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

Tuesday, 28 October 2025

Celebrating the Holidays


Welcome
I do enjoy creating with snowflakes although I have to say, winter is not my favourite time of the year.
Meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Here are the details.
  • I placed the Baroque Swirl Snowflake onto a piece of white cardstock and then inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours: Blueprint Sketch and Peacock Feathers.
  • I cleaned the stencil off and inked it up onto another piece of white cardstock using some Villainous Potion and some Wilted Violet DOX ink.
  • Next, I took the stenciled pieces and cut them down into strips.
  • I took another piece of white cardstock and using some foam tape, I popped the panels over it to create my card front.  I matched the pattern as I added them.
  • I spattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • I stamped the sentiment with more of the Blueprint Sketch DOX ink and die cut it out.
  • I glued my card front panel onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used more foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background and then added 3 navy gems around it to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:
Baroque Swirl Snowflake


Adding my card to these challenges:
Peace on Earth- INSPIRATION BOARD
A Cut Above- ANYTHING DIE CUT GOES
Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies
Stamps- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)
Inks- DOX
Paper- Prism Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
foam tape; gems; white Posca pen

Saturday, 25 October 2025

Decking the Halls


Good Morning
I have to say that I love working on Christmas cards in preparation for the holiday season.
For today's card, I used 2 stencils from A Colorful Life Designs, one is new and the other one is older.
By combining them together, I was able to create this fun, simple looking card.
So meet the newly released

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed an older released stencil called Ball Jumble onto a piece of white cardstock and inked with some Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink. It reminded me of pieces of holly.
  • I lifted the stencil off and placed the newly released Christmas Greenery stencil over the panel and inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.  I also added some Salty Ocean DOX ink for some shading.
  • Next, using the eraser end of a pencil, I stamped in the red dots with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  I added the white detail to the dots with my Posca pen.
  • While that dried, I die cut the sentiment from a piece of red cardstock and then cut the word shadow right from the center of the stenciled panel and glued those together.
  • I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of red and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I added 2 red gems beside the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:


Thanks so much for coming to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Simon Says Monday- USE MORE THAN ONE STENCIL
Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White (Prism)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Holiday Sayings dies (Concord and 9th); white Posca pen; red gems; pencil eraser

Friday, 24 October 2025

Layered Snowflake

Good Morning
Today's card is featuring 2 of the new stencil for October from A Colorful Life Designs.
Meet the new 

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed one of the Marvelous Masks Rectangles stencil onto a piece of white cardstock and then placed the Christmas Montage over that.  I inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.
  • I lifted the stencils off and placed one of the snowflakes from the Snowflake Duos stencil over the stenciled background and inked that up with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
  • I lifted that stencil off and placed the panel into my Misti.  
  • I looked through my snowflake stamps and found this large one from Visible Image. I stamped it right over the stenciled snowflake as they seemed to work well together.
  • Next, I stamped the sentiment with some Versamark ink and white heat embossed it on a piece of pale blue cardstock
  • I glued my card front onto a piece of pale blue and then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the snowflake to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:




Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE
Simon Says Monday- USE MORE THAN ONE STENCIL
Jingle Belles- DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW

Supplies
Stamps- Let It Snow (Visible Image)
Inks- DOX; Versamark
Paper- Prism (Solar White)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
white EB powder; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Sunday, 19 October 2025

Happy Wishes for the Holidays


Welcome
Today's card is featuring 2 of the newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by looking through my patterned cardstock and found this green check paper.  I placed the Christmas Montage stencil over that and inked it up with some Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink.
  • Next, I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Marvelous Mask Arches stencil over that. I placed the Christmas Montage stencil right over the top of that and inked it up with some Hickory Smoke DOX ink.
  • I removed the stencils and fussy cut out the arch.
  • I placed the arch into my Misti to stamp the trees and then splattered with my white Posca pen.
  • I set that aside to dry while I die cut the sentiment with some red cardstock 5 times and glued those all together.
  • I glued the stenciled patterned paper to a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of red and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the arch over the patterned paper, matching up the lettering.  
  • I glued the red sentiment along the bottom of the arch to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:



Thanks, I really appreciate you for the visit today. 

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- CAPTAIN'S LOG
Simon Says Wed.- GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
The 12 Months of Christmas- ANYTHING GOES/option: SNOWFALL
Moving Along with the Times- SENTIMENT AS FOCUS

Supplies
Stamps- Pine Trees (IO)
Inks- DOX
Paper- Prism Solar White, Patterned paper (?)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
white Posca pen; Happy Holidays die ( Waffle Flower)