Top of the Mornin' to You

Good morning

For today's card, I combined 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Clover Frame and Celtic Knots

These stencils make for some fun St. Patrick's Day cards.

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

• I masked off half of a piece of white cardstock down the center and placed the Celtic Knots stencil over the paper and inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink along the left side.
• I removed the mask and placed the Clover Frame stencil along the right hand side and inked that with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I went over it with the Celtic Knot and inked with more of the Rustic Wilderness to give more interest to the clover and also to tie the left hand side into the right.
• There was a lot of white space left, so I used the eraser on the end of a pencil in fill it in with some green dots. 
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment. **You can't really see it in the photo, but I scored a line between the 2 sections with my ScoreBug**
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then dark green, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• To finish my card off, I added some black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Celtic Knots

Clover Frame

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White; Green

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

ScoreBug; black gems; pencil eraser

All the Best Wishes

Welcome

For today's card I combined 2 stencils that I thought worked well together.

One is new and the other is an older one from A Colorful Life Designs.

The new release is called 

Celtic Knots 

and the older one is called 

Whirligig

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

• I placed the Whirligig stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put the Celtic Knots stencil over that and inked again with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I removed the stencils and splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut a white circle, placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment. I glued it onto a dark green circle.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of my card front to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Celtic Knots

 Whirligig

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:

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

The Card Concept- MONOCHROMATIC GREENS

Sweet Stampin' Challenge- NO DESIGNER PAPER

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white; green cardstock

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

white Posca pen; Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Feeling Happy

Welcome

I had such fun creating this card using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Celtic Mask

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Celtic Mask stencil over my paper. I inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I took another piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink and then cut out just part of the design and set aside.
• I splattered the darker blue panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the little penguin with some black and white cardstock and glued them together.
• I placed the cut out design into my Misti and stamped the sentiment across the top, then glued the little penguin just under that.
• I glued the main panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy blue and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added the cut out piece with some foam tape to pop it up, matching the design.

Here is the stencil I used:

Celtic Mask

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Alphabet Challenge- 'U' IS FOR UPLIFTING

Cut it Up- THIS MAKES ME HAPPY

As You Like It- CUTE OR ELEGANT AND WHY

(I went for cute as this cute little penguin made me smile)

Supplies

Stamps- More Sentiments (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

TE Blending Brushes; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); foam tape; white Posca pen

Special Friend

Good Morning

It's been so gloomy and very cold here with lots of snow. 

I needed some colour to brighten my day and this stencil was a welcome sight.

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

Nine Flowers

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I looked through my stash and found this yellow Gel Plate print I had done awhile ago using some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink and the Simple Mosaic stencil. I thought it would make a good sunny feeling background for my flowers.
• I placed the Nine Flowers stencil over my print and then inked the flowers with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  To help enhance the look of the flowers, I added some Wilted Violet DOX ink just to the flower centers which gave some nice colour variation.
• The flowers looked a bit flat to me so I used my white Posca pen to add some details.
• When it was all dry, I die cut the word shadow right from the bottom of my stenciled panel, then die the sentiment in black and glued them together.
• I glued my finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of red and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place.

Here are the stencils I used:

Nine Flowers

Simple Mosaic

(older release)

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut it Up- THIS MAKES ME HAPPY

Alphabet Challenge- 'U' IS FOR UPLIFTING

Allsorts- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white

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

white Posca pen; TE Blending Brushes; Friend die (Amazon)

Hugs to You

Hello and Welcome

With Valentines Day just a week away, I decided to use this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs to make a heart themed card.  

So meet the new stencil called:

Buzzing Path

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

• I began by looking through some of my Gel Plate prints and found this background I had done using some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink. I pressed the ink pad directly onto the plate, smoothed it out using a brayer and then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to create the colourful background.
• I placed the Buzzing Path stencil over the print and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• Next, I die cut the heart right from the middle of the inked up panel.  I cut the heart out 3 more times and glued them all together, stacking them as I wanted a raised heart.
• I also die cut the sentiment from the heart before gluing it all together so the pattern was consistent and matched.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto some red and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the heart back into place, matching up the pattern and then I added some silver gems around the edge of the heart to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Buzzing Path

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

KarenFan10

Have a great weekend and thanks for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- PICTURING LOVE

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A HEART

Simon Says Monday- ADD  SOME TEXTURE (sequins)

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Gel Plate; Brayer; heart die (Concord and 9th); Hugs die (Amazon); silver gems

Simple I Love You

Good Morning and Welcome

Hooray...it's a new month and that means new stencil releases from A Colorful Life Designs.

So meet the newly released

Fancy Four Leaf Clover

It's getting close to Valentine's Day so I decided to make a card with that theme.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Fancy Four Leaf Clover stencil over that and inked with 3 Distress Oxide colours: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Uncharted Mariner.
• To help make the flowers pop a bit more, I inked just the flower centers with some Wilted Violet DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and die cut a stitched square right from the middle of the stenciled panel and glued that onto a navy blue square piece of cardstock.
• I glued my card front panel onto another piece of navy blue cardstock and then glued that onto a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the smaller die cut piece back into place, matching the pattern.
• I stamped the sentiment with some more Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and then used more of the foam tape to add it over the middle of my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fancy Four Leaf Clover

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- LOVE ME DO

Cut It Up- MY HEART

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white

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

Stitched Square dies (Amazon); foam tape

For Your Loss

 Welcome

Sympathy cards are never easy to make, so I like to have some on hand in case I need one. 

This card is a very simple one that I did in the summer (it's winter here now, so no leaves) on the Gel Plate.

