Layered Whirligig

Meet today's card.

This new for March stencil from A Colorful Life Designs is called 

Layered Whirligig

This is a 2 part stencil set.

It's so fun and easy to make a quick card using it.

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

• I placed Stencil #1 from the Layered Whirligig stencil set onto a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Picked Raspberry and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and positioned Stencil #2 from the set into place.  I inked up the next sections using some Ripe Persimmon and some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment from some yellow and orange cardstock and glued the two together, offsetting them a bit.
• I glued the stenciled card front to a piece of yellow cardstock, then orange, then red and finally to a white A2 sized card base. 
• I glued the sentiment to the middle of the card front and added some red gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Whirligig

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- EASY PEASY

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES

optional- Easter/Spring

Crafty Gals Corner- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

gems (Dollarama); die (Frantic Stamper)

Bloom

Hello and Welcome

I wanted to play with this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Summer Flowers.

It is such a pretty stencil.

I decided to use just the flowers for my card.

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

• I wanted to think of a way to add interest to my card, yet keep it pretty clean and simple.  I decided to add some scoring to help with that.  First I scored a diagonal line across the panel from the top left to bottom right using my ScorPal and then scored another line using my ScorBug.  The Scorbug is used on the ScorPal but added perforated dots instead of a solid scoring line.
• Next, I scored vertical lines along the left hand side of my card...they are hard to see from the picture.
• I masked off the right hand side along the scored area, then masked the stencil off around the largest flower because as I mentioned above, I wanted to just use the flowers from the stencil.
• I inked up the center of the flower with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink and the inked the rest of the flower with some Carved Pumpkin DOX ink.
• I masked around the smaller flowers and inked them up with the same colours of inks, moving the stencil around positioning the flowers in different areas.
• I splattered the flowers with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I inked up a scrap of white cardstock with the same colours to cut out my sentiment.  I cut the sentiment 3 more times on white scraps and glued them all together.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• Finally, I glued the sentiment to the left side after splattering it with white to match the flowers.

Here is the stencil I used:

Summer Flowers

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate with not extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- FEMININE

Try it Tuesday- STENCIL

Get Creative- USE FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Summer Flowers Stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes;

Post it low tac tape; ScorPal; ScorBug; die (Frantic Stampers); Posca pen

Embrace Your Life

 

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

It started as a white cardstock circle I cut out for something? and found in my stash.

From there, an idea and a card was born.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I found this white die cut circle in my stash and then when I searched a bit, I found the negative I had cut it from.
• So, my original plan was to use this wonderful Paint Strokes stencil from ACLD, to stencil the circle for my card.  I laid the circle into the cut away square just to hold it there, but it became part of the card design as I loved the look.
• I randomly placed the Paint Strokes stencil around the outside of the circle and inked it up with a rainbow of colours using a blending brush and my Distress Oxide inks.  The colours I used were: Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Prize Ribbon, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment 3 times from some black cardstock and glued them together.
• I cut a white card base 4 1/4" square and used some foam tape to pop the negative die cut square onto the base.  I matched up the circle to the inside and glued it down right onto the base.
• I glued the die cut sentiment over the cut away circle area.

Here is the stencil I used:

Paint Strokes

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:

Little Red Wagon- CAS

Allsorts- SPRING IS IN THE AIR (rainbows)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX listed above

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

Accessories and Tools- Paint Stroke stencil (ACLD); Infinity Circle die (HA);

TE Blending Brushes; Live, Love, Laugh die (Frantic Stamper)

Life Lessons

 Hello and Welcome

I'm grateful to have a long weekend with time to play.

I have been taking a Gel Plate Printing class from Vicki Boutin. 

Although I have used the Gel Plate for many years now, it's good to refresh my memory and better yet, learn some new tricks and ideas for using it.  It's been a great class so far, 8 lessons in all and great time spent with her wonderful community.  

BTW, all her lessons are recorded so you can sign up for the classes at anytime.  She is doing them live on Monday and Thursday nights for a few more weeks.

No, I am not affiliated with saying this...just thought you may want to try them out.

This was one of the prints I did last week when we were experimenting with our Gel Plate, water and a stencil.  I love this fun stencil called Round Fragments from A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I cut a white piece of cardstock to use as my front panel.  I got out my Gel Plate and brayer and some Basics Acrylic paint.  
• I squeezed a small amount of paint onto the plate, then brayered it all over, covering the whole surface of the plate.
• Next, to add some texture and interest, I added some water to help break up the paint.  It gives such a fun and interesting texture to the background.
• I placed the Round Fragments stencil over the plate and pressed it down carefully, trying not to get my finger marks onto the plate.  (At this point, I rubbed a piece of cardstock over the plate to lift off the paint....this is not the print I used for this card but will be kept for future use.) 
• I removed the stencil, then rubbed a piece of cardstock over the plate to create this pattern.

These are just some of the positive and negative prints I pulled in the class.

You can see the one I'm using in the top left hand corner.

• Next, I got out some scraps of white cardstock to cut the sentiment from Frantic Stampers.  I cut it out 3 times and glued them together.  The sentiment really looked flat against the stenciled print, so I decided to jazz it up a bit.  
• TIP: <<< I covered another scrap piece of white cardstock with some clear packing tape.  I die cut the sentiment again from that.....it gave a nice shine and added stability to the die cut sentiment.  I glued that onto the stack of 3 I had done before >>>
• I glued the stenciled panel onto another piece of white cardstock, then pop it up onto a heavy white card base with some foam tape.
• I glued the sentiment and the hearts over the painted panel.

Here is the stencil I used for my card:

Round Fragments

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Challenge Up Your Life- CIRCLES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

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

Accessories and Tools- Geli Arts Plate; Speedball brayer; Basics Acrylic Paint; stencil- ACLD;

die- Frantic Stampers; clear packing tape; Spellbinder Platinum die cutting machine

Livin' Life

Welcome

Meet today's card.

Super simple one using Vicki Boutin's Art Crayons, inspired again by one of her Friday Night Lives.

Before I add the details of my card, I want to send out a

BIG THANKS

to all of you that have decided to follow me.  I am so grateful!!

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

• I cut my card front from a piece of heavy white cardstock.  Using the Vicki Boutin Warm set of Art Crayons and a piece of acetate, I began adding my circles.  I rubbed the pink Art Crayon first directly onto the acetate in a circular shape, used a wet paint brush to dilute it and then pressed it onto my cardstock.
• I repeated that process over a few times with the pink at the top and bottom, then used some orange and then yellow to create the circles. 
• I dried the panel, then rubbed some of the pink Art Crayon onto my non-stick craft mat, diluted it with water and used that for stamping the script in the background of the circles.
• I used the leftover ink to add some splatters then added more black ones with my Posca pen.
• While that all dried, I die-cut the sentiment from Frantic Stamper 3 times...2 from white cardstock and one black one for the top.  I glued those all together and set aside.
• Looking at my panel, I realized it needed something more, so I doodled in the lines to define the circle shape.
• I glued the inky panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto a white card base.
• Finally, I glued the sentiment over the circles and added the little heart.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- HELLO SUNSHINE

CAS on Friday- SUNSHINE

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Script (Penny Black)

Inks- Vicki Boutin Art Crayons

Paper- heavy white- Scribes Nook Waterloo

Accessories and Tools- paintbrush, acetate sheet, die- Frantic Stamper, Spellbinder Platinum, 

black Posca pen, Nuvo glue, Signa fine line marker