Celebrate Your Day!

Welcome

Here's a fun one for you today using this newly released stencil for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Open Coils

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

• I placed the Open Coils stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it with some Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off, flipped it over and placed it onto another piece of white cardstock and repeated the same above process, creating a mirror image.
• I cut each panel on a diagonal and then glued them onto a white piece of cardstock.  
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with some yellow cardstock and glued that onto the orange word shadow.
• I glued my card front onto another piece of orange cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added the sentiment with some foam tape and lastly, added a few silver gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Open Coils

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/optional- SUMMERTIME FUN

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES or WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY

(sunny days, bright colours make me happy)

Supplies

Stamps-none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Bold Birthday die (TE); silver gems (Dollar Store)

To My Friend

 

Welcome

Meet today's card I made by doing some stencil layering using 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Open Coils and Rainbow Roads

***Rainbow Roads is our Mid-month release and is on sale***

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

• I placed the Open Coils stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Picked Raspberry and some Tattered Rose Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I layered the Rainbow Roads stencil right over it and inked again using some Prize Ribbon DOX ink. It created a fun designs behind the coils by layering them.
• Next, using the Colour Wheel Love die, I cut the large circle from the stenciled panel and then from a piece of navy cardstock as well.  
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of pale pink, (sorry, it looks orange in the picture) and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I took the piece of navy cardstock that I die cut and positioned it back into the cut area of the front panel.  I took the die cut from the stenciled part and glued it on top, off setting it a bit so I would become more visible.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the die cut middle.

Here are the stencils I used:

Open Coils

Rainbow Roads

Was: $6.99

Now: $4.00

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut it Up- MASCULINE

Crazy Catz- ANYTHING GOES

AAA Birthday- NO STAMPING

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Friend die (Amazon); Colour Wheel die (Paper Rose)

Notebook Hello

 

Happy Saturday!

Time for a fun card using the new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Connected Cogs

If you are like me, I wasn't sure what a 'cog' was so I looked it up and it's a sort of gear. 

To me, they looked like connected flowers so that's how I used them.

So, here's how I made my card.

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Connected Cogs over the paper.  I inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I took another piece of cardstock and inked it this time, with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
• I splattered the panels and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the 'hello' 5 times from white cardstock and stacked and glued them all together.  I glued that onto a blue die cut shadow.
• When the stenciled pieces were dry, I used the Ripped Notebook die to cut the 2 stenciled pieces and an extra one from white cardstock and glued them all together.
• I used some foam tape to add them to a piece of dark blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Connected Cogs

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by to take a look and have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- Fur, Feathers/and or Flowers

Simon Says Monday- MONOCHROME

Allsorts- WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies 

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Ripped Notebook die (Picket Fence); TE Blending Brushes; white Posca Pen;

foam tape

My Amazing Friend

Welcome

Today's card was created using a fun new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Tiki Room

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

• I placed the Tiki Room stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked up just the center with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink and the rest of the panel with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• Using another piece of white cardstock, I die cut the Hud Outlines and then I rubbed my Villainous Potion DOX ink pad over the die cut to add the colour.
• Next, using some blue cardstock, I did cut the 'friend' sentiment and the sentiment shadow with some white cardstock and glued them together.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of purple and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the purple Hud Outlines die cut over my card base and the used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over that to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Tiki Room

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut It Up- MASCULINE

Fab 'n' Funky- USE YOUR DIE CUTS

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES/OPTION- HOT COLORS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Hud Outlines die (Paper Rose); 

TE Blending Brushes; friend die (Amazon)

Sending You Flowers

 

Good Morning

Here's a happy card I made using the new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Trim Octagon

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then placed the Trim Octagon stencil down. I inked with some Picked Raspberry and some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink in bands across the paper.
• I lifted the stencil off and die cut it using a flower die I got from Amazon.
• Next, I stamped the sentiment with more of the Picked Raspberry DOX ink and then die cut it out.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white, then pink cardstock, and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle.
• Lastly, I added some pink bling to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Trim Octagon

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SEE THROUGH IT

Cardz 4 Galz- FLORAL FRENZY

Word Power- SENTIMENT IS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Flower Die (Amazon)

It's Your Birthday!

Hello and Welcome

I have to say, I love how this card came out using the new for June stencil called:

Open Coils

from A Colorful Life Designs.

I decided to make it a masculine looking card so here's what I did.

• I placed the Open Coils stencil on an angle over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil clean and then repositioned it slightly down and to the right.  I inked again all over using some Salty Ocean DOX ink. It created a new colour that I loved by blending those inks together.
• I lifted the stencil off the panel and set it aside while I stamped the Happy Birthday greeting and die cut it out. I also die cut a white circle to help make the sentiment more visible over the background.
• I glued my card front base onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the white circle over the middle of the front and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up. 
• Finally, I added some blue bling around the sentiment.  

Here is the stencil I used:

Open Coils

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

Simon Says Monday- MASCULINE

Craft Rocket- NO DESIGNER PAPER

Krafty Chicks- BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX 

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle die (HA)

Hello June

Welcome

It's an exciting day as we start a new month with a wonderful new lineup of stencils.

