Big Dogs

Hello and Welcome

Meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Big Dogs

So many great pet stencils to use this month.

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

• I began by inking up the Big Dogs stencil with some black ink, spacing out each image across my cardstock.
• I masked the dogs and then using the Marvelous Masks Circles, I added these Distress Oxide ink colours around the dogs; Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry.
• Leaving the Circles stencil in place, I used a black fine line marker to trace around the circles. It really helped define each dog in their spaces.
• I placed my card front panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Big Dogs

Marvelous Masks Circles

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Friendship (Temu)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black fine line mark

It's Playtime

Welcome

Ready for some playtime with one of the newly released stencils for July from A Colorful Life Designs called

DOGS PLAYING

If you are an animal lover, you will have to check out the amazing lineup of pet stencils this month.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed one of the dogs from the Dogs Playing stencil onto my paper and inked with some black ink.
• I repeated that process until I had inked 4 dogs onto my card front and I used some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide to add the red ball.
• Next, I cut the stenciled piece on an angle and glued a black and a red strip along the edge. 
• I cut another piece of white cardstock and stamped the sentiment into the corner with my Misti. I glued that onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• To finish off my card, I used some foam tape to pop the stenciled part above the sentiment Unfortunately, it is hard to see that in the photo.

Here is the stencil I used:

DOGS PLAYING

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:

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS/and or STENCILS

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Send a Smile 4 Kids- SUMMER FUN

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Greetings (Mama Elephant)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair.

Paper- Solar white

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

TE Blending Brushes

Birthday Bubbles

Good Morning

Meet just one of the newly released stencils for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

AIRY BUBBLES

Who wouldn't love some bubbles for their birthday!!

This is how I created a simple card.

• I began by placing the Airy Bubbles stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink and some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and cut the circle aperture from the middle part of my cardstock. 
• Using the same die, I cut it with some scraps of pink and orange cardstock and set aside.
• I die cut the sentiment once with some white and then 4 times with the black.  I glued them together, stacking them up and off setting the black to help highlight the sentiment.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of orange cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I fit the orange and pink cardstock pieces back into place inside the aperture and then glued the sentiment over that.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

AIRY BUBBLES

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White; orange; pink 

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

Birthday die (TE); Circle Aperture die (Temu); black gems

Wrap Around Father's Day Card

Welcome

It's my turn to host the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) again over at Splitcoast Stampers and for this challenge, we are making a

Wrap Around Card

So often the back of our cards are just left plain so I find this technique adds a lot of interest.

I used this technique to make a Father's Day card for my husband.

So, here's what you need to do to make one.

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock that measured 11 x 4 1/4 inches to make the base. Score at 5 1/2"
• I cut another piece of white cardstock 6 x 4 1/4" to use as the 'wrap around' portion of my card. 
• I placed the Lacy Edge stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over the wrap and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut 3 circles; one white, one blue and a green one.  I stamped the sentiment on the white one in my Misti and glued them all together.
• Next, I scored my 'wrap around' piece at 3" and glued that onto the white card base.
• I cut 2 green strips at 1/4" thick and glued those along the edges of my stenciled piece just to make it look more finished off.
• Finally, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over to the side.

Here is the stencil I used:

Lacy Edge

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to CAS- PATTERN

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamp- Sentiments- (IO)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); foam tape; Infinity Circle die (HA)

Fun Friend

Welcome

Today's card is a combination of 2 new for JUNE stencils called:

AIRY BUBBLES and PATTERNED NOISE

Here's what I did to create this card.

• I placed the AIRY BUBBLES stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and placed the PATTERNED NOISE stencil over the bubbles and inked just in some areas around the bubbles with the same colours.
• I took a scrap piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some of the same inks, then used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I die cut the sentiment 4 times with more white cardstock and glued them all together, stacking them and then glued the inked one on the top.  I did offset them a a bit to help it show up better against the background.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of pale green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment across the front and added 2 silver gems on either side of the sentiment to finish off my card. 

Here are the stencils I used:

AIRY BUBBLES

PATTERNED NOISE

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted To CAS- PATTERN

Crafty Calendar- MEN/BOYS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Friend die (TE); Silver gems

Happy Days Together

Welcome

I love this sweet image and wanted to use it to make a card.

Meet the new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

PATTERNED NOISE

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and got out the Patterned Noise stencil. I laid the stencil flat over a paper towel and rubbed Ripe Persimmon and some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink directly over the whole back of the stencil.  
• Next, I sprayed with some Rubbing Alcohol and then pressed the stencil onto white cardstock. I lifted the stencil off and let the piece dry.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sweet image and the sentiment along the bottom.
• Using a wet paintbrush, I added some of the Ripe Persimmon DOX ink to the clothes.
• I glued the finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then black and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Patterned Noise

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for the visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- SUMMERTIME

The Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Send a Smile 4 Kids- SUMMER FUN

Supplies

Stamps- More Sentiments (Avery Elle); Let's Go Fly a Kite (Creative Expressions)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Rubbing Alcohol

Sending the Best Wishes

Good Morning

It's been such a fun month creating with the new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

So I decided to make another card featuring the new for JUNE stencil called:

Rope Trellis

Here's what I did.

• I placed the Rope Trellis stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I shifted the stencil over and inked it up again with some Salty Ocean DOX ink to create the fun pattern.
• Next, I used a blue fine line marker and added the straight lines over the pattern.
• I die cut a white square using a square stitched die and glued it right over the middle of my card front.  
• I looked through my scraps and found this navy cardstock. I cut it into strips and glued it around the edges of the white square in the middle.
• While that dried, I die cut a white circle and stamped the sentiment onto it in my Misti.  I glued that onto another larger navy die cut circle.  
• I glued my finished card panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added the circle die cut sentiment over the middle and finished off my card by adding 3 navy gems under it. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Rope Trellis

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANY OCCASION

Craft Rocket- BIRTHDAY

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamp- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Square Stitched die (Amazon); blue fine line marker; blue gems

Infinity Circle dies (HA)