Autumn Birthday

Good Morning

Here is another card I made using this new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Fall Foliage

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

• I began with a piece of grid paper and placed the Fall Foliage stencil over that.  I inked it up with Distress Oxide inks in these colours; Ripe Persimmon, Vintage Photo, Lumberjack Plaid, Rustic Wilderness and Fossilized Amber.
• While that dried, I die cut the Grid overlay with some black cardstock then glued that over the leaves.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and die cut it with a circle die.  I glued it onto a larger black circle die cut.
• I glued my card front onto a white A2 card base and then used some foam tape to pop the birthday sentiment near the top corner.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish off my card. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Fall Foliage

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters- FRAME IT

Paper Craft Crew- HELLO FALL

Crafty Gals Corner- ANYTHING GOES/OPTION FALL

Supplies

Stamp- Everyday Circle tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white

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

Grid die (Amazon); foam tape; Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)

Beautiful Day

Welcome 

The summer has been very busy but is going by way too fast.

Meet one of the new for September stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called

Simple Leaves

A great stencil with a good collection of simple leaves to have in your stash.  

I paired it up with a fun stencil from last month called

Mid Century Half Circle Mask 

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and started by creating the overall background first. I placed the Mid Century Half Circle mask (August release) over my paper and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  
• I lifted the stencil, shifted it sideways and inked again with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• Next, one by one, I used the Simple Leaves stencil to add the leaves by inking them up with some more of the Rustic Wilderness DOX ink until my card front was covered.
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered over the whole panel then set aside to dry.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then dark green and then onto a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I cut out the pre-printed sentiment and glued that onto a piece of white and green cardstock.  I added it with some foam tape across the middle of my card front.

Here are the stencils I used:

SIMPLE LEAVES

MID CENTURY HALF CIRCLE MASK

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for your visit today.

Supplies

Stamps- none 

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white; green

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

Pre-Printed sentiment strips (TE); foam tape; white Posca pen

So Many Happy Wishes

Welcome

Here is another card featuring our Mid Month release from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Minimalist

I paired it up with a stencil from last month's release called 

PATTERNED NOISE

Here is what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Mid Century Minimalist stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off, placed down the Patterned Noise stencil and inked that up with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment words from some dark blue cardstock 5 times and glued those together creating a stacked sentiment. I used the word outline to die cut right from the middle of the stenciled panel.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of dark blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment into the space I cut away with the word outline and added some silver gems around it.
• I used a scrap piece of the blue cardstock to die cut the string detail and glued that under the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Mid Century Minimalist

Patterned Noise

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Simon Says Monday- ADD TEXT

Just Add Ink- STENCILS AND DIES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White/blue 

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

Happy Wishes die (SSS); Twine die (Spellbinders)

It's Party Time

Hello and Welcome

I had such fun creating this bright and happy card using the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

HAND WREATH

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by placing the HAND WREATH stencil over a square piece of white cardstock.
• I inked along the outside edge with some Picked Raspberry Distress ink and then inked the inside of the hand circle with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• I lifted off the stencil and placed the PATTERNED NOISE stencil from last month over the middle open area and inked that up with some more of the Ripe Persimmon DOX ink. It added so much interest to the otherwise open area.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti and stamped the sentiment right in the middle.
• I glued my inked card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then black and then onto a 4 1/4" sized white card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

HAND WREATH

PATTERNED NOISE 

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Alphabet Challenge- 'F' FOR FESTIVITIES

Just Us Girls- PLAY

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Greetings (Temu)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar white, black

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Birthday Bubbles

Good Morning

Meet just one of the newly released stencils for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

AIRY BUBBLES

Who wouldn't love some bubbles for their birthday!!

This is how I created a simple card.

• I began by placing the Airy Bubbles stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink and some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and cut the circle aperture from the middle part of my cardstock. 
• Using the same die, I cut it with some scraps of pink and orange cardstock and set aside.
• I die cut the sentiment once with some white and then 4 times with the black.  I glued them together, stacking them up and off setting the black to help highlight the sentiment.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of orange cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I fit the orange and pink cardstock pieces back into place inside the aperture and then glued the sentiment over that.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

AIRY BUBBLES

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White; orange; pink 

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

Birthday die (TE); Circle Aperture die (Temu); black gems

Sending the Best Wishes

Good Morning

It's been such a fun month creating with the new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

So I decided to make another card featuring the new for JUNE stencil called:

Rope Trellis

Here's what I did.

