Little Red Wagon #616 Stenciling

 I did this card for the sketch challenge over on Splitcoaststampers today, and also am adding it to he Little Red Wagon challenge today too for the stenciling.  I stenciled this with a Gina Marie stencil using a makeup brush for blending the distressed oxide ink. I stamped the images with Versafine black, and the stamps are from Unity. I love this lacy die from Sizzix so used it as my only embellishment.  I really need to replenish my sympathy cards since I make a great deal of them for our Care Team at my church.  You can find the details of the Little Red Wagon challenge here:

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2021/08/challenge-616-stencil-power.html

I make a daily visit to Splitcoaststampers daily, which I have done for the last 10 years at least. You don't have to be a member to visit and see all those terrific galleries there, and check out their daily challenges, which are always fun to participate in. I have been a member over there for over 17 years and now that I am retired, I can browse for hours over there. Check it out here:

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/

Seize the Birthday by adding a little water

 I am using this card for two challenges that I am taking part in today. One of the challenges is for the Seze the Birthday challenge to use an embossing folder, and the other is the Splitcoaststampers' Ways to Use challenge to use water on your card. So I decided to use a different way to use my embossing folder that might not done very often, but it is fun and easy. I embossed an interesting piece of design paper and then after embossing, I sanded the color off the paper to leave a white pattern from the embossing folder popping forth. Then for the SCS challenge I used Dina Kowal's Misty water color tutorial on SCS to use water in my printed image. I used Unity stamps for the image and the sentiment.  I used melon mambo cardstock for the card base. Inside iis a birthday sentiment.  Hope you like it:

You can find the details of both of these challenges here:

http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2021/06/seize-birthday-217-embossing-folder.html

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/ways-use-46/wt851-~-use-water-some-way-~-7-1-21-a-638776/