Mod Squad - It's My Favorite

This time at the Mod Squad the challenge is It's My Favorite.  I had to give this some thought because I love so many things in this craft, but if I have to choose I would say to make my own background. At this point in time, my favorite kind of background to make is with a stencil and embossing paste.

Here's my card

I recently bought this beautiful stencil from Tim Holtz called Holiday Knit.  I love this stencil and I'm excited about all of the winter themed cards that will work with it.  I use Dap Lightweight Spackle as my embossing paste.  It's light, fluffy and snowy white, and it works well with reinkers to make it any color you need.  I used GKD Red Hot on this card.  I discovered that like making icing for a cake it is very hard to get a true red.  The color is lighter than I would have liked it to be, but I can live with it. It doesn't clash with the vest, so I'm a happy camper!  The stamp set is from Simon Says and is called Ugly Sweater.  I'm not sure I agree with the ugly part.  Who hasn't at one time or other had one of these sweaters?  I know I had some when my kids were little.  Thanks so much for coming by to look!

The Recipe:

Simon Says Ugly Sweater & Sweater Words & Appliques

Tim Holtz Holiday Knit Stencil

GKD Pure Luxury White, Black Onyx & Kraft CS

Doodlebug Green Sprinkles

I'm, also, linking this with the Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.