So I'd like you to meet 2 new ones for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Gear Mask and Connected Cogs

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate and pressed my Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto the plate.  I used a brayer to spread the ink flat and then placed the Gear Mask over the plate.  
• I used a scrap piece of paper and rubbed over the stencil to remove some of the ink, lifted the stencil off and rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to lift the print.
• Next, I rubbed some Dusty Concord DOX ink onto the plate, brayered it smooth and placed the Connected Cogs stencil onto my plate.  I repeated the above process and finally rubbed the previously inked cardstock right over the top, layering the print. It turned out very pretty.
• I inked up the stamp with the same colours used above, sprayed with a bit of water and then stamped it onto a piece of white cardstock. I splattered it with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the gel plate print onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of purple, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the thistle over the middle of my card front.
• I inked another scrap of white cardstock and used that to die cut the sentiment. I die cut it a few times, glued them together and glued that to my card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

Gear Mask

Connected Cogs

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FRIENDSHIP

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Cut It Up- ANYTHING GOES

We Love Stamping- NATURE/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Thistle (Fred Mullett)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Gelli Arts Gel Plate; 

Speedball Brayer; white Posca pen; Friend die (Amazon); foam tape

That's Awesome!

 

Welcome

Here's one last card for May using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Square Swirl

A mixed media card, something I haven't done in awhile. 

Lots of stamping on this one over the stenciling.

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and dragged some Acrylic Gel over the paper randomly, using an old gift card.  I set that aside to dry, it does take awhile.
• When the Gel was dry, I inked over the whole panel with some Peacock Feather Distress Oxide ink.  You can see through the inking the areas where I applied the Gel, giving the card a unique look.
• Next, I place the Square Swirl stencil over my card panel and inked with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink near the top of the panel.  I repeated that process, inking again along the bottom.
• I added the stamping over the background to add more interest.
• I die cut the sentiment from some white cardstock and then the sentiment shadow right from the middle of the card base and glued those together.
• I glue the finished card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place, matching it to the background.

Here is the stencil I used:

Square Swirl

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Sweet Stampin'- BOYS< BOYS< BOYS

Cut It Up- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Faded Type (TH); Texture 

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Vicki Boutin Acrylic Gel Medium;

TE Blending Brushes; Awesome die (Neat and Tangled); foam tape

Just Wanted to say Hello

Good Morning

Unique and different is how I would describe this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Swirl Band

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

• I placed the Swirl Band stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. I turned the stencil around and inked again in the other direction.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and placed it down onto another piece of white cardstock.  I inked that up with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.
• Using my circle dies, I cut pieces from the purple inked cardstock.  One circle from the center and then the ring from another part.
• I placed the small circle into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the blue panel onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the center circle, matching up the pattern and then added the ring in the same way.  

Here is the stencil I used:

Swirl Band

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- AND ALWAYS SHALL BE YOUR FRIEND

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Guyz- SHADES OF BLUE

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/optional BOUQUETS

Supplies

Stamp- Simply Sentiments (SSS)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prisma)

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)

Round and Round We Go

Welcome

This little card was so fun to create using the new for May stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Circle of Lines

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Circle of Lines over it and inked just the center area of the stencil with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink. I repeated that same process 4 more times with these Distress Oxide Colours: Wilted Violet; Ripe Persimmon; Peacock Feathers and some Cracked Pistachio.
• I splattered over the stenciling with my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, using my circle dies, I cut all the coloured stenciled areas into 2 sizes of circles.
• Using another piece of white cardstock, I placed it onto my ScorPal board and scored lines across the whole panel. (So sorry that the scoring is hard to see on my card)
• I arranged the circles onto my card front panel, overlapping them.  I used some foam tape to pop some of them up for interest.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added black gems to the center of all the circles and then added the pre-printed sentiment over the middle with some foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circle of Lines

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- Bright and Cheerful

Addicted to CAS- BIRTHDAY

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none (Pre-printed- SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts); black Posca pen; foam tape; black gems

Happy Hello

Good Morning

How about a happy card for today.

I'm layering up 2 newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Outline Daisies and Square Swirl

So, here are the details.

• I placed the Outline Daisies stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked them up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and then used the Square Swirl stencil to ink over the flowers with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I die cut a small circle and used the negative to ink up the flower centers with more of the Picked Raspberry ink.
• To add even more interest, I added some dots using the eraser end of a pencil with the same inks as mentioned above.
• Next, I inked a scrap piece of white cardstock with the Picked Raspberry DOX ink and used that to die cut the sentiment. I die cut the shadow right from the stenciled card front and glued then together.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white, then pink cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" square white card base.
• Finally, I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place.

Here are the stencils I used:

Outline Daisies

Square Swirls

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FLOWERS

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT/CHEERFUL

Just Us Girls- STENCIL/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

pencil eraser; Hello die (SSS)

Sending You Sunshine

 

Good Morning and Welcome

Today's card was created using 2 of the new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Outline Daisies and Glittering Hearts

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

• I got out my Gel Plate and I pressed my Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink pad directly on one part of the plate.  I took my Ripe Persimmon DOX pad and pressed that on the bottom part of the plate.  Using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
• I placed the Glittering Hearts stencil onto the plate and rubbed a piece of scrap paper over to lift, then took the stencil off and rubbed my white cardstock over the plate to create the print.
• I splattered that with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I rubbed some more of my Picked Raspberry DOX ink onto my Gel Plate and placed the Outline Daisies stencil over that. I rubbed another piece of white cardstock over that to get the daisy print and then I fussy cut it out.
• I glued my card front to a piece of white cardstock, then pink and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and then used some foam tape to pop it over the base.
• I added a black gem to the flower center and popped that up with some more of the foam tape.

Here are the stencils I used:

Glittering Hearts

Outline Daisies

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FLOWERS

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT/CHEERFUL

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES/STENCIL

Cut It Up- SEND ME FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamp- Sentiments (YNS- out of business)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer;

foam tape; white Posca pen, black gem