My Wish for You

Good Morning

Today's card is a fun one using a new for February stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Spinning Sun

Lots of possibilities with this one. 

Good one for layering too and it's big enough for scrapbook pages.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and then measured to find the center point.
• Instead of laying the whole Spinning Sun stencil onto my cardstock, I laid just half of it onto the middle line that I had marked on the panel, then inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Uncharted Mariner.
• I repeated that process until the whole piece of cardstock was inked.
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered the whole thing and set aside to dry.
• I got out a scrap piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some more of the Cracked Pistachio and some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and cut the sentiment from that.  I splattered that as well.  I die cut the sentiment shadow with some white and glued the sentiment into place onto that.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spinning Sun

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:

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Craft Rocket- BIRTHDAY

As You Like It- MASCULINE OR FEMININE

(I think bold designs work best for men)

My Time to Craft- MAKE YOUR OWN BKGD

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); die- SSS; white Posca pen;

foam tape; TE Inking Brushes

Bee Happy

Welcome

Today's card was a fun one to create.

I used a couple of new stencils for February from A Colorful Life Designs called

Double Honeycomb and Layered Bees.

I also used an older stencil called Buffalo Plaid.

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock, placed the Double Honeycomb stencil over that and inked with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• I used a hexagon die to cut the stenciled panel into pieces and set aside.
• Next, I cut another piece of white cardstock and  placed the Buffalo Plaid stencil over that.  I inked it with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.  
• I laid out all the little hexagon die cuts and using the Layered Bees stencil, added a bee to each of the hexagons using some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink and some Versafine Clair for the details.  
• I added some inking around the outer edges of the hexagons and splattered with my black Posca pen.
• I glued the Buffalo plaid background onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• Using some foam tape, I added the little hexagons over the Buffalo Plaid.
• I had a piece of black shiny paper (recycled) and die cut the letters for the sentiment from that and glued them over the hexagons.

Here are the stencils I used:

Double Honeycomb

Layered Bees

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:

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Ellibelle's Corner- I SPY SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH 'B'

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

Hexagon Infinity dies (Hero Arts); black Posca pen; Ditsy Letters dies (Photoplay)

May Your Wishes Bloom

Good Morning

Meet some more of the new for February stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called

Four Flowers and Rocky Path 

This flowers stencil is a larger one and perfect for scrapbookers, but for my card, I used just one of the flowers.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed one of the flowers from the Four Flowers stencil over my paper. 
• I inked the flower up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink in the middle and then blended outwards with some Ripe Persimmon and some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put new Rocky Path stencil right over it and inked again with the same colours. It added not only more colour but also interest to the flower.
• I removed both stencils and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• When the panel was dry, I die cut the sentiment from it and cut the sentiment shadow in white.  I glued the two together.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto some orange the onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over to the side of the flower and then finally, added a black gem to the middle of the flower head.

Here are the stencils I used:

Four Flowers

Rocky Path

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:

Seize the Birthday- SPLATTERS

2 Sisters on the Blog- SOMETHING WITH THE LETTER 'M'

Beautiful Blossoms- ANYTHING FLORAL

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Make A Wish die (SSS);

TE Blending Brushes; white Posca pen; black gem

Feel Better Soon!

Welcome

Meet the new for February 

Spinning Sun Stencil 

from a Colorful Life Designs.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• As usual, I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, added the Spinning Sun stencil and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink right into the center.
• Next, I added some Broken China and then some Uncharted Mariner DOX right along the outer edges.
• Use a circle die, I cut a circle right from the middle of the stenciled panel and set aside.
• I splattered my card front with my white Posca pen and while that piece dried, I stamped the Get Well sentiment onto the circle and glued that onto a larger white cardstock circle.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then glued that onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the circle sentiment back into place.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spinning Sun

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.

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Sentiment and die (SSS)

Inks- Distress Oxides

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts); 

white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Arum Lily Sympathy

Welcome

Some more stenciling fun today using some new stencils and an older one from 

A Colorful Life Designs.

This beautiful new flower is called 

Arum Lily that I paired up with Rocky Path and Script

I thought it would make a lovely sympathy card.

