Friendship is Special

Welcome

Meet another one of the newly released stencils for April from A Colorful Life Designs called:

THREE Xs

This stencil can be used is so many different ways; inked then cut apart along the lines, overlapping inking, stencil layering....so many ideas. 

For today though, I kept it simple by inking and adding a die cut frame.

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

• I placed the THREE Xs stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked just across the middle with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink. Next, I inked with some Cracked Pistachio DOX and then along the bottom and top edges I used more of the Broken China ink.
• While that dried, I did cut the frame with some black cardstock and set aside.
• I took a scrap of white paper and inked it with the above mentioned colours and used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I glued the black frame over my stenciled card front and then glued that onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the 'friend' sentiment over the frame and added some silver gems to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE Xs

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- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Cut It Up- COLORS OF SPRING

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

CRAFT- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white; black cardtock

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

Triangle Grid die (Temu); Friend die (Amazon); silver gems

Hello My Friend

Good Morning

Today's simple card was created using one of the new for April stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

ARROWS

This is how I created my card.

• I placed the Arrows stencil just along the bottom edge of my card front and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off and placed it along the top edge of my card front panel and inked again with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• When I looked at the stenciled panel, I felt it needed something more, so I used my white Posca pen to add some dots and lines over the stenciled areas and set that aside to dry.
• I die cut the 'Hello' with some blue cardstock and then I glued the word shadow with white cardstock 5 times and glued those all together as I wanted a raised sentiment without having to use foam tape.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue that matched the sentiment and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the 'Hello' over to the side and then to finish my card off, I added 3 blue gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

ARROWS

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:

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

white Posca pen; Handwritten Hello die (SSS); blue gems

Birthday Fun

Welcome

I'd like you to meet the new for April stencil called 

DOTTY HARLEQUIN

It is just one of the many fun designs from A Colorful Life Designs.

So, I pulled out 2 colours of ink and got busy making my card.

• I began by placing the DOTTY HARLEQUIN stencil over a piece of white cardstock on an angle and then inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and placed it back down over the white spaces left behind and then inked again with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink, creating a fun background.
• Next, I took another piece of white cardstock and inked the top part with more of the Ripe Persimmon ink and the bottom with the Picked Raspberry.  I used that to die cut my sentiment and then glued it onto the white word shadow. 
• I glued my stenciled card front panel onto a piece of white, then orange then onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• I cut out a white square frame and glued that over the panel and popped the sentiment inside the frame to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

DOTTY HARLEQUIN

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:

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Bold Birthday die (TE);

TE Blending Brushes; Layered Square dies (Amazon)

Celebrating Your Special Day!

Good Morning

It's an exciting new month and so many great new stencils at A Colorful Life Designs.

So, meet the newly released stencil called:

Diamond Circle

This is how I created my card.

• I placed the Diamond Circle stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Picked Raspberry and some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I die cut the star from a piece of black cardstock and then again from my stenciled piece.
• I glued the black outline die cut onto a piece of white cardstock and then I glued the pieces of the stenciled panel into the star, matching up the pattern.
• While that dried, I stamped and die cut the sentiment and the black circle.
• I glued the star onto a 4 1/4" white card base.
• I glued the black circle over the middle and used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment over the circle.

Here is the stencil I used:

Diamond 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:

Little Red Wagon- MASCULINE

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold 1 (Simon Says)

Inks- DOX

Papers- solar white, black

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

Star die (Temu); Infinity Circle die (Hero Arts)

Big Birthday

 

Welcome

This is going to be a very exciting month with all the new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.

So many great designs with so many possibilities.  

So meet the newly released stencil called:

SPOTLIGHT

Here's what I did to create this fun and simple card.

• I placed the SPOTLIGHT stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and shifted it, then inked again with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink. It gave a fun, layered look to the background.
• Next, I cut the sentiment right from the middle of my stenciled panel and I cut the word shadow from a piece of white cardstock. The sentiment was a bit lost against the background, so I inked over it with some more of the Cracked Pistachio ink and then I used a blue marker to trace over the letters.
• I glued my stenciled card front to a piece of pale blue cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the background, matching it up with the pattern.

Here is the stencil I used:

SPOTLIGHT

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- 'M' is for Masculine

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Addicted to CAS- STRIPES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Happy Birthday to You (Temu); Blue marker

Spotlight Debossing

Welcome

It's my turn to host the TLC over at Splitcoast Stampers this week.

The technique we will be trying out I'm calling:

SPOTLIGHT EMBOSSING

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

• I began by looking through my coloured cardstock until I found 2 complimentary colours.
• Using a rectangle die, I cut from both pieces.
• I took out this flower Embossing Folder and placed the blue sheet down first and fitted the small green die cut inside that and ran it through my machine inside the folder. BE SURE AND USE THE DEBOSS SIDE OF YOUR FOLDER.
• I glued the pieces onto a base, matching up the embossed pattern, debossed side up.
• Holding my black ink pad flat against the surface, I covered the whole card with black ink and set that aside to dry.
• I die cut the sympathy sentiment in black and glued that onto the white word shadow.
• I glued the card front panel onto a piece of green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment across the front of my card and added a black gem to dot the 'i'.

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Can You Handle the Pressure- ANYTHING GOES/option; Kids

Allsorts- SPRINGTIME or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versafine Clair

Papers- random

Accessories and Tools- Floral Field 

Eb folder (SSS); Infinity Rectangle dies (Hero Arts);

With Sympathy die (SSS)

One Stencil~ 2 Cards

Good Morning

Today, I am again playing with the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

THREE FEATHERS

Both cards use the same colours and technique on my Gel Plate.

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate. I like to use my Distress Oxide inks on my plate....super easy cleanup.  So, I got out my Cracked Pistachio and my Broken China DOX pads and pressed the ink directly onto the plate. Using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
• I placed one of the feathers from the Three Feathers stencil onto my plate and then rubbed over it with a piece of white cardstock to pick up the print.  YOU CAN SEE THAT IN CARD #2
• I removed the stencil and then rubbed over the plate again with another piece of white cardstock. CARD #1
• I took CARD #1 and stenciled the feather using the same ink colours right over to the side of the print.
• I stamped the same sentiment on both cards and then added them to white A2 sized card bases.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE FEATHERS

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- SPRING/or/ ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamp- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer