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

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)

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)

Offbeat Circles

Welcome

Meet today's card.

This new February released stencil called Offbeat Circles from A Colorful Life Designs is a fun one.

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

• I laid a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Offbeat Circles over that.  
• To give my card a bit of a different stenciled look, I applied the inks using a baby wipe over the stencil.  The colours I used from left to right were:  Lumberjack Plaid, Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink.
• To help get a bit more definition to the look of the stenciling, I went back over with a blending brush and bit more of the inks mentioned above.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I stamped over with some text to help add interest.
• I removed the stencil and stamped the grid pattern over that.
• I die cut a circle from the center of the finished panel and stamped the sentiment from Avery Elle onto that.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of heavy white cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Offbeat Circles

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

We Love Stamping- ANYTHING STAMPED/OPTION- STENCIL

AAA Birthday- USE A STENCIL

Inkspirational- USE A STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle); Faded Text (TH); Grid (SSS)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Offbeat Circles stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Make Art Station (Ranger);

BFF=Fun

Welcome.

Today's card is a fun one, created using a Bokeh layering stencil and my Distress Oxide inks.

I'm playing along with a Best Friends Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock for my main panel and laid it onto my Stencil Mat.
• Next, I got out the Bokeh Layering stencil from TE. This set has 3 stencils to it, so I placed the first stencil over my panel.  The stencil mat has a corner which is very useful when doing laying stencil, so you are able to get all the stencils lined up in the right position.  I inked over it with some Mustard Seed DOX ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the 2nd one down and inked with some Carved Pumpkin and repeated that process with the final stencil and some Picked Raspberry.
• When all the stenciling was done, I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I decided to cut the finished panel into 2 pieces to add interest and glued them onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of some matching orange cardstock.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti, die cut it out with a circle and glued that onto a slightly larger orange circle.  
• I glued the panel onto an A2 card base, then popped the sentiment over to one side.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

Paper- 110lb. white-Scribes Nook, Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Bokeh stencil (TE); Waffle Flower Stencil Mat; 

white Posca pen; Misti; Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Best Wishes

 

Welcome

It's the start of a new month which means new stencils are out at A Colorful Life Designs.

This simple notecard was made using the Even Pairing stencil.

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

• I decided to make a little notecard, so I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 3 3/4" square.
• I placed the paper onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Even Pairing stencil over that.
• Using some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink, I blended it over the stencil.  I add just a hint of Dusty Concord DOX in areas to add interest.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the Clover Silhouette to one side in black.
• I stamped the sentiment near the top and then splattered with my black Posca pen just over the flowers.
• I glued that finished panel onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base that was 4 1/4" square.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to bring attention to it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Even Pairing

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

(affiliate with no extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Clover Silhouette (Magenta); More Sentiments (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Make Art Station (Ranger);

black Posca pen; black gems

Under the Sea

Hello and Welcome

Today's card is featuring this beautiful stencil called Big Seaweed.  

It is part of a series of stencils released this month featuring a beach/ocean theme.

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

• I cut a white cardstock panel and laid the Big Seaweed stencil over my paper.
• I decided to ink it up using some Brusho, so I sprinkled a few onto a piece of acetate, sprayed with water to activate, then using a baby wipe, I inked over the stencil by dipping the wipe into the wet ink and pressing over the stencil.  The Brushos give such vibrant colours to anything.  Be sure not to use a lot as they go a long way.
• When the panel was dry, I used a blending brush to add some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and then I splattered with my black Posca pen.
• Next, I used a circle die and cut it from the center of the inked panel.
• I placed the circle into my Misti and stamped the sentiment near the bottom of the circle.
• I stamped the little fish from a set by Lawn Fawn, die cut them out and coloured them with the left over Brushos on the acetate sheet and a wet paintbrush.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto a heavy white card base, then pop dotted the circle back into place.
• I pop dotted the little fish over the sentiment as well.

Here is the stencil I used:

Big Seaweed

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.

(affiliate with no extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Time Out- TROPICAL 

Unicorn Challenge- MONOCHROMATIC

Simon Say Mon.- SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH 'S' (seaweed)

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle); Mermaid for You (Lawn Fawn)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Brushos, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Infinity Circle die (HA); Posca pen;

TE Blending Brushes