Let's Chill

 

Good Morning

Today's card was a fun one to create with this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

MID CENTURY CHAIRS

This stencil includes 2 unique looking chairs but for today, I just used one of them.

I paired it up with 2 older released stencils to create my card.

 Dots In and Out and Tiki Room

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

• I began by creating the chair first. I placed one of the Mid Century Chairs onto a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put the Tiki Room stencil over the chair and inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink. It gave the chair such a fun pattern and look. I removed the stencils, fussy cut it out and set aside while I worked on the background.
• I took another piece of white cardstock and placed the Dots In and Out stencil over the paper and inked with more of the Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• Next, I took my stenciled card base and cut the sentiment shadow from it along the top edge I die cut the sentiment from some black cardstock and glued it onto the shadow die cut.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a white A2 sized card base. When I placed the chair over the background it didn't show up well so I embossed a piece of white cardstock, cut it on the diagonal and glued that over the background before adding the chair with some foam tape.
• I added the sentiment back into place near the top of my card and then I added 2 black gems on either side of the die cut to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

MID CENTURY CHAIRS

TIKI ROOM

DOTS IN AND OUT

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

Simon Says Mon.- USE MORE THEN ONE STENCIL

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White, black cardstock

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

Good Vibes die (SSS); Swiss Dots EB folder (Cuttlebug); black gems

Hello Fall

 

Welcome

I wanted to make one more card this month using this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

SIMPLE LEAVES

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

• I began by placing a piece of white cardstock into my Misti. I stamped the Mixed Mesh as my background using some Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I inked each leaf from the Simple Leaves stencil around the edges of my cardstock over the stamped background. I varied the shades of green to add interest. I used these Distress Oxide ink colours: Speckled Egg, Rustic Wilderness and some Cracked Pistachio.
• I splattered the whole panel using my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I die cut the Hello sentiment with some black cardstock, the word shadow with some white and glued them together.
• I used a circle die and cut right from the center of my card front panel. I glued that onto a slightly larger black circle.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock then black and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the die cut circle back into place matching it up and then glued the sentiment over that.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Simple Leaves

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 Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Crafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamp- Mixed Mesh (Stampendous)

Ink- DOX

Paper- Solar white/black cardstock

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

Handwritten Hello die (SSS); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems

Autumn Joys

Welcome

It's beginning to look and feel more and more like Fall everyday here where I live. 

I decided to create a Fall inspired card using this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Waning Leaves

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

• I began by placing a piece of white cardstock into my Misti and I stamped the Leafy Leaves background stamp with black ink.
• I then placed the Waning Leaves stencil over the stamped background and inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and Rustic Wilderness.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white and my black Posca pen and sent aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment 5x's and then glued them all together, creating a stacked sentiment.
• I glued my dried card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of red and the onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment across the middle to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Waning Leaves

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:

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Crafty Gals Corner- ANYTHING GOES/FALL FOLIAGE

Craft Rocket- USE DIES

Time Out- SEASONAL COLOURS WHERE YOU LIVE

(Fall in Canada)

Supplies

Stamp- Leafy Leaves background (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white

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

Live, Love die (Frantic Stamper); white and black Posca paint pen

My Forever Friend

Welcome

Today's card features the new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

SIMPLE LEAVES

This stencil has a nice variety of different sized leaves.

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

• I began by inking up a stencil from last month called Mid Century Square Mask with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  It gave a lot of interest to the background.
• I removed that stencil and inked each leaf from the Simple Leaves stencil, one at a time, across the top and then along the bottom with some Rustic Wilderness and some Lucky Clover DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the 'friend' sentiment 5 times with black cardstock and glued them all together creating a stacked sentiment.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then green and then onto a white A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the sentiment across the middle and added 2 black gems on either side of it to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

SIMPLE LEAVES

MID CENTURY SQUARE MASK

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for your visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- DIES

Dragonfly Dreams- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Friend die (TE); black gems

Autumn Birthday

Good Morning

Here is another card I made using this new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Fall Foliage

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

• I began with a piece of grid paper and placed the Fall Foliage stencil over that.  I inked it up with Distress Oxide inks in these colours; Ripe Persimmon, Vintage Photo, Lumberjack Plaid, Rustic Wilderness and Fossilized Amber.
• While that dried, I die cut the Grid overlay with some black cardstock then glued that over the leaves.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and die cut it with a circle die.  I glued it onto a larger black circle die cut.
• I glued my card front onto a white A2 card base and then used some foam tape to pop the birthday sentiment near the top corner.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish off my card. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Fall Foliage

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters- FRAME IT

Paper Craft Crew- HELLO FALL

Crafty Gals Corner- ANYTHING GOES/OPTION FALL

Supplies

Stamp- Everyday Circle tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white

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

Grid die (Amazon); foam tape; Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)

Webby Leaf

Hello and Welcome

Meet another one of the newest releases for September from A Colorful Life Designs called

Webby Leaf

This unique looking leaf also has a bit of a Halloween/spider web kind of look to it.

Here is what I did to create a simple card.

• I placed the Webby Leaf stencil over a piece of white cardstock and using my ink dabbers, I simply pounced the brushes over the stencil with these Distress Oxide ink colours...Ripe Persimmon; Lumberjack Plaid; Rustic Wilderness; Cracked Pistachio; Fossilized Amber.
• While the ink dried, I took another piece of cardstock and scored it (it doesn't show up in the photo) to use as my card front front.
• Next, I fussy cut out the leaf and glued that over the scored card front.  I then glued that onto a piece of green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I wanted a simple sentiment for the front, so I cut out one of the pre-printed sentiments and added it with some foam tape to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Webby Leaf

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Sponge ink dabbers (Amazon);

pre-printed sentiment (TE); Scoring Tool; foam tape

Beautiful Day

Welcome 

The summer has been very busy but is going by way too fast.

Meet one of the new for September stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called

Simple Leaves

A great stencil with a good collection of simple leaves to have in your stash.  

I paired it up with a fun stencil from last month called

Mid Century Half Circle Mask 

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and started by creating the overall background first. I placed the Mid Century Half Circle mask (August release) over my paper and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  
• I lifted the stencil, shifted it sideways and inked again with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• Next, one by one, I used the Simple Leaves stencil to add the leaves by inking them up with some more of the Rustic Wilderness DOX ink until my card front was covered.
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered over the whole panel then set aside to dry.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then dark green and then onto a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I cut out the pre-printed sentiment and glued that onto a piece of white and green cardstock.  I added it with some foam tape across the middle of my card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

SIMPLE LEAVES

MID CENTURY HALF CIRCLE MASK

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for your visit today.

Supplies

Stamps- none 

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white; green

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

Pre-Printed sentiment strips (TE); foam tape; white Posca pen