Big Birthday

 

Welcome

This is going to be a very exciting month with all the new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.

So many great designs with so many possibilities.  

So meet the newly released stencil called:

SPOTLIGHT

Here's what I did to create this fun and simple card.

• I placed the SPOTLIGHT stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and shifted it, then inked again with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink. It gave a fun, layered look to the background.
• Next, I cut the sentiment right from the middle of my stenciled panel and I cut the word shadow from a piece of white cardstock. The sentiment was a bit lost against the background, so I inked over it with some more of the Cracked Pistachio ink and then I used a blue marker to trace over the letters.
• I glued my stenciled card front to a piece of pale blue cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the background, matching it up with the pattern.

Here is the stencil I used:

SPOTLIGHT

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- 'M' is for Masculine

Simon Says Wed.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Addicted to CAS- STRIPES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Happy Birthday to You (Temu); Blue marker

Little Bunny

Welcome

Today's card was made for a little friend who was turning one. Such a special time.

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

• I began by cutting the Curly Frame from a piece of white cardstock and glued that over a piece of blue cardstock to create my card front.
• Next, I took another piece of white cardstock, stamped the Bunny in a Wreath in my Misti and coloured it using Copic markers. I fussy cut it out around the wreath and set aside.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and die cut it out.
• I glued the bunny onto a small embossed piece of paper that I inked with the Salty Ocean DOX ink.
• I glued my card front panel onto a white A2 sized card base and then used foam tape to pop the image and the sentiment over the front inside the framed area.

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky- CAS

Word Power- ANYTHING WORDS AS FOCUS

The Male Room- FLORAL (masculine)

Supplies 

Stamps- Bunny in a Wreath (IO-out of business); Big and Bold Sentiments (SSS)

Inks- DOX; Copic Markers

Paper- Solar White (Prism)

Accessories and Tools- Loopy Frame (??thrifted); Sweater Knit EB folder; foam tape;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Mad for Plaid

Welcome

I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC at Splitcoast Stampers this week that I'm calling 

Let's Make Plaid

Who doesn't like the look of plaid?  

You can make it look masculine or feminine.

This challenge is to create your own plaid using some fun and simple techniques.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock for my card front and got out my low tack tape.  
• I pulled out a piece of my tape that was the same size as my card front, then pressed the sticky side of the tape onto my Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink pad.
• I laid the tape across my white cardstock and rubbed over it to transfer the ink to the paper. I inked up the tape again and made 2 more inky lines across my card front.
• I took another piece of tape and repeated that process with some Wilted Violet DOX ink and I rubbed that between the lines, filling in the white spaces. 
• I used the same pieces of tape and colours of inks to go vertically across my card front, creating the plaid pattern.

**Since I was going for a more rustic, masculine look, I wasn't worried about the mottled look the inking left behind.  You can also go back over the strips with more ink for a more solid look.**

This is a previous picture I took using some green ink.

• To help define the plaid lines, I added some doodled lines along the tape inking.
• I die cut the sentiment 5 times, glued them together stacking them and inked the top one with some more Wilted Violet and Salty Ocean DOX ink. I splattered it with my white Posca pen.
• I glued my inked card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a light purple and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment across my card front and added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Let me know if you get a chance to try it out.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- MASCULINE

Dragonfly Dreams- BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Prism Solar White

Accessories and Tools- low tack tape; Fine line black pen; white Posca pen;

Happy Birthday die (Amazon)

For the Guys

 

Welcome

Today's card is featuring a fun new stencil for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Gears

Great stencil for making more masculine looking cards. I used it with an older release called:

Square Cutout

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station.  I placed the Square Cutout stencil down and inked over that with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Gears stencil right over the top and inked it up again with some Dusty Concord DOX ink.
• Next, I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I cut out the 'hello' sentiment 5 times from white cardstock and glued them together to create a stacked look.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white A2  sized card base.
• I cut 2 squares using a stitched square die and glued them into the middle area, added my sentiment last, over that.

