Love Flower

Welcome

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

Love Flower

This is what I did to create my card.

• I decided to get out my Gel Plate for this one, so I rubbed my Wilted Violet and my Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto my Gel Plate and blended the colours together smooth using a brayer.
• Next, I placed the Love Flower stencil over my plate and then took a piece of white cardstock and rubbed that over my plate to create the print.
• I placed the print into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over the middle and I rubbed some more of the Wilted Violet DOX ink along the edges to add more depth and interest.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Love Flower

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- USE STENCILS

Little Red Wagon- "K" IS FOR KEEP IT SIMPLE

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamp- Love You Big (IO- out of business)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white

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

white Posca pen; black gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

To a Special Person

Good Morning

Today's card is all ready for Fall and features the new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Filigree Leaf

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate and I pressed my Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate. I used my brayer to blend the colours and placed the Filigree Leaf stencil onto the plate.  
• Next, I rubbed over the plate with a scrap piece of paper, then took the stencil off and rubbed over it with my white cardstock to pull up the print.
• When it was dry, I put the stencil back into place over the print and inked with some Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink, filling in the open areas left behind when I took the print from the Gel Plate.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment on some white cardstock.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then red and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• The final step was to add the sentiment using some foam tape over the middle of the leaf.

Here is the stencil I used:

Filigree Leaf

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

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Four Seasons- FALL SEASON 2025

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT

The Male Room- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamp- With All My Art (TE)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

Blending Brushes; White Posca pen

Friendship

Welcome

Today's card features just one of the new stencils for August from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

Here's how I used that stencil to create my card.

• I began by getting out my Gel plate and a piece of white cardstock.
• I pressed my Distress Oxide ink pads right onto the plate using these colours:  Villainous Potion, Prize Ribbon and some Blueprint Sketch. I took my brayer and blended them together.
• Next, I placed the Bauhaus Pinwheels stencil onto the plate and rubbed over it with a scrap of paper to lift some of the ink.  I lifted that off along with the stencil and rubbed over the plate with the white cardstock to create the print.
• I placed the print into my Misti to stamp the image and the sentiment and clear heat embossed them to make them pop.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of pale blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for visiting, very appreciated.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Sparkles- SUMMER DAYS

Sweet Stampin- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Let's Go Fly a Kite (Creative Expressions)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear EB powder

The Journey of Life

Good Morning

This lovely new for July stencil from A Colorful Life Designs is called:

Droplet Grid

This is what I did to create my card.

• I got out my Gel Plate for this one. I pressed my Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto my plate along the middle and then pressed my Ripe Persimmon DOX ink pad along each side of the pink. I brayered the colours together on the plate to blend them together.
• I placed the Droplet Grid stencil onto the plate and rubbed over it with a scrap piece of paper to remove some of the ink and lifted that off.
• Next, I took my piece of white cardstock and rubbed it onto the plate to lift the print.
• When the ink was dry, I place the print into my Misti and stamped the flowers and the sentiment with some black Versafine ink.
• I splattered just over the flowers with my black Posca pen to add some extra interest.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of pink and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Droplet Grid

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- SENDING FLOWERS

Stamping Sensations- SUMMER FLOWERS or ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Gals- Welcome Summer

Supplies

Stamps- Thistle (Art Journey); Just Be Happy (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX; Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

black gems; black Posca pen

Sending You Sunshine

 

Good Morning and Welcome

Today's card was created using 2 of the new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Outline Daisies and Glittering Hearts

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

• I got out my Gel Plate and I pressed my Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink pad directly on one part of the plate.  I took my Ripe Persimmon DOX pad and pressed that on the bottom part of the plate.  Using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
• I placed the Glittering Hearts stencil onto the plate and rubbed a piece of scrap paper over to lift, then took the stencil off and rubbed my white cardstock over the plate to create the print.
• I splattered that with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I rubbed some more of my Picked Raspberry DOX ink onto my Gel Plate and placed the Outline Daisies stencil over that. I rubbed another piece of white cardstock over that to get the daisy print and then I fussy cut it out.
• I glued my card front to a piece of white cardstock, then pink and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and then used some foam tape to pop it over the base.
• I added a black gem to the flower center and popped that up with some more of the foam tape.

