Monday, 23 June 2025

Sending You Happy Rainbows

 

Welcome
Quick and simple card today using one of the new for June stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Here is what I did.
  • I placed the Gears stencil down first and then I put a piece of the Rainbow Scratch paper over that and secured well.
  • Using the side of a popsicle stick, I rubbed back and forth over the paper to reveal the pattern of the stencil.  It is so fun!
  • I set that aside for a moment and took another small piece of the Scratch paper and rubbed over the whole piece to use for my large Hello sentiment.
  • I glued the stenciled card front panel onto a piece of black, then yellow and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I added a piece of black cardstock along the bottom edge and then glued the Hello over that.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Crafter's Cafe- ANYTHING GOES/optional MASCULINE
Simon Says Wed.- WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES
Inspiration Station- INSPIRATION PHOTO

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- none
Paper- Rainbow Scratch paper (Dollarama)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Hello die (Amazon);
popsicle stick for scratching

Sunday, 22 June 2025

I'm Thinking of You

For June we have welcomed lots of newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  
Meet just one of the new ones called:

So, here's what I did to create this CAS card.
  • I began by securing the Tiki Room stencil on my desk and then laid a piece of white cardstock over the stencil.
  • Using a blue Crayola crayon, I removed the paper wrapping it has on it, laid the crayon on it's side and rubbed over just the middle section of the stencil to reveal the pattern.
  • I repeated that process using a purple crayon along both sides.  It is such a fun and very easy technique to do with your stencils.
  • Using my white Posca pen, I splattered the whole panel.
  • Next, I stamped and die cut the sentiment with some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink.
  • I glued my stenciled card front to a piece of white, then blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle and then added silver gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:


Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Monday- SPRITZ and/or SPLATTER
Craft Rocket- NO DESIGNER PAPER
Krafty Chicks- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies
Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)
Inks-DOX
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Crayola crayons;
Make Art Station (Ranger); silver gems (Dollar Store); white Posca pen

Saturday, 21 June 2025

For the Guys

 

Welcome
Today's card is featuring a fun new stencil for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:
Great stencil for making more masculine looking cards. I used it with an older release called:

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began with a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station.  I placed the Square Cutout stencil down and inked over that with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
  • Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Gears stencil right over the top and inked it up again with some Dusty Concord DOX ink.
  • Next, I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • I cut out the 'hello' sentiment 5 times from white cardstock and glued them together to create a stacked look.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white A2  sized card base.
  • I cut 2 squares using a stitched square die and glued them into the middle area, added my sentiment last, over that.

Here are the stencils I used:


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES
Simon Says Monday- SPRITZ and/or SPLATTER
Cut it Up- MASCULINE /ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Friend die (Amazon); white Posca pen; Stitched Squares (Amazon)

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Celebrate Your Day!


Welcome
Here's a fun one for you today using this newly released stencil for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

So, here's what I did to create this simple card.
  • I placed the Open Coils stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it with some Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
  • I cleaned the stencil off, flipped it over and placed it onto another piece of white cardstock and repeated the same above process, creating a mirror image.
  • I cut each panel on a diagonal and then glued them onto a white piece of cardstock.  
  • Next, I die cut the sentiment with some yellow cardstock and glued that onto the orange word shadow.
  • I glued my card front onto another piece of orange cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I added the sentiment with some foam tape and lastly, added a few silver gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES
Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/optional- SUMMERTIME FUN
Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES or WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY
(sunny days, bright colours make me happy)

Supplies
Stamps-none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Bold Birthday die (TE); silver gems (Dollar Store)

Sunday, 15 June 2025

To My Friend

 
Welcome
Meet today's card I made by doing some stencil layering using 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:
***Rainbow Roads is our Mid-month release and is on sale***

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Open Coils stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Picked Raspberry and some Tattered Rose Distress Oxide ink.
  • Leaving that stencil in place, I layered the Rainbow Roads stencil right over it and inked again using some Prize Ribbon DOX ink. It created a fun designs behind the coils by layering them.
  • Next, using the Colour Wheel Love die, I cut the large circle from the stenciled panel and then from a piece of navy cardstock as well.  
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of pale pink, (sorry, it looks orange in the picture) and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I took the piece of navy cardstock that I die cut and positioned it back into the cut area of the front panel.  I took the die cut from the stenciled part and glued it on top, off setting it a bit so I would become more visible.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the die cut middle.

Here are the stencils I used:

Was: $6.99
Now: $4.00


Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Cut it Up- MASCULINE
Crazy Catz- ANYTHING GOES
AAA Birthday- NO STAMPING

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Friend die (Amazon); Colour Wheel die (Paper Rose)

Saturday, 14 June 2025

Notebook Hello

 

Happy Saturday!
Time for a fun card using the new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called
If you are like me, I wasn't sure what a 'cog' was so I looked it up and it's a sort of gear. 
To me, they looked like connected flowers so that's how I used them.

So, here's how I made my card.
  • I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Connected Cogs over the paper.  I inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
  • I took another piece of cardstock and inked it this time, with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
  • I splattered the panels and set aside to dry.
  • I die cut the 'hello' 5 times from white cardstock and stacked and glued them all together.  I glued that onto a blue die cut shadow.
  • When the stenciled pieces were dry, I used the Ripped Notebook die to cut the 2 stenciled pieces and an extra one from white cardstock and glued them all together.
  • I used some foam tape to add them to a piece of dark blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks a lot for coming by to take a look and have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- Fur, Feathers/and or Flowers
Simon Says Monday- MONOCHROME
Allsorts- WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies 
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Make Art Station (Ranger);
Ripped Notebook die (Picket Fence); TE Blending Brushes; white Posca Pen;
foam tape

Friday, 13 June 2025

My Amazing Friend

Welcome
Today's card was created using a fun new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Tiki Room stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked up just the center with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink and the rest of the panel with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
  • Using another piece of white cardstock, I die cut the Hud Outlines and then I rubbed my Villainous Potion DOX ink pad over the die cut to add the colour.
  • Next, using some blue cardstock, I did cut the 'friend' sentiment and the sentiment shadow with some white cardstock and glued them together.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of purple and then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I glued the purple Hud Outlines die cut over my card base and the used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over that to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks a lot for coming by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Cut It Up- MASCULINE
Fab 'n' Funky- USE YOUR DIE CUTS
Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES/OPTION- HOT COLORS

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Hud Outlines die (Paper Rose); 
TE Blending Brushes; friend die (Amazon)