Down the Garden Path

 

Welcome

Today's card is featuring the new Arches release from A Colorful Life Designs.

Instead of using the whole stencil to create a background design, I used it create a grid pattern.

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

• I cut a piece of cardstock that was 3 3/4" square.  I measured to find my center point and lightly divided the card base into 4 sections and masked one off.
• I positioned the Arches stencil over the masked area and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.  
• I moved the masks to the next section, laid down the stencil and repeated that process again, filling up each of the 4 sections.
• I removed the stencil and all the masks and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the flowers and the sentiment.
• I glued it onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto an 4 1/4" square card base.
• I added 3 black gems to bring a bit more attention to the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Arches

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Sending You (Avery Elle); Dans la Nature (Carabelle)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

low tack tape; TE Blending Brushes; black gems (Dollar Store)

Painted Hello

Welcome

Today's card features one of the new stencils for July called Layered Arches from A Colorful Life Designs.

I decided to use it in a different way.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and got out the new to me Catherine Pooler Carnivale ink set. I then decided what colours I wanted to use on the panel. I'm using one of the Paint Swatches stamps from the Simon Hurley set to do this technique.

Here is the stamp from the set I used.

• I inked up the smallest stamp from the Paint Swatches set with some Grape Crush and pressed that onto the bricks of the Layered Arches stencil to impress the pattern of the bricks, then stamped it to one side of my panel.
• I repeated that same process, stamping from left to right using some All That Jazz, Samba and finally some Be Mine ink.
• When the panel was dry, I die cut the shadow from the 'hello' die right from the center. I then die cut the word from some white cardstock and glued them together.
• I didn't have any matching blue cardstock to use as a border, so I inked up another piece of white cardstock with some All That Jazz ink and glued the finished panel onto that.
• I glued that onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place over the panel.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Arches

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Paint Swatches (Simon Hurley-Ranger)

Inks- Catherine Pooler

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Hello die (SSS); 

foam tape