• I placed the Rope Trellis stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I shifted the stencil over and inked it up again with some Salty Ocean DOX ink to create the fun pattern.
• Next, I used a blue fine line marker and added the straight lines over the pattern.
• I die cut a white square using a square stitched die and glued it right over the middle of my card front.  
• I looked through my scraps and found this navy cardstock. I cut it into strips and glued it around the edges of the white square in the middle.
• While that dried, I die cut a white circle and stamped the sentiment onto it in my Misti.  I glued that onto another larger navy die cut circle.  
• I glued my finished card panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added the circle die cut sentiment over the middle and finished off my card by adding 3 navy gems under it. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Rope Trellis

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANY OCCASION

Craft Rocket- BIRTHDAY

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamp- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Square Stitched die (Amazon); blue fine line marker; blue gems

Infinity Circle dies (HA)

Let's Celebrate

Welcome

Here is a fun little card I made using the newly mid-month release stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

PATTERNED NOISE

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and using a Dot Circle die, I cut 2 circles right in the middle of my cardstock.
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the birthday greeting over the die cut circles.
• Next, I placed the Patterned Noise stencil over the stamped panel and then inked just around the sentiment with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours....Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Peacock Feathers and some Fossilized Amber.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then I used a black fine line marker to fill in the areas of the sentiment that were over the die cut circles. Hope that makes sense!
• I glued my card front onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" white square card base.
• The last thing I did was to add 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Patterned Noise

(It's on SALE right now)

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT 

AAA Birthday Game- MASCULINE

Make My Monday- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Greetings (Temu)

Inks- Versafine Claire; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Dotted Circle Dies (Temu); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black fine line marker; black gems

Best Birthday Ever!

Welcome

I have to begin by saying how fun this card was to make.

Meet the new for JUNE stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

AIRY BUBBLES

This is how I created my card.

• I began by first cutting a piece of white cardstock and I die cut 3 Dot Circles of different sizes, along the outside edges of my cardstock.
• Next, I masked around the circles and then placed Airy Bubbles stencil over it and inked with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the masks to the other side of the circles and then inked again with some Wilted Violet DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and all the masks and placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the Grid first and then the sentiment across the middle of the panel.
• I glued my finished card front panel onto a piece of white, then purple cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added 3 black gems around the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

AIRY BUBBLES

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for the visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges;

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

Dragonfly Dreams- MASCULINE

The Paper Players- MASCULINE

Crafty Calendar- MEN/BOYS

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Greetings (Temu); Off the Grid (SU)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Dot Circle dies (Temu); 

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

Let's Eat Cake

Hello

This month at A Colorful Life Designs, some of the designs are all about cake, party and balloons.

I decided to combine 2 of the new stencils called:

LAYERED CELEBRATION CAKE and STAR STREAMERS

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

• I began by die cutting a piece of white cardstock with the Postage Collage Die.  
• I masked off the squares and then placed the STAR STREAMERS stencil over that and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I used the ink left on my blending brush and added some ink to better define the squares of the die.
• I placed the LAYERED CELEBRATION CAKE stencil over another piece of white cardstock and inked that with some Aged Mahogany and some Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide inks.  I used Lumberjack plaid for the candles, Black Soot for the base and some Mustard Seed for the flames.
• Next, I fussy cut the cake out and set it aside.
• I stamped the sentiment in the bottom corner of my die cut postage card front than glued it onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the cake up over the background.

Here are the stencils I used:

STAR STREAMERS

LAYERED CELEBRATION CAKE

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:

Little Red Wagon- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Seize the Birthday- SWEET TREATS

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING STENCILED GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Handmade Essentials (SBC)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

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

Postage Collage die (Waffle Flower); foam tape (Dollar Store)

YAY...it's Your Birthday!

Good Morning

With lots of birthdays coming up, I was happy to play with 2 new for May stencils from A Colorful Life Designs. They helped me make a very festive, celebration style card. 

The stencils are called:

Floating Balloons and Star Streamers

So, here's what I did.

• I began by picking out some colours of Distress Oxide ink for my balloons. I placed the Floating Balloons stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked them up with these colours: Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Broken China and some Cracked Pistachio. 

HELPFUL TIP.....When I inked the balloons, I kept the ink to just the outer edges to add more dimension to the look.

• When all the balloons were inked up, I removed the stencil and placed the Star Streamers down and inked again with the same colours as mentioned above.
• For the sentiment, I looked through my scraps and found this piece done with some DOX ink on my Gel Plate and I used it to die cut the sentiment and glued that onto a white sentiment shadow.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of pale blue cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added the sentiment over the panel with some foam tape to help pop it up.

Here are the stencils I used:

Star Streamers

Floating Balloons

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING STENCILED GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white; blue cs

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

YAY die (Whimsy Stamp); Make Art Station (Ranger)

Four Squares

Hello and Welcome

I had fun playing with this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Circles and Diamonds

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

• I placed the Circles and Diamonds stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and moved it to the side and inked again with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink right over the first design.
• I took my stenciled pattern and cut it into 4 small squares and glued them onto a piece of navy cardstock.
• I popped the squares up with some foam tape and then adhered them to a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I stamped the sentiment, die cut it with a circle die and used some more foam tape to pop it over the center of my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circles and Diamonds

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Add Ink- DIES, STENCILS or BOTH

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts); Foam Tape

Happy Cheers

Welcome

Today's card was created using a new for May stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

CHEERS

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

• I placed the Cheers stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• Using the same colours as mentioned above, I used the eraser on the end of a pencil to add the dots.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment 5 times with some navy cardstock and glued them all together as I wanted a stacked sentiment. I also die cut a circle shutter from some white cardstock.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the shutter die cut over the middle and added the sentiment over that to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

CHEERS

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.- MAKE IT COLORFUL

The Neglected Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

(cheers die has been totally neglected)

AAA Birthday- ANYTHING BIRTHDAY GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white/other

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

Eclipse die (Temu); Cheers die (TE); pencil eraser