Today I am sharing not only a great card idea, but also sharing with you one of my FAVORITE ways to use a stencil for my card making.
I am playing with products from the Jan 2025 release with Brass & Bliss.
These new items are a great addition to my stamp room, because they all check off my “Versatility Checklist”.
The Party Raccoons stamp set meets it, because it has not only cute raccoon images but it also has regular birthday or party images that can be used with the raccoons or without. Same with the sentiments from this stamp set. Because some days you feel like using a raccoon image and, to be honest, most days I don't!
PLUS there are coordinating dies for both the stamp set AND the sentiments.
That's one thing that Brass & Bliss does a bit differently and I am finding that I really like having that. Now that I say that, I will share that I didn't die cut out the sentiment for this card…. But I will sleep better knowing that I could have, lol!
Okay, let's get to the cute card already, and don't worry, below that will have a list of the main supplies I used. I wouldn't go all willy-nilly crazy and not share that with you!

Whatcha think? How fun is the stenciled background? I said it was my favorite way to use a stencil, and it is! I love just having it with a concentrated area of color that then just fades out. I did use my Stencil & Stamp tool to make sure the stencil doesn't get all wild and crazy on me.
AND I made you a video to show you how I get even more of my stencil to stay in place along with how to make this card.
How fun is just the partial stencil?
To me, it's just the perfect touch that this card needed.
And I even used orange. I'm not a big orange fan except in the fall, but their Apricot ink pad was spot on for this color combo.
The Supplies
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There we have it!
Those are the main supplies that I used. 4 of these items are from the new release from Brass & Bliss. They are all just too much fun!
OH – and I almost forgot to talk about the circle dies! How unique are those?!?!?! They come in square, circle, and rectangle nested sets!
Mwah!
That's me sending you a virtual kiss for stopping by today. I hope you will try using your stencils this way. And if you haven't started your creative journey into them, they are such an affordable supply, and they help dress up your cards instantly! More soon, XOXO, Meg