It's Your Day

Good Morning

Hope you are all doing well.  

I was recently at the lake for the day with one of my besties which inspired this card.

So here is what I did to create my card.

• The background is a Gel Plate print so I began by assembling my supplies; Gel Plate, brayer, acrylic paint and a piece of heavy white cardstock.
• I rolled on a few shades of blue and pale green acrylic paint onto the plate using my brayer.  It was paint from the Dollar Store so a very light bodied paint.
• I tore a strip of paper from some scrap and laid it over the painted background and took the print.  By laying the scrap paper on, when I took the print, it left a masked off area perfect for stamping onto.
• I set the piece aside to dry completely which didn't take long as the paint was a thin texture.
• When dry, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the bird.  I love how it looked blended in with the painted background.
• I left the panel in my Misti and stamped the sentiment. I clear heat embossed the image and sentiment.
• I added it to a heavy white card base and glued on 3 small black gems right under the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Fridays- SUMMER

Little Red Wagon- GIVE US YOUR BKG

Sisterhood of Crafters- OCEAN or BEACHY

Supplies

Stamps- Happy Birthday (Stamping Bellas); Crane (Magenta)

Inks- Versafine Clair, acrylic paint

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gel Plate, Brayer (Speedball); 

black gems; scrap paper, clear eb powder, heat tool

Pool Party

Hello my Friends.  

I hope you are all keeping well and safe as we make our way through these times.

I have a fun, simple card for you today.  

I hope it makes you smile.

So here are my card details.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and place the Circle mask from A Colorful Life Designs over my paper.  These circle masks are various sizes, so I chose one that filled most of my card front.
• Next, I layered the Primitive Batik stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over the circle mask, and rubbed on some Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and a hint of Salty Ocean DOX inks using a blending brush.
• I took the inked circle and die-cut a small circle from the center of the the panel.  
• I stamped the little fish from Your Next Stamp with some black Verafine Clair ink, then I used the matching die to cut it out.  
• I rubbed some of the same colours as mentioned above onto my non-stick craft mat and picked up the colour to paint in the fish.
• When he was all dry, I glued it onto the small die-cut circle and repositioned it into the larger panel using pop dots.  
• I added some Glossy Accents over his goggles and some Nuvo drops coming from his mouth for bubbles.
• I stamped the sentiment, then added the panel to a piece of matching blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Supplies

Stamps- Fish (YNS); Happy Birthday (Stamping Bellas)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair Noir

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Primitive Batik (ACLD); Marvelous Circle Masks (ACLD);

Glossy Accents (Ranger); Nuvo drops; pop dots; paintbrush

To the Moon and Back

Welcome.
Meet today's card. 
My husband and I are celebrating our 37th Anniversary...where did the years go?
My DH is totally a star gazer; we have seen the NeoWise 3 times this week. NeoWise is a comet only visible for a short time now and won't been seen again for over 6 thousand years they predict.
I thought he would like a starry night card.
So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock cut 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, my round acrylic block, Distress Oxide inks, Rays stencil and water mister.
• I took my round acrylic block, rubbed on some Fossilized Amber DOX ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my white card panel.  I continued that same process using Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Salty Ocean, Cracked Pistachio, Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet DOX until the panel was covered with colour.
• I laid the Rays stencil over the inked bkg and rubbed over it with Faded Jeans Archival ink.
• I stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair, then clear heat embossed to help make it pop.
• I rubbed the edges with some Black Soot DOX inks to intensify the border of the panel.
• I splattered the edges with water, then white and black paint using my Posca pens.
• I mounted the panel onto some black cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• Lastly, I added some black gems.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- REACH FOR THE STARS
Little Red Wagon- SPOTS OR STRIPES
Time Out- PEACEFUL
Craft Rocket- MEN/BOYS

Supplies
Stamps- To the Moon (Hampton Arts)
Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress Oxides (colours listed above)
Paper- heavy white ( Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Rays Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); clear eb powder; heat tool;
Posca Pens; inking tool, black gems, round acrylic block, water Mister (Th)

Beauty and Love

Welcome
Today's card is another one I did using the Big Leaves stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and my Gel Plate.  This is going to be an anniversary card for a friend who loves purple. I love using this stencil for creating so many different occasion cards.

So here are my card details.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, my Gel Plate, some purple acrylic paint, a piece of acetate and my brayer.  I find it helpful to have all my supplies ready when making prints with my Gel Plate.
• I squeezed out some purple paint onto my acrylic sheet and fully inked up my brayer by rolling it through the wet paint.  Don't roll too much or you will end up removing paint from your brayer.
• I rolled the paint covered brayer over my leaf stencil, then rolled the brayer onto my Gel Plate.
• BE SURE to only roll over the stencil once and only once onto your Gel Plate for a good impression.
• I immediately rubbed my cardstock over my Gel Plate to lift the print.  
• When it was dry, I stamped the sentiment using my Misti with some Versafine Clair Noir and clear heat embossed it.
• I added some splatters using my black Posca pen and added the panel to a piece of pale purple cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Adding my card to these challenges:

Sweet Stampin'- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

We Love to Create- ANYTHING GOES MIXED MEDIA

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- There is Beauty (Rubbernecker)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; purple acrylic paint (Dollar Store)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); brayer (Speedball); clear eb powder; heat tool

Big Leaves stencil (A Colorful Life Designs)