Floral Thinking of You

Hello

Today's card was a pretty simple one I created using my Gel plate and this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Dinnerplate Dahlias

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

• I began by getting out my Gel plate.  I pressed my Prize Ribbon and my Villainous Potion Distress ink pad directly onto my plate and using a brayer, I blended the colours together.
• I laid the Dinnerplate Dahlias stencil onto the plate next and rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to lift the print.
• Next, I inked up a large Script stamp with some more of the Villainous Potion DOX ink, stamped off and then stamped right over the flowers to add more interest.
• I stamped the sentiment along the bottom, then inked the edges of the white cardstock.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue, then purple and then onto a white 4 1/4" square note card.
• I added 2 black gems to the flower centers to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dinnerplate Dahlias

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:

The Sisterhood of Crafters- FLOWERS

Try it on Tuesday- KEEP IT SIMPLE

Stamp & Fun- Creativity- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Script; Thinking of You (PB)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prisma)

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

black gems

Wishing You the Best

 

Good Morning

I had fun layering 2 new for May stencils from A Colorful Life Designs to create my card for today.

Meet 2 of the new stencils called:

Outline Daisies and Circle of Lines

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

• I placed the Circle of Lines stencil over a piece of white cardstock and secured it well.  I masked off one area of the stencil and inked with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the mask to the next section and inked with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.  
• I repeated that process and inked with some Ripe Persimmon and some Mustard Seed DOX ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I inked the Outline Daisies into each section of the different colours using some black ink.
• I cut a white and a larger blue circle, glued those together and stamped the sentiment into the center.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of blue, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of my card front.
• Lastly, to finish off my card, I added black gems to the middle of the flowers and 3 under the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Outline Daisies

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.- BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS

Simon Says Monday- STENCIL FUN

AAA Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Claire

Paper- Solar White (Prisma)

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts); black gems; low tack tape

Let's Have a Celebration

Good Morning

I had such fun creating this card using 2 of the newly released stencils for May called

Circle of Lines and Swirl Band

Both are such unique looking stencils.

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

• I placed the Circle of Lines stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salvaged Patina and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I secured the Swirl Band stencil over the top of it and inked again with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink. I shifted the stencil and inked again so the background was filled in.
• Using a die, I cut a circle right from the center of my card front panel. I glued that onto a larger white circle.
• Next, I stamped the sentiment right over the die cut circle and set aside to dry.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of blue and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the circle back into place over my card front.
• Finally, I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Circle of Lines

Swirl Band

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

KarenFan10

I am very grateful for your visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Mon.- STENCIL FUN

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

AAA Birthday- ANYTHING BIRTHDAY GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Celebrate (IO- out of business)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prism Studio)

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

foam tape, Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Get Well Wishes

 

Welcome

So much goodness this month as A Colorful Life Designs releases new stencils for May.

So meet this fun new one called

Praise Burst

I paired it up with an older release called

Dot Circle

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

• I began by placing the Dot Circle stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I took that stencil off and placed the Praise Burst stencil over that and inked again with some Villainous Potion DOX ink. By layering the stencils, it gave such a fun looking bkg.
• Next, I looked through my stash of cast offs and found a piece to use to die cut the frame and leaves.  
• I stamped the sentiment with some more of the Villainous Potion DOX ink and die cut it out.
• I decided to cut my stenciled card front into 4 pieces to add interest and glued them onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of purple and finally, onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the frame over the stenciled panels and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up in the bottom corner.

Here are the stencils I used:

Praise Burst

Dot Circle

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 Monday-STENCIL FUN

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prisma)

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

foam tape; Leaf Frame (Amazon)

Outline Daisies

Good Morning

Meet 2 newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Outline Daisies and Dinnerplate Dahlias 

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, positioned the Outline Daisies stencil over my paper and inked with these Distress Oxide ink colours:  Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry and Villainous Potion.
• I lifted the stencil off and using the Dinnerplate Dahlias stencil, I inked right over the daisies with some Kitsch Flamingo, Salvaged Patina and some Shaded Lilac DOX ink.
• Next, using the eraser on the end of a pencil, I added the black dots to the flower centers.
• I stamped the sentiment with some more of the Picked Raspberry DOX ink and die cut it out.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment into the corner.

Here are the stencils I used:

Outline Daisies

Dinnerplate Dahlias

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

KarenFan10

I am very grateful for your visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- STENCILING

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- INSPIRED BY A SONG

(Please, please don't eat the daisies)

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

pencil eraser; Make Art Station (Ranger)

Dinnerplate Dahlias

 

Welcome

I really had fun making today's card using a newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Dinnerplate Dahlias 

I paired it up with an older stencil called 

Wild Rings 

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

• I began by inking the background on a piece of white cardstock using the Wild Rings stencil and some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• After inking the whole front of the paper, I removed that stencil and placed the Dinnerplate Dahlias stencil down and inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I added some white splatters and some dots using my white Posca pen.
• I let that dry while I die cut out the sentiment with another piece of white cardstock and when the panel was dry, I did cut the word shadow right from the center of my stenciled card front.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of blue and then finally onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place over the card front panel.

Here are the stencils I used:

Dinner Plate Dahlias

Wild Rings 

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

VERY APPRECIATED!!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- STENCIL/ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- FLOWERS

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prism Studio)

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

die (SSS); white Posca pen

Rainbow Hello

Good Morning

How about another rainbow inspired card.  Super easy to do using the Rainbow Scratch paper I picked up at the Dollar Store.  

So meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Ordered Lines

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

• As I mentioned above, I began with a piece of Rainbow Scratch paper and placed the Ordered Lines stencil under the paper and secured it well.
• Using the side of a popsicle stick, I rubbed over the entire paper to transfer the pattern.
• I took another piece of the scratch paper and placed the Broken Lines stencil under that and rubbed over it to transfer the pattern.  I used that piece to die cut the sentiment.
• I glued the stenciled card front panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then a piece of blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment across the front of my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Ordered Lines

Broken Lines

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

VERY APPRECIATED!!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- WHATEVER THE WEATHER (rainbow)

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Paper- Rainbow Scratch paper; black, blue and white cs

Inks- none

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); popsicle stick;

Hello die (Amazon)

Scalloped Harlequin

Welcome

I had fun playing with this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called;

Scalloped Harlequin

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

• I placed the Scalloped Harlequin stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink along the middle and then some Picked Raspberry DOX ink along the edges.
• I cleaned the stencil off, shifted the position and then inked again with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and stamped the Grunge stamp over the whole panel with some more of the Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I inked another piece of white cardstock with the same colours as used above and stamped it too with the same Grunge stamp.  I used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I wanted a 'stacked' sentiment so I die cut the Hello 4 x's with some white cardstock and glued them all together, added the inked one to the very top.
• I glued the stenciled card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then pink and then onto a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• Finally, I glued the sentiment over the middle of the card base and added some gems to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Scalloped Harlequin

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.- MAKE IT GIRLY

Cardz 4 Galz- ART DECO

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Grunge (Kaisercraft)

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white

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

white Posca pen; Hello die (Amazon)

Warmest Wishes

Good Morning

Meet today's card.  It's a fun one using another one of the new releases from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Escalator

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

• I placed the Escalator stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked the middle area of the stencil with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink. I inked up the top and bottom part of the stencil with some Salvaged Patina DOX ink.
• I took the stenciled panel and dry embossed it using a Interlocking Circle EB folder.  
• Using the Salvaged Patina ink pad, I rubbed over the panel to reveal the circles and add to the interest of the designs.
• I die cut the sentiment and glued it onto a scrap that I found in my stash to use as the shadow.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the center.

Here is the stencil I used:

Escalator

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:

Fab 'n' Funky- FAVORITE COLOURS

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

The Male Room- GEOMETRIC

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

 Circles EB folder (Spellbinder); die (Heffy Doodle)

Cheers for You

Welcome

Meet the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

So Many Bubbles and Broken Lines

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

• When I was at the Dollar Store, I picked up some Rainbow Scratch paper, so that was my starting point.
• I placed the So Many Bubbles stencil down and then placed the Rainbow paper over that and secured it well.
• Using the side of a popsicle stick, I rubbed over the whole piece until the pattern of the stencil was transferred onto the paper.
• I repeated that process with another piece of the paper, this time using the Broken Lines stencil. I  die cut the sentiment from that piece and glued it onto a piece of black cardstock.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of yellow cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment over the background.

Here are the stencils I used:

So Many Bubbles

Broken Lines

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:

Time Out- STENCIL, FLORAL, SPOTS, ARCH, WATER, PASTEL

(Inspired by stencil, spots, arch)

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCAL

The Male Room- GEOMETRIC

Supplies

Stamps- none

Paper- Rainbow Scratch; heavy white; yellow

Inks- none

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); popsicle stick; 

YAY die (Whimsy Stamps)

Winding Paths

Good Morning

This fun stencil is another one of the new releases from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Winding Paths

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

• I placed the Winding Paths stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked with some Dusty Concord and some Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink, alternating the colour.
• I set that aside and inked another piece of white cardstock with some Wilted Violet DOX ink using the same stencil.
• Next, I die cut the first panel I had inked using a diagonal die and set it aside
• I die cut the birthday greeting with some dark purple cardstock 5 times, then glued them all together.
• I glued one of the stenciled panels along the bottom onto a piece of purple cardstock and then I used some foam tape to pop the top one over that.  I glued those onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment just above the die cut area and finally, added some purple gems.

Here is the stencil I used:

Winding Paths

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- BIRTHDAY

Seize the Birthday- LAYER IT

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil and gems- A Colorful Life Designs; Angle die (Amazon);

TE Blending Brushes; Happy Birthday die (TE)

Make it a Good Day

Welcome

Today, I'm playing with a newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Op Art Bench

This stencil is so unique and fun.  

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

• I placed the Op Art Bench stencil over a piece of white cardstock and secured it well.
• Starting at the top of my stencil, I inked with some Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink. Moving down the stencil, I inked next with some Ripe Persimmon and then finally some Picked Raspberry DOX along the bottom.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I went into my scrap box where I found the inky piece to die cut the flowers.  
• As I looked, I also found another piece that I had inked using the A Lot of Angles, also from A Colorful Life Designs.  I die cut the sentiment from that piece. This sentiment did NOT come with a shadow, so I traced around the die onto black cardstock, fussy cut it out and glued those together.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then a piece of pink and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added the flowers along the side and used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Op Art Bench

A Lot of Angles

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Allsorts- STENCIL/MASKS/ ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- FEMININE

As You Like It- FLORAL or CUTE

(floral as I'm a gardener)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Paper- heavy white, orange and pink cs

Inks- DOX

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

white Posca pen; The Good Life die (Uniquely Creative); foam tape;

Flowers (Amazon)