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

Hello Friend

Welcome

Today, I'm playing the the newly releases stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Mid Century Atomic Strands

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

• I placed the Mid Century Atomic Strands stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and flipped in the other direction. This time, I inked it up with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
• To created my white card base, I cut a piece of cardstock that was 4 1/4" wide by 9 3/4" long and scored it at 5 1/2".
• I cut my stenciled card panel into a 4x4" piece and the left over piece at 1". I glued those onto a piece of blue cardstock and then into place on my card base.  **NOTE:  I decided to cut down the above mentioned panels so I could add the other pieces of cardstock behind them.
  
• I took a scrap piece of white cardstock and rubbed my Prize Ribbon DOX pad right onto the paper.  When that was dry, I used it to die cut my sentiment and glued that onto a white die cut word shadow.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the center of the panel to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Atomic Strands

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:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANY OCCASION

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Knockouts- FUN FOLD

Supplies

Stamps- Loved and Happy (Concord and 9th)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); foam tape;

ScorPal; TE Blending Brushes

Friendship

Welcome

Today's card features just one of the new stencils for August from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

Here's how I used that stencil to create my card.

• I began by getting out my Gel plate and a piece of white cardstock.
• I pressed my Distress Oxide ink pads right onto the plate using these colours:  Villainous Potion, Prize Ribbon and some Blueprint Sketch. I took my brayer and blended them together.
• Next, I placed the Bauhaus Pinwheels stencil onto the plate and rubbed over it with a scrap of paper to lift some of the ink.  I lifted that off along with the stencil and rubbed over the plate with the white cardstock to create the print.
• I placed the print into my Misti to stamp the image and the sentiment and clear heat embossed them to make them pop.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of pale blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for visiting, very appreciated.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Sparkles- SUMMER DAYS

Sweet Stampin- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Let's Go Fly a Kite (Creative Expressions)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear EB powder

When You Wish Upon a Star

Good Morning

Today's card was a fun, simple one using 2 of the new for August stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Bauhaus Poster and Bauhaus Circle Mask

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

• I placed the Bauhaus Poster stencil on an angle over a piece of white cardstock and inked one side with some Ripe Persimmon  Distress Oxide ink and the other side with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I wanted to add more interest to the background, so I left that stencil in place and put the Bauhaus Circle Mask right over the top.  I inked over the orange with some Carved Pumpkin and the pink side with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• I place my stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the image which I clear heat embossed to help it show up better against the busy background.
• I set that aside and die cut the sentiment 5 times with some black cardstock and glued them together, creating a stacked sentiment.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then some pink and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the sentiment into the top corner to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Bauhaus Poster

Bauhaus Circle Mask

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:

Simon Says Monday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Send A Smile 4 Kids- ANYTHING GOES/BIRTHDAY

Daisy Chain- GIRLS

Supplies

Stamp- Whimsy Silhouette (Jenni Bowlin)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Wish Big die (SSS); Lawn Fawn EB powder

Big Wishes

Good Morning

Here's a fun one for you.  

A new month means a whole new lineup of innovative stencils filled with so many different designs.

So meet one of the newest one from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Banners

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Mid Century Banners stencil along the left hand side of the paper.  Starting at the top, I inked with some Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and finally some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide inks.
• I lifted the stencil off, cleaned it and then placed it back down onto the right side of the paper.  I inked again using the same colours as mentioned above.
• To help enhance the look of this colourful background, I used the eraser on the end of a pencil to add all the dots.  It really added to the fun look.
• Next, I took the panel and used a circle die to cut out the middle part.
• I took the sentiment die and cut it using some purple cardstock and I cut the word shadow with some white and glued them together.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to put the circle back into place, matching up the pattern and then glued the sentiment over that to finish my card off.   

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Banners

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;

Simon Says Wed.- QUITE QUIRKY

Simon Says Monday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Cut It Up- USE A SENTIMENT

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Wish Big die (SSS); pencil eraser; Infinity Circle die (HA); Make Art Station (Ranger)

Garden Celebration

 

Good Morning

I love the look of this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Bauhaus Circle Mask

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, placed the Bauhaus Circle Mask stencil over that and inked it up with some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink.
• When the ink was dry, I rubbed over the panel with an anti-static bag (to help prevent the embossing powder from sticking everywhere) and then placed it into my Misti.
• I stamped the flowers along the bottom edge with some Versafine Clair ink and used some clear embossing powder to help the flowers pop against the background.
• I repeated that process with the sentiment as well.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus Circle Mask

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

We Love Stamping- FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamps- Celebrate (IO, out of business); Garden (ISC- out of business)

Inks- Distress Oxide; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

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

Clear EB powder (Lawn Fawn); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Let's Go Retro

 

Welcome

I can't believe it's August already but I am excited about all the new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.

 If you love mid century designs, you are going to love the new releases.

Meet 2 of the new releases called:

Mid Century Single Rainbow and Mid Century Circles and Squares

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Mid Century Single Rainbow stencil over a piece of white cardstock and starting at the left hand side I inked with my Distress Oxide inks in these colours: Dusty Concord, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon and Mustard Seed.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Mid Century Circles and Squares stencil right over it and inked again with some Villainous Potion DOX ink, creating a fun layered look to the background.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment from black cardstock 5 times and glued them all together to make a stacked sentiment.  I die cut the word shadow right from the middle of my stenciled card front and glued those together.
• I glued my stenciled card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of black and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment back into place on the card front, matching up the pattern.

Here are the stencils I used:

Mid Century Single Rainbow

Mid Century Circles and Squares

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

KarenFan10

Specials for this Month

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- MASCULINE

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Sweet Stampin'- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- Solar White

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

Good Vibes die (SSS)