Feeling Grinchy

Welcome

Here he is....he's back for the holidays.

Meet the wonderful newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

 Extra Grinchy

This stencil is just one for this Grinchy release, so if you love the Grinch, he's perfect for creating some fun cards for the holidays.

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock to use for the Grinch's face.  I embossed it with a Burlap EB folder and then placed the Extra Grinchy stencil over the embossing and inked it up with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• I die cut the face with a circle die and then inked it with some Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink. 
• Using a yellow ink marker, I added the yellow to the Grinch's eyes and set aside to dry.
• Next, I inked up the sentiment on a piece of red cardstock with some Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.  
• I cut out the sentiment and splattered it with my white Posca pen but dragged my finger over the splatters to spread them and add to the 'grinchy' look.
• I die cut the card front panel with some red cardstock.  I glued that onto a piece of green cardstock and glued a few of the die cut pieces back into place.  I glued that onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the face and the sentiment over the die cut panel.

Here is the stencil I used:

Extra Grinchy

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Cut It Up- INSPIRED BY A SONG

(You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch)

Send A Smile 4 Kids- HOLIDAY/CELEBRATION CARDS 4 KIDS

ABC Christmas- S-STENCIL/T- TRADITIONAL COLORS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versamark; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Shapes Die (Amazon);

yellow ink marker; Burlap EB folder (Honeybee); white Posca pen

Jingle All the Way

Good Morning

Today's card features the newly released stencil from  A Colorful Life Designs called;

Festoons

I must say that it did make for a very festive and simple card.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Festoons stencil over that. I inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off, moved it over and inked with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink. 
• I repeated that again and inked one more time with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink, covering my white card front panel.
• I die cut the sentiment letters in the same colours as the stenciled panel and glued them onto the sentiment shadow that I cut in some white cardstock.
• I glued my stenciled card front panel onto a piece of red, then green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background.
• I die cut 2 red starbursts and added them around the sentiment with 2 shiny gems in the centers.

Here is the stencil I used:

Festoons

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES/STENCIL

ABC Christmas- S - STENCIL/ T- TRADITIONAL COLORS

Cards for Galz- CIRCLES

Cut it Up- INSPIRED BY A SONG

(Deck the Halls)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

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

Jingle Bells die (A Pocketful of Happiness); Big Tidings dies (TH)

Snowy Christmas Greetings

Welcome

How can it be October already??

Well, a new month means a whole new lineup of great stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

There are so many great ones this month too, including lots of the 'Grinch' so stay tuned for that!!

So meet the stencil I used today called:

Simple Christmas Trees

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

• I began by creating the background first.  I got out my Gel Plate and pressed my Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto my plate.  After I brayered it smooth, I pressed the Simple Christmas Trees stencil onto the plate and rubbed my cardstock over it to get the impression.
• After I let the background dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the large snowflake over the middle of the panel with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, I die cut the shadow from the Snowy Greetings die right from the middle of my card front panel and glued the sentiment die that I cut with white cardstock onto it.
• I glue the finished panel onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place, matching up the pattern.
• Finally, I added some silver gems around the sentiment to add some sparkle.

Here is the stencil I used:

Simple Christmas Trees

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Mon.- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Make My Monday- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- Let it Snow (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer;

Snowy Greetings die (SSS); white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); silver gems

Paper Strip Die Cuts

Welcome

This week, it's my turn to host the TLC over at Splitcoast Stampers.

I'm calling my challenge:

Paper Strip Die Cuts

A simple and fun technique using scraps that I know we all have in out stash.

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

• I started by looking through all my papers and chose some that had similar colour values. For this card, I wanted traditional Christmas colours like red and green.
• Next, I cut the papers into strips, any random size will do and then I glued them onto a piece of white cardstock as seen below.  