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 Arum Lily stencil over that, centering it up.
• I used some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink at the base of the flowers, some Ripe Persimmon next and some Picked Raspberry DOX ink right along the upper edges.
• I masked around the leaves, then added some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink and a touch of Rustic Wilderness to add some depth.
• To add a bit more interest to the whole stenciled image, I went over it using the Rocky Path stencil with the same colours I used for the first inking.
• Next, I laid the Script stencil (an older release) over the lily and inked that carefully around the it with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I added 5 black gems underneath the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Arum Lily

Rocky Path

Script

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

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) 

Supplies

Stamps- More Sentiments (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; black gems

Filigree Shamrock

Welcome

Today's card is using a new and most elegant stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Filigree Shamrock

I stenciled it multiple times to create an overall design.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, then placed the Filigree Shamrock stencil right into the center of the card panel.
• I inked up the shamrock with some Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.  I added some Black Soot DOX just into the center to add more depth of colour.
• I wiped the stencil off and moved it around, inking with the same colours until the whole panel was covered.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• After it dried, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the large sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
• I stamped the smaller sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and set aside.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white, then green cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.  
• I used some foam tape to add the small sentiment over the larger one and then added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Filigree Shamrock

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:

A Place to Start- MONOCHROMATIC

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES

(option- LOVE/HEARTS)

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); foam tape; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear eb powder

Happy Birthday Wishes

Good Morning

Doing some stencil layering this morning with 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called

Double Honeycomb and Clover Trellis

Combining the 2 made for a fun background.

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

• I placed the Double Honeycomb stencil onto a piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the Clover Trellis stencil over my panel and inked with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.  
• While that dried, I die cut the birthday sentiment with some white cardstock 2 x's, then I die cut it again with a piece of shiny black recycled paper and glued those together.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of green and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I glued the sentiment to the center and added some black gems around it 

Here are the stencils I used:

Double Honeycomb

Clover Trellis

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:

A Place to Start- MONOCHROMATIC

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES

option- love/hearts

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); Happy Birthday die (Amazon)

Wanton Daisies

Welcome

Today, I'm doing some more stencil layering, a technique I really enjoy.

I used 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Wanton Daisies and Spinning Sun

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Wanton Daisies stencil over that.  I inked it all up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Spinning Sun stencil right over the top of it and inked it up with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I removed the stencils and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment with some orange cardstock, then some white and glued those together, offsetting them a bit.
• I die cut the sentiment shadow from a piece of vellum and glued the stacked sentiment onto it.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment into the center and added some silver gems around it to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Wanton Daisies

Spinning Sun

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:

Daisy Chain- FLOWERS

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Happy Birthday die (Amazon); silver gems

Beautiful Day

Welcome

Today, I'm using the new for February stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Tall Flowers

I haven't played with my Brushos for ages so I got them out too.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.
• I placed the Tall Flowers stencil over that and sprayed with some water...not too much as I didn't want it to soak under the stencil.
• I sprinkled some blue and green Brushos over the whole panel and watched it come to life.  
• I removed the stencil right away and let the piece dry.  If some areas of the stencil do not show up, use a paint brush with just a touch of water to pull out the colour.
• When the panel was totally dry, I rubbed over it with a paper towel to brush off any loose Brushos.
• I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair Noir and clear embossed it to help it pop over the colourful background.
• I glued the finished card front to a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, to finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Tall Flowers

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.- FUN WITH STENCILS

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Word Power- SENTIMENT IS THE FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Live in the Moment (CTMH)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Brushos

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

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

black gems; clear eb powder

Grateful Garden

Welcome

Bringing on some cheerful with this happy card today.

A Colorful Life Designs has done it again with the new for February stencil called 

Layered Tulip Field

This set has 4 layering stencils that are so easy to ink up.  You can create a card in minutes.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, placed the Layered Tulip Field Stencil #1 onto my paper and inked that up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil, positioned Stencil #2 over the panel and inked that up with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• Next, came Stencil #3 with the leaves that I inked with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.  
• Lastly, Stencil #4, leaf details that I inked with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• After inking up all 4 stencils, I decided to add more colour to the background, so using the eraser on the end of a pencil, I stamped in the dots using the same colours as the flower heads.  It added a fun looking element to my card.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an orange piece then finally, onto a white A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil set I used:

Layered Tulip Field

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Mon.- FUN WITH STENCILS

Word Power- SENTIMENT IS THE FOCUS

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Be Grateful (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); pencil eraser

Love is in the Air

Morning

Meet the new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Fan Blades and Rocky Path

I decided to use them to make a non-traditional Valentine card.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and laid the Fan Blades stencil over it on my Make Art Station.  I inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Rocky Path stencil right over it and inked with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  It added a fun pattern to the fan blades.
• While that dried, I inked a scrap of white cardstock with some more Peacock Feathers DOX ink and then I die cut the heart with the dots and used a paper punch to get the smaller one.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4 inch square card base.
• I glued the hearts over the center of the fan, then stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and used some foam tape to pop that over the hearts.

Here are the stencils I used:

Fan Blades

Rocky Path

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- HAVE A HEART

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Die Cut Divas- NON-TRADITIONAL VALENTINE

Supplies

Stamps- Lighter then Air (Alleyway Stamps)

Inks- DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; Screen Elements Heart die (SSS); Heart Punch