The Crafty Den: Stencil Fun IG Hop

Happy Friday friends; I hope you've all had a great week, although the weather here has been total pants - rain, rain and more rain!! I am joining a new Instagram Hop this month called Stencil Fun. It's a group of crafters who are determined to use their forgotten and neglected stencils. I'm definitely guilty of this; I have so many stencils but usually forget to reach for them so this hop is perfect for me. The theme is always anything goes but we will have an optional theme to use if we want to. This month's optional theme is 'geometric' and as I love geometric designs it was a no-brainer to use it this month. I'm excited to see who has used the optional theme.

For my card I used a fun (and neglected) stencil from Uniko called 'abstract triangles'. I decided to make extra work for myself my masking off each individual triangle so that I could colour the background in rainbow colours. I used a ton of post-it notes but I think it was totally worth it. I hope you like it too.

Here is my card:

a closer look at the stencilling:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by grabbing some white card and a rainbow selection of ink pads (along with lots of post-it notes) and ink blended the background. It's not perfect by any means but I love the look of the rainbow colours. The stencil was only just over 5" square so not quite big enough for a whole A2 background so initially I was going to cut it in half and make 2 cards but then I found this split background die in my stash that I thought would be perfect. As it was an A2 sized background die it did mean that I had a gap in the middle but I thought that would be the perfect place for my sentiment. I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and adhered the stencilled pieces with foam tape to the top and bottom. It was at this point that I realised that I should have stamped the sentiment after adhering the top piece but didn't so had to stamp the sentiment onto a separate piece of paper and slide it into the gap and adhered it with liquid glue. Thankfully it worked out ok but I was holding my breath lol! I decided to create a black card base for a change instead of having a black mat layer and adhered the panel with double sided tape. I was going to add some black pearls but both my grown up sons felt it looked better without so I actually took their advice for once! For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and as I had a tiny piece of the stencilled background left over I adhered that to the bottom with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and the panel was adhered to the card base with double sided tape. It looks a fairly simple card but it took a while to complete the background but I love it.

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark (ink blending)

Allsorts challenge - birthdays

Alphabet challenge - k for keep it simple

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional theme 'happy birthday'

Colourful Options challenge - ATG (I went for rainbow)

Creative Friday challenge - stencils

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - happy birthday

Make My Monday challenge - fun with stencils

Stencil Fun challenge - ATG but must use a stencil optional theme 'nature'

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - birthdays

We hope you will be inspired by our Stencil Fun Instagram Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous cards along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram page or use the hashtag #stencilfunseptember2025 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Lots of love