Saturday, 8 February 2025

Floral Postage


Hello and Welcome
Here is another card I created using the new for February stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:
Retro Flower Duo
This stencil has 2 flower designs on it and this time, I used both in combination.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I die cut a piece of white cardstock with the Postage Collage die  and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  
  • I masked around the squares and placed one of the flower from the Retro Flower Duo stencil over the first square and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress ink.
  • I wanted to add some depth of colour to the flowers, so I blended some Villainous Potion DOX ink right over the center of the flower.  I used some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink for the stems.
  • I continued using the same colours and moving the stencil around to ink each box.
  • After all the squares were stenciled, I splattered with my white Posca pen and removed the masks.
  • While that dried, I stamped the sentiment, the small detail leaves on top and bottom of the sentiment and then die cut it out.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of dark burgundy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background.

Here is the stencil I used:

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

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Monday- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL
Beautiful Blossoms- ANYTHING FLORAL GOES
Everybody Art- DIE CUTS AND PUNCHES
Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS and/or STENCILS

Supplies
Stamps- Anytime Expressions (TE); Merry Circle Tags (Avery Elle)
Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX
Paper- heavy white
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Modern Sentiment Labels die (TE);
white Posca pen; Make Art Station (Ranger); small inking brushes (Amazon);
Postage Collage Die (Waffle Flower)

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

A Single Flower Notecard



Good Morning
A simple card this morning using a newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:
This is a 2 flower stencil but for today's card, I used just one of them.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by getting out my Gel Plate and I pressed my Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate, then blended them together using a brayer.  The colours I used were Villainous Potion and some Uncharted Mariner.  
  • Next, I laid the Retro Flower Duo stencil onto my plate and pressed a piece of cardstock over that to create the flower print.  
  • I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry. When it was all dry, I die cut it using a large circle die.
  • I took another piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some more of the Villainous Potion DOX ink and then I used an embossing folder to add some texture.  I lightly sanded off some of the raised areas to give it more interest.
  • I glued the embossed piece onto a 4 1/4" square white card based and then I used some foam tape to pop the flower up.
  • To finish my card off, I added some silver gems onto and around the flower.

Here is the stencil I used:

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

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Mix it Up- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION: Monochrome
The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer;
Dots Embossing folder (Sizzix); white Posca pen; sanding block, silver gems;
Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Sunday, 2 February 2025

Regal Doily

Happy February!
I've heard so many say they are grateful that January is over because where I live with the snow and the ice, that means we are one step closer to getting Spring.

Lots of new releases over at A Colorful Life Designs this month.
This card was created using the newly released:

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and centered the Regal Doily stencil over that.  
  • I began in the center and inked with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink. Next, I moved outwards inking with some Ripe Persimmon and then finally with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink along the outside edges.
  • I lifted the stencil off and splattered it with my white Posca pen.
  • While that dried, I cut out the pre-printed sentiment strip and glued it onto a piece of pink cardstock.
  • When the panel was dry, I glued it onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the center and added some gems around that.

Here is the stencil I used:

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

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- A is for Anything Goes
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Just Add Ink- A TOUCH OF BLING

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Simple Strips Sentiments (TE); gems (Dollar Store); Make Art Station (Ranger);
white Posca pen

Saturday, 25 January 2025

Birthday Boy

 

Welcome

I like to have some masculine cards on hand as I know sometimes it's hard to create them.
This newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and a few shades of blue fit the bill.
The new stencil is called:

So, here's what I did to create my card:
  • I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the MultiShadow stencil over that on an angle.  I inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.
  • I cleaned the stencil off and then repositioned it slightly over and then inked again with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink. I removed the stencil and was left with a lovely layered look effect.
  • I splattered the whole card front with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • When it was nice and dry, I die cut the sentiment shadow from the card front and then glued the black die cut sentiment onto that.
  • I glued the finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then light blue and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place and then finished it all off with 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
My Time to Craft- MAKE IT MALE
Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW
Just Us Girls- USE STENCILS 

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes; 
black gems; Make Art Station (Ranger); Bold Birthday die (TE)

Monday, 20 January 2025

Spring Buds

 

Welcome

Going monochromatic today with this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:
I don't know about you and where you live, but I'm so ready for Spring to be here!

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

  • I placed the Spring Buds over a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and inked up the flowers with some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
  • Next, I used some Salty Ocean DOX ink to add a darker shade of blue to the flower centers.
  • I turned the stencil upside down and inked again using the same colours, creating these fun little flowers. 
  • I die cut the sentiment with some navy cardstock and then die cut the shadow for the sentiment right from the middle of the stenciled panel.  I glued those 2 together.
  • I glued my card front onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto an A2 white card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place over the card front.
  • Finally, I added 3 navy blue gems under the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:


My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW
Cardz 4 Galz- STENCIL

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Make Art Station (Ranger); Sending Smiles die (SSS); navy gems

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Happiest Birthday Wishes



Hello and Welcome
Today's card combines 2 newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

So, here's what I did to create my card. 
  • I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then placed the Multishadow stencil over my paper.  I inked that up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
  • Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Circle Love Tree stencil right on top of it and inked with some Wilted Violet DOX ink. When I lifted the stencils off, I was left with this lovely background.
  • I die cut around the outline circle of the stenciled panel and glued that onto a larger white die cut circle.
  • Next, I cut a 4 1/4" square white card base and glued a piece of blue cardstock over that.  I used some foam dots to add the circle over the card base.
  • I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and die cut it out.  I used more foam tape to add it to my card front.
  • To finish my card off, I added some black gems under the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:


**If you get a chance to, please read my blog post about some important changes**
(It talks about some changes with my affiliate links)

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- PEEK A BOO (use a window)
Seize the Birthday- USE SOMETHING NEW
Cardz 4 Galz- USE STENCILS
Cut it Up- SOMETHING NEW

Supplies
Stamp- Anytime Expressions (TE)
Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.0
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Modern Sentiment Labels die (TD); 
Infinity Circles die (HA); Make Art Station (Ranger); black gems;
Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Show Me the Sunshine

 

Good Morning

Meet our new mid-month stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:


I wanted to make a sunny, bright card with this stencil so here's what I did to create my card.
  • I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Fractured Beams stencil over that.
  • Starting at the bottom right corner of the panel which was actually the center of the stencil, I inked it up with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
  • Next, I inked with some Ripe Persimmon and then finally inked along the outer edges with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.
  • I moved the stencil slightly over and inked again with the same colours as mentioned above, creating this beautiful sunburst. (or I guess it could be a flower too)
  • I lifted the stencil off and splattered with my white Posca pen.
  • When the panel was dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
  • I added 3 black gems around the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

**If you get a chance to, please read my blog post about some important changes**
(It talks about some changes with my affiliate links)

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

Adding my card to these challenges:
2 Sisters on the Blog- ANYTHING GOES
Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES
Pearly Sparkles- SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

Supplies
Stamp- Treasure the Moments (IO- store closed)
Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes; white Posca pen;
Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Make Art Station (Ranger)