The Grinch

Good Morning

One more Grinch card for to share with you this month as we celebrate the new releases.  

This fun one from A Colorful Life Designs is called:

3 Sizes Too Small

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

• I began by inking up the sentiment from the 3 Sizes Too Small first using some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink on a piece of white cardstock and then used the Zig Zag die to cut it out.  I did some light inking along the edges to help the details show up better.
• Next, I inked up the Grinch's hands with more DOX ink and fussy cut them out.  I also splattered with my black Posca pen.
• I glued a piece of green polka dots paper onto a piece of red cardstock, the onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I traced the hearts from the stencil onto a piece of green and red cardstock, fussy cut them out and glued them together. I added them between the hands.
• I used some foam tape to pop hands along the top part of the card base.
• I used some more foam tape to add the sentiment under the hands.
• Lastly, I added some bright red gems to the middle of the heart and around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

3 Sizes Too Small

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.- CHRISTMAS

Just Us Girls- STENCILING

Just Add Ink- STENCILING

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Zig Zag Stackers die (Penny Black); red gems; black Posca pen;

foam tape

Arctic Snow

Good Morning

Today's card features just one of the newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Arctic Snow

It's perfect for creating those winter/Christmas cards.

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

• I placed the Arctic Snow stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.  
• Next, I added some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink just to the center of the larger snowflakes to help add more interest.
• To give the panel more of a snowy look, I stamped and white heat embossed the little snowflakes randomly into the background, then I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• When the panel was dry, I used the Postal Collage die to cut it out.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I die cut the sentiment with a light blue cardstock and used some foam tape to pop it over to the side.

Here is the stencil I used:

Arctic Snow

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- EMBOSSING (I used heat embossing)

Simon Says Wed.- CHRISTMAS

Just Add Ink- STENCILING

My Time to Craft- MONOCHROME

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflakes (MFT)

Inks- DOX; Versamark

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Postal Collage die (Waffle Flower); Happy Holidays die (Waffle Flower); white Posca pen; 

white EB powder; heat tool

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