The Good Life

Good Morning.

Today's card features the new Viewmaster stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Have you ever used your stencils to stamp with?

It's a fun technique and easy to do.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock to use as my card front panel.
• Next, I got out one of the solid images from the Paint Swatches stamp set...see it below.

• I inked the stamp up with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink along the top and then some Candied Apple DOX ink along the bottom.
• Here's where the stamping part comes in.....I pressed the inked solid stamp onto the Viewmaster stencil to pick up the pattern, then stamped it onto my white cardstock.  I love how it transferred the pattern onto the stamp and what a great way to get a different look using your stencils.  You can also see how it transferred the pattern of the paper towels that I had the stencil sitting on top of.
• When the ink was dry, I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the flowers along the bottom and the sentiment into the right hand corner.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of pink cardstock and then onto an A2 card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Viewmaster

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters- IN THE GARDEN

Bastel-Traum- PLANTS/FLOWERS

The Flower Challenge- CAS

Supplies

Stamps- Paint Swatches (Simon Hurley); Live sentiment (Rubbernecker); 

Nature Flowers (Art Journey)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

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

Embrace the Moments

Good Morning.

Today's card features the newly released Intricate Diamonds stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

This stencil is a good one for creating some lovely background for your images.

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

• I got out my Gel Plate for this one.  Using Distress Oxides on my Gel Plate is a super simple way to create any background,  Easy clean up too!
• I pressed my Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto the plate, then some Carved Pumpkin in the middle and some Lumberjack Plaid on the right hand side.  Using a brayer, I blended them together.
• I laid the Intricate Diamonds stencil over the plate and rubbed a piece of scrap paper over the plate. 
• I removed the stencil and rubbed my cardstock over the plate to create the print.  The ink dries quickly, so I was able to move onto the stamping.
• I placed the print into my Misti and stamped the flowers along the side.
• I splattered with my black Posca pen just over the area of the flowers.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and inked the edges. 
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I popped the sentiment to the side.

Here is the stencil I used:

Intricate Diamonds

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Much thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Art Journey

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

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

Speedball Brayer; foam tape; black Posca pen

Relax

Good Morning

This simple card speaks to summer....time to relax and enjoy this beautiful weather.

I used a stencil for the background, doing a stencil shift technique.

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

• I got out the Emblem Mask from A Colorful Life Designs and placed it onto a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station.
• I inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.  
• I shifted the stencil and inked again with some Peacock Feather DOX ink, filling in the white areas left behind after the first inking.  Fun way to get a different look from using this stencil.
• Next, I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti and stamped the thistles and the sentiment.
• I splattered with my black Posca pen just over the thistles.
• I glued it onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.

Emblem Mask

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Craft Rocket- FLOWERS

Aud Sentiments- SUMMER AND SENTIMENT

Allsorts- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil- (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); black Posca pen;

TE Blending Brushes; black gems; 

Simple Notecard For You

Welcome

Meet today's simple card using some of my favourite flowers stamps and some stenciling of course.

Just a fun one I made while playing with my supplies.

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

• I cut a square panel of white cardstock that was 3 1/2".  I placed the Curved Sweep stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over my panel.
• Beginning at the top, I applied some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink. Next, I added some Fossilized Amber and then finally some Kitsch Flamingo along the bottom.
• I removed the stencil and placed the square into my Misti to stamp the flowers along the bottom and then the small sentiment tucked right in beside.
• I splattered just over the flowers with my black Posca pen.
• When it was dry, I glued the inked panel onto a piece of black cardstock to help accentuate the flower silhouettes, then onto a piece of pink and finally, onto a square notecard that was 4 1/4". 

Here is the stencil I used:

Curved Sweep

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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(affiliate with no extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

2 Sisters on the Blog- GARDEN

Papercraft- FOR THE GIRLS

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey); Life Handmade Sentiments (Scrapbook.com)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Posca pen