Every Move Must Have a Purpose

 I joined the Design Team for A Colorful Life Designs last Fall. I have since fallen in love with stencils - Mary Kay comes up with the coolest ideas for stencils and the DT members always create the most fabulous projects. And I get to offer a 10% discount to all of my friends and blog followers - JennFan10 will get you 10% off at the shop here. My fellow DT members totally inspire me and I love that I've gotten so much more comfortable using stencils in my cards. Check out the FB page here for even more inspiration. I'd like to enter this first card below into the following challenges:

Inkspirational - Use Stencils

Krafty Chicks #774 - Masculine

Wednesday's Creative Inspiration - One for the Boys

Just Us Girls - Stencil Week

Addicted to Stamps - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

I created the background with Lindy's Magicals on watercolor paper.  I used Versafine Black, applied through the Chess Pieces stencil, then embossed the chess pieces with Sparkly Clear Embossing Powder. I printed out the sentiment and sponged the edges before attaching to the card. 

Here's one more using the same stencil on a 5x7 card:

For this one, I combined the Chess Pieces stencil with the Square Cut Out stencil. Stamped the sentiment directly on the card, keeping it a one layer card. Peace.