• After all the strips were glued down and had dried, I used the 'Jingle Bells' die to cut from the strips of paper.  I love how it looked, so fun.
• I set that aside and stenciled the background using the Buffalo Plaid stencil from A Colorful Life Designs with some Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• To help the strips die cut show up a bit better, I glued it onto a red circle that I embossed with a Burlap folder and then onto a green piece of cardstock.  I used some foam tape to pop it up over my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Buffalo Plaid

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES WITH STENCILS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Jingle Bells die (A Pocket Full of Happiness); Burlap Embossing Folder (Honey Bee);

foam tape

Halloween House

Good Morning

Today's card features a fun new stencil for September from A Colorful Life Designs called

Spooky Web

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

• I inked up the Spooky Web stencil onto a piece of white cardstock using some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• I splattered the panel with my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I used a piece of black cardstock to die cut the Halloween house and then added some pieces of yellow cardstock behind the windows and pathway to help them look like they are glowing in the dark.
• Next, I die cut the 'boo' sentiment and then inked it with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink and some Black Soot DOX ink.  I splattered that with my black Posca pen.
• I glued the stenciled spider web onto a piece of purple cardstock to match the sentiment and then glued that onto an A2 sized card base.  
• I glued the Halloween house over the spider web and then added the ghost and the bat.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spooky Web

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Krafty Chicks- CAS

Sweet Stampin- FOR A CHILD

Send a Smile 4 Kids- CUTE FALL/HALLOWEEN CARDS 4 KIDS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); black Posca pen;

TE Blending Brushes; sentiment-Vault Gothic Portraits (TH);

Haunted House (Trinity); ghost die (Amazon)

Giving Thanks

Welcome

Here in Canada we will be celebrating Thanksgiving at the beginning of October, so I wanted to get a few card made to mail out.

Today's card features the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Simple Leafy Frame

I paired it up with an older stencil called Stick Wreath to give the wreath a fuller look.

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

• I placed the Simple Leafy Frame stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Rustic Wilderness; Lumberjack Plaid; Ripe Persimmon.
• I removed that stencil and placed the Stick Wreath right over the stenciled leaves and inked with some Rusty Hinge and Vintage Photo DOX ink.
• I used a circle die to cut out the middle area of the wreath.
• Next, I got out a piece of dark green cardstock and embossed it with a dot embossing folder, then glued that onto an 4 1/4" square white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the wreath over the embossed background.
• I stamped the sentiment, cut it out and used some more foam tape to place it over the middle of the wreath.
• I add a twine bow to the top to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

NEW

Simple Leafy Frame

OLDER

Stick Wreath

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Alphabet Challenge- 'M' IS FOR MASCULINE

Cut it Up- COLORS OF FALL/AUTUMN

Craft Rocket Challenge- DOTS and/or STRIPES

Supplies

Stamp- Thanksgiving (Stampendous)

Ink- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Infinity Circle die (HA);

foam tape; twine; Dots Embossing folder

Halloween Fun Times

Good Morning and Welcome

I had fun creating today's card using 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Spooky Web and Fast Food

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

• I used some Black Soot and some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink and blended over the Spooky Web stencil on some white cardstock. To help with the spooky vibe, I added some Villainous Potion DOX ink along the edges.
• I splattered over the spider web with my black Posca pen, then set aside to dry.
• Next, I inked up the Fast Food stencil on a piece of black cardstock with some Versamark ink and  used some white embossing powder and heat set it. I added some white splatters with my other Posca pen.
• I glued the spider web stenciled panel onto a piece of gray cardstock, then onto some purple cardstock and finally onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the black embossed sentiment panel over to the one side.
  

Here are the stencils I used:

Fast Food

Spooky Web

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- FALL FRENZIE/ANYTHING GOES

Two Old Bats- ANYTHING GOES HALLOWEEN

Simon Says Wed.- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versamark; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); white and black Posca pens;

small inking brushes (Amazon); foam tape; white embossing powder

BOO to You!

BOO and Welcome!

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

Spooky Web

I added a new to me technique as well, so here's what I did to create my card.

