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)

You're Not Old, You're a Classic

Good Morning

A new month means a whole new lineup of stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

So meet the new for April stencil called:

Escalator

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Escalator stencil over that.  I inked with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil to the other side and inked again using some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out.
• I used the Retro Mod die to cut out a piece right from the center of my card front panel and then I used the larger die of that set to cut another from some dark blue paper. I glued those 2 together.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto another piece of the dark blue paper and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to added the center piece I had cut away back into place, matching up the pattern.
• Last, I added the sentiment into the middle and added the little cut out shapes.

Here is the stencil I used:

Escalator

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Little Red Wagon- USE BLUE

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Seize the Birthday- MILESTONE

Supplies

Stamps- Feelin Fizzy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white; blue 

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); white Posca pen; Retro Mod dies (Whimsy Stamps)

Vibrant YAY!

Welcome

I have to say that I really had some fun with the new April releases from A Colorful Life Designs.

For today's card, I used 2 of the new stencils called:

Middle Square and Broken Lines

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

• Last time I was at the Dollar Store, I picked up some Black Rainbow Scratch Paper.  It looks totally black until a pattern or drawing is scratched into it. That was my starting point.
• I placed the newly released Middle Square stencil down first and then put the Scratch paper over that.
• Using the side of a popsicle stick, I rubbed over the whole stencil to transfer the pattern. Super easy and done in a jiffy.
• I wanted the sentiment to match the panel so I took a small piece of the Scratch paper and place the Broken Lines stencil under that and rubbed over it to once again, transfer the pattern.  I used that to die cut the 'YAY'.
• I glue my card front panel onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

Middle Square

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:

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Seize the Birthday- MILESTONE BIRTHDAY

Crazy is Our Game; Stencils are our Game- PATTERNS

Cardz 4 Galz- STRIPES

Supplies

Stamps-none

Inks- none

Paper- Black Scratch Paper; heavy white

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

YAY die (Whimsy Stamps)

Fun Birthday

Welcome

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

Broken Lines

It has a great look and it fun to create with.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Broken Lines stencil over that.  I inked the whole panel with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off, turned it around and then inked again with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• Next, I used the die called Trapezoidal Strip and cut the panel into pieces. I glued all the pieces back into place onto another piece of white cardstock, leaving some space between the strips but matching up the pattern.
• I glue the panel onto a white A2 sized card base and set aside.
• I took some time to look through my cast off stash and found this Alcohol inked piece so I used that to die cut the sentiment.  
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the top of the card.

Here is the stencil I used:

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:

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Fab 'n' Funky- ONE FOR THE BOYS/MEN

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white

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

foam tape; Blending Brushes (TE); Birthday Wishes die (Whimsy)

TLC- Shutter Fold- Smile

Hello and Welcome

Today, it's my turn to host the TLC over at Splitcoast Stampers where I am featuring the 

Simple Shutter Fold.

It's a fun fancy fold challenge to try that is easy and comes together quickly.

I used just one stencil from A Colorful Life Designs to create all the pattern.

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

• I started with the first piece which would create the shutter fold  by cutting a piece of white cardstock 6 x 6 inches square and placed the Lush Flowers stencil over that.
• Next, I inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon and some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink, blending the inks together.
• I set that aside to dry and then cut another piece of white cardstock 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches square that would become the inside of the shutter fold.
• I placed one of the largest sized flowers from the same Lush Flowers stencil over that square and inked it up with some Mustard Seed DOX ink.
• I took the largest square and scored it at 1 1/4 inches around each side and cut away as shown in the video below. I used a bone folder to fold the 4 sides in.
• I turned the largest square over so that the stenciling was to the back and glued the smaller square over the inside middle.  
• I tucked all the 4 sides under one another creating the shutter fold.
• I glued the finished card front onto a piece of orange, then pink cardstock and then onto 4 1/4" inch white square card base.
• I stamped the sentiment and die cut it out, then used some foam tape to pop it over the middle.

Here is the video I followed:

SHUTTER FOLD

This is the stencil I used:

Lush Flowers

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- FUN FOLDS

Stamping Sensations- SPRING/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Sentiments (Hero Arts)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white 

Accessories and Tools- stencil- A Colorful Life Designs; Scoring Board;

Bone folder; circle die (HA); foam tape