Just Us Girls challenge #715

Welcome friends; I hope you've had a great week so far and you are looking forward to the weekend.  I'm back to share my last guest designer card for the Just Us Girls challenge (I can't believe where the last 4 weeks have gone!).  

This week is a nice easy challenge for you - anything goes with a stencil.  If you are like me you have lots of stencils to choose from so grab some and play along.  

It is my nephew's birthday today so of course this was the perfect opportunity to make him a card.  Here is my stencil card:

a closer look:

and I decorated the inside:

I always make my family 5" x 7" cards because sometimes bigger is better.  I began by cutting my panels using Gina K's ML 8 which is designed to fit on a 5" x 7" card.  I used a star stencil and chose masculine colours to ink blend with.  I worked in a diagonal pattern, alternating the colours and stars and I also stamped some stars in between to fill any gaps.  I decided to add some metallic splatter in copper instead of adding any extra embellishments. I originally stamped the sentiment directly onto the card panel but it looked a little lost in all the stencilling so stamped it again in black ink onto white card and cut it with my paper trimmer and then matted it onto a black panel; this was then added with double sided tape.  The panel was added onto the card base with foam tape.  For the inside I cut the same size panels and used the stencil at the bottom, again alternating the colours and patterns.  I stamped a sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was added onto my card base with double sided tape.  I really like the colour combo and will definitely use it again.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

As You Like It challenge - feminine or masculine (and why) - I have a husband and 2 sons as well as a nephew so I've always enjoyed and made my fair share of masculine cards  

Creative Knockouts challenge - die cuts/punches/stencils (I've used dies and a stencil) 10 challenges max

Seize The Birthday challenge - ATG birthday (no topping)

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist no patterned paper

Time Out challenge - birthday theme (it's their 10th birthday!) 5 challenges max

I'm sure this will be a popular challenge as we all love our stencils don't we.  Please pop over and check out the gorgeous creations by the talented design team.  I want to say a big thank you to Just Us Girls challenge for asking me to guest with them in February; it's been an honour and I've had a blast.  I'll be back next week playing along as usual lol!

My DT card for the Krafty Chicks challenge will be along soon so I hope you'll pop back and check it out.  Until then, thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate your support. 

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Gina K Designs - star-studded 6x6 stencil

Gina K Designs - grand gentlemen stamp set

Gina K Designs - master layouts 8

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer stamp set (for inside sentiment and small stamped stars)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - stormy sky, soft stone, honey mustard, ocean mist, blue denim, in the navy

Gina K Designs - copper glimmer mist

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Hobbycraft - luxury A4 black card

Versafine - onyx black ink