Handmade Charlotte Folk Art paints and stencils

I wrote this post as part of a sponsored campaign with Plaid and The Blueprint Social. All opinions in this post are my own.

Some of my favorite parenting moments happen snuggled up in the morning with one of the kids after a refreshing night of sleep. 

Those little bodies sneak in for morning snuggles, curl around my warm body and reach for my hand.

We have a little secret code at our house.

If you are holding hands and squeeze the persons hand three times it means "I Love You".

Sometimes we keep squeezing and adding squeezes making it "I love you more and more and more".

Eventually, we giggle and it turns into a "no I love you more", 

"well, I love you to the moon and back",

 "no, I love you past the stars and back through infinity", 

and well, it just keeps going.

But it usually starts with "to the moon and back", 

which is why when I saw this stencil by Handmade Charlotte, I knew I had to use it!

I got a little package from the people at Plaid that contained all of these goodies.

I love folk art paint so I was excited to get more to add my to stash!

I had this suitcase in my garage that I bought for decor for this wedding.

Start by taking your stencil and pick out the negative space.

It is quite easy and took less than three minutes!

I used painters tape to tape the stencil in place in the middle of the suitcase.

I poured out a little of my folk art paint {WAY more than I needed!}

and used these nifty pouncers on my stencil.

**Tip** Always use less paint than you think you need on your pouncer.

Pounce your little pouncer out a bit to get some of the extra paint off.

This helps you to keep your edges crisp on your stencil.

 Let it dry and remove your stencil.

Stand back and admire your handiwork!

You can use folk art paint and stencils on wood, tin, suitcases...you name it!
What would you make?