Old Classic

Welcome

Today's fun card would be perfect of one of the guys in my life.

So meet just one of the new stencils for September from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Quarter Moons

It worked great for creating a background for the car.

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

• I placed the Quarter Moons stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked the middle with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink and the edges with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I stamped the car onto a piece of cardstock that I inked with some Salty Ocean DOX ink, clear heat embossed it and then added some white details with my Posca pen.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the sentiment along the bottom.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of white, then navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I fussy cut out the car and added it over the middle of my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Quarter Moons

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:

Simon Says Mon.- INSPIRED BY MUSIC (Cars)

Seize the Birthday- EMBOSSING

The Male Room- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- Classic Cars (Amazon)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

white Posca pen; clear EB powder; foam tape; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Dotted Leaves

Good Morning

I had fun playing with this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Dotted Leaves

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

• I began by die cutting a piece of white cardstock with the Postage Collage die and I masked off each section.
• I placed the Dotted Leaves Stencil over the die cut and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off, repositioned it and inked again with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  I repeated that process one more time and inked with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and leaving the masks in place, I rubbed some Ripe Persimmon ink around each one of the cut out framed sections
• Next, I used some red cardstock to die cut the 'THANKS' letters and glued that onto the white word shadow.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of my card to finish it off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dotted Leaves

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- INSPIRED BY MUSIC  

(California Dreamin')

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- DOT and/STRIPES

Cardz 4 Galz- STITCHING REAL or FAUX

(faux...faster and easier)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Postage Collage die (Waffle Flower); 

TE Blending Brushes; foam tape; Markered Messages die (Concord and 9th)

Sympathy Card

Good Morning

This newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs worked great for creating some sympathy cards.  

So today meet the new stencil called

Leafy Heart Frame

Here is what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Leafy Heart Frame stencil onto the paper along the bottom edge.  I inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Rustic Wilderness, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and Fossilized Amber. 
• I lifted the stencil off and flipped it to stencil the top of the panel using the same colours as mentioned above.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then red and then green and finally, onto an A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Leafy Heart Frame

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- FALL

Alphabet Challenge- K is for KEEP IT SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

black gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

No Words

Welcome

It's not easy to create sympathy cards, but I need to add some to my stash.

So today I am playing with the new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Leafy Heart Frame

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Leafy Heart Frame stencil over a piece of white cardstock and picked out some Distress Oxide inks in Fall colours.  
• Next, I randomly inked with Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness until all the leaves were inked. 
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment across the middle of the heart.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of red cardstock, the onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Leafy Heart Frame

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:

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- NATURE

Make My Monday- FUN WITH STENCILS

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES/option- LEAVES AND CIRCLES

Supplies

Stamps- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems

People Like You

Welcome

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

Circle Moon

So, here's how I created my card.

• I found this background in my stash that I had done on my Gel plate.  It had some blue inks on it and I thought it looked like clouds, so that was my starting point.
• This stencil has 2 parts included to overlap one another. I placed the top of the Circle Moon Stencil over the background and inked it up with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil and moved it down to the detail portion and inked again but this time I used some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of blue and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I cut the pre-printed sentiment and added it along the bottom with some foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circle Moon

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:

Alphabet- KEEP IT SIMPLE

Creative Artiste- ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES

Craft Rocket- DOTS/and or STRIPES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Gel Plate, brayer, Pre-Printed sentiment (TE)

To a Special Person

Good Morning

Today's card is all ready for Fall and features the new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Filigree Leaf

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate and I pressed my Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate. I used my brayer to blend the colours and placed the Filigree Leaf stencil onto the plate.  
• Next, I rubbed over the plate with a scrap piece of paper, then took the stencil off and rubbed over it with my white cardstock to pull up the print.
• When it was dry, I put the stencil back into place over the print and inked with some Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink, filling in the open areas left behind when I took the print from the Gel Plate.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment on some white cardstock.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then red and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• The final step was to add the sentiment using some foam tape over the middle of the leaf.

Here is the stencil I used:

Filigree Leaf

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:

Four Seasons- FALL SEASON 2025

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT

The Male Room- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamp- With All My Art (TE)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

Blending Brushes; White Posca pen

Happy Hooray!

Happy September!!

There is a crispness in the air and the kids are going back to school.  

A new month also means a new lineup of stencils from A Colorful Life Designs, some great Fall inspired designs.

