CAS Stencil - April Mid-Month Reminder - Embossing Pastes/Gels

I'm here today to remind you there's still time to join in on the April CAS Stencil Card Challenge!
Barb is our hostess this month and she wants us to use Embossing Pastes/Gells with our stencils.

 I made a white on white sympathy card.

I laid the 6"x6" Leaf Burst Stencil from Altenew over a panel of white card stock.  Then I spread Worn Linen Nuvo Expanding Mousse over the stencil with a plastic spatula.

It looks flat and shiny when you remove the stencil although it is raised up because it's thick.

(Wash off your stencil immediately after lifting it off the cardstock).  

If you let the panel dry naturally, it will stay looking like this

 If you dry it by heating it with a heat tool, it will puff up (hence the name 'Expanding Mousse').  

I like this heated look better than letting it dry naturally but you have the option of one or the other.

 Here's a close up where hopefully you can see the 'pouffiness' and a little glimmer.

I cut the stenciled panel right down the middle of the design and then I fussy cut around the petals and adhered half of the stencil onto the left edge of a watercolor paper card base.  It just fit on the
5 1/2" card base height!  I stamped the sentiment from Faithful Flutterings by Catherine Pooler onto a strip of watercolor paper and adhered it over the stencil with foam dots.

 So please join us over at CAS Stencil Card Challenge and show us how you use your stencils with Embossing Pastes or Gels!  Check out all the inspiration from the Design Teams as well as our 

April Guest Designer:  Bobby (Bits & Pieces)

You have until 4/24 to link up your CAS creation!

I'm also linking my card to:

Less is More

AAA Cards

Just Us Girls

Mod Squad Challenge

Use a Stencil

Stamps:  Faithful Fluttering - Catherine Pooler

Paper:  Water Color - Canson, white - PTI

Ink:  True Black - PTI

Accessories:  Leaf Burst Stencil - Altenew, Nuvo Expanding Mousse - Worn Linen, Heat Tool, foam dots.