Here are the stencils I used:

Gears

Square Cutout

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.- WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES

Simon Says Monday- SPRITZ and/or SPLATTER

Cut it Up- MASCULINE /ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Friend die (Amazon); white Posca pen; Stitched Squares (Amazon)

Rockin' Out

 

Good Morning

Today's card is more on the masculine side featuring the newly released for May stencil from 

A Colorful Life Designs called:

Right Angles

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Right Angles stencil over that. I inked with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and then repositioned it and then inked again creating this fun pattern.
• I splattered with my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I die cut the guitar and the Burlap Texture die with some red cardstock.
• I stamped the sentiment with some black and then glued it onto a piece of red cardstock.
• Next, I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the Burlap die cut onto the panel, then added the guitar over that.  
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment across the bottom.

Here is the stencil I used:

Right Angles

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 very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams- USE A STENCIL

SAS4Kids- CARD FOR DAD/SPECIAL GUYS

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamps- Rock On (High Hopes)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Large Guitar die (Paper Rose);

Burlap Texture (Altenew); foam tape; black Posca pen

Oh Boy, It's Your Birthday!

Welcome

I really enjoy making masculine cards and when I saw this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, I knew what I wanted to do.  Love how it turned out!

So meet the new for May stencil called 

Right Angles

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Right Angles stencil over that.  I inked the whole panel with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and repositioned it again.  This time I inked with some Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.
• Next, I stamped the running shoes with more of the black, then die cut them out.  
• I stamped the sentiment with some more of the Salty Ocean DOX ink and die cut that out too.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto and A2 sized card base.
• To help bring attention to my sentiment, I cut a strip of black cardstock and added the sentiment over that with some foam tape.
• Finally, I used some more foam tape to add the running shoes under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Right Angles

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:

Little Red Wagon- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Simon Says Wed.- USE DIE CUTS

Fab 'n' Funky- FOR A CHILD, BABY or TEEN

Supplies

Stamps- Sock Hop (Catherine Pooler); Big and Bold Sentiment and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Forever Chasing the Sun

Welcome

Today's card was a fun one, using the new stencil called Waterspout from A Colorful Life Designs and the sentiment from the new Chasing the Sun clear stamp set.

I used it as part of my 'collage' style card.

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

• I laid a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then I tore a piece of scrap paper to use as my masks for the top and bottom of my cardstock.
• I positioned the Waterspout stencil along the middle of the masked area and inked that with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink.
• I turned the stencil upside down and inked the stencil again along the top edge with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.  I think the stencil gave a nice sense of movement to my background.
• Using some Broken China DOX ink, I inked up the background so the torn edge would become more visible.
• I did some stamping over the stenciled background to help provide more interest.
• Next, I removed the masking paper and placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the image of the biker and stamped the sentiment from the Chasing The Sun stamp set.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil and stamp set I used:

Waterspout

Chasing the Sun

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

2 Sisters on the Blog- MEN'S CARD AND HOBBY

Pearly Sparkles- MAKE IT MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- Chasing the Sun (ACLD); Friendship Script (HA); Graffiti Grunge (Kaiser Craft);

Bike Boy (Flonz)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); Misti;

scrap paper; TE inking Brushes

Wheels

 

Hello and Welcome

Today's card is one I made for a special friend; a young boy that loves lots of action.  

I thought that this fun image fit the bill.

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

• I wanted to make a collage style background for my card.  I pulled out a variety of stamps and 3 ink colours (Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks)
• I just randomly stamped the various stamps all over my piece of white cardstock, filling in all the areas as I went along.  
• When I was happy with the stamping, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the biker with some Versafine black ink.  I stamped it a few times to be sure to get a deep, dark impression.
• To help make the biker stand out a bit more from the background, I diluted some Salty Ocean Distress ink with water, then watercoloured in the biker.  By filling in the open areas, it helped to make him more visible.
• I stamped the sentiment along the bottom, glued the panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

I so appreciate you taking the time.