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

• I got out my Gel Plate and pressed my Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate using these colours:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid.
• I roughly blended the colours together using my brayer and then placed the leaf from my garden onto the plate.
• I took a piece of white cardstock and rubbed it over my whole plate firmly to be sure and get the leaf image onto the paper.
• TO GET THE LOOK OF THIS PRINT.....I lifted the paper up slightly off my plate but not all the way, removed the leaf and then rubbed the paper back down again. By doing this step, you will print the details of the leaf onto your paper.
• I placed the print into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the print onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of pale blush and then onto an A2 sized white base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Friday- MONOCHROME

Time Out- FAV CARD MAKING TECHNIQUE  (Gel Plate Printing)

Supplies

Stamps- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Gelli Arts Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; leaf from Garden;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Love Flower

Welcome

Meet one of the newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called

Love Flower

This is what I did to create my card.

• I decided to get out my Gel Plate for this one, so I rubbed my Wilted Violet and my Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto my Gel Plate and blended the colours together smooth using a brayer.
• Next, I placed the Love Flower stencil over my plate and then took a piece of white cardstock and rubbed that over my plate to create the print.
• I placed the print into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over the middle and I rubbed some more of the Wilted Violet DOX ink along the edges to add more depth and interest.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Love Flower

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- USE STENCILS

Little Red Wagon- "K" IS FOR KEEP IT SIMPLE

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamp- Love You Big (IO- out of business)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white

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

white Posca pen; black gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Patchworks

Hello

Today's card reminded me of a cozy patchwork quilt, so good for this cold winter we are having.

I had a bunch of pieces left over from doing the Bargello technique a few weeks ago, so I decided to use them and make another card.

So, here's what I did.

• I began by looking through my scrap papers that I never use and found 4 that I thought would work together.
• I cut them into 3/4" strips and glued the strips onto a piece of white cardstock side by side of each other being sure they were all touching. 
  
• I let the piece dry, then cut the strips in the opposite direction, again 3/4" wide so each strip had the patterns on them. (hope that makes sense)
  
• I glued them, one at a time onto another piece of white cardstock, offsetting the pieces like putting together a quilt pattern. There are many different ways you can create a pattern by just moving the strips into different positions.
• While the glue dried, I die cut the black frame and then glued that over the patchwork.
• I glued the finished card front onto a piece of patterned paper and then onto a 4 1/4" white square card base.
• I die cut the sentiment with some black and added it over the middle to finish my card off.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Time Out- FAV CARD MAKING TECHNIQUE

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW (frame die I got for Christmas)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

Papers- miscellaneous dp's scraps found in my stash

Accessories and Tools- frame die (Amazon); Hello die (Amazon)

Gentle Snowfall

Welcome

Today's card combines 2 stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  

One is new and is called:

Dotted Trellis

The older one is called:

Split Snowflakes

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

• I placed the Split Snowflakes stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink just along the top edge.
• I removed that stencil and placed the Dotted Trellis stencil over the panel and inked it up with some more of the Peacock Feathers DOX ink just along the bottom edge being sure not to ink over the snowflakes.
• I took the Dotted Trellis stencil and shifted it over the first inking then added some Salty Ocean DOX ink to give the panel more of a colour variation.
• Using the end of a pencil eraser, I added the dots with more of the Peacock Feathers ink.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a pale blue then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment with some more Peacock Feathers then used some foam tape to pop it into the bottom corner of my card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

Dotted Trellis

Split Snowflake

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for the visit, I appreciate it so much.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW

Jingle Belles- SOMETHING NEW/SOMETHING OLD

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

pencil eraser

Time to Celebrate

Good Morning

This month is just flying by and A Colorful Life Designs has a mid-month release of a new stencil called:

Chaos Squares

I decided to do a torn paper technique using the stencil.

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

• I secured my Chaos Squares stencil in place with some tape over a piece of white cardstock as I wanted to be able to lift it up and down like a hinge when inking the pattern.
• I took a piece of scrap paper and tore it into strips and placed one of the strips near the top edge and inked it with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil up, removed the torn paper and placed another piece along the next section and inked again this time using some Abandoned Coral and Fossilized Amber DOX.
• I repeated that process working my way down my card front until my white cardstock was all inked up.
• I die cut a circle right from my card front and then glued it onto a larger black circle. I die cut the dandelion twice and glued that over the circle.
• I stamped the sentiment into the corner of my card front in my Misti.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then orange and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the die cut circle back into place matching up the pattern.
• Finally I added some orange gems to the flower centers to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Chaos Squares

p.s....It's on sale right now!!

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:

Shopping Our Stash- OUT WITH THE OLD/IN WITH THE NEW

(Old- flower die; New- stencil)

Beautiful Blossoms- ANYTHING FLORAL GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- BIRTHDAYS

Supplies

Stamps- Celebrate (IO- out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Dandelion die (Poppy Stamps);

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); scrap paper for tearing; Infinity Circle dies (HA); 

TE Blending Brushes

So Happy

Welcome

This fun little card was created using the new stencil called:

Circles Galore

from A Colorful Life Designs.

Lots of possibilities with this one, but I decided to keep it really simple.

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

• I placed the Circles Galore stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.  I was left with a fun panel of dotted circles.
• To add more interest, I took the eraser on the end of a pencil and added the dots in these Distress Oxide colours; Ripe Persimmon, Abandoned Coral and some Peacock Feathers.  
• I glued my square stenciled panel onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and die cut it out.  I die cut a blue circle slightly larger and glued them together before adding them to the middle of my card with some foam tape to pop it up.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circles Galore

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:

Little Red Wagon- HAPPY NEW? (stencil)

Simon Says Wed.- SOMETHING NEW

Alphabet- 'S' IS FOR SQUARE

Simply Clean and Simple- USE SOMETHING NEW (stencil)

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle); pencil eraser

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle dies (HA); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)