Happy Wishes for the Holidays

Welcome

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

Christmas Montage and Marvelous Mask Arches 

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:

Christmas Montage

Marvelous Mask Arches

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

KarenFan10

Thanks, I really appreciate you for the visit today. 

Supplies

Stamps- Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice)

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)

Joyful

Good Morning

Here is a monochromatic card I created using 2 stencils from A Colorful Life Designs, one older called Snow Doily and a new one called:

Three Snowflakes

This new stencil sheet includes 3 different designs that can be used alone or together.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed one of the Three Snowflakes stencils into the corner of my white cardstock and inked with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I flipped the stencil over and inked the other corner with the same snowflake and ink.
• Next, I took the Snow Doily stencil and inked it up into the open corners using some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I die cut the sentiment with a piece of blue cardstock and splattered it with my white Posca pen. I glued that onto the white shadow of the die.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" square white card base.
• I glued a navy band across the middle and added the sentiment with some foam tape over that.

Here are the stencils I used:

Three Snowflakes

Snow Doily

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

KarenFan10

Thanks, I really appreciate you for the visit today. 

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS

The Holly and Ivy- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/OPTIONAL HALLOWEEN

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar white

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

All the Joy die (SSS); white Posca pen

If Snowflakes Fell in Colours

Welcome

Today's card is a fun one filled with whimsical snowflakes.

Meet one of the new for October stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Three Snowflakes

This is a stencil that has 3 designs on one sheet, lots of ways to combine them.

Here's what I did.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and then picked out the Distress Oxide ink colours I wanted to work with.  They were: Tumbled Glass, Carved Pumpkin, Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio, Shaded Lilac and some Mustard Seed.
• I chose one of the snowflakes from the Three Snowflake stencil and inked it up. I continued to ink using a different snowflake with a different colour until my white card front was all inked up.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment with some blue paper, then some white and glued them together, offsetting them a bit.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue and the onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment over the middle and added 3 silver gems.

Here is the stencil I used:

Three Snowflakes

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for the visit today.  Very appreciated!

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT AND COLORFUL

Neglected Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

(mine is this die, haven't used it in ages)

The Holly and Ivy- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar White

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

Let It Snow die (STAMPLORATIONS); white Posca pen; silver gems (Dollar Store)

Message of Sympathy

 

Welcome

Sympathy cards are not always easy ones to make, so I like to have some on hand.

This newly released set of stencils from A Colorful Life Designs is great for creating simple ink blended card front background.  There are many different sizes in these sets too.

So, meet the newly released:

Marvelous Masks Arches Stencil

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed one of the Marvelous Masks Arches stencils over a piece of white cardstock.
• Beginning at the top of the arch, I inked with some Shaded Lilac, Peacock Feathers and some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide inks.
• I lifted the stencil off and added a mask along the bottom edge so my stamping would be contained along the bottom of the inking.
• I placed it into my Misti to stamp out the trees and the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added 3 silver gems under the sentiment to finish the card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Marvelous Masks Arches 

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:

Ellibelle's Corner- I SPY...SOMETHING CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Cardz 4 Guyz- FALL/AUTUMN

CRAFT- GRANDPARENTS/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- 3 Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice);  Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prism)

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

silver gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Sending Joy

 

Hello and Welcome

Here's a festive holiday card that I made using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Christmas Greenery 

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock into the banner shape first, then I placed the Christmas Greenery stencil over that. I inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• I used some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink to fill in the details and then using the eraser on the end of a pencil, I added the red dots. I also added white dots randomly over the green with my white Posca pen and set that aside to dry.
• I picked out some striped cardstock, then used that to die cut the sentiment and glued it all together.
• I glued a piece of red cardstock onto an A2 sized white card base and added the banner shape with some foam tape.
• I used some more of the foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background.
• To finish my card off, I added a strip of white and red paper to the top and a red gem to the ornament.

