Bring on the New Year

Good Morning

Here is another card I made for the New Year using one of the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Interconnected Circles

I layered it up with an older stencil to create this fun background.

So this is what I did to create my card.

• I began by placing an older stencil called Stitched Harlequin over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the Interconnected Circles stencil sideways over the first inking and inked with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.
• I removed that stencil and stamped over the circles with the little starburst.
• Next, I die cut a star right from my stenciled card front and then I die cut a larger one from some navy cardstock and glued those together after I stamped the sentiment over the smaller star.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I used some foam tape to pop the star back into place, matching up the pattern.

Here are the stencils I used:

Interconnected Circles

Stitched Harlequin

Happy 2026 and thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look!

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

KarenFan10

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING NEW

We Love Stamping- ANYTHING GOES or ANYTHING NEW

Stamping Sensations- I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE SOMETHING BEGINS WITH 'B' (Blue)

Supplies

Stamps- Merry Circle Tags (Avery Elle); Amazing (SSS)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

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

Star die (SBC); foam tape

Happy New Year

 

Welcome

I know it's early but I wanted a chance to play with this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Pop the Cork

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

• I placed the Pop the Cork stencil onto a piece of white cardstock and beginning with the bottle part of the stencil, I inked it up with some Black Soot and some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink.  
• Next, to give the bottle a more mottled looking texture, I touched it with a wet cloth that lifted off some of the ink.  
• I moved onto the rest of the stencil, inking areas one at a time and overlapping them to blend the colours together. I used some Shaded Lilac, Cracked Pistachio and some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks.
• I splattered the panel using my black Posca pen.
• When my card front was all dry, I placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment into the corner.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of pale blue cardstock, then onto some black and then finally onto an A2 sized white card base.
• Finally, I added bling all over the front to add a more festive look to my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Pop the Cork

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Try it on Tues.- SPARKLE ALL THE WAY

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- STENCIL FUN/Optional: Make It Sparkle or Shine

Moving Along with the Times- SPARKLE

Supplies

Stamp- Health, Wealth and Happiness (Lesia Zgharda)

Ink- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil and bling (A Colorful Life Designs); black Posca pen;

small inking brushes (Amazon); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Swirling Snow

Good Morning

We are having a mid-month new release so meet the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Pop the Cork

When you see the stencil pictured below, you will see that I used it in a totally different way then intended.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and then placed just part of the Pop the Cork stencil over half of my paper and inked it up with some Broken China and a bit of Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and repositioned it over the other half of my card front and inked again with the same colours.
• I diluted some of the ink with water and splattered over the whole card base. After that dried, I splattered again with my white Posca pen.
• While that dried completely, I took another piece of white cardstock, inked it up with some more of the blue inks and then die cut the snowflakes from it.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of dark blue cardstock, then onto a pale blue piece and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the snowflakes across the top. The sentiment was also added with some foam tape under the snowflakes.
• Finally, I added some silver gems to the middle of the snowflakes.

Here is the stencil I used:

Pop the Cork

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- WINTERTIME

Unicorn Challenge- CHRISTMAS and/or WINTER

Craft Rocket- CHRISTMAS and/or WINTER

Crafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

white Posca pen; Drifting Snowflakes die (Memory Box); foam tape; 

Pre- printed sentiment (SSS); silver gems 

Happy New Year!

 Good Morning.

As the New Year approaches so quickly, I decided to make a card that could be used for Christmas or for the New Year.  Just a fun collage style card using stamps from Kaisercraft and PTI.

I began by stamping the collage using Versamark ink and used some shiny silver embossing powder to help depict the look of fireworks, sparkle and shine.  It doesn't show as well in the photo but is really lovely IRL.  The stamps are a combination of stamps from a grunge set by PTI and a collage style stamp from Kaisercraft.

To continue with that theme, I die-cut a star from shiny red paper and backed the piece with more of the same shiny red then finally added a gem to the center of the star.

The sentiment is from Penny Black.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS on Sunday- NEW YEAR

The Male Room- CHRISTMAS, DECEMBER WISHES

Addicted to Stamps and More- HOLIDAY

AAA CARDS- CAS GAME #79, CHRISTMAS

Have a great week!

Supplies:  stamps- Kaisercraft, PTI, Penny Black/ silver eb powder/ heat tool/ die- Paper Smooches/ gem

Happy New Year!!

Wishing you much health, happiness and peace this New Year!