Today's card features one of the new release called 

Quarter Moons

I thought I'd use some Fall colours so here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Quarter Moons stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wanted to add interest to the design, so I left the stencil in place and put the Bauhaus Circle Mask stencil (last month's release) right over it and inked again with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto white, then yellow and finally onto an A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Quarter Moons

Bauhaus Circle Mask Stencil

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- BIRTHDAY or ANYTHING GOES

Stamp and Fun= Creativity- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studio)

Inks- Versafine, DOX

Paper- Solar White; Coloured cs

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

black gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear eb powder

So Happy

 

Welcome

A simple, colourful card today using the new for August stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Bauhaus Circle Mask Stencil 

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Bauhaus Circle Mask on an angle over my paper and secured well.
• Beginning at the top, I inked with some Distress Oxide inks: Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio and finally some Salty Ocean along the bottom edge.
• I took the stencil off and used the Happy Cover die to cut out the panel.  
• I glued the die cut panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then glued back in some of the piece from the die cut.
• I glued that onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I stamped the 'wishes' and die cut it out.  I added it into the bottom corner.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus Circle Mask Stencil

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:

Little Red Wagon- CIRCLE OF LIFE

Seize the Birthday- NO FLOWERS

Allsorts- STARTS WITH A 'B' or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- It's Your Birthday (Stamp Market)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Happy Cover die (SSS);

Foam tape

Warm Wishes for You

 

Good Morning

Here is another one of the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for August that I played with and it's called:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, placed the Bauhaus Pinwheels stencil over that and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off, shifted it and placed it back down.  I inked again using some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and I added white dots to some of the inked areas.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment with some more of the Ripe Persimmon ink and die cut it out.
• I glued my stenciled card panel onto a piece of orange cardstock and then onto a white A2 card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of the background.
• Finally, I added some silver gems around the sentiment for more interest.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

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:

Little Red Wagon- CIRCLE OF LIFE

Seize the Birthday- NO FLOWERS

Cut it Up- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold 2 (Simon Says)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

white Posca Pen; foam tape

Wishing You Well

 

Hello and Welcome

Today's card is a simple one to create.

I used the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Breeze Squares

So, here's how I created my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Mid Century Breeze Squares stencil over that.  
• I wanted to make each square a different colour, so I masked off the first one and inked with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the mask and inked again with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.  I repeated that same process again, inking this time with some Wilted Violet DOX.  
• I removed the stencil and I used the Hemstitch die to cut a frame around the edge.
• I die cut the sentiment with some purple cardstock, then some white cardstock 4 more times as I wanted to make a stacked sentiment.
• I glued my stenciled card base onto a piece of white cardstock, then purple, then finally onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment over the middle area of my card base and added 3 purple gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Breeze Squares

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

KarenFan10

I appreciated you coming to take a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Hemstitch Rectangle die (Spellbinders); Get Well Die (Frantic Stamper)

Better With You

 

Good Morning.

Here's a simple, monochromatic card I made using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Star Balls

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

• I placed the Mid Century Star Balls over a piece of white cardstock and inked using some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• When the ink was all dry, I used a fine line black marker to draw a border around the edge to add interest.
• Next, I stamped the sentiment with more of the Picked Raspberry ink and used some clear embossing powder to heat set it. I die cut that out.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, the onto a piece of pink and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I popped the sentiment over my card front with some foam dots.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Star Balls

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:

Little Red Wagon- CIRCLE OF LIFE

Crafty Chicks- CAS

Creations in Pink- ANYTHING GOES in MAINLY PINK

Supplies

Stamp- Roadside Messages (HA)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

foam dots; Lawn Fawn clear EB powder; Fine line black marker; foam tape

Simple Note

 

Hello and Welcome

Meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Double Rainbow

I decided to make a more masculine black and white card, so here's what I did.

• For my this card, I began by getting out my Gel Plate.  I pressed my Black Soot Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto the plate and I used my brayer to spread the ink evenly.
• I place the Mid Century Double Rainbow stencil over that, then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the stencil to create the print.
• I repeated the steps mentioned above, but this time I turned the stencil sideways and printed right over the first one to create this pattern.  I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry. 
• I die cut a circle from the middle of the dried panel and cut another circle from a piece of black cardstock and glued them together.
• I die cut the sentiment from some black cardstock and the word shadow from a piece of white and glued those together.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of black and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the large circle back into place, matching up the pattern and then glued the sentiment over that.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Double Rainbow

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- ADD A SENTIMENT

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

The Sisterhood of Crafters- CARD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white, black cardstock

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

white Posca pen; Infinity Circle die (HA); Just Saying die (Concord and 9th)

Wrap Around

Good Morning

Meet this new geometric stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Bauhaus

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

• Today, I thought I would look through my patterned papers where I found this blue check paper.  That was my starting point.
• I placed the Bauhaus stencil over the patterned paper and inked it up with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I die cut the flowers with some white cardstock.  I die cut a circle with a piece of navy cardstock, then some blue to match the stenciled panel and glued those together.
• I cut my white cardstock base with a top fold design, then scored and glued my stenciled piece so it wrapped around from the front to the back.  I trimmed the edges with a narrow piece of the blue cardstock to give it a more finished look.
• Finally, to finish off my card, I used some foam tape to add the flower circle over my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus

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

KarenFan10

I appreciated your visit...thank you.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame; Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/Optional TREES or LEAVES

Try it on Tuesday- SUMMER

Ellibelle's Corner- Anything In or From a Garden

Neglected Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

(neglected- die and this patterned paper)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White/ Coloured cs

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Daisy Circle (Paper Rose)

TE Blending Brushes; foam tape