Congrats

Welcome

Meet today's card.

A super simple one for congratulations of a new baby.

I thought this cute image from Old Island Stamp Company would work great for this.

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

• I cut a panel from a piece of heavy white cardstock and then positioned the Marvelous Rectangle mask from A Colorful Life Designs over that.  (they are so awesome to use instead of taping it all off)
• I took out the Tie Dye set from Hero Arts and using one of the stamps, I inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink and randomly stamped inside the masked area.  I repeated that process using some Twisted Citron and then some Broken China until the area was covered.
• Next, I placed the stamped piece into my Misti and I took out this sweet birdhouse stamp called Community from The Old Island Stamp Company and stamped it with some Versafine Clair ink over the background.  
• I stamped the birdhouse again onto some white cardstock, fussy cut it out and then watercoloured it with a paintbrush using some diluted DOX inks with the same colours mentioned above.
• Using my Misti again, I stamped the 'Congrats' with some Versafine Clair and clear heat embossed it.  
• I glued the inked panel to a piece of blue cardstock and then to a heavy card base.  I pop dotted the watercoloured birdhouse back onto the image.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

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Supplies

Stamps- Congrats (Basic Grey); Community (The Old Island Stamp Company); Tie Dye (Hero Arts)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Distress Oxides (mentioned above)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ontario)

Accessories and Tools- Rectangle Mask (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); pop dots; 

Wow cl embossing powder; heat tool

Snowy Day

Hello and Welcome

A very big thanks to all of you for coming to visit and for your most kind and encouraging comments.  It really means a lot to me.

Here's another Christmas card done as I try and get some ready ahead of time.

So here is what I did to create my card.

• I began by masking off a smaller sized piece of cardstock with one of the Marvelous Rectangle masks from A Colorful Life Designs. (there are a few different sizes included with each shape) *I tried to choose a mask that was a bit smaller then the image so the trees would be outside the inked area.
• I sponged on some Memento Gray inside the mask, leaving some areas darker and the center with less ink
• I removed the mask then stamped the trees over the masked area with some Versafine Clair Noir ink and clear heat embossed it.  Using my white Posca pen, I splattered with lots of white to look like snow.
• I glued that onto a slightly smaller piece of white card, then set it aside.
• Next, I took some heavy white cardstock and dry embossed it with Snowfall Speckles in my Cuttlebug.
• I stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed that too.
• I pop dot mounted the tree panel just above the sentiment and then added it to a piece of gray and then onto a heavy white card base. 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.

Supplies

Stamps- Trees (Inkadinkadoo), Seasons Greetings (The Old Island Stamp Comp.)

Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; Memento London Fog

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); grey (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- Snowfall Speckles (TH); inking tool; pop dots, Posca pen;

Cuttlebug

Dashing Through the Snow

Welcome to the weekend.

No, it doesn't look like this at my house yet.  We are experiencing much warmer temperatures then usual.  Sure it's coming though and maybe we will have a white Christmas yet.

I am playing along with the challenge at Splitcoast this morning inspired by the Vera Bradley site and this cozy blanket which you would need after being out in that much snow!

I tried to keep my card mostly red and white which really feels Christmasy to me.

I began by stamping the image from Serendipity Stamps with black Memento ink then coloured it with Copic markers.  I then tore 2 pieces of paper and glued them over the image to resemble snow.  

Super simple.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Serendipity Stamps- HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Simon Says-  LET IT SNOW

Little Red Wagon- TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

Craft Stamper- SHARING THE SEASON- TAKE A TECHNIQUE

(paper tearing)

Crafty Catz- LET IT SNOW

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks so very much for coming by to take a look.

Supplies:  stamps- Serendipity, The Old Island Stamp Comp./ Memento bl ink/ Copic markers

Mask, Sponge and Stamp

Morning.  Looking for a fun challenge that will have you scratching your head?  Well I've got a good one for you.  

