Mid Century Tower

Welcome

Here's a simple card for you today featuring the new for July stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Tower

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

• I began by masking the center part of my white cardstock on either side with some scrap paper, then placed the Mid Century Tower stencil over that and inked with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.  (I masked off so I could have 3 distinctive bands of colour.)
• I lifted the paper masks off and moved them to cover the middle and then placed the stencil back down, matching it up into place.  I inked with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I found some inky castoffs in my scraps that had the same colours as the background and I used them to die cut the flowers.
• I stamped the sentiment with more of the Ripe Persimmon DOX ink and then die cut it out.
• I wanted the flowers too show up against the stenciled background, so I cut a piece of clear vellum and glued that over the left corner of my card front and then glued the flowers over that.
• I glued the stenciled card front panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• Finally, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment into the corner.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Tower

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.- BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS

Simon Says Monday- ADD A SENTIMENT

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES WITH A STENCIL

Supplies 

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

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

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

Holly Hocks die (IO); white Posca pen

Birthday Fun

Good Morning

Meet another one of the new releases for July, a mid-month release from A Colorful Life Designs called

Over the Belt

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, then placed the Over the Belt stencil onto that and inked with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, wiped it clean and then placed it back down but facing in the other direction.  I inked again with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the large birthday sentiment with some white and purple cardstock and glued them together.  I did offset them a bit to help make the sentiment stand out more against the background.
• I glue my stenciled card front onto another piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the sentiment over the middle of my card front and finally, added 3 silver gems.

Here is the stencil I used:

Over the Belt

(on sale right now 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:

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Crafts Galore Encore- 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;

Large Happy Birthday (Lawn Fawn); silver gems

You Brighten My World

Welcome

Today, I'm sending this all out to you.  I so appreciate your visits and kind comments!

I often feel badly that I don't have more time to come and visit all of you but with 5 little daycare kiddos and working 10 hr days, my time is so limited.

Anyways, I want you to meet the new for July stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called;

Off Road

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, put the Off Road stencil over that and inked it up with some Peacock Feather and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I splattered the stenciling with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I put another piece of white cardstock down and placed an older stencil called Corner Rays over one side of my cardstock and then inked it up with some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil over onto the other side, matching up the pattern and inked again with the same colours.
• I placed that into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, then I glued that onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• The first stenciled piece was now dry, so I cut it along one of the curved edges and used some foam tape to pop it over the sunrise.

Here are the stencils I used:

Off Road

Corner Rays

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 again for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- NBUS

Fab 'n' Funky- SEASIDE

Just Us Girls- SUMMERTIME

Supplies

Stamp- Bright Idea (TT- out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); white Posca Pen

Garden Delights

Good Morning and Welcome

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

Around the World

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock and die cut it using the Postal Collage die.
• Next, I placed that piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Around the World stencil over that.
• Starting at the top corner, I inked my way across the cardstock with these Distress Oxide ink colours:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and some Villainous Potion.
• I removed the stencil and stamped the postal spaces with the flowers using some black Versafine Clair ink.
• I glued the stenciled/stamped panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Around the World

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:

Little Red Wagon- SOMETHING YOU LOVE

(being in the garden)

Simon Says Mon.- SUMMER FUN

Just Us Girls- SUMMERTIME

Craft Rocket- SUMMERTIME

Supplies

Stamps- Wild Flower Silhouettes (Waffle Flower)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

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

Postal Collage die (Waffle Flower); TE Blending Brushes

Bright and Happy Birthday

Welcome

For today's card, I went with a bit of a 'rainbow' theme with the colours I added over this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Jacks and Balls

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Mid Century Jacks and Balls stencil over that.  
• Starting at the top corner and moving my way down, these are the colours I used to blend together:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Peacock Feathers.
• After I had inked the whole panel, I decided to add a Stitched border to give more interest to my card.
• I die cut the sentiment with some white cardstock 4 times and glued 3 of them together.  I inked the 4th one with the same colours I had used on the background mentioned above and glued that onto the top of the stack.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of navy cardstock, then added the sentiment across the front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Jacks and Balls

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:

Little Red Wagon- SOMETHING YOU LOVE

(I love using these colours together)

Crazy is Our Fame- STENCILS are Our Game- OPTIONAL/SHADES OF BLUE

Word Power- WORDS AS YOUR FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides (Ranger)

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

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

Diagonal Stitch Rectangle Stacklets (TE); TE Blending Brushes;

Happy Birthday die (Lawn Fawn)

Look Who's Having a Birthday!

Welcome

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

Mid Century Mod Pods

This is a fun, 2 part stencil that can be used to create some very cool retro looking cards.

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

• I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed Mid Century Mod Pods stencil #1 over that and inked with some Salty Ocean and a hint of Uncharted Mariners Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off and put Stencil #2 into place, matching up where the pattern should go.  I inked that up with some Cracked Pistachio and a hint of Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• Next, I stamped the Marquee onto another piece of white cardstock with more of the Salty Ocean Distress ink and fussy cut it out.  I used Copic markers in the same green and blue colour as the background to colour in parts of the marquee.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of dark green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the marquee in the middle of the card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

Mid Century Mod Pods

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.- STARS/and or STRIPES

Shopping Our Stash- NBUS 

(new stencil and new to me stamp set)

Crazy is Our Fame- STENCILS are Our Game- OPTIONAL SHADES OF BLUE

Supplies

Stamps-Marquee Messages (SU)

Inks- DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; Copic Markers

Congrats to You!

