Things have been going well on the project. A stencil from "OSH Stencils" has arrived. This was my first order from them. The stencil seems like it should work well, it even came with a solder paste spreader.

Figure 1: The Osh Stencil for the LED controller board.

The only minor goof I made on the stencil was not putting a "cross" on the heat tab areas of the D-pak footprints. (the large open area might have too much solder paste on it now)

The cost was about $10 USD and they had quick shipping.