Here is the stencil I used;

Christmas Greenery

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:

The Holly and Ivy- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Word Power- SENTIMENT IS FOCUS

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- DP (?); Solar White (Prism)

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen;

Christmas Bauble Joy (Paper Rose); pencil eraser; red gem; foam tape

Lacy Snowflakes

Good Morning

Here is a non-traditional Christmas card I made using 2 newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Lacy Snowflakes and Marvelous Masks Arch

There are 2 snowflakes on one sheet and the arches come is a large variety of sizes.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock 3 3/4" square and found the center point.  I placed one of the Marvelous Masks Arch over the first corner with the arch touching the center spot and inked with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• I flipped the arch over and inked the opposite corner next with more of the pink.
• I wiped the stencil off and inked the other 2 corners the same way, overlapping them with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• Next, I wanted to use some white embossing powder so I rubbed over the whole panel with my Anti-stick powder tool.
• I placed one of the Lacy Snowflakes over the stenciled bkg and rubbed some Versamark ink over the whole snowflake then I white heat embossed it.
• I took the 2nd snowflake stencil on that sheet, placed it over the embossed one and inked again with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and then added the die cut sentiment over the middle.
• I glued my finished card front to a piece of dark red cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" square white card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 silver gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Lacy Snowflakes

Marvelous Masks Arch Stencils

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- H IS FOR HOLIDAYS

Merry Little Christmas- ANYTHING GOES

Sparkles Christmas- NON TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS 

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versamark, DOX

Paper- Prism solar white

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

White EB powder; Anti-static powder brush; white Posca pen; 

Merry Christmas die (Waffle Flower)

Denim Snowflake

Welcome

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

Snowflake Duo

There are 2 snowflakes on one stencil and they are perfect for creating those holiday/winter cards.

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

• I started by looking through my stash of inky backgrounds and found this one that I had used as a roll off sheet while Gel Plate printing.  (I think? I used some Salty Ocean, Uncharted Mariner and some Blueprint Sketch on my plate and I always keep some cardstock nearby to roll my brayer off.)
• I die cut the panel with the Wonky Stitches die and rubbed some ink along the edges as well.  It really reminded me of denim.
• I placed one of the snowflakes from the Snowflake Duo stencil over my cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I lifted the stencil, wiped it off and repositioned it slightly over from the first inking. Using my white Posca pen, I went over the stencil adding the white dots, creating a shadow effect.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment 5 times with white cardstock and glued them together stacking them together.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a white A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I glued the sentiment over the middle of the snowflake and added 3 silver gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Snowflake Duo

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

KarenFan10

Have a great weekend and thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- 'H' IS FOR HOLIDAYS

Cut it Up- USE MORE THEN ONE DIE

The Holly and Ivy- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar White

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

Wonky Stitches die (Avery Elle); Happy Holidays die (Waffle Flower)

The October Sky

Welcome October

It's a new month and an exciting time for all the new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.

Meet the new

Marvelous Masks Arch Stencils

These Mask sets have a number of different sized masks and stencils to use for cards or scrapbook pages.

There is nothing like the colours of a Fall morning sky, so here's what I did to create my Fall inspired card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and then placed one of the Marvelous Masks Arch stencils over my cardstock.
• Beginning at the top of the arch, I inked it up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I inked with some Ripe Persimmon and then some Picked Raspberry DOX ink, blending them all together until the whole stencil was inked.
• I lifted the stencil off and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the flowers and the sentiment in the top corner.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added 3 black gems around the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the mask sets:

Marvelous Masks Arch

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

KarenFan10

Please check out our new releases for October.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Seize the Birthday- STENCIL

Crazy is Our Fame, STENCILS are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/NATURE

Crafty Gals Corner- FALL SPLENDOR

Supplies

Stamps- Thistle, Clover Silouette (Magenta); Beautiful You (STAMPlorations)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Prism Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

black gems; TE Blending Brushes

Geometric Leaves

It's the last day of September and where has the month gone. 

