Sweet Kitty

Good Morning

Here is another great 'pet' stencil for July from A Colorful Life Designs called:

CAT CURLICUE

I thought this would make a good pet sympathy card.

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

• I began by placing the CAT CURLICUE stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off and placed the Patterned Noise stencil from last month, over the top and inked just around the cat with some Shaded Lilac, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Peacock Feathers DOX ink. By stenciling around the image, it helped to ground it and added colour and more interest.
• I placed my stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over to the side.
• Using the end of a pencil eraser, I stamped in the 2 eyes of the cat and stenciled in a few extra cat paws along the right hand side.
• I glued it onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto a white square 4 1/4" card base.
• I finished my card off by adding 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

CAT CURLICUE

PATTERNED NOISE

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Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- 4 LEGGED FRIENDS

Allsorts- STENCIL

We Love Stamping- SUMMERTIME/or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Gentle Hugs (IO closed)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White; navy

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Pencil eraser

Hugs to You

Hello and Welcome

With Valentines Day just a week away, I decided to use this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs to make a heart themed card.  

So meet the new stencil called:

Buzzing Path

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

• I began by looking through some of my Gel Plate prints and found this background I had done using some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink. I pressed the ink pad directly onto the plate, smoothed it out using a brayer and then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the plate to create the colourful background.
• I placed the Buzzing Path stencil over the print and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• Next, I die cut the heart right from the middle of the inked up panel.  I cut the heart out 3 more times and glued them all together, stacking them as I wanted a raised heart.
• I also die cut the sentiment from the heart before gluing it all together so the pattern was consistent and matched.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto some red and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the heart back into place, matching up the pattern and then I added some silver gems around the edge of the heart to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Buzzing Path

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

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Have a great weekend and thanks for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- PICTURING LOVE

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A HEART

Simon Says Monday- ADD  SOME TEXTURE (sequins)

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Gel Plate; Brayer; heart die (Concord and 9th); Hugs die (Amazon); silver gems

Simple I Love You

Good Morning and Welcome

Hooray...it's a new month and that means new stencil releases from A Colorful Life Designs.

So meet the newly released

Fancy Four Leaf Clover

It's getting close to Valentine's Day so I decided to make a card with that theme.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Fancy Four Leaf Clover stencil over that and inked with 3 Distress Oxide colours: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Uncharted Mariner.
• To help make the flowers pop a bit more, I inked just the flower centers with some Wilted Violet DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and die cut a stitched square right from the middle of the stenciled panel and glued that onto a navy blue square piece of cardstock.
• I glued my card front panel onto another piece of navy blue cardstock and then glued that onto a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the smaller die cut piece back into place, matching the pattern.
• I stamped the sentiment with some more Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and then used more of the foam tape to add it over the middle of my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fancy Four Leaf Clover

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.- ANYTHING GOES

Shopping Our Stash- LOVE ME DO

Cut It Up- MY HEART

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white

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

Stitched Square dies (Amazon); foam tape

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)

Sympathy Card

Good Morning

This newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs worked great for creating some sympathy cards.  

So today meet the new stencil called

Leafy Heart Frame

Here is what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Leafy Heart Frame stencil onto the paper along the bottom edge.  I inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Rustic Wilderness, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and Fossilized Amber. 
• I lifted the stencil off and flipped it to stencil the top of the panel using the same colours as mentioned above.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then red and then green and finally, onto an A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Leafy Heart Frame

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- FALL

Alphabet Challenge- K is for KEEP IT SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

black gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

No Words

Welcome

It's not easy to create sympathy cards, but I need to add some to my stash.

So today I am playing with the new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Leafy Heart Frame

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Leafy Heart Frame stencil over a piece of white cardstock and picked out some Distress Oxide inks in Fall colours.  
• Next, I randomly inked with Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness until all the leaves were inked. 
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment across the middle of the heart.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of red cardstock, the onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Leafy Heart Frame

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:

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- NATURE

Make My Monday- FUN WITH STENCILS

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES/option- LEAVES AND CIRCLES

Supplies

Stamps- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems

Fancy Heart

Welcome

I had fun creating today's card using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Fancy Heart

It's a great one for creating cards for Valentine's Day or even for an anniversary or to send to a friend.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Fancy Heart stencil over that.
• Beginning at the center of the heart, I inked with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I used some Ripe Persimmon and then some Picked Raspberry DOX ink, blending the colours together as I went along.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I decided not to add a sentiment as I could use this card for a lot of different occasions so I left it plain.
• When the panel was dry, I glued it onto a piece of white, then pink cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fancy Heart

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My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- SOMETHING NEW

Cardz 4 Galz- USE STENCILS

Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

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

white Posca pen

Have a Colorful Day

Good Morning

I want to introduce you to just one of the new stencils for January from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Heart With Options

This is a great stencil that includes 4 different designed hearts and a mask included as well.  