• I began my card with a technique I've not done before with my hot glue gun.  After my hot glue was hot, I drew the shape of the spider web onto my card front, swirling the glue over the white cardstock. 
• Before the glue cooled off, I added some black embossing powder onto the web and heat set it.
• Next, I placed the Spooky Web stencil right over the hot glue web and inked it up with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink. I splattered the web with my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment from a left over piece of inked cardstock that I found in my stash, then also die cut the spiders and the skeleton.  
• I glued my card front onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the 'BOO' into the top corner and added the details. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Spooky Web

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges: 

Simon Says Wed.- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- FALL FRENZY or ANYTHING GOES

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Vault Gothic Portraits dies (TH); Big Frights (TH)

Merry Everything

Good Morning

I'm happy to say that I have a good start on creating my holiday cards. 

This new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs added a great look to my wreath card.

Meet the new for September stencil called:

Simple Leafy Frame 

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

• I love combining older stencils with the new one, so for my wreath I got out the older stencil called Leaf Frame.  I placed that over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  To add some dimension to the leaves, I added just a hint of Salty Ocean DOX ink.
• I removed that stencil and then added the Simple Leafy Frame stencil, layering it over the Leaf Frame and inked that with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• Next, I used just the berries from the Holly Wreath stencil and inked those over the leaves with some Lumberjack Plaid ink.
• I die cut the wreath using my circle dies and set aside.
• I cut a piece of dark red cardstock and embossed it with a plaid embossing folder and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and die cut it out.  I die cut the word outline 4 more times and then glued them all together.
• I glued the embossed red plaid cardstock onto a 4 1/4 square white card base and then added the wreath over that.  
• I used some more foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle of the wreath.

Here are the stencils I used:

NEWEST

Simple Leafy Frame

OLDER

Leaf Frame

Holly Wreath

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

My Time to Craft- ADD TEXTURE

Peace on Earth- CHRISTMAS

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen;

Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Fright Night

Welcome

I'm creating some cards for Halloween and today's card features the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs that is called:

Moon Man

This stencil is really a fun one since it has 3 sizes of moons to use.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and secured the Moon Man stencil over my paper...I used the middle sized image.  I inked that up with some Hickory Smoke and some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• I wanted the background to have lots of interest so I masked off the moon and then placed the Cloud Edger stencil (an older release) over the moon and inked with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink. I kept shifting the cloud stencil down until the entire panel was all inked up.
• I splattered with water and then set aside to dry.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with some black cardstock and sprayed with some Peeled Paint Distressed stain.  I cut the sentiment 3 more times and glued them all together so the sentiment would be raised.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added the sentiment along the bottom and then added the black bats.

Here are the stencils I used:

Moon Man

Cloud Edger

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Paper Funday- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- FALL FRENZY/ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- DON'T REALLY NEED ANOTHER ONE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX; Distressed Spritz

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

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

Vault Gothic Portraits die (TH)

Celebrate Fall

Good Morning

Fall is in the air with cooler mornings.  The leaves are turning colours which inspired my card.

Meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Blowing Leaves

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

• I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and added the Blowing Leaves stencil over that.  
• Next, I inked over the whole stencil using some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink. I thought these colours were perfect for the colours of the changing leaves.
• I used a rectangle die to cut right from the center of the stenciled leaves and set aside.
• I glued my large card front panel onto a piece of rust coloured cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the smaller die cut panel onto the same rust cardstock and used some foam tape to position it back into place over my card front.
• I die cut the sentiment from the rust cardstock and then cut it again 4 more times with some white. I glued them all together, offsetting a bit to help the sentiment show up better against the colourful background.  I glued that over the middle of  my card front.
• Finally, I added 3 red gems under the sentiment to finish off my card

Here is the stencil I used:

Blowing Leaves

Check out the bling too:

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Allsorts- AUTUMN COLORS or ANYTHING GOES

Inkspirational- MAKE YOUR MARK

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers- A is for Autumn

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Infinity Rectangle dies (HA); Celebrate die (MFT)