The October Sky

Welcome October

It's a new month and an exciting time for all the new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.

Meet the new

Marvelous Masks Arch Stencils

These Mask sets have a number of different sized masks and stencils to use for cards or scrapbook pages.

There is nothing like the colours of a Fall morning sky, so here's what I did to create my Fall inspired card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and then placed one of the Marvelous Masks Arch stencils over my cardstock.
• Beginning at the top of the arch, I inked it up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I inked with some Ripe Persimmon and then some Picked Raspberry DOX ink, blending them all together until the whole stencil was inked.
• I lifted the stencil off and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the flowers and the sentiment in the top corner.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added 3 black gems around the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the mask sets:

Marvelous Masks Arch

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Please check out our new releases for October.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Thistle, Clover Silouette (Magenta); Beautiful You (STAMPlorations)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Prism Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

black gems; TE Blending Brushes

Geometric Leaves

It's the last day of September and where has the month gone. 

 Time for one more card using a newly releases stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Geometric Leaves

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate and I pressed a few of my Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate.  The colours I used were:  Rustic Wilderness, Ripe Persimmon ande Fossilized Amber.
• I took my brayer and blended the inks over the plate, then placed the Geometric Leaves stencil over that.
• I took a scrap piece of paper and rubbed over the plate to lift some of the ink off, then removed the stencil and rubbed my piece of white cardstock over the plate to create the print.
• While that dried, I die cut the thin white frame using a frame die.
• I die cut the sentiment from a piece of pale green cardstock, then die cut the word shadow right from the middle of the stenciled panel.
• I glued my card front panel onto another piece of green cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the frame over the print and then used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Geometric Leaves

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; 

Speedball Brayer; Just Saying die (Concord and 9th)

Mad for Plaid

Welcome

I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC at Splitcoast Stampers this week that I'm calling 

Let's Make Plaid

Who doesn't like the look of plaid?  

You can make it look masculine or feminine.

This challenge is to create your own plaid using some fun and simple techniques.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock for my card front and got out my low tack tape.  
• I pulled out a piece of my tape that was the same size as my card front, then pressed the sticky side of the tape onto my Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink pad.
• I laid the tape across my white cardstock and rubbed over it to transfer the ink to the paper. I inked up the tape again and made 2 more inky lines across my card front.
• I took another piece of tape and repeated that process with some Wilted Violet DOX ink and I rubbed that between the lines, filling in the white spaces. 
• I used the same pieces of tape and colours of inks to go vertically across my card front, creating the plaid pattern.

**Since I was going for a more rustic, masculine look, I wasn't worried about the mottled look the inking left behind.  You can also go back over the strips with more ink for a more solid look.**

This is a previous picture I took using some green ink.

• To help define the plaid lines, I added some doodled lines along the tape inking.
• I die cut the sentiment 5 times, glued them together stacking them and inked the top one with some more Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean DOX ink. I splattered it with my white Posca pen.
• I glued my inked card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a light purple and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment across my card front and added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Let me know if you get a chance to try it out.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Dragonfly Dreams- BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar White

Accessories and Tools- low tack tape; Fine line black pen; white Posca pen;

Happy Birthday die (Amazon)

Filigree Leaf

Happy Saturday!

Today's card combines 2 of the new stencils for September from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Filigree Leaf and Falling Leaves

These stencils work perfectly together to create any Fall/Autumn inspired cards.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Filigree Leaf stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Rustic Wilderness, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and Fossilized Amber. 
• I set that aside to dry and then placed the Falling Leaves stencil on one side of another piece of white cardstock and inked it again with the above mentioned colours.  I moved the stencil over to the other side of my cardstock and inked again, creating a trail of leaves down the left and right hand side of my card front.
• Next, I fussy cut out the Filigree Leaf by just following along the leafy edges.
• I glued my stenciled card front to a piece of dark red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the large leaf over the background.  
• I popped the sentiment strip over the leaf to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Filigree Leaf

Falling Leaves

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- I'M STILL STANDING

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Cut it Up- LOOKS LIKE FALL

Supplies

Stamp- Sentiment Strips (TE)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Prism Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

foam tape

Holiday Time

Good Morning

Meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Stellar Snowflakes 

It's a nice one that includes 2 good sized snowflakes.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed one of the snowflakes from the Stellar Snowflakes stencil over a piece of white cardstock in the top corner and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink. I added some Villainous Potion DOX ink to the centers of the snowflakes to add more detail.
• I lifted the stencil up and then placed the next snowflake to the side and inked with the same colours mentioned above.  
• I inked the first snowflake again into the bottom corner to give me 3 snowflakes across my panel.
• To add more interest and to fill in some of the white space, I used an eraser on the end of a pencil and added the dots with the same colours I used for the snowflakes.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment with some navy cardstock and then cut the word shadow from the dried stenciled panel and glued those two together.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of navy and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment back into the panel matching up the pattern.

Here is the stencil I used:

Stellar Snowflakes

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges;

Die Cut Diva- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Merry Little Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

white Posca pen; Happy Holidays die (Waffle Flower); pencil

Bright and Happy Birthday

Hello

I made this fun and simple birthday card using a new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Quarter Moons stencil

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Quarter Moons stencil over a square piece of cardstock and inked the whole panel with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and repositioned it, shifting it to the right. I inked again with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• Next, I die cut the word shadow right from the middle of my stenciled card front and the sentiment from some white cardstock.  I glued the letters onto the shadow and set aside.
• I glued my stenciled card front panel to a piece of white cardstock, then orange then onto a 4 1/4" square white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment back into the front of the card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Quarter Moons

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Rocket- DOTS/and or STRIPES

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

Double D- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

Happy Birthday die (TE); foam tape

Hello Winter

Welcome

As Fall begins, I'm certainly not ready to say hello to winter, but I did have fun playing with the new stencils from 

A Colorful Life Designs called;

Stellar Snowflakes and Circle Moon

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the top part of the Circle Moon stencil onto a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off and placed one of the snowflakes from the Stellar Snowflakes stencil over the inked background, then inked it up with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
• I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the sentiment with some more of the Prize Ribbon DOX ink and die cut it out.
• Using a circle die, I cut the middle of the snowflake out and I also cut another bigger circle using some dark navy cardstock.  I glued those together.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the die cut back into place in the middle of the snowflake. 
• I popped the sentiment into the middle of the circle die cut to finish off my card. 

Here is the stencils I used:

Circle Moon

Stellar Snowflakes

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Merry Little Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Make My Monday- STENCIL FUN

Supplies

Stamps- Winter Blessings (TE)

Inks-DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

white Posca pen; Infinity Circle Dies (HA); foam tape; Misti