Kind Of A Big Dill

This was a design by Grace that I have recreated twice now. I made a card like this back in November but forgot to take a picture of it, and I always take a picture of every card I make. So I decided to just create it again.

The first time I made this card I used coloring stencils on the pickles and I have to say, I prefer using markers. I don’t normally purchase coloring stencils but I decided to try it for this set because it seemed like an easy way to fill in the background of the jar. I do think that was easy, but coloring it with markers was equally easy. And I actually think using the stencils on the pickles was more time consuming because it meant having to stop and get the stencil lined up perfectly every time and watch for not getting ink outside the stencil, instead of just simply coloring them in. I used markers to color everything the second time (on the card above) and I liked it better.

Grace’s original card used patterned paper that I don’t own to make the “floor”, so I recreated the look by using the Skinny Stripes stencil to add black lines to a piece of Narwhal cardstock. I cut it to 1 3/4″ high and that worked perfectly.

Materials used:

• Large Stitched Rectangles
• Storm Cloud cardstock
• Small Stitched Rounded Rectangles
• Favorite Flannel Fall petite paper pack
• Narwhal cardstock
• Skinny Stripes stencil
• Distress oxide inks: Black Soot
• Picket Fence Border
• How You Bean
• How You Bean Pickles Add On
• Jalapeno ink
• On The Beach
• Cole’s ABC’s
• Algae cardstock
• Black Licorice cardstock
• Everyday Sentiment Banners
• Kraft cardstock