Four Squares

Hello and Welcome

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

Circles and Diamonds

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

• I placed the Circles and Diamonds stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and moved it to the side and inked again with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink right over the first design.
• I took my stenciled pattern and cut it into 4 small squares and glued them onto a piece of navy cardstock.
• I popped the squares up with some foam tape and then adhered them to a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I stamped the sentiment, die cut it with a circle die and used some more foam tape to pop it over the center of my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circles and Diamonds

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Add Ink- DIES, STENCILS or BOTH

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts); Foam Tape

Zipping By to Say Hi

Good Morning

Today's cute card was made using a new for May stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Circles and Diamonds

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

• I laid the Circles and Diamonds stencil flat onto my work surface and pressed my Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink pad all over the stencil until it was covered with ink.
• I sprayed the stencil with some Rubbing Alcohol and then pressed it onto my white cardstock and left it there for a minute to let the ink soak in. 
• I dried the paper, cleaned off the stencil and placed it back over the pattern, matching it up and inked again with more of the Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the zipper with some navy cardstock.
• I took the stenciled base and cut a small 'V' at the top and glued the zipper over the stenciled background.  I also added a small piece of white cardstock behind the zipper to show at the top.
• I glued that onto a piece of pale grey cardstock, then onto a piece of pale blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I had a small piece of the stenciled base left when I cut it down, so I used that to create a small pocket.
• I used some foam tape to add the pre-printed sentiment across the bottom to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circles and Diamonds

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Add Ink- STENCILS AND DIES

Craft Rocket- NOT SQUARE

The Sisterhood of Crafters- MAKE SOMEONE SMILE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Zipper die (Temu); foam tape (Dollar Store); Everyday Occasions sentiment strip (TE)

Happy Cheers

Welcome

Today's card was created using a new for May stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

CHEERS

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

• I placed the Cheers stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• Using the same colours as mentioned above, I used the eraser on the end of a pencil to add the dots.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment 5 times with some navy cardstock and glued them all together as I wanted a stacked sentiment. I also die cut a circle shutter from some white cardstock.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the shutter die cut over the middle and added the sentiment over that to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

CHEERS

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:

Simon Says Wed.- MAKE IT COLORFUL

The Neglected Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

(cheers die has been totally neglected)

AAA Birthday- ANYTHING BIRTHDAY GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white/other

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

Eclipse die (Temu); Cheers die (TE); pencil eraser

Floral Thank You

 

Good Morning

Today's card's card features a new for May stencil that is unique and so fun.

So meet the newly released:

THANK YOU BOWS 

from A Colorful Life Designs.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Thank You Bows stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti and stamped the flowers over to the side with some black Versafine Clair ink.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of beige cardstock and then onto a white A2 card base.
• To finish my card off, I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over to the side.

Here is the stencil I used:

THANK YOU BOWS

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:

SSS Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

The Paper Players- FEMININE

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle); Flowers (Magenta)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Amazon)

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

Infinity Circle die- HA; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Birthday Flowers

What a fun card this new for May stencil from a Colorful Life Designs made.

So meet the newly released stencil called:

FLOWER RAYS

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Flower Rays stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked some of the flowers with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.  Next, I inked some with Ripe Persimmon and some Broken China DOX ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I used a fine line black marker to trace around the outlines in the stencil to help define the flowers.
• Next, using the end of a pencil eraser, I added the dots in the same colours as the flowers.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti with some black ink and then die cut it into a circle.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of pink and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the background.

Here is the stencil I used:

FLOWER RAYS

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

I Spy with My Little Eye Ellibelle's Corner- SPRING FLOWERS or SPRING SHOWERS

Just Us Girls- CASE A DT- CAROL

(I used a stencil instead of Washi, added just the sentiment in a circle) 

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Greetings (Temu)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

Paper- white (Amazon)

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

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

Cheers to Another Year

Good Morning

One last card using this month's new releases from A Colorful Life Designs called 

DIAMOND CIRCLE

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

• I placed the Diamond Circle stencil over a piece of white cardstock and began inking in the center with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. Moving outwards on the stencil, I inked with some Broken China DOX and lastly around the edges with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment with some green cardstock.  
• I wanted to help the sentiment show up better against the background so I die cut the Burlap Texture with some white cardstock.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of green, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the burlap over the middle and then added the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

DIAMOND CIRCLE

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:

Cut It Up- COLORS OF SPRING

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white; green

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

Burlap Texture die (Altenew); TE blending brushes

Wavy Hexagons

Welcome

Today's card features another new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

WAVY HEXAGONS

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Wavy Hexagons stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil down slightly over the pattern and inked again with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink. It created a fun look to the stenciled image.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I placed the sentiment into my Misti and stamped with some more of the Prize Ribbon DOX ink.  I die cut that out and glued it onto a blue die cut hexagon.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue 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.

