Christmas Peace

Hello and Welcome

This month it is my turn to host the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) at Splitcoast Stampers.

The technique we will be doing this week is called:

RUBBER BAND STAMPING

It's a fun and easy technique to play around with and I have been wanting to start making some cards for the holidays.

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

• I began by getting out my long acrylic stamping block and I wrapped some different width elastic bands around it in a grid pattern.
• I pressed the bands wrapped around the block onto my Speckled Eggs Distress Oxide ink pad and stamped over my white cardstock in a few different areas.
• I wiped off the elastics and repeated that process using some Salty Ocean and some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink until I was happy with the pattern covering my cardstock.
• I diluted some of the ink mentioned above with water and splattered my whole card front using a paint brush, then set aside to dry.
• Next, I created my snowflake.  I took a piece of acetate and pressed the DOX inks onto it, sprayed with water and dragged another piece of white cardstock through the wet ink and set that aside to dry.  
• I splattered the inky cardstock with my white Posca pen and then used that to die cut the snowflakes.  I also used a piece of silver shimmer paper to cut the stars for the centers of the snowflakes.
• I glued my elastic stamped card front onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto an A2 white card base.
• I glued one snowflake at the top and one along the bottom and then I used some foam tape to pop up the stars in the center of the snowflakes.
• I die cut the sentiment and added it to the center of my card front.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Mon.- LOTS OF LAYERS

Girlz Creative- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Papers- Solar white; scrap of silver shimmer

Accessories and Tools- rubber bands; long acrylic block; Funky Snowflake die (SSS);

foam tape; Peace die (Amazon)

Cat Sympathy

Welcome

Losing a beloved pet can really be a tough thing to deal with, so I've been creating some 'pet' sympathy cards this month using the new for July stencils from A Colorful Life Designs. 

This one is called:

PAW HEART

I paired it up with an older release called FUR

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

• I placed the Paw Heart stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put the Fur stencil over it and inked with some Black Soot DOX ink.  
• Next, I fussy cut out around the heart and added some dots using a black Posca pen.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment with some Versamark ink and white heat embossed it on black cardstock.
• I glued a piece of grid paper onto black cardstock, then white, then another piece of black and then onto a 4 1/4" square white card base.
• I glued the paw over the grid paper and then I used some foam tape to add the sentiment into the corner to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Paw Heart

Fur

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:

Little Red Wagon- ONE THING

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- PATTERNS

Supplies

Stamp- Sympathy Sentiments(Penny Black)

Inks- Versamark; DOX

Paper- Solar white; grid patterned; black

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

white EB powder; white Posca pen; foam tape

So Many Happy Wishes

Welcome

Here is another card featuring our Mid Month release from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Minimalist

I paired it up with a stencil from last month's release called 

PATTERNED NOISE

Here is what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Mid Century Minimalist stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off, placed down the Patterned Noise stencil and inked that up with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment words from some dark blue cardstock 5 times and glued those together creating a stacked sentiment. I used the word outline to die cut right from the middle of the stenciled panel.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of dark blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment into the space I cut away with the word outline and added some silver gems around it.
• I used a scrap piece of the blue cardstock to die cut the string detail and glued that under the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Mid Century Minimalist

Patterned Noise

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Simon Says Monday- ADD TEXT

Just Add Ink- STENCILS AND DIES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White/blue 

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

Happy Wishes die (SSS); Twine die (Spellbinders)

Garden of Flowers

Good Morning and Welcome

Today's card features our mid-month release from A Colorful Life Designs called

Mid Century Minimalist

I used it to make a fun background for my flower vine.

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

• I placed the Mid Century Minimalist stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and then placed it back over the pattern, turning it sideways and inked it again with some Salty Ocean DOX ink. What a fun pattern it created.
• While that dried, I die cut the flowers and glued a piece of clear vellum behind the frame of the flowers. 
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the climbing flower vine over the background and then added some pearl gems to the flower centers.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Minimalist

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- FABULOUS FLORALS

Just Add Ink- STENCIL/DIES OR BOTH

Cut it Up- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

The Sisterhood of Crafters- FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White/Blue/ clear Vellum

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Flower Vine die (Temu);

pearl gems

Sweet Kitty

Good Morning

Here is another great 'pet' stencil for July from A Colorful Life Designs called:

CAT CURLICUE

I thought this would make a good pet sympathy card.

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

• I began by placing the CAT CURLICUE stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off and placed the Patterned Noise stencil from last month, over the top and inked just around the cat with some Shaded Lilac, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Peacock Feathers DOX ink. By stenciling around the image, it helped to ground it and added colour and more interest.
• I placed my stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over to the side.
• Using the end of a pencil eraser, I stamped in the 2 eyes of the cat and stenciled in a few extra cat paws along the right hand side.
• I glued it onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto a white square 4 1/4" card base.
• I finished my card off by adding 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

CAT CURLICUE

PATTERNED NOISE

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- 4 LEGGED FRIENDS

Allsorts- STENCIL

We Love Stamping- SUMMERTIME/or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Gentle Hugs (IO closed)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White; navy

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Pencil eraser

It's Party Time

Hello and Welcome

I had such fun creating this bright and happy card using the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

HAND WREATH

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by placing the HAND WREATH stencil over a square piece of white cardstock.
• I inked along the outside edge with some Picked Raspberry Distress ink and then inked the inside of the hand circle with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• I lifted off the stencil and placed the PATTERNED NOISE stencil from last month over the middle open area and inked that up with some more of the Ripe Persimmon DOX ink. It added so much interest to the otherwise open area.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti and stamped the sentiment right in the middle.
• I glued my inked card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then black and then onto a 4 1/4" sized white card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

HAND WREATH

PATTERNED NOISE 

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Alphabet Challenge- 'F' FOR FESTIVITIES

Just Us Girls- PLAY

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Greetings (Temu)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar white, black

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Little Toes and Fingers

Good Morning

Today's card is featuring one of the new for July stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

BABY'S HAND

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

• I placed the BABY'S HAND stencil over a piece of white cardstock and looked through my Distress Oxide inks to see what colours I wanted to use. These are the DOX colours I decided on:  Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers; Ripe Persimmon; Cracked Pistachio; Wilted Violet and Fossilized Amber. I chose lots of rainbow colours to show what life and promise a new baby brings.
• I inked around the stencil using all the colours mentioned above, adding more concentrated ink around the stencil and dragging my brush outwards near the edges to give a more unique look to the overall design.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• When it was nice and dry, I placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the sentiment in the middle.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of dark purple cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added 3 black gems just under the sentiment to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

BABY'S HAND

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- ANYTHING GOES WITH WORDS AS FOCUS

Allsorts- STENCILS

Shopping Our Stash- YOU'RE SO SWEET

Supplies

Stamp- Little Toes and Fingers (IO- out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White; black

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems