Celebrate

Hello and Welcome

Here is today's card.

Nice to have some time to play this long weekend!!

I've been trying out some different techniques with my stencils and that's how this card was created.

I began by placing the Bloom Mandala stencil over my piece of white cardstock.  I pressed my Versamark ink over the stencil, being sure to transfer the ink to all the open areas of the stencil.  I sprinkled on some white embossing powder and then heat set it.

Next, I rubbed some Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and some Faded Jeans DOX ink onto my non-stick craft mat and dragged the wet ink over my piece using a credit card. I added some dark details using the edge of the credit card and a bit of black ink to add some interest.

When the piece was totally dry, I die cut the sentiment from the card front and also cut it two more times using some heavy white cardstock.  I glued them all together and placed them back into place on my card front creating what they call an 'eclipse' card.

I mounted the piece onto some navy cardstock then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

As You Like It- FAV SUMMER OR WINTER COLOURS

(I love the blues, so calming and serene, reminds me of being at the beach)

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versamark; Memento black; DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); navy cs

Accessories and Tools- Mandala stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Celebrate die (MFT); 

non-stick craft mat (Ranger);white embossing powder; heat tool; credit card;

Cuttlebug  

Stand Proud

Welcome

So happy to be celebrating Canada Day this long weekend and grateful to be living in such a great country.

Meet today's card

Just a simple, fun card using 4 different stencils and 4 Distress Oxide inks.  Great way to get more mileage from your stencils too!

So, I began by measuring out my card front so I would have equal sections.  I used a light pencil to mark it all out.  I knew I wanted a bit of white space between the panels so I measured for that too.

All stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

Next, I masked then stencilled the pink; (Picked Raspberry DOX) using the Flowers Gone Wild. I move the mask and using yellow; (Fossilized Amber DOX) and the Retro Star Grid stencil repeated the process.  The bottom left corner is done with some orange (Carved Pumpkin DOX) and the Chain Weave stencil and lastly the bottom corner is done with blue; (Peacock Feathers DOX) and the Lava Blooms stencil.

I removed all the masks and using my ScorBug, I scored between the panels to better help define the areas.

I die-cut the dandelion twice and glued them onto my card base then added two black gems to help the flower pop against the colourful bkg.

I simply mounted it onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); blending brushes; Dandelion (Poppy Stamps);

 ScorBug; Post It Tape for masking; black gems