The hearts on this stencil are spaced apart which makes inking with different colours so easy.

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

• I placed the Heart With Options stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked the first plain heart into the bottom right hand corner with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• Beside that pink heart, I inked up the next one with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• I repeated the inking process using all the different heart designs along the top of my card panel with more of the Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon and some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• I splattered over the hearts with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the sentiment with some more of the Peacock Feathers DOX ink, clear heat embossed it, then die cut it out.
• I glued the dried panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• I popped up the sentiment with some foam tape and added 3 pearls around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Heart With Options

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- NEW BEGINNINGS

Simon Says Wed.- SOMETHING NEW

Just Us Girls- USE DIES

My Time to Craft- NEW

Supplies

Stamps- With All My Art (TE)

Inks- DOX

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

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

white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white pearls; foam tape; clear eb powder

The Grinch

Good Morning

One more Grinch card for to share with you this month as we celebrate the new releases.  

This fun one from A Colorful Life Designs is called:

3 Sizes Too Small

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

• I began by inking up the sentiment from the 3 Sizes Too Small first using some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink on a piece of white cardstock and then used the Zig Zag die to cut it out.  I did some light inking along the edges to help the details show up better.
• Next, I inked up the Grinch's hands with more DOX ink and fussy cut them out.  I also splattered with my black Posca pen.
• I glued a piece of green polka dots paper onto a piece of red cardstock, the onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I traced the hearts from the stencil onto a piece of green and red cardstock, fussy cut them out and glued them together. I added them between the hands.
• I used some foam tape to pop hands along the top part of the card base.
• I used some more foam tape to add the sentiment under the hands.
• Lastly, I added some bright red gems to the middle of the heart and around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

3 Sizes Too Small

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CHRISTMAS

Just Us Girls- STENCILING

Just Add Ink- STENCILING

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Zig Zag Stackers die (Penny Black); red gems; black Posca pen;

foam tape

Happy Heart Flowers

Good Morning

Today's card was such a fun one to make. I think it turned out looking so happy.

I used 3 stencils from A Colorful Life Designs to make my card.

The new stencils for March are called 

Heart Flowers and Curvy Path 

I layered those two together and then I added details with an older stencil called Simple Mosaic.

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

• I placed the Heart Flowers stencil over a piece of white cardstock, then inked it up with some Peacock Feathers in the centers and some Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink along the petals of the flowers.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I layered the Curvy Path over the top of it and inked with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  It gave the flowers a fun looking pattern.
• I removed those stencils and then using the Simple Mosaic, I added some stenciling to the flower centers and around them using some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• Next, I rubbed some Villainous Potion DOX ink onto a scrap of white cardstock and then used that to die cut the sentiment.  
• I die cut the sentiment shadow from the stenciled card front, then glued the sentiment onto it.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of mauve cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment back over the center of my card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Heart Flowers

Curvy Path

Simple Mosaic

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:

Simon Says Monday- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT

Craft Rocket- FOR THE GIRLS

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES- LARGE SENTIMENT AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Die (Simon Says); Make Art Station (Ranger)

Love is in the Air

Morning

Meet the new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Fan Blades and Rocky Path

I decided to use them to make a non-traditional Valentine card.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and laid the Fan Blades stencil over it on my Make Art Station.  I inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Rocky Path stencil right over it and inked with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  It added a fun pattern to the fan blades.
• While that dried, I inked a scrap of white cardstock with some more Peacock Feathers DOX ink and then I die cut the heart with the dots and used a paper punch to get the smaller one.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4 inch square card base.
• I glued the hearts over the center of the fan, then stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and used some foam tape to pop that over the hearts.

Here are the stencils I used:

Fan Blades

Rocky Path

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:

Simon Says Monday- HAVE A HEART

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Die Cut Divas- NON-TRADITIONAL VALENTINE

Supplies

Stamps- Lighter then Air (Alleyway Stamps)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Make Art Station (Ranger);

TE Blending Brushes; Screen Elements Heart die (SSS); Heart Punch

Heart Path

Good Morning

Today's card features the new for January stencil called 

Heart Path

from A Colorful Life Designs.

Perfect for creating some cards for Valentine's Day.

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

• I began by cutting 2 pieces of white cardstock as I wanted to do an Cover Plate Eclipse.  Go here to see how to do that technique.
• I placed one of the pieces of cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Heart Path stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off and then I placed the second piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station with the stencil over it and inked again with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• Next, I took the piece I had inked with the red and die cut it using a Polka Dots die.
• I glued the die cut panel over the first stenciled panel, matching up the pattern.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I die cut the sentiment from some pink cardstock and glued it onto the white shadow word die.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the center of my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Heart Path

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- SENTIMENTAL YOU

Simon Says Wed.- LET'S HAVE SOME FUN

Ellibelle's Corner- HEARTS and or ROSES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; Polka Dot die (WR Memory Makers); 

Warm Hugs die (Heffy Doodle)