Here is the card I made for the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge this month where the challenge Susan gave us is to create a one-layer card using only sentiment stamps called Word, Words, Words.  Well, I did have to scratch my head and think about this one.  I wanted to add interest in some way yet keeping true to the clean and simple look of a OLC card.  Here is what I came up with.

I began by masking my card front and started rubbing on Distress inks in these colours:  Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac and Seedless Preserves.  I splattered the panels with water to add some depth and interest.  When that was dry, I grabbed some birthday sentiment stamps and started stamping away.  I found my Stamp-a-ma-Jig helped me with positioning the stamps into the panels.

That's it....done. 

Adding my card to these challenges too:

Seize the Birthday- FOCUS ON THE SENTIMENT

Shopping Our Stash- I MADE THIS

Use Your Stuff- CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- The Old Island Stamp Comp., Studio G/ Distress ink/ Mini Mister/ Memento ink

Frosty Windows

TGIF!!  I am waking up to frosty windows this a.m. and ready to play along with the challenge at Splitcoast; use embellishments you have lots of.  Well, I have a jar of these little shiny stars that I never use so today was the day!

I began by creating the snowflake panel.  I inked up my Hero Arts snowflake stamp with Goosebumps and stamped the panel.

 (For those of you that are not familiar with this medium, go HERE to read about it)

When dry, I rubbed my Distress ink pads in Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers directly over the stamped area and sprayed with water to blend.  I just love how it turned out!

I mounted that panel with pop dots between a row of pierced dots, added the sentiment and the stars.

Very easy to mass produce.

Also adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Simple Create Too- SNOW, SNOW, SNOW

Addicted to Stamps- HOLIDAY

City Crafters- TECHNIQUES(Distress inking)

Moving Along With the Times- INSPIRED BY A SONG

(Snow for Christmas)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  

Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts, The Old Island Stamp Comp./ Distress ink/ Goosebumps/ silver stars/ piercing tool

Scribble Tree

Happy Friday.....phew!!  I have been so inspired this year for making cards.  I have made more this year then ever before.  Here is a simple one. 

I inked up my acrylic block with red Distress inks, sprayed with water and stamped.  I then stamped the scribbled tree (love it!) and splattered white Mr. Huey's mist onto the panel to represent snow.  I added the scoring on the side with my ScorBug and added the sentiment.

I am adding this to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge...to add scoring.

Enjoy your weekend.  Praying that I am productive in wrapping up lots of loose ends.

Supplies:  stamps; Paper Smooches; The Old Island Stamp Company/ Distress inks/ Scorbug/ twine/ pop dots

Click

Just a quick one today, using a polaroid frame that I cut as my starting point.  I stamped the scene in black Memento and embossed it.  I mounted it into the frame and pop dotted it onto a scored bkg.  Added a bit of greenery for some colour.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look. 

Supplies:  stamps; The Old Island Stamp Comp., Michaels dollar bin/ pop dots/ Martha S. punch/ pop dots/ ScorPal

Geeky Best Friends

Here is a silly little card I made for a special friend.  This image from The Old Island Stamp Company always makes me smile.  I altered it a bit by drawing on the glasses.  The girls dresses are paper pieced and the rest is coloured with Copics.  The score line is done using a Scor-bug seen here:

Supplies:  Stamps; The Old Island Stamp Company, Imaginisce/ Scor-bug/ DP/ twine/ Copic markers

Enjoy the Moment

Happy Monday!!

Here is another card I created as a Guest Designer at Lily Pad cards.  I think the blue and the yellow make for a very happy and sunny card.  For full instructions and details go here. 

Another record breaking warm temperature day here in Ontario. 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

A Little Birdie Told Me

hi there,
Here is a card I made a few weeks ago for a very special friend's birthday.  This card just reminds me of Spring.  I stamped the birdhouse and cut it out.  The grass was sponged with distress inks and I doodled in the grass lines.  You have to love it when a card turns out the way you saw it in your head.

Thanks for taking a look.

supplies:  stamp from the Old Island Stamp Company,  Distress inks, copics.