Stink, Stank, Stunk

Welcome

Here is another card for the October release from A Colorful Life Designs featuring a Grinch theme. 

Stink Stank Stunk

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then added the Stink Stank Stunk stencil over that.  I inked it with some Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I splattered with my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the TV and the details and glued them into place.  I added the stenciled hand into the TV.
• Next, I stenciled the ornament from the stencil with some Lumberjack Plaid and a bit of Villainous Potion DOX ink.  I splattered that with my white Posca pen and when that was dry, I fussy cut it out.
• I took a piece of green cardstock, placed the stencil onto it and inked with my Versamark ink.  I added some white embossing powder and heat set the letters.
• I splattered the bottom part of the panel with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the green piece onto some red cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the TV over the card front and added the ornament the same way.

Here is the stencil I used:

Stink Stank Stunk

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:

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Inkspirational- SEASONAL

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

Cardz 4 Guyz- T IS FOR....(TV)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX, Versamark

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ontario)

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

white and black Posca pens; white EB powder; heat tool; small inking brushes (Amazon);

TV die (Amazon)

Flake Explosion

Good Morning

Meet today's card featuring the newly released stencil from  A Colorful Life Designs called

Flake Explosion

I have to say, it certainly does look like an explosion!

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

• I began by using the Postal Collage die to cut out a piece of white cardstock, then placed it onto my Make Art Station.
• I put the Flake Explosion stencil over that and beginning at the top left hand corner and moving my way down the stencil, I inked with the following Distress Oxide inks; Villainous Potion, Shaded Lilac and Dusty Concord in the bottom right corner.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the sentiment with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and die cut it out.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of light blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment into the corner.
• I added this snowflake ephemera with some foam tape in the top corner.
• Finally, I added some silver gems to the snowflake centers.

Here is the stencil I used:

Flake Explosion

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- ADD EMBELLISHMENTS

ABC Christmas- U for UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS COLORS

Crazy is Our Fame- STENCILS are Our Game- ANYTHING STENCILED (option: HALLOWEEN)

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

white Posca pen; Postal Collage die (Waffle Flower); silver gems; snowflake ephemera

Golden Merry Christmas Wishes

 

Welcome

Today's card is a totally gold card that I made using a beautiful new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Fancy Merry Christmas

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

• I began by placing the Fancy Merry Christmas stencil over a piece of white cardstock.  I used a palette knife to spread some gold Lunar Paste over the stencil until it was covered and lifted it off.  I set that aside to dry which takes awhile.
• While that dried, I die cut another piece of white cardstock using the Hemstitch die and glued that onto a piece of gold cardstock to match the sentiment.
• I cut 3 snowflakes from the same gold cardstock.
• When the sentiment was dry, I fussy cut around the edges and used some foam tape to pop it over the white card front.
• I added the gold snowflakes around the sentiment and glued the finished panel onto an A2 sized card base.
• The final touch was to add some gold gems to the snowflake centers.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fancy Merry Christmas

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:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANY OCCASION

The Holly and Ivy- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Sparkles Christmas- USE THE WORD CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Simon Hurley Lunar Paste (Slippery When Wet)

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Snow Much Fun snowflakes (Doodlebug); palette knife; gold gems

Snowy Holiday Greetings

Welcome

Today's card has a very frosty look to it featuring the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Flake Explosion

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

• I began by embossing a piece of white cardstock using the Burlap EB folder.
• I placed the Flake Explosion stencil over the embossed background and inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.  I added some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink just to the center of the snowflakes to give them more interest.
• I removed the stencil and used the Hemstitch die to cut out the middle area creating a frame.
• I stamped the sentiment with more of the Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and die cut it out.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment and finally, I added 3 silver gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Flake Explosion

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:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANY OCCASION

Simon Says Wed.- ADD TEXTURE

Everybody Art- SWEATER WEATHER

The Holly and Ivy Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS 

Supplies

Stamp- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tool- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Hemstitch die (Spellbinders);

Burlap Embossing folder (Honeybee); TE Blending Brushes; foam tape; silver gems

Grinch Tag

Good Morning

Mr. Grinch is back!!

These fun new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs are just some from the 'Grinch' series this month.

This one is rightly called:

Grinch Season

and the sentiment is from the stencil set called:

Stink Stank Stunk

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

• I placed the Grinch Season stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I die cut the face using a circle die and then inked the whole face with some Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink and splattered with my black Posca pen.
• I used a yellow Paint marker to add a dot to the eyes to make him look more grinchy.
• I inked up the sentiment with the Stink Stank Stunk stencil and some Rustic Wilderness ink then cut it out.
• I embossed a piece of red cardstock with the Burlap EB folder, then cut it with the star die.  I cut a piece of printed cardstock with a larger star die and glued the 2 together.
• I used some foam tape to add the Grinch's face over the stars, then  I added the sentiment using some foam tape as well.
• Finally, I punched a hole in the top and added some red and white twine.

Here are the stencils I used:

Grinch Season

Stink Stank Stunk

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 tag to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD SOME TEXTURE

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES or MAGICAL, MYTHS and/or LEGEND

Crafting Happiness- COSTUME

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); inking brushes (Amazon); 

Infinity Circle die (HA); Star die (Scrapbook.com); Burlap EB folder (Honeybee),

paint pen; black Posca pen

Layered Holly Berry Wreath

Good Morning

Meet the new 

Layered Holly Berry Wreath

from A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I placed the wreath part of the Layered Holly Berry Wreath stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I wanted to add more variation to the colour so I also added some Rustic Wilderness, Lucky Clover and a hint of Uncharted Mariner DOX ink in random places as well.
• I splattered the wreath with my white Posca pen to add a snowy effect.
• I lifted the stencil off, cleaned it and then repositioned the top part of the stencil (the berries) over the wreath and inked with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink. 
• To give the berries more texture and shine, I covered them with some Glossy Accents then set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I embossed a piece of dark red cardstock with the burlap EB folder and I cut the sentiment from the same red cardstock and glued it onto the die cut white shadow.
• I glued the red embossed panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of dark green, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• After I fussy cut out the wreath, I added it over the embossed panel with some foam tape to pop it up.
• I used some more foam tape to pop the sentiment under the wreath.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Holly Berry 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:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD SOME TEXTURE

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Merry Little Christmas- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Glossy Accents (Ranger); Happy Holidays die (Waffle Flower);

Burlap EB folder (Honey Bee); white Posca pen

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