Sunday, 23 November 2025

Little Snowfall

Welcome
Todays card is a fun one and features the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Little Snowfall stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.
  • I cleaned the stencil off and shifted it up and to the side of the first print and then inked again with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.
  • I removed the stencil and added white dots to all the snowflake centers with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • Next, I inked another piece of white cardstock with a stencil called Dotted Lines with more of the Tumbled Glass DOX ink, turned the stencil around and inked again with more of the Salty Ocean ink.  I used that to die cut the sentiment.
  • I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of pale blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background.

Here are the stencils I used:



Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE
Allsorts- FOCAL SENTIMENT 

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White Prism
Accessories and Tools- A Colorful Life Designs; TE Blending Brushes;
Christmas Bauble Joy (Paper Rose), white Posca pen

Saturday, 22 November 2025

Love, Joy, Peace

Welcome
Today I'm showing you a wonderful new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called;

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Snowflake Deer stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked with some Wild Honey and some Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink just around the deer.  I added some Tumbled Glass DOX around the outside edges.
  • I removed the stencil, splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • Next, I die cut the trees with some white cardstock and looked through my foiled sentiments to find one that worked.
  • I glued the tree die cut over the deer, centering them into the open area.
  • I glued my card front onto a piece of pale blue cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • Lastly, I glued the pre-printed sentiment over the deer to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:


So glad you came for a visit, thanks!

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simply Clean and Simple- HOLIDAYS/WINTER
Just Add Ink- STENCILS-DIES OR BOTH

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Enchanting Forest Winter Trees die (Amazon); Foiled Sentiment (Pinkfresh);
white Posca pen

Sunday, 16 November 2025

The Big Day

Good Morning and Welcome
For today's card, I used a new stencil with an older one from A Colorful Life Designs.
Meet the newly released:

Here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock, then placed the older released Stitched Harlequin stencil over that and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
  • I removed that stencil and placed the Diagonal Stars over that and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink. If you look at the stencil below, you will see that I did do some masking and overlapping stenciling to the design.
  • Next I used a white Posca pen and I added white dots to the circles for more interest.
  • I used a circle die to cut right from the middle of my card front and set aside.
  • I die cut the sentiment with some red cardstock and splattered with my white pen again.
  • I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the die cut circle back into place, matching up the pattern and then glued the sentiment onto that circle.

Here are the stencils I used:
Diagonal Stars


Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simply Clean and Simple- HOLIDAYS/WINTER
Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Prism Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
white Posca pen; Infinity Circle die (HA); Holiday Sayings die- Concord and 9th

Saturday, 15 November 2025

Snow Day


Good Morning
Here is a snowy holiday card I made using two of the new for November stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it into my Misti.  I randomly stamped the snowflakes onto my card front with the largest ones stamped into the corners using some Broken China and some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
  • Next, I placed the Star Halo stencil over the snowflakes and inked again with the same colours as mentioned above. 
  • I used the ink left on my brush to rub along the edges of my card and set that aside.
  • I took another piece of white cardstock and placed the Little Snowfall stencil over that and inked again with the same colours.  I then used that to die cut the letters for my sentiment.
  • I glued the sentiment over a blue and black die cut shadow of the sentiment.
  • I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of black and then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background and added some blue gems to the snowflake centers to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:



Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Cut it Up- FAVORITE COLOR
Word Power- ANYTHING GOES-FOCUS ON WORDS
Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS
Craft Rocket- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Supplies
Stamps- Let is Snow (Visible Image); Christmas (Recollections)
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Misti (My Sweet Petunia); blue gems; Christmas Bauble Joy (Paper Rose)

Friday, 14 November 2025

Little Bunny


Welcome
Today's card was made for a little friend who was turning one. Such a special time.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by cutting the Curly Frame from a piece of white cardstock and glued that over a piece of blue cardstock to create my card front.
  • Next, I took another piece of white cardstock, stamped the Bunny in a Wreath in my Misti and coloured it using Copic markers. I fussy cut it out around the wreath and set aside.
  • I stamped the sentiment in my Misti with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and die cut it out.
  • I glued the bunny onto a small embossed piece of paper that I inked with the Salty Ocean DOX ink.
  • I glued my card front panel onto a white A2 sized card base and then used foam tape to pop the image and the sentiment over the front inside the framed area.

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Word Power- ANYTHING WORDS AS FOCUS
The Male Room- FLORAL (masculine)

Supplies 
Stamps- Bunny in a Wreath (IO-out of business); Big and Bold Sentiments (SSS)
Inks- DOX; Copic Markers
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- Loopy Frame (??thrifted); Sweater Knit EB folder; foam tape;
Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Greetings of the Season


Welcome
Today's simple card features the new for November stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:
I love this 2-part stencil that has many possibilities.
(Today I am just using just one half of the stencil for my card)

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed one part of the Split Snowflakes stencil onto a piece of white cardstock along the center part of my paper and inked with some Speckled Egg and some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
  • I flipped the stencil up along the top edge and inked again with the same colours of ink. 
  • I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment across the middle with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
  • I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of designer paper that I have had in my stash for years and then glued that onto an A2 sized white card base.
  • I added some silver gems around the sentiment to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:


Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- GOLD or SILVER
Try it on Tues.- GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS
The Holly and Ivy Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS/and or STENCIL

Supplies
Stamp- Season's Greetings (IO-no longer in business)
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencil- A Colorful Life Designs; TE Blending Brushes;
Misti- My Sweet Petunia; silver gems

Sunday, 9 November 2025

Star Halo


Good Morning
I have a fun and simple card today, created using a new release with an older one from A Colorful Life Designs.
Meet the new stencil that can be used in so many ways:

Here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed one of the Marvelous Masks Arch over my paper and inked it up with some Speckled Egg, Shaded Lilac and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
  • I removed that stencil and placed the new Star Halo stencil over the background and inked with some Wilted Violet DOX ink.
  • I wiped the stencil off, then repositioned it and inked again with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink. I really like the look of the star over the arch.
  • Next, I die cut the sentiment from some purple cardstock and then glued that onto the white die cut word shadow.
  • I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of the star.

