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I can't believe its the beginning of July already.  

That means there is a new release from A Colorful Life Designs.

This card is featuring the Striped Balls stencil.  I decided to pair it up with New Foliage stencil from the May release.  

They worked so well together.

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

• I got out my Stencil Mat and positioned the New Foliage stencil over some white cardstock into the corner.  I laid the Striped Balls over that and inked it all up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  
• To add more interest, I went over some areas with some Rustic Wilderness just to highlight.
• I removed the stencil for the reveal but there were still a lot of open areas, so using just the New Foliage stencil, I went back in and randomly added them in the open areas to better fill the panel.
• I pressed the Rustic Wilderness pad directly onto my non-stick craft mat, diluted it with some water and splattered the panel with a paint brush.  I let that dry completely before moving on to the next steps.
• When it was dry, I die cut a circle right from the center of the panel, then a white circle a bit larger and glued them together.
• I placed the circle into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some black Versamark Clair.
• I glued the finished panel onto a white card base, then popped the circle die cut back into place matching it up.

Here are the stencils I used:

Striped Balls

New Foliage

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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

Use Your Stuff- PLANT/FLOWERS

The Paper Players- GREEN THUMB

Supplies

Stamp- No Distance (IO- not available)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); TE Blending Brushes;

Infinity Circle die (HA)

A New Year!

Welcome to 2015! 

 I am getting back into the groove of making cards again and needed a Happy New Year card.  

I like how this turned out although the camera can't do the silver embossing powder justice.  Very hard to capture the true shine on film.  Good, easy card to mail as well.

I began by stamping the outside edges.  First, I ran the edges of my card front against my Versamark pad and heat embossed it with silver powder.  Next, I stamped the edges with a Grunge stamp from Kaiser around the edges.  

I wanted the card to be a celebration so I randomly stamped the stars from Impression Obsession around the edges but it needed more so I took my pencil eraser and created the dots to look like confetti.  Again, all were stamped with Versamark and embossed with silver powder.
Last, I stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches in the center.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- HAPPY NEW YEAR

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Virginia's View- CLEAN SLATE

Card Mania- MAKE IT SPARKLE

Sisters of Craft- ANYTHING GOES

 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look. 

Supplies:  stamps- Kaiser, Paper Smooches, Impression Obsession/ Versamark/ Silver Eb powder/ heat gun