Hi lovelies, On the weekend I had a chance to play with the new Couture Creations Anna Griffin Arabesque Stencils, and I love them. They are slightly thicker than most other stencils so I could apply a generous amount of my texture paste. I also love the fact that the stencil is coloured. This meant that when I went to apply the paste to only certain areas of the stencil I did not have to mask them off. You just have to love short cuts in crafting I used the Secret Garden Stencil with Dreamweaver Crackle Paste. When the paste had set and cracked I used my watercolours to apply a wash of colour. It was great that the wash flowed down into the cracks. For those who know me, it was a shaky day, so the painting was not as steady as I wished. I did have a lot of fun and can't wait to use the other stencils.