Here are the stencils I used:
Star Halo



Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- THINKING OF YOU
CAS on Friday- BIRTHDAY
Krafty Chicks- BIRTHDAY

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Wish Big die (SSS)

Saturday, 8 November 2025

Greetings for Christmas

Greetings
I can honestly say that I love how this card turned out using this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed both of the Split Snowflake stencil pieces over the paper.  
  • I inked over the entire stencil with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.  
  • I wanted to add a bit more of a detail to the snowflakes, so I inked over them with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.
  • I lifted the stencil pieces off and cut the panel on the diagonal.
  • Next, I placed the right side of the cut panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
  • I glued the pieces onto a piece of light blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • To finish my card off, I added 3 silver gems just under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks so very much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Mon.- MASCULINE
Addicted to CAS- SNOWFLAKE
Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- Holiday Greetings Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)
Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Misti (My Sweet Petunia); silver gems

Monday, 3 November 2025

Starry Nights

Good Morning
Today's simple card features a new released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I got out an older released stencil called Marvelous Masks Arch and placed one of those stencils onto a piece of white cardstock. I inked that up with some Shaded Lilac, Broken China and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
  • Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Diagonal Stars stencil right over it and inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
  • I moved the stencil around and inked again to fill in some of the open areas.
  • Using my white Posca pen, I added some dots to the stars and splatters to the whole card front to look like snow.
  • When it was all dry, I glued my card front panel onto a piece of dark navy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the foiled sentiment over the panel and finally, added some silver gems that matched the silver sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Marvelous Masks Arch


So glad you came for a visit, thanks!

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- CANDLE IN THE WIND
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
The 12 Months of Christmas- ANYTHING GOES/optional: Sleigh Like you Mean it

Supplies 
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
silver gems; white Posca pen; Foiled Sentiments (Pinkfresh)

Sunday, 2 November 2025

Merry Little Christmas

Welcome
Introducing another wonderful new for November stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:
This stencil has 2 parts which you can use together or separately to create different looks.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed both pieces of the Split Snowflakes stencil over my paper.
  • I inked with some Blueprint Sketch Distress and some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
  • I removed the right side of the 2-part stencil and then inked again with some Broken China DOX ink.
  • I removed the stencils and splattered with my white Posca pen.
  • When the panel was dry, I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I found this silver pre-printed sentiment and added it with some foam tape over to the side.
  • To finish off my card, I added some silver gems to match the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:


Have a great day and thanks for the visit!

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Moving Along with the Times- WINTER WONDERLAND
Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- none 
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
white Posca pen; Foiled Sentiments (Pinkfresh); silver gems

Saturday, 1 November 2025

Oh Christmas Tree


Good Morning
Welcome to November and the wonderful new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.
Meet the newly released

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by die cutting 2 pieces of white cardstock using the Postage Collage die and set one aside.
  • I masked around the edges of the sections of one of the die cut panels, then placed the Close Up Branches stencil over the die cut and inked with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
  • I moved the stencil slightly and inked again over the whole stencil with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink giving the branches a shadow effect.
  • Next, I removed the stencil and lightly inked over it with some more of the Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
  • I used the eraser on the end of a pencil to add the red dots as berries and then splattered with my white Posca pen.
  • I took the die cut I had set aside and cut one of the sections and stamped the tree onto that.
  • I used some red cardstock to die cut the sentiment, spattered with my Posca pen, then glued that onto the white word shadow.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
  • I glued the single tree stamp to one side and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment into the corner.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges;
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Moving Along with the Times- WINTER WONDERLAND
C R A F T- CHRISTMAS

Supplies
Stamps- Tree (?)
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
white Posca pen; Postage Collage and Merry Christmas dies (Waffle Flower)

Thursday, 30 October 2025

Baroque Swirl Snowflake

Good Morning
I love trying to combine stencil designs to create new looks 
Today's card uses 2 new stencil designs from A Colorful Life Designs called:

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock and placed one of the Marvelous Mask Arches stencil over the middle of the bottom edge of my cardstock and inked with some Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink.
  • I flipped the stencil over and inked along the top, right above the bottom arch.
  • I cleaned the stencil off, repositioned it over to one side along the bottom and inked with some Broken China DOX ink.  I repeated that process on the other side and then along the top edge, filling in the background.
  • Next, I placed the Baroque Swirl Snowflake stencil over the background and inked with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
  • I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry while I die cut the sentiment with some navy cardstock.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then purple and then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the bottom edge of my card front.

Here are the stencils I used:



Thanks, I really appreciate you for the visit today. 

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- STENCIL FUN/optional- HALLOWEEN

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Prism Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Merry Christmas die (Waffle Flower); White Posca pen