Cheers to Another Year

Good Morning

One last card using this month's new releases from A Colorful Life Designs called 

DIAMOND CIRCLE

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

• I placed the Diamond Circle stencil over a piece of white cardstock and began inking in the center with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. Moving outwards on the stencil, I inked with some Broken China DOX and lastly around the edges with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the sentiment with some green cardstock.  
• I wanted to help the sentiment show up better against the background so I die cut the Burlap Texture with some white cardstock.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of green, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the burlap over the middle and then added the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

DIAMOND CIRCLE

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut It Up- COLORS OF SPRING

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white; green

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Happy Birthday die (Amazon);

Burlap Texture die (Altenew); TE blending brushes

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

Holly Sprigs

Good Morning

Today's card features a new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Layered Holly Sprig

Do you ever think about fussy cutting out your stenciled images?  That's what I did for my card.

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

• I began with 2 pieces of white cardstock and placed one onto my Make Art Station.  I placed the Layered Holly Sprig stencil over my cardstock and inked up the leaves with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I rubbed some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink along the edges to give the leaves more interest.
• I lifted that part of the stencil up and moved it to the leaf details that I inked up with some Lucky Clover DOX ink.
• I took the 2nd piece of cardstock and repeated that whole above process again, leaving me with 2 stenciled panels.
• I splattered them with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I cut another piece of white cardstock and dry embossed it with a folder which would become my card front base.
• I die cut the Burlap with some red cardstock then glued that onto the embossed card front.  
• I fussy cut out the Holly leaves and used some foam tape to layer them together.
• I glued the holly over the Burlap die cut and then added a piece of twine and some red gems.
• I glued a pre-printed sentiment along the bottom and then glued it all onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Holly Sprig

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.- EMBOSS IT

Use Your Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- RED AND GREEN

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

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

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

Burlap die (Altenew); pre-printed Christmas sentiment (SSS); 

TE Blending Brushes; EB Folder 

Fetching Snowflake

Welcome

Today's card features the newly released Fetching Snowflake stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Really fun snowflake to ink up.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station and centered the Fetching Snowflake stencil over my cardstock.  
• Instead of inking first right over the stencil, I inked up the  large Burlap Background stamp with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink and stamped right over the stencil giving the background a lovely, textured look.
• Keeping the stencil in place, I inked over it with some Salty Ocean DOX ink which outlined the snowflake perfectly.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fetching Snowflake

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 very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- PATTERNED PAPER OR NOT

Inkspirational- COLD

The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Burlap Background (TE); Christmas Cheer (Technique Tues.)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)