Use Your Stuff- TIC TAC TOE

(I used the left hand side vertical row)

Allsorts- FROM BOYS TO MEN

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Off Road (Raisin Boat); Graffiti (Kaisercraft); Happy Birthday (Studio G);

Background Elements (WPlus9..it may be discontinued as I can't find it on the website)

Inks- Distress Oxide inks; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paint brush

Best Dad

Welcome

Today's card features a few new-to-me sets of stamps that I picked up.

Since my husband is such a record/music fanatic, I thought these sets would work great for future card making.  

For this one, my son asked if I would make a card for Dad for his birthday.  I was happy to crack them open and get to work.

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

• I began by cutting my main panel from a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I placed that into my Misti and tried to figure out how I wanted to stamp the records from the Vinyl Greetings to create a pattern for the background, leaving enough room for the sentiment.  Once I figured that out, I stamped the records in the background using some Versafine Clair Noir ink.
• Using another scrap of white cardstock, I stamped another record with the black, clear heat embossed it to make it look shiny and fussy cut it out.  I set that aside.
• I placed the main panel back into my Misti and using some Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink, I stamped the sentiment from the For the Record set by Honey Bee Stamps.  That set has all kinds of great sentiments that can work for a music lover.  
• I stamped the 'DAD' from that same set with more Memento and then punched it out.
• I pop dotted the embossed record over the sentiment and then pop dotted the 'DAD' over that.
• I glued it onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- YOU SPIN ME AROUND

Time Out- DIFFERENT

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- For the Record (Honey Bee); Vinyl Greetings (Create a Smile)

Inks- Memento; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Wow clear eb powder; pop dots

 

Fun Ride

Hello and Welcome.
I figured by now you were getting tired of all the Christmas cards I've been posting, so I decided to switch it up and make a collage birthday card.
I love just pulling stamps out and putting them all together to see what I can come up with.  By keeping them in the same colour, I find it helps to make them all work together.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I chose my main focal image first which I knew I wanted to be the boy on the bike and set that aside.
• Using some Faded Jeans Distress Archival ink, I began to stamp and add different elements to the white card panel.  The far left is a Distress Dots wheel (super old one) from Stampin Up.  It's the kind you put on a handle, ink and then roll over your paper.  Haven't used it in years but found it again as I cleaned up.
• I continued to add stamping to the panel using my Misti.
• I stamped the boy on the bike over the inked background and clear heat embossed it to deepen the colour a bit and help it stand out. I stamped the sentiment the same way.
• I mounted the finished panel onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Just Add Ink- JUST ADD 'T' (tricks)
Allsorts- SUMMER FUN
The Male Room- BIRTHDAY



Supplies
Stamps- Bike Boy (Flonz); Sketchy Chevron Border (Impression Obsession); 
Birthday (Stamping Bellas); Graffiti (Kaisercraft); Grunge Dots Wheel(SU)
Inks- Faded Jeans Distress Archival
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear eb powder, heat tool

Baby Boy

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

A very simple one using a digital image from MelonHeadz….isn't it just the cutest?

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

I began by printing off the image onto some heavy white card stock.  I cut the piece down to the size I wanted then using my Copic markers, I coloured it in.

I mounted the coloured piece onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a piece that I die cut using the Swatches die from Spellbinder.

I took another piece of white cardstock and placed it into my Misti and then stamped the plaid with some Peacock Feathers Distress ink.  I wanted the bkg to match the baby's bib, so using a purple Copic marker, I drew in some lines using a ruler.

I pop dotted the image onto the plaid panel, added 3 buttons under the image and then mounted that all onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Plaid Background(Concord and 9th)

Inks- Copic Markers

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

Accessories and Tools- printer; buttons; Square Swatches die (Spellbinders); pop dots; ruler

Beep, Beep Birthday

Good Morning

A very simple birthday card for a little guy.

Here are my card details.

Using a piece of heavy white card, I stamped the background using a small stamp that had lines on it.

I turned it each time I stamped to get the patterned bkg.  I like the simple, clean look it gave.