Here are the stencils I used:

Glittering Hearts

Outline Daisies

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FLOWERS

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT/CHEERFUL

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES/STENCIL

Cut It Up- SEND ME FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamp- Sentiments (YNS- out of business)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

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

foam tape; white Posca pen, black gem

Live Life, Laugh Often, Love Much

 

Hello

Here is a simple CAS card I made using my Gel Plate and the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Square Swirl

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

• I got my Gel Plate out and pressed my Broken China and my Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks directly onto the plate and blended using my brayer.
• I placed the Square Swirl stencil onto the plate and rubbed over it with a piece of scrap paper.  I lifted those off, gave a little splatter of water and then rubbed my piece of white cardstock over the plate to pick up the print.
• When the print was dry, I placed it into my Misti to stamp the words to the side and the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white card base. (The card base was a bit smaller then an A2 size to work with the size of the front panel)
• Finally to finish off my card, I added 3 navy gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Square Swirl

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Stamping Sensations- FEMININE or ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

CRAFT Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Live, Love (Rubbernecker); Background Vision (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); gems

Irish Blessing

Welcome

I'm playing again with my Gel Plate and the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Dinnerplate Dahlias

So, here's what I did.

• I began by inking up my Gel Plate with some Prize Ribbon and some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink. I take the ink pad, press it directly onto parts of the plate and then I use a brayer to blend the colours together. I love using the inks on my Plate instead of acrylic paint, it's such an easier clean up. 
• Next, I splattered some water over the ink on the plate as I wanted to get the look of raindrops.  I placed the Dinnerplate Dahlias stencil onto the plate, rubbed a piece of scrap paper over the plate to lift some of the ink off, then removed the stencil and rubbed over with my white cardstock to reveal the print.
• When the print was dry, I place the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment using some Wilted Violet DOX ink.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of pale blue and then onto a 4 1/4" square white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dinnerplate Dahlias

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Sweet Stampin- SPRING HAS SPRUNG

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Craft Rocket- FLOWERS

Simply Clean and Simple- FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamp- Irish Blessing (TE)

Inks- DOX 

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Black and White Note

Welcome

I do like the look of a black and white card.  It's simple but effective, so when I found this roll off sheet in my stash that I had done while Gel Plate printing, I wanted to use it.

So I decided to use this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Petit Four Dainty.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I looked through my cast offs and found this one done as a roll off sheet when using some black acrylic paint on my Gel Plate.
• I placed down the Petit Four Dainty stencil and put the roll off sheet on top of the stencil.
• Using a black crayon, I rubbed over the panel to reveal the pattern.  It looks a lot like batik when done.
• I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with some black cardstock 4 times and glued them together, then assembled my card. By stacking the sentiment die together, it gives them more of a presence and stability.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.  
• Finally, I glued the sentiment to the side to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Petit Four Dainty

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:

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES WITH WORDS AS FOCUS

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL/OPTION: SPLATTERS

The Male Room- ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- acrylic paint

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); black Crayola crayon; 

white Posca pen; Gel Plate; Speedball brayer; Just Saying Dies (Concord and 9th)

Tall Flowers

Good Morning

Today's card is a simple one using the new for February

Tall Flowers stencil 

from A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• For this one, I got out my Gel Plate, brayer and some Distress Oxide inks.
• I pressed my Ripe Persimmon DOX ink pad along the top of my plate and some Picked Raspberry along the bottom.  Using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
• Next, I laid the Tall Flowers stencil onto my Gel plate and pressed gently to be sure the stencil had good contact with the plate.  I rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to lift the print.
• After the print was dry, I stamped the sentiment down in the corner.
• I glued the print onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I added some black gems to give extra interest.

Here is the stencil I used:

Tall Flowers

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A Colorful Life Designs has added a huge variety of these fabulous colours to their collection.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Crafts Galore- ANYTHING GOES  

Supplies

Stamps- Chinese Proverb (Printworks)

Inks- DOX, Verafine Clair

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

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems

Wispy Floral

Welcome

I had fun playing with this new Wispy Floral stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Just a little break from making cards for the holidays.

I paired up this new stencil with an earlier release called Atoms.