Welcome

Today, I'm playing with another new fun released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Pyramids

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, then I placed the Mid Century Pyramids stencil over that and inked with these Distress Oxide ink colours:  Salty Ocean, Ripe Persimmon and Lumberjack Plaid.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and then added a few more of the circles to some of the open areas.
• Using my white Posca pen, I added white dots to some of the circles and set aside to dry.
• Next, I looked through my stash to find some cardstock scraps that were the same colours as the background and then I punched out circles from that.  I also punched out some black circles as well.
• I glued some of the circles onto a small piece of white cardstock, then cut some of the circles to create the fun design.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and then glued it onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the square with the punched out circles on it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Pyramids

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 Mon.- ADD SOME RED/WHITE and/ OR BLUE

Shopping Our Stash- NBUS

Crazy is Our Fame- STENCILS are Our Game- OPTIONAL SHADES OF BLUE

Supplies

Stamps- No Words (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX

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

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

white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); circle paper punch; foam tape

Wavy Dot Triangles

Happy July!

What an exciting new month with 17 newly designed stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

So for today, meet:

Mid Century Wavy Dot Triangles

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

• I placed the Mid Century Wavy Dot Triangles stencil over a square piece of white cardstock and then inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and placed it over a smaller square of white cardstock and inked with some Tumbled Glass DOX ink.
• I glued the largest square onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• I glued the smaller light blue stenciled square onto a piece of white cardstock, turned the pattern in the opposite direction and used some foam tape to adhere it.
• I stamped the sentiment with more of the Uncharted Mariners DOX inks and die cut it out.  I used more foam tape to pop it over the middle of the smaller panel.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Wavy Dot Triangles

BLING SALE 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:

Little Red Wagon- LAYER IT UP

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- STENCIL 

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

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

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

foam tape

Hooray Graduate

Hello and Welcome

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

Wild Rings

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station.  I placed the Wild Rings stencil over the cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.  
• Leaving the stencil in place, I used a small inking brush to ink just the insides of the circles with some Salty Ocean DOX ink to add more interest.
• Next, I stamped the Hooray with some more Salty Ocean DOX and die cut it out.
• I found some cardstock that was the same colour as the Salty Ocean and used that to die cut the image.  I glued that along the bottom of the stenciled panel.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment across the top.

Here is the stencil I used:

Wild Rings

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

Just Us Girls- STENCIL ANYTHING GOES

Inkspirational- STENCIL

Little Red Wagon- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- HOORAY (TE)

Inks- DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); Grads die (AMAZON)

Time for Fun!

Welcome

I had fun playing with this new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Orderly Waves

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

• I placed the Orderly Waves stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink. 
• I lifted the stencil off, cleaned it and then repositioned it.  I inked again with some Tumbled Glass and some Broken China DOX ink to create a fun pattern.
• Next, I got out the sentiment and used the shadow die to cut right from the stenciled panel.  I die cut the sentiment with some black cardstock as well.
• I glued the sentiment onto the shadow die that was cut from the card front.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I fitted the die cut sentiment back into place over the card front.
• Lastly, I added 3 black gems below the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Orderly Waves

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:

Little Red Wagon- LAYERS  

(stencil layering)

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Guyz- ANYTHING MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Oh What Fun die ((A Pocket Full of Happiness); black gems; Inking Brushes (TE)

Swimming By to Say Hi

Hello

Time for some beachy fun.

Today, I am using the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Frothy Waves

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Frothy Waves stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.  To help add some variation in the colour of the waves, I inked randomly with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.
• Next, I used the Waffle Flower Die-Postage Collage and die cut the stenciled panel out.
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then used some foam tape to add it to an A2 sized card base.
• I stamped the little sea creatures in my Misti and coloured them with my Copic markers.
• I cut them out and popped them over the wavy background with some more foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Frothy Waves

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:

Cut it Up- FEELING BLUE

Daring Cardmakers- AT THE BEACH

Time Out- PHOTO INSPIRATION

Supplies

Stamps- Sea Creatures (Hampton Arts)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX; Copic Markers

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

foam tape; Postage Collage die (Waffle Flower)

Fruit Punch

Good Morning and Welcome

Today's card was just a fun mix of colours that reminded me of fruit punch.

I used a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Paint Strokes

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and found the center point of my paper.
• I pulled out a variety of Distress Oxide ink colours and got them ready to use.
• Next, I masked off one of the Paint Strokes from the stencil and starting at the center point, I inked it up.  I continued masking and inking using all the different strokes until my card front panel was filled. (I didn't record the colours I used, so sorry)
• When I was happy with the look, I splattered using my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the sentiment with some black Versafine Clair ink and used the die to cut it out.  I glued that onto a black die cut circle.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of black and finally, onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background.
• I added some bling also from A Colorful Life Designs around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Paint Strokes

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- LET'S PAINT

More than Words- Complementary Colours

Allsorts- MASCULINE or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- With All My Art (TE)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

white Posca Pen; TE Blending Brushes; gems (ACLD); Infinity Circle die (Hero Arts)