Joyful Music

 

Good Morning

This month at A Colorful Life Designs, some of the stencil designs revolve around music, the universal language.

So meet the new for March stencil called:

MUSIC

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

• I used an older stencil called Dot Circle to start my background and I inked that with some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the notes from the Music stencil across my card base and inked it with some Salty Ocean DOX ink. 
• I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the musician with some black ink.
• I took the Music stencil again and inked the 'music' word along the bottom with some Salty Ocean and some Black Soot DOX ink. (by using the black ink along the bottom of the word helped ground the sentiment)
• I used some more of the Salvaged Patina DOX to add a shadow around the outside edge of my card front.
• Using my black Posca pen, I splattered just around the bottom edge of the image.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

MUSIC

DOT CIRCLE

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Just Add Ink- STENCILS/DIES or BOTH

Inkspirational- STENCILS (option- plaid)

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Rock Silhouette (IO-out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black Posca pen

Notes of Joy

Good Morning

I want you to meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

BIG MUSIC

I used it with a wonderful older stencil called

PAINT STROKES

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

• I placed the PAINT STROKES stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked from top to bottom using these Distress Oxide ink colours:  Ripe Persimmon; Picked Raspberry; Cracked Pistachio; Shaded Lilac and Salvaged Patina. It made for a fun and colourful background.
• Next, I placed the BIG MUSIC stencil over the background and inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment across the top.
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered o9ver the whole panel to add some interest.
• I glued the dried panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base to finish off my card..

Here are the stencils I used:

BIG MUSIC

PAINT STROKES

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Just Add Ink- STENCILS/DIES or BOTH

Craft Rocket- NO DP

Supplies

Stamp- For the Record (Honey Bee)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen;

TE Blending Brushes; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

I'm Just Tuning In

Good Morning and Happy March!!

So glad we are one step closer to Spring.

Today's card is a fun one featuring just one of the newly released March stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Piano Keys

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

• I placed the Piano Keys stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment along the bottom.
• Next, I stamped the little radio in my Misti and then fussy cut it out.  I used my Copic markers to colour the radio.  I thought that the red was a nice contrast with the black and white theme.
• I die cut a black and white circle and glued those together, then I glued the radio over the circles.  
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of black and then onto an A2 white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the radio circle over to the side.

Here is the stencil I used:

Piano Keys

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamps- Music to My Ears (Catherine Pooler); Stay Tuned (Lawn Fawn)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair; Copic Markers

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Infinity Circle dies (HA)

YAY for You!

Welcome

This card is way more simple then it looks using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called: 

Celtic Mask

This card really shows the versatility and simple designs created by moving a stencil and overlapping the pattern.

 

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Celtic Mask over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off, then shifted it over and inked again with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I splattered over the stenciling with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the 'YAY' letters from a piece of pale blue cardstock and added some white details to the letters to add to the interest.  
• I die cut the word shadow right from the middle of my stenciled card base and also from a piece of dark blue cardstock. I glued them together, offsetting a bit to show the darker behind and to give it a bit of contrast.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop my sentiment back into place, matching the pattern.

Here is the stencil I used:

Celtic Mask

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

Word Power- WORD AS FOCUS

Send A Smile 4 Kids- KIDS BIRTHDAY CARD

Supplies

Stamp- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

white Posca pen; YAY die (Whimsy)

Top of the Mornin' to You

Good morning

For today's card, I combined 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Clover Frame and Celtic Knots

These stencils make for some fun St. Patrick's Day cards.

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

• I masked off half of a piece of white cardstock down the center and placed the Celtic Knots stencil over the paper and inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink along the left side.
• I removed the mask and placed the Clover Frame stencil along the right hand side and inked that with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I went over it with the Celtic Knot and inked with more of the Rustic Wilderness to give more interest to the clover and also to tie the left hand side into the right.
• There was a lot of white space left, so I used the eraser on the end of a pencil in fill it in with some green dots. 
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment. **You can't really see it in the photo, but I scored a line between the 2 sections with my ScoreBug**
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then dark green, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• To finish my card off, I added some black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Celtic Knots

Clover Frame

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Card Concept- MONOCHROME (green)

Little Red Wagon- JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

Sweet Stampin'- NO DP

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White; Green

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

ScoreBug; black gems; pencil eraser

All the Best Wishes

Welcome

For today's card I combined 2 stencils that I thought worked well together.

One is new and the other is an older one from A Colorful Life Designs.

The new release is called 

Celtic Knots 

and the older one is called 

Whirligig

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

• I placed the Whirligig stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put the Celtic Knots stencil over that and inked again with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I removed the stencils and splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut a white circle, placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment. I glued it onto a dark green circle.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of my card front to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Celtic Knots

 Whirligig

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

The Card Concept- MONOCHROMATIC GREENS

Sweet Stampin' Challenge- NO DESIGNER PAPER

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white; green cardstock

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

white Posca pen; Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Feeling Happy

Welcome

I had such fun creating this card using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Celtic Mask

So here's what I did to make this simple card.

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Celtic Mask stencil over my paper. I inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I took another piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink and then cut out just part of the design and set aside.
• I splattered the darker blue panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the little penguin with some black and white cardstock and glued them together.
• I placed the cut out design into my Misti and stamped the sentiment across the top, then glued the little penguin just under that.
• I glued the main panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy blue and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added the cut out piece with some foam tape to pop it up, matching the design.

Here is the stencil I used:

Celtic Mask

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Alphabet Challenge- 'U' IS FOR UPLIFTING

Cut it Up- THIS MAKES ME HAPPY

As You Like It- CUTE OR ELEGANT AND WHY

(I went for cute as this cute little penguin made me smile)

Supplies

Stamps- More Sentiments (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Penguin die (Amazon);

TE Blending Brushes; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); foam tape; white Posca pen