Thursday, 2 April 2026

Big Birthday

 

Welcome
This is going to be a very exciting month with all the new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.
So many great designs with so many possibilities.  
So meet the newly released stencil called:

Here's what I did to create this fun and simple card.
  • I placed the SPOTLIGHT stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
  • I wiped the stencil off and shifted it, then inked again with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink. It gave a fun, layered look to the background.
  • Next, I cut the sentiment right from the middle of my stenciled panel and I cut the word shadow from a piece of white cardstock. The sentiment was a bit lost against the background, so I inked over it with some more of the Cracked Pistachio ink and then I used a blue marker to trace over the letters.
  • I glued my stenciled card front to a piece of pale blue cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the background, matching it up with the pattern.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- 'M' is for Masculine
Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- Solar White
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Happy Birthday to You (Temu); Blue marker

2 comments:

Imke said...

Totally FUN masculine b-day card, Karen. Thanks for joining us this week @ Little Red Wagon. Good luck in the TOP 3 draw !

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

foleysfriend said...

Clever use of the stencil. I like how you didn't give up on the sentiment - how you kept working until you achieved the look you were happy with. Unfortunately, I would not consider your card clean and simple. We're a clean and simple challenge group. Hope you'll come back to Addicted to CAS.

sue n.