Here is the stencil I used:

WAVY HEXAGONS

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:

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Hexagon Greetings (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Hexagon dies (HA)

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

Good Morning

Today's card was done by layering up 2 newly released stencils for April from A Colorful Life Designs called:

SLANTED CHEVRON and ARROWS

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

• I placed the SLANTED CHEVRON stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the ARROWS stencil over that and inked with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• To add more interest, I used a dot die and cut along the white lines of the panel.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then orange and then onto a 4 1/4" white card base.
• I found this scrap piece of Alcohol inked paper in my stash and used it to cut my sentiment. I added that over the middle of my card front to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

SLANTED CHEVRON

ARROWS

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- RAINBOW COLOURS

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

YAY die (Whimsy Stamps); Dots die (Temu)

Very Best Wishes

Welcome

I'd like you to meet 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

SPOTLIGHT and DASHING CIRCLE

By doing some stencil layering, I was able to create a super fun design.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Spotlight stencil over my paper then inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the Dashing Circles stencil over that, matching up the circle designs and inked again with some Villainous Potion DOX ink. What a fun pattern it made!
• I die cut a circle from the middle of my stenciled panel and glued it onto a purple die cut circle.  
• Next, I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and die cut that out with a circle die.
• I glued my stenciled panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I popped the die cut circle back over my card front, matching up the pattern and then glued the sentiment over that.

Here are the stenciled I used:

SPOTLIGHT

DASHING CIRCLE

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- THAT SONG

(Will it Go Round in Circles- Billy Preston)

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)

Friendship is Special

Welcome

Meet another one of the newly released stencils for April from A Colorful Life Designs called:

THREE Xs

This stencil can be used is so many different ways; inked then cut apart along the lines, overlapping inking, stencil layering....so many ideas. 

For today though, I kept it simple by inking and adding a die cut frame.

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

• I placed the THREE Xs stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked just across the middle with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink. Next, I inked with some Cracked Pistachio DOX and then along the bottom and top edges I used more of the Broken China ink.
• While that dried, I did cut the frame with some black cardstock and set aside.
• I took a scrap of white paper and inked it with the above mentioned colours and used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I glued the black frame over my stenciled card front and then glued that onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the 'friend' sentiment over the frame and added some silver gems to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE Xs

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:

Simon Says Monday- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Cut It Up- COLORS OF SPRING

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

CRAFT- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white; black cardtock

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

Triangle Grid die (Temu); Friend die (Amazon); silver gems

Hello My Friend

Good Morning

Today's simple card was created using one of the new for April stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

ARROWS

This is how I created my card.

• I placed the Arrows stencil just along the bottom edge of my card front and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off and placed it along the top edge of my card front panel and inked again with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• When I looked at the stenciled panel, I felt it needed something more, so I used my white Posca pen to add some dots and lines over the stenciled areas and set that aside to dry.
• I die cut the 'Hello' with some blue cardstock and then I glued the word shadow with white cardstock 5 times and glued those all together as I wanted a raised sentiment without having to use foam tape.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue that matched the sentiment and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the 'Hello' over to the side and then to finish my card off, I added 3 blue gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

ARROWS

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:

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

white Posca pen; Handwritten Hello die (SSS); blue gems

Birthday Fun

Welcome

I'd like you to meet the new for April stencil called 

DOTTY HARLEQUIN

It is just one of the many fun designs from A Colorful Life Designs.

So, I pulled out 2 colours of ink and got busy making my card.

• I began by placing the DOTTY HARLEQUIN stencil over a piece of white cardstock on an angle and then inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and placed it back down over the white spaces left behind and then inked again with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink, creating a fun background.
• Next, I took another piece of white cardstock and inked the top part with more of the Ripe Persimmon ink and the bottom with the Picked Raspberry.  I used that to die cut my sentiment and then glued it onto the white word shadow. 
• I glued my stenciled card front panel onto a piece of white, then orange then onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• I cut out a white square frame and glued that over the panel and popped the sentiment inside the frame to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

DOTTY HARLEQUIN

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:

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Bold Birthday die (TE);

TE Blending Brushes; Layered Square dies (Amazon)