 Time for one more card using a newly releases stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Geometric Leaves

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate and I pressed a few of my Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate.  The colours I used were:  Rustic Wilderness, Ripe Persimmon ande Fossilized Amber.
• I took my brayer and blended the inks over the plate, then placed the Geometric Leaves stencil over that.
• I took a scrap piece of paper and rubbed over the plate to lift some of the ink off, then removed the stencil and rubbed my piece of white cardstock over the plate to create the print.
• While that dried, I die cut the thin white frame using a frame die.
• I die cut the sentiment from a piece of pale green cardstock, then die cut the word shadow right from the middle of the stenciled panel.
• I glued my card front panel onto another piece of green cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the frame over the print and then used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Geometric Leaves

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar White

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

Speedball Brayer; Just Saying die (Concord and 9th)

Mad for Plaid

Welcome

I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC at Splitcoast Stampers this week that I'm calling 

Let's Make Plaid

Who doesn't like the look of plaid?  

You can make it look masculine or feminine.

This challenge is to create your own plaid using some fun and simple techniques.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock for my card front and got out my low tack tape.  
• I pulled out a piece of my tape that was the same size as my card front, then pressed the sticky side of the tape onto my Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink pad.
• I laid the tape across my white cardstock and rubbed over it to transfer the ink to the paper. I inked up the tape again and made 2 more inky lines across my card front.
• I took another piece of tape and repeated that process with some Wilted Violet DOX ink and I rubbed that between the lines, filling in the white spaces. 
• I used the same pieces of tape and colours of inks to go vertically across my card front, creating the plaid pattern.

**Since I was going for a more rustic, masculine look, I wasn't worried about the mottled look the inking left behind.  You can also go back over the strips with more ink for a more solid look.**

This is a previous picture I took using some green ink.

• To help define the plaid lines, I added some doodled lines along the tape inking.
• I die cut the sentiment 5 times, glued them together stacking them and inked the top one with some more Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean DOX ink. I splattered it with my white Posca pen.
• I glued my inked card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a light purple and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment across my card front and added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Let me know if you get a chance to try it out.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Dragonfly Dreams- BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar White

Accessories and Tools- low tack tape; Fine line black pen; white Posca pen;

Happy Birthday die (Amazon)

Filigree Leaf

Happy Saturday!

Today's card combines 2 of the new stencils for September from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Filigree Leaf and Falling Leaves

These stencils work perfectly together to create any Fall/Autumn inspired cards.

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

• I placed the Filigree Leaf stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Rustic Wilderness, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and Fossilized Amber. 
• I set that aside to dry and then placed the Falling Leaves stencil on one side of another piece of white cardstock and inked it again with the above mentioned colours.  I moved the stencil over to the other side of my cardstock and inked again, creating a trail of leaves down the left and right hand side of my card front.
• Next, I fussy cut out the Filigree Leaf by just following along the leafy edges.
• I glued my stenciled card front to a piece of dark red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the large leaf over the background.  
• I popped the sentiment strip over the leaf to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Filigree Leaf

Falling Leaves

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:

Little Red Wagon- I'M STILL STANDING

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Cut it Up- LOOKS LIKE FALL

Supplies

Stamp- Sentiment Strips (TE)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Prism Solar White

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

foam tape

Holiday Time

Good Morning

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

Stellar Snowflakes 

It's a nice one that includes 2 good sized snowflakes.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed one of the snowflakes from the Stellar Snowflakes stencil over a piece of white cardstock in the top corner and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink. I added some Villainous Potion DOX ink to the centers of the snowflakes to add more detail.
• I lifted the stencil up and then placed the next snowflake to the side and inked with the same colours mentioned above.  
• I inked the first snowflake again into the bottom corner to give me 3 snowflakes across my panel.
• To add more interest and to fill in some of the white space, I used an eraser on the end of a pencil and added the dots with the same colours I used for the snowflakes.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment with some navy cardstock and then cut the word shadow from the dried stenciled panel and glued those two together.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of navy and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment back into the panel matching up the pattern.

Here is the stencil I used:

Stellar Snowflakes

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;

Die Cut Diva- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Merry Little Christmas- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

white Posca pen; Happy Holidays die (Waffle Flower); pencil