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate, brayer and some Distress Oxide ink.  
• I pressed my Tumbled Glass DOX inks pad directly onto my Gel Plate and used my brayer to blend it smooth.
• I placed a die cut paper ring onto my plate first, then I placed the Atoms stencil onto my plate and gently pressed it down to make contact.  
• I carefully lifted off the stencil and the paper ring and rubbed some white cardstock over my plate to get the print.  You can see the white ring created by adding the die cut circle ring.
• Next, I looked through my Marvelous Mask Circles to find the size I wanted and placed that within the circle created on my Gel plate.
• I laid the Wispy Floral stencil over the circle and inked that up with some Villainous Potion DOX ink. 
• I removed the stencil but left the circle mask in place and added a bit of ink just along the edges to accentuate the circle shape.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment, then glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I added the sentiment with some foam tape.

Here are the stencils and masks I used:

Wispy Floral

Atoms

Marvelous Masks Circles

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:

AAA Birthday- BIRTHDAY

Happy Little Stampers- STENCIL ANYTHING GOES

Dream Valley Challenge- OCCASIONS OTHER THEN BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Sentiment and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); Infinity Circle Dies (HA); TE Blending Brushes;

Gel Plate; brayer

Comfort and Peace

Hello and Welcome

Today's card were part of a challenge to create one inked or stamped piece of cardstock, then cut in half to create 2 cards.

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

• On my walk, I collected some grasses and leaves that I wanted to use on my cards.
• I got out my Gel Plate and pressed some Bundled Sage, Cracked Pistachio and some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink directly onto my Gel Plate.  I used my brayer to blend the colours together.
• Next, I carefully laid the grasses I had picked up onto the plate, then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the Plate to create the print. 
• I used my black Posca pen and splattered over the images.
• When it was all dry, I cut the piece of white cardstock in half to create 2 A2 sized card.
• I placed the inked panel into my Misti and one at a time, stamped the sentiment onto them.
• I glued each finished panel onto a piece of green cardstock before adding it to the base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION TREES or LEAVES

The Sisterhood of Crafters- MAKE A SCENE

The Paper Funday Challenge- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION OUTDOORS

Supplies

Stamps- Comfort and Peace (Penny Black); Treasure (Verses)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; grasses picked on a walk; 

black Posca pen; black gems

You Are a Classic

Happy Friday and Welcome!

Today's card is a simple one using and old pair of jeans and my Gel Plate.

A good masculine card to have on hand.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock first and got out my Gel Plate.
• I pressed some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink onto my Gel Plate and using a brayer, I smoothed it all out on the plate. 
• Next, I took an old pair of my husband's jeans and pressed them onto the plate to transfer the details of the pants.
• I lifted the pants off and took my white cardstock and rubbed over my plate to take the print.
• When the piece was dry, I stamped the sentiment into the corner.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• To finish the card off, I added 5 silver gems under the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- Happy Birthday

Use Your Stuff- RECYCLED/ UPCYCLED

Time Out- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamp- Feelin Fizzy (Catherine Pooler)

Ink- Distress Oxide

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

Accessories and Tools- old jeans; Gel Plate; brayer; silver Gems

Floral Blessings

Welcome

Another new stencil to show you today called Wildflowers from A Colorful Life Designs It is just beautiful.

I used the stencil and my Gel Plate to create the panel.

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

• I got out my Gel Plate again, it's so easy to add colour to a background using Distress Oxide inks.  I pressed some Picked Raspberry, Mustard seed and some Cracked Pistachio directly onto the plate, blended using my brayer, then pressed a piece of white cardstock onto that to give the background colour.
• The Wildflowers stencil was covered with ink from another print I made on the plate and I didn't want to waste it, so I sprayed it with a bit of water and pressed it onto the inked background to get the monoprint.
• After the ink was dried, I stamped some script along the sides, then placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the sentiment using a great new stamp set called Happy.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and glued the inked panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto a card base.
• Finally, I added 3 black gems right under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Wildflowers

Here is the new stamp set I used:

Happy Clear Stamps

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:

Simon Says Wed.- EASTER/SPRING

Little Red Wagon- SYMPATHY

Cardz 4 Galz- SPRING FLOWERS

Supplies

Stamp- Happy (A Colorful Life Designs); Script (PB)

Inks- Distress Oxides, Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); white Posca pen; Gel Plate; brayer;

Misti