Feel the Sun on Your Face

Hello and Welcome

I decided to make a card by combining 2 new for JUNE stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

VIBRANT SUNSET and LAPPING WAVES

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Vibrant Sunset stencil over it.  I masked off between the waves and the sun and I inked up the sun with some Fossilized Amber and some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I moved the masks to cover over the sunshine. I inked up the waves with some Tumbled Glass DOX ink, shifted the stencil and inked again with some Broken China DOX ink.
• Leaving the stencil ink place, I put the Lapping Waves stencil over it and inked with some Salty Ocean DOX ink. By adding the additional inking, the waves had so much more movement and interest.
• I placed my card front panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, centering it under the sun.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto some blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

VIBRANT SUNSET

LAPPING WAVES

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:

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

The Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Supplies

Stamps- Face to the Sun (TT- Out of business)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White; blue

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; low tack tape

Summer Breeze

Welcome

Meet 2 of the new for JUNE stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Lapping Waves and Two Sea Panels

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

• I started by creating the sailboat panel first. I inked up my Gel Plate with some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink, placed one the images from the  Two Sea Panels Stencil onto the plate and rubbed my cardstock over that to transfer the image.
• I trimmed it down, glued it onto a piece of white cardstock and set that aside.
• For the background, I inked up my Gel Plate again with some Mermaid Lagoon and some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink, then placed the Lapping Waves stencil onto my plate and rubbed to transfer the pattern.  I lifted the stencil and rubbed my paper over it again, creating this fun background.
• I glue the waves background onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the boat panel up over to the side.  
• I die cut the sentiment and glued it onto the other side to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Lapping Waves

Two Sea Panels

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

The Four Seasons Challenge- ANYTHING SUMMER GOES

Inkspirational- FOR THE GUYS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White, blue

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Friend die (TE);

TE Blending Brushes; Gel Plate

Cruisin' the High Seas

Welcome

Meet my cute little card for today that I made using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Fish Scales

I paired it up with one of my all time favourite stencils called

Cloud Edger

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

• I decided to use the stencil as waves, so I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, then put the Fish Scales stencil over that and secured it well. 
• Starting at the top, I inked with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink. I move down and inked with some Salty Ocean DOX ink in the middle and then finished off with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink along the bottom.
• When the ink was dry, I cut along the scalloped edge and set aside.
• I took another piece of white cardstock, placed the Cloud Edger stencil down and inked it up with the same colours mentioned above. The Cloud stencil is so easy to use. You ink it up, move it and ink again until you get the look you want.
• I used some foam tape to add the scallop piece I had cut under the clouds.
• I stamped the boat and the sentiment, clear heat embossed them and added those to my scene using some foam tape.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fish Scales

Cloud Edger

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:

Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS IT

Time Out- TRAVEL

Moving Along with the Times- MASCULINE

Just Us Girls- WATER

Supplies

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

Inks- DOX; Versafine 

Paper- Solar White

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

foam tape; TE Blending Brushes; Clear EB powder

Feel the Summer

Good Morning

I love trying to combine stencils to create unique looking backgrounds.  

This card has an ocean/beach look to it as I combined 2 new stencils for July from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Sea Net and Eddies

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Sea Net stencil over it and I inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Eddies stencil right over it and inked again with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink creating an interesting, layered background.
• Next, I diluted some Prize Ribbon ink with water and used a paint brush to splatter the whole panel...like the sea spray. 
• When the panel was all dry, I placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and clear heat embossed it to help it pop over the busy background.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then a shade of blue cardstock and then finally, onto an A2 sized card base.
• I finished the card off by adding some black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Sea Net

Eddies

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;

Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS IT

The Crafter's Cafe- ANYTHING GOES/OPTION: Masculine

Creative Crafting Uncles- SUMMER

Supplies

Stamp- Bring on the Sun (Technique Tues.)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

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

paint brush; EB powder

You Brighten My World

Welcome

Today, I'm sending this all out to you.  I so appreciate your visits and kind comments!

I often feel badly that I don't have more time to come and visit all of you but with 5 little daycare kiddos and working 10 hr days, my time is so limited.

Anyways, I want you to meet the new for July stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called;

Off Road

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, put the Off Road stencil over that and inked it up with some Peacock Feather and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I splattered the stenciling with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I put another piece of white cardstock down and placed an older stencil called Corner Rays over one side of my cardstock and then inked it up with some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil over onto the other side, matching up the pattern and inked again with the same colours.
• I placed that into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, then I glued that onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• The first stenciled piece was now dry, so I cut it along one of the curved edges and used some foam tape to pop it over the sunrise.

Here are the stencils I used:

Off Road

Corner Rays

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 again for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- NBUS

Fab 'n' Funky- SEASIDE

Just Us Girls- SUMMERTIME

Supplies

Stamp- Bright Idea (TT- out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); white Posca Pen

Swimming By to Say Hi

Hello

Time for some beachy fun.

