Smell the Daisies

 
Yesterday I thought I'd try making and using my own stencil.  I cut several sizes and shapes of flowers out of a sheet of paper using the Cricut and CTMH Artiste Cartridge.  The flowers are still on the cricut mat to be used later.  The negative became my stencil.  I taped it to a sheet of white CS and, using ink and a sponge dauber, I added the flowers creating my own background paper.  Next I debossed the paper with a daisy embossing folder.  It was kind of a whoopsie because I meant to emboss it but put the paper in upside down.  But I really like how it turned out.   And it works well as background for this digital image and sentiment from Doodle Pantry's Floral Hats set.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Doodle Pantry Ants in My Pantry Challenge #4 - Anything Goes
Bloggers Challenge - Stencil It
Wags n Whiskers Challenge #132 - Flowers
As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Style of Embossing and Why (I love dry embossing.  It adds texture to the card.  There is a wide variety of EF available.  It's not messy.  And it's hard to mess up. Unless, you put the paper in the EF upside down, like I did here.  But, even then, the debossing looks great.)
Southern Girls Challenge - Get Wordy
Perfectly Rustic Design Challenge #46 - New Technique (making and using my own stencil)

Corrosive Challenge #222 - Floral Fantasy
The Color Sisters Challenge Palette -