'Orange' You Glad It's Christmas

Good Morning

No new releases from A Colorful Life Designs this month but so fun to revisit the 'Oldies but Goodies'.

Today I'm using these stencils:  

Triangle Fade and the Stitched Harlequin 

I decided to go totally non-traditional for this one. 

I found this roll off sheet that I had done while Gel Plate printing so that was my starting point. 

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

• I began by placing the Triangle Fade stencil over the roll off print and inked it up with some Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off and laid the Stitched Harlequin stencil over the pattern and inked again with some Black Soot DOX ink.
• Next, I added some white dots with my Posca pen to brighten up the background a bit.
• I set that aside to dry while I stamped and die cut the sentiment.
• I glued the dried stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock but I didn't have any orange to match, so I took a piece of white cardstock and rubbed my Abandoned Coral ink pad over it and splattered with my white Posca pen. I used that to border my card front and glued that onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• To finish my card off, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment and I put 3 little black gems under the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Stitched Harlequin 

Triangle Fade

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- CHRISTMAS

Let's Craft and Create- VINTAGE FEEL

CRAFT- CHRISTMAS/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Merry Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prism) 

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

white Posca Pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; foam tape

Greetings for the Season

Good Morning

Today's card features an older stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Tribal Fabric

Such a unique and interesting stencil to play with.

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

To begin, here are the measurements for my card.

I decided to make a Side Fold card using the stencil so I began by prepping my card base.  Here is how I did that:

- Base: cut a piece of cardstock 9 3/4" x 4 1/4"

- Score the base at 4 1/4"\

- Stamped Panel Front measures 3 3/4"  

- Side Panel measures 1 1/2" x 3 3/4"

** MY STENCILED PANELS ARE A BIT SMALLER AS I ADDED A BORDER AROUND**

• I placed the Tribal Fabric stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salvaged Patina and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off and then masked just the center area with the lines on it and inked again with more of the Cracked Pistachio DOX ink, creating a grid effect for the trees.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the tree line and then splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I cut the panel into the sizes mentioned above and glued them onto a white card base.
• I stamped the sentiment and then glued it onto a green die cut circle.

Here is the stencil I used:

Tribal Fabric

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:

Make My Monday- CHRISTMAS TREE

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are our Game- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Tags (Avery Elle); 3 Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Infinity Circle die (HA);

white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Sunny Flowers

Welcome

I had fun playing with an older released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Sunny Flowers 

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

I decided to make a modified mini-slimline card so here are the measurements I used:

Base:  cut @7" x 6 1/4"

Score @ 3 1/2"

• I placed the Sunny Flowers stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink into the flower centers and then I added some Picked Raspberry to the rest of the flower.
• Next, I used an eraser on the end of a pencil to add some dots using the same colour of inks just to fill in some of the open areas.
• To brighten up the whole design, I used my white Posca pen and added dots to the eraser circles and to the flowers.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment from a scrap piece of embossed white cardstock and rubbed over it with my Picked Raspberry DOX ink pad.
• I die cut the sentiment 4 more times with white cardstock and glued them all together to create a stacked sentiment.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white, then pink cardstock and then onto the white card base.
• I glued the sentiment into the corner to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used;

Sunny Flowers

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:

Little Red Wagon- J IS FOR JUST ONE WORD

Simon Says Wed.- USE DIES

Beautiful Blossoms- ANYTHING GOES/OPTION MOOD BOARD

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

white Posca pen; Thanks die (TE)

Holiday Time

Hello

I hope your holiday planning is going well, it's such a busy time of year.

Today, I am revisiting this wonderful stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Triangle Fade

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

• I placed the Triangle Fade stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salty Ocean and some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink.
• I used the design of the pattern and cut along the edges to give the zig zag edges.
• I took the stenciled panel and placed it into my Misti to stamp the trees over the background and then splattered with my white Posca pen.
• Next I took another piece of white cardstock and stamped the sentiment along the bottom edge.
• I added some foam tape to the stenciled and stamped trees piece and added it along the middle section of my card front over the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 2 black gems beside the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Triangle Fade

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:

Crafty Calendar- WINTER/CHRISTMAS

Girlz Creative- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

Creative Knockouts- WINTER WONDERLAND

Supplies

Stamps- Merry Sentiments (SBC); Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice); Trees (IO)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White (Prism)

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca pen

Snowflake Net

Welcome

This month we are revisiting some of our favourite stencils at A Colorful Life Designs.

