Decking the Halls

Good Morning

I have to say that I love working on Christmas cards in preparation for the holiday season.

For today's card, I used 2 stencils from A Colorful Life Designs, one is new and the other one is older.

By combining them together, I was able to create this fun, simple looking card.

So meet the newly released

Christmas Greenery Stencil

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

• I placed an older released stencil called Ball Jumble onto a piece of white cardstock and inked with some Bundled Sage Distress Oxide ink. It reminded me of pieces of holly.
• I lifted the stencil off and placed the newly released Christmas Greenery stencil over the panel and inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.  I also added some Salty Ocean DOX ink for some shading.
• Next, using the eraser end of a pencil, I stamped in the red dots with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  I added the white detail to the dots with my Posca pen.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment from a piece of red cardstock and then cut the word shadow right from the center of the stenciled panel and glued those together.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of red and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added 2 red gems beside the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Christmas Greenery

Ball Jumble

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Thanks so much for coming to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Simon Says Monday- USE MORE THAN ONE STENCIL

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prism)

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

Holiday Sayings dies (Concord and 9th); white Posca pen; red gems; pencil eraser

Hello to You!

Good Moring

Meet the new for August stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Calibrated Lines

When I saw this wonderful stencil, I had so many ideas about how I wanted to use it.

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

• I placed the Calibrated Lines stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and set it aside.
• I took another piece of white cardstock, placed the stencil back over it again and this time, inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• Next, I took the 2 panels and cut them into strips following along with the distinctive line design.
• I did some paper weaving with the strips, alternating the colours as I went along and glued that onto a piece of white cardstock to stabilize it. I glued that onto a piece of navy cardstock.
• I die cut the 'HELLO' letters from white cardstock and glued them onto the word shadow that I cut from another piece of navy cardstock.
• I glued the panel onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up.

Here is the stencil I used:

Calibrated Lines

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Thank so much for taking a look, so appreciated.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- WORD AS FOCUS

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Hello Die (Markered Messages-Concord and 9th), foam tape

Bright Hello

Good Morning

Today's fun card features a new and older released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Meet the new for March stencil called:

Groovy Flower Solid Mask

I paired it up with the older one called:

Groovy Flower Mask

Basically, one is a solid and one adds the details.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, placed it onto my Make Art Station and put the Groovy Flowers Mask stencil over my paper.
• I inked over the whole stencil with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil over and down a bit, then inked again over the whole panel with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• I repeated the above process one more time, inking with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.  
• Next, I placed the Groovy Flower Solid Mask over the flowers and inked it all up with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.  It made for such an interesting background.
• I die cut the 'Hello' sentiment from some black cardstock, then die cut the shadow of the die from some vellum and glued those together.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of yellow and then orange and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added glue behind just the sentiment letters so it wouldn't show on the vellum and added that over the center of my card front.
• Finally, to finish off my card, I added some black gems to the flower centers.

Here are the stencils I used:

Groovy Flower Solid Mask Stencil

Groovy Flower Mask

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Try it on Tuesday- STENCIL

Simon Says Wed.- SPRING/EASTER

Little Red Wagon- FLORALS

Crazy is Our Fame-Stencils are Our Game- STENCIL FUN

(optional- SPRING/EASTER)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); die (Concord and 9th)

Christmas Mini Slimline

Welcome

Today's card has more of a masculine feel to it.

I'm using up some scrap pieces to make this mini slimline.

Super easy to make but may be difficult to find the right size envelope so I will add how I made one at the end.

A standard Slimline card is size is 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 whereas a Mini Slimline is 6" x 3".

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

• I had these scraps of cardstock leftover so decided to use them on this card.  I had stamped it with the Plaid Turnabout stamp and Distress Oxide inks.  The colours I used were Iced Spruce, Uncharted Mariner, Brocken China and some Rustic Wilderness.  
• I cut the leftovers into strips to fit on the white panel that was 5 3/4 x 3".  
• Next, I die cut the sentiment outline in white and then the backing in some blue cardstock and glued them together.
• I glued the sentiment over the plaid flag background.
• I glued the finished panel to the slimline base.
• To add some interest, I punched out the holly leaves and added 3 silver gems.