I set that bkg aside and stamped the tractor in red onto another piece of white card and clear heat embossed.  I stamped the wheels in black on another piece of cs and embossed them as well. 

I fussy cut out the tractor and the wheels and glued them onto a piece of cs that I had backed with black paper.  I pop dotted the wheels for interest and then stamped the sentiment.

I mounted it all onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG or PATTERNED PAPER

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

CRAFT- MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- SU (so sorry I don't know the names)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Fired Brick Distress ink (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs

Accessories and Tools- clear eb powder; heat tool

Cheers

Good Morning.

Meet today's card inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast Stampers this morning; to create a card using your birthstone colour.  Fun, right?

Since my birthday is January 1st, (yes, I'm a New Year's baby) so my colour is Garnet.  For those of you that don't know, Garnet is a deep shade of red.

So onto my card.  I do love playing around with my Distress Oxide inks.  I did some acetate inking along the side of my card front using Fired Brick and Candied apple DOX ink.  To see a pictorial of this technique go HERE.

Next, I took out my Circles Make Circles stencil and added some stenciling along the side of my card using more of the Fired Brick.  Next I randomly inked up my Graffiti stamp and pressed that over the inked area just to add some more interest and texture.

I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment and the silhouette and clear heat embossed to help make them pop against the bkg.

I mounted the piece onto some black cardstock then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Seize the Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Rock Silhouette (Impression Obsession); Graffiti (Kaisercraft); Birthday Letter It (Ranger)

Inks- Distress Oxides- Fired Brick, Candied Apple (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

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

acetate sheet; Mister (TH); clear eb powder; heat tool

Circles Make Circles stencil- A Colorful Life Designs

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

Birthday Boy

Good Morning

I needed a card for a young man and this is what I came up with.

My starting point was this great silhouette from Flonz Stamps and my favourite blue Distress Oxide inks.

So onto my card.

I wanted to create a collage style background in a monochromatic style, leaving the image to be the star of the show.  So I inked up a piece of acetate with some Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed it onto my white cardstock, letting it drip and run.  I find it helpful to dry the colours as it helps to layer them when using this technique.

To see my picture tutorial go here.

When that was all dry, I placed the inky piece inside my Misti and stamped the Graffiti along the one side and down along the bottom using some of the same colour I used for the bkg.  It gave me a nice edging and added interest.  I added some circles using a plastic cup I had sitting on my workspace and a small checked design to resemble a flag at a race.  

When I was happy with it all, I stamped the image and the sentiment with some Tuxedo black Meemnto ink and heat embossed them with some black embossing powder.  

I simply mounted it onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES

2 Sisters on the Blog- NUMBERS

Supplies

Stamps- Silhouettes (Flonz); Happy Birthday (Studio G); Graffiti (Kaisercraft); 

Texture Mini (Carabelle)

Inks- Memento Black; DOX- Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); plastic cup; black EB powder; heat tool;

acetate sheet; Mister (TH)

Awesome

Hello and Welcome.

Today, I'm sharing a card I had fun with.

I created it using my Brushos.  For those of you who don't know what Brushos are, they are highly pigmented powder that you activate with water.  You can watercolour with them or just sprinkle them onto your cardstock, spray with water and watch them come alive.

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

I laid my circle stencil down onto a piece of scrap paper, sprinkled some Brushos onto the back of it, sprayed with a good amount of waterc then pressed my paper into the wet inky stencil creating a monoprint.  When I lifted it, I was left with a fun pattern from the stencil.

After that dried, I stamped the biker then the sentiment and clear heat embossed them to help make them pop against the colourful background.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- WILD AND FREE

The Crafty Addicts- ALL ABOUT BOYS AND MEN

Scrap From Your Heart- ONE FOR THE GUYS

CAS Mixup- MONOPRINT

Supplies

Stamps- Biker (Flonz)= Awesome-So 80's (Wplus 9)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- clear eb powder= heat tool= Brushos= Ringer Stencil (TH)