUTSIDE

Supplies

Stamps- Shake Your Flakes (Unity)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball brayer;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); blue gems; black Posca pen