ENVELOPE:

• The envelope to mail this card is very simple.  I used my Envelope Punch Board to create it.
• I cut my lightweight white cardstock to 8 1/4 x 8 1/4".  (I used the lightweight cs as it is easier to fold and not as stiff as the heavy.)
• I placed it into my Envelope Punch Board and punched the first mark at 3 1/8" and scored along the marked line.  I rotated my cardstock and followed the instructions, continuing around until my envelope was made.  It is so simple to do using this Punch Board.  You can make any size envelope. All the measurements are included on the front of the board.

For mailing purposes, I would mail it in a business size envelope so 

you wouldn't have to pay extra postage.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Paperminutes- WINTER/CHRISTMAS

The Sisterhood of Crafters- CHRISTMAS or WINTER

Supplies

Stamp- Plaid Turnabout (Concord and 9th)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Merry Christmas die (Amazon); Misti; punch (Martha Stewart);

silver gems

Sending Smiles

Welcome

I created today's card by using scraps I had in my stash.

The papers were leftover pieces I had made while Gel Plate printing.  

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

• I looked through my stash of scraps and found some pieces leftover when I cut down larger pieces of gel prints.  I found 2 that I thought would look good together.
• Next, I die cut the Plaid Card Front from some white cardstock.  
• I measured the size of the openings in the plaid, then cut my scraps into strips the right size.
• I wove the strips through the die cut, overlapping them until all the openings were filled.
• I glued that onto a piece of white cardstock and set aside.
• I found another piece of cardstock that I had inked up with some Distress Oxide inks in my stash and die cut the sentiment using that and then cut out the sentiment shadow from some white.
• I glued the woven panel onto a piece of purple cs then onto a heavy white A2 size card base.
• I pop dotted the sentiment over the center of the panel.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

{PIN}spiration- PHOTO

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Basics acrylic paint, DOX ink

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

Accessories and Tools- Plaid Card Front die (Concord and 9th), Speedball Brayer; 

Sending Smiles die (SSS); Gel Plate; foam tape

Plaid for Christmas

 

Welcome

If you read my blog posts, once I start making holiday cards, I can't stop.  

Listening to Christmas carols on the radio, crafting....my happy place.

So meet today's card.

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

• I began by stamping the Plaid in my Misti using some Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink.  Over the top of that, I stamped the Outline Snowflakes to add more interest.  I think it made it so fun.
• In my stash, I found this side fold card base...I do a few at a time to have on hand, (instructions found here) so I cut the plaid panel to fit on the card base as per the instructions and glued it down
• I die cut the snowflake and glued it into the center, then pop dot mounted the sentiment over the snowflake.
• To finish my card off, I added tiny green gems to all the snowflake points.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- LET IT SNOW

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY HOLIDAYS/ MERRY CHRISTMAS

Winter Wonderland- CHRISTMAS ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Outline Snowflake (SSS); Plaid (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Oxide

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

Accessories and Tools- Christmas sentiment strips (SSS); snowflake die (SSS); 

green gems (Dollar Store); Misti

Masculine Birthday

Welcome

My vacation time is coming to an end so I won't have as much time to play. 

So I'm trying to get a few more cards I created posted before I'm back to work.

Here's how I created this fun birthday card.

• I decided to make a side fold card....one of my fav folds.  It's very easy to do and gives a nice change from the usual A2 card.  All instructions how to do this fold are HERE.  
• I'm using this fun turnabout stamp called Paint Swash from Concord and 9th.  I positioned my paper and stamp into my Misti and inked the stamp with the first colour and pressed onto my paper.  **to see a video about how to use these stamps see the Concord and 9th site here** 
• I turned the cardstock in my Misti, positioned it again and stamped the next colour.  I did that 2 more times; 4 stampings in total.  The colours I used were: Carved Pumpkin, Broken China, Barn Door and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide ink.  
• This set also comes with a few additional stamps that you can use randomly over the pattern you just stamped.  I added those with some Versafine Clair ink.
• After all the stamping was done, I splattered the inked cardstock with my white Posca pen.  I cut the panel as measurements linked above for my card front, then glued it all down.
• I die cut the sentiment and glued it over the stamped background.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT

The Male Room- BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Supplies

Stamps- Paint Swash (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Distress Oxides

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Posca pen; die (MFT); 

Nuvo glue; black gem