Take the Journey

Hello and Welcome

Many of the new releases from A Colorful Life Designs this month are graphic designs.

I find these work so well when trying to create masculine looking cards, something many struggle with.

The stencil I am using today is called 

Curtain Call.

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

• As always, I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  I centered the Curtain Call stencil over my cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and then shifted it so it went in the other direction.  I then inked it up with some Broken China DOX ink.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment and arrow and die cut them out.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment and the arrow up in the center of the card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Curtain Call

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

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/option Butterflies

Use Your Stuff- VINTAGE (billboard sign)

Handicraft Dream- VACATION

Supplies 

Stamps- Roadside Messages (Hero Arts)

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

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

TE Blending Brushes

Always Better with You

Good Morning

Hope all is well in your part of the world.

Today's card features such a fun stencil called Square Frames.  It is another one of the great newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs for February.

This one is so fun as the squares overlap each other.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Square Frames stencil over that.
• I began at the center of the stencil and inked it up with some Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved outwards with the inking adding some Carved Pumpkin next and then some Picked Raspberry around the edges.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped over it with the background lines using more of the Picked Raspberry DOX ink. (This stamp only has a number on it and no name.  I can't find it on the Hero Arts site so it may be discontinued?)
• Next, I splattered with my white Posca pen and dotted the circles to add interest.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and then die cut it out.
• I glued the dried panel onto an A2 sized card base and pop dotted the sentiment in the center.

Here is the stencil I used:

Square Frames

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Thanks for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SOMEBODY TO LOVE

Simon Says Wed.- FUN WITH DIES

Shopping Our Stash- LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Supplies

Stamps- Roadside Messages (HA); bkg (HA)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti; white Posca pen; 

Make Art Station (Ranger)

Birthday Greetings

 

Welcome

Today, I am playing with this fun Spinning Lines stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

I decided to add some paper piercing to give it more interest, something I haven't done in a long time.

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

• I laid a piece of cardstock onto my Mark Art Station and placed the Spinning Lines stencil over that, positioning it just to one side of my card front panel.
• I inked it up with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, wiped it off and repositioned it, shifting it to the white areas left behind after the first inking.  When I had the stencil in place, I inked it up with some Carved Pumpkin DOX ink.
• I splattered with some water to lift some in and then used my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment with some white cardstock, then a piece of matching pink and glued them together, offsetting a bit.
• Using a small circle die, I cut out the center of the stencil, then I pierced around the outer edge of the circle to give it more interest.
• I added a piece of white cardstock behind the panel and pierced the inside of the small circle as well.
• I popped the finished panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• I glued the greeting on and added some orange gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spinning Lines

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Happy Birthday die (Amazon);

gems (Dollar Store); piercing tool; Make Art Station (Ranger);

Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Cruisin' Down the Road

Welcome

Meet today's card.

Just a fun one playing around with this Stretched Xs stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

It reminded me of roads, so I went with that idea.

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock and put it onto my stencil mat with the Stretched Xs stencil over that.
• I simply inked it up with Distress Oxide inks that I thought looked good together.  They were:  Prize Ribbon, Peacock Feather and some Wilted Violet.
• I removed the stencil and let the ink dry.
• I stamped the little retro car and fussy cut it out.  I did the same with the word bubble.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto some purple cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I pop dotted the little car and the word bubble over the stenciling.

Here is the stencil I used:

 

Stretched Xs

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT

Stamping Sensations- MASCULINE

Dare 2B Artsy= MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- Cruisin' to Adventure (CTMH); Word Bubbles (HA)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo)

Accessories and Tools- Stretched Xs (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; 

Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); foam tape