Just Adding a Smile

Good Morning

Today's card is just a simple, happy feeling one using the new for July stencil called Smiley Faces from 

A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I began by looking through some of the backgrounds I had previously made and found this fun plaid patterned one.  I had done it using the Markered Turnabout stamp.  I thought the bright colours went perfectly with the smiles.  It was stamped using Distress Oxide inks.
• I laid the plaid onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Smiley Faces stencil over it.  I inked it using some black Memento ink.  
• While that dried, I die cut the 'smile' sentiment from some black cardstock.  This die doesn't come with a shadow/background so I traced around the die on some white cardstock and fussy cut it out to make my own.  
• I glued the plaid panel onto a piece of pale lavender cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Smiley Faces

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS and/or STENCILS

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Markered Turnabout (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Distress Oxide, Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Make Art Station (Ranger);

Smile die (STAMPlorations); TE Blending Brushes