Here is one of my favs called:

Snowflake Net

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

I decided to make a Side Fold card using the stencil so I began by prepping my card base.  Here is how I did that:

- Base: cut a piece of cardstock 9 3/4" x 4 1/4"

- Score the base at 4 1/4"

- Stamped Panel Front measures 3 3/4"  

- Side Panel measures 1 1/2" x 3 3/4"

** MY STENCILED PANELS ARE A BIT SMALLER AS I ADDED A BORDER AROUND**

• I placed the Snowflake Net stencil down onto my non-stick mat and rubbed over it with some Blueprint Sketch and some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink being sure to cover the stencil well with ink.
• I sprayed it with water then pressed it onto a piece of white cardstock.
• When the print was dry, I stamped over it with a grid and some more script using more of the Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.
• I splattered the whole panel with my Posca pen and let dry again.
• Next, I cut my panel as mentioned above and glued them onto my card base.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment and glued that onto a blue and white circle die cut.
• I glued the sentiment onto my card front being sure to add the glue only to one side so the card could still open.

Here is the stencil I used:

Snowflake Net

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:

Jingle Bells- WRAP UP

Fab 'n' Funky- CHRISTMAS

Crafty Gals- TIS THE SEASON

Supplies

Stamps- Off the Grid (SU); Winter Blessings (TE)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity circle die (HA); white Posca pen

Feel Better Soon

Good Morning

Tis the season where it seems that everyone is getting sick so I wanted to add a few cards to my Get Well stash.

I had fun playing with some older released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Triangle Fade and Cracked 

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

• I placed the Cracked stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Triangle Fade stencil right over the top and inked again with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.  It made such a pretty designs.
• While that dried, I took some white cardstock and cut the sentiment 4 times.  I glued those together to create my 'stacked' sentiment.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of pale blue cardstock, then navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.  I glued the sentiment over the middle and finished my card off by adding some blue gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Cracked

Triangle Fade

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:

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Simon Says Wed.- USE DIES

TicTacToe- see chart (I did BLUE, FREE, STENCIL)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Get Well die (Frantic Stamper); blue gems

Sending Peace

 

Hello and Welcome

Today's card features 2 newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Snowflake Deer and Little Snowfall

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 Blueprint Sketch and some Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Little Snowflake stencil over the deer and inked it again with some Chipped Sapphire DOX ink.
• I removed the stencils and then using my white Posca pen, I splattered and dotted the snowflakes to give them more interest.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I found this pre-printed sentiment, so I added it with some foam tape along the card front.
• To finish my card off, I added some clear gems to the snowflakes at the bottom.

Here are the stencils I used:

Snowflake Deer

Little Snowfall

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:

Little Red Wagon- PEARLS & SEQUINS &GEMS

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Mon.- MATCHING SET (deer)

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prima)

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

white Posca pen, pre-printed sentiment (TE)

Little Snowfall

Welcome

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

Little Snowfall 

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:

Little Snowfall

Dotted Lines

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for the visit today. 

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

Allsorts- FOCAL SENTIMENT 

Stamping Sensations- CHRISTMAS

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

Love, Joy, Peace

Welcome

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

Snowflake Deer

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:

Snowflake Deer

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

KarenFan10

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

The Holly and Ivy Christmas- ANYTHING GOES

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

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:

Diagonal Stars stencil

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

Stitched Harlequin

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:

Simply Clean and Simple- HOLIDAYS/WINTER

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Just Us Girls- WINTER

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

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:

Star Halo and Little Snowfall

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:

Star Halo

Little Snowfall

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

KarenFan10

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)