Today, I am using the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Frothy Waves

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Frothy Waves stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.  To help add some variation in the colour of the waves, I inked randomly with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.
• Next, I used the Waffle Flower Die-Postage Collage and die cut the stenciled panel out.
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then used some foam tape to add it to an A2 sized card base.
• I stamped the little sea creatures in my Misti and coloured them with my Copic markers.
• I cut them out and popped them over the wavy background with some more foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Frothy Waves

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:

Cut it Up- FEELING BLUE

Daring Cardmakers- AT THE BEACH

Time Out- PHOTO INSPIRATION

Supplies

Stamps- Sea Creatures (Hampton Arts)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX; Copic Markers

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

foam tape; Postage Collage die (Waffle Flower)

Mr. Bubble

Good Morning.

Just a fun card celebrating summer's arrival.

I used a new for June stencil called Mr. Bubble and a new stamp set called Chasing the Sun from A Colorful Life Designs.

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 Mr. Bubble stencil over that. I inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I inked the largest bubble with some Uncharted Mariner DOX to bring the highlight to where I wanted to put the little fish.  Without inking my blending brush again, I added some ink in other areas too for some shadowing.
• Again, leaving the stencil in place, I stamped over it with a splatter stamp using more of the Uncharted Mariner ink. It really added to the look of the bubbles.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the fish, die cut it out and coloured it with my Copic markers.  I covered the goggles the fish is wearing with some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to make them look glassy.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from the new Chasing the Sun set in the darker area of my card panel.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto an A2 card panel then used some foam tape to pop up the fish over the sentiment.

Here is the stencil and stamp set I used:

Mr. Bubble

Chasing the Sun

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 for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Make My Monday- ON THE WATER

Simon Says Wed.- VACATION

The Crafter's Cafe- HUMOROUS

Supplies

Stamps- Chasing the Sun (ACLD); Mini Snorkel Fun Fishy (Your Next Stamp)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); fish die; white Posca pen; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

Seashore

Hello and Welcome

Some simple stamping today.  

I decided to just leave my card in black and white.

I think going to the beach is on a lot of minds especially when the weather is sunny and warm.

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock and placed the Fishing Boats stamp into my Misti and stamped with some black. 
• I cut out the stamped image and glued it onto a piece of black cardstock, then set it aside.
• Next, I die cut a frame from some white cardstock using a die from Penny Black.
• I glued the white frame to an A2 card then popped the image inside the frame.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon- STITCHING SENSATIONS

Addicted to CAS- NAUTICAL

Supplies

Stamp- Fishing Boats (ISC- discontinued, company gone)

Inks- Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Zig Zag Stitch die (Penny Black);

foam tape

Shoreline

 

Welcome

Meet today's card.

I've been playing along with some of the challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers.

So much inspirations there and the theme for this challenge was Let it Run.

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

• I began by pulling out a scrap of mixed media paper to work on.  I figured it would be a good paper to work with as the inks would run a bit better then using my regular white cardstock.
• I placed a few small drops of some Salty Ocean Distress re-inker on my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water to dilute it and then using an old gift card, I dabbed some ink just along the center of my cardstock.  I sprayed with a bit of water to help the ink run.
• I dried the blue, turned my panel around and then repeated that process using some Wilted Violet Distress re-inker in the same way.
• While that dried, I took a piece of white cardstock and embossed it using a folder from Darice.
• I placed the dried panel into my Misti to stamp the birds.
• I glued the embossed white cardstock onto a heavy white card base.
• I glued the inked panel onto some black cardstock and used some foam tape to mount it over the embossing.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- NAUTICAL

Simon Says Mon.- LET'S GO ON VACATION

International Art and Soul- MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- Wetlands (SU)

Inks- Distress re-inkers

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- old gift card, Mister (TH); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

EB folder (Darice)

Close at Heart

Welcome

Meet today's card.

A simple one featuring this beautiful Nautilus stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

It made such a great background to feature this lovely sentiment.

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock and laid the Nautilus stencil over that.  
• Starting from the center, I inked it up using some Broken China Distress Oxide ink, then some Peacock Feathers and finally some Blueprint Sketch around the outside edges.
• I splattered with lots of water to lift some of the ink and add interest, then set aside to dry.
• After it dried, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from Impression Obsession with some black Versafine Clair ink.  It just worked perfectly over the stenciled bkg.
• Next, I cut my card front panel with a stitched die and cut a window opening to create a frame.
• I pop dotted the white frame over finished panel and glued that onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I added 3 navy gems right under the sentiment to add more interest.

Here is the stencil I used:

Nautilus

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.- ANYTHING GOES

Double D- Beach Time

The Funkie Junkie Boutique- STENCIL MANIA

Supplies

Stamps- Side by Side (IO)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Nautilus stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes;

navy gems (Dollar Store); Stitched Frame (Memory Box)