Saturday, 26 September 2026

Hello Fall

 

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

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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

Saturday, 19 September 2026

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

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:

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:
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

Monday, 14 September 2026

My Forever Friend

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


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

Thanks so much for your visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Word Power- ANYTHING GOES
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



Thursday, 10 September 2026

Autumn Birthday


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

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:

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

Much thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
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)

Monday, 7 September 2026

Webby Leaf

Hello and Welcome
Meet another one of the newest releases for September from A Colorful Life Designs called
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:


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

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

Saturday, 5 September 2026

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

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

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:



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

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

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

Fall Foliage

 

Welcome
It's been awhile since I have posted.  
The summer has been very busy but is going by way too fast.

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

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock to use as my card front and stamped a script just along the side with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
  • I placed the Fall Foliage stencil over my cardstock and using a mask to go around each leaf, I inked them with these different colours of Distress Oxide inks:  Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid, Rustic Wilderness and Rusty Hinge.
  • I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment along the side.
  • I glued my card front onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • To add a bit of interest to the leaves, I used my black Posca pen and added some dots to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:
Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT
Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS
Time Out- THE MOVIES (sentiment- Robin Williams)

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies
Stamps- Script (Penny Black); Words and Ideas (IO...Out of business)
Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes; 
low tack tape for masking; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)