Happy Holidays

Good Morning

When I saw this new stencil for August from A Colorful Life Designs, I thought Christmas.  

And since it's never too soon to start on our holiday cards meet the new 

Changing Triangles 

This stencil has so many possibilities.

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

• I began by putting a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Changing Triangles stencil over my paper.  
• I inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry. 
• Next, I inked up another panel exactly the same way as I wanted to cut up the triangles for my design.
• While that dried, I stamped and die cut the sentiment using some more of the Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I cut the stenciled panels up to create the design.  I wanted a large tree in the middle to represent Christmas tree.
• I glued the cut pieces onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of dark green and then finally onto an A2 sized card base.
• I use some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the bottom and then found this silver snowflake in my stash to add to the top of the tree.

Here is the stencil I used:

Changing Triangles

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Us Girls- STENCIL

Cut it Up- ANYTHING GOES

My Time to Craft- TREES

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)

Inks- DOX

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

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

small inking brushes (Amazon); white Posca pen; foam tape; snowflake die (SSS)

Take Time

 

Welcome

As sad as I am to be seeing the summer coming to an end, there is something so magical about the Fall with the leaves all turning colours and the crisp, fresh air.

Today's card features a new die I just picked up called Falling Leaves.

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

• I began by die cutting the leaves on some black cardstock, creating the frames around the leaves.
• I looked through my stash of inked background and couldn't find one I wanted to use, so I decided to use some 'bleeding' tissue paper to give the colour to the leaves.
• I took a piece of white cardstock and laid some squares of the tissue in colours that you would find in the Fall.  I sprayed with a generous amount of water and let dry completely.  

This is what it looked like after I sprayed it with the water.

So the ink from the tissue transfers onto the cardstock to colour it.

• When the piece was totally dry, I removed all the little bits of tissue paper and die cut the leaves again with the above used die.
• I glued the black outline part of the die onto a piece of white cardstock, then fitted the coloured tissue paper bits into place.
• Next, I splattered with my black Posca pen and then glued it onto a 4 1/4" square card.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and then cut it out and glued it onto a piece of black cs.
• I popped the sentiment into the corner.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Paperminutes- DIE CUTS

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Moving Along with the Times- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Take Time- Impression Obsession (retired)

Inks- Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Falling Leaves Coverplate (Photoplay); black Posca pen;

Bleeding Tissue Paper (Amazon); Misti

Little Fox Birthday

 

Welcome

Meet today's card.

I made it awhile ago for a little person having a birthday.

Stencil over stencil...fun technique to try.

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock.  Using the Drizzled Lines stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, I rubbed on some Picked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  I rotated the stencil and inked again to create a crisscross pattern.  
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Falling Sticks stencil also from ACLD, right over the top and rubbed on some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.  I love the pattern I was able to make for the background.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the greeting.
• Using a circle die, I die cut the center of the panel as I wanted to make that my focal point.
• I placed that circle into my Misti to stamp the circle outline and that little heart.
• I pop dotted the circle back into the background, matching it up.
• Next, I stamped this sweet little fox from the Little Ones set by Photoplay with some black ink and fussy cut it out.  I clear heat embossed the image so it wouldn't bleed when I watercoloured it.
• Using some DOX inks (same colours as above) that I diluted with a bit of water, I painted in the face of the fox.  
• I mounted the card panel onto a white card base, then pop dotted the little fox head into the stamped circle space.

Here are the stencils I used for the background:

Falling Sticks

Drizzled Lines

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Little Ones (Photoplay); Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Distress Oxides, Verafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils- ACLD; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); foam tape; 

clear embossing powder; heat tool; TE Blending Brushes; 

Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts)