Just Adding a Smile

Good Morning

Today's card is just a simple, happy feeling one using the new for July stencil called Smiley Faces from 

A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I began by looking through some of the backgrounds I had previously made and found this fun plaid patterned one.  I had done it using the Markered Turnabout stamp.  I thought the bright colours went perfectly with the smiles.  It was stamped using Distress Oxide inks.
• I laid the plaid onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Smiley Faces stencil over it.  I inked it using some black Memento ink.  
• While that dried, I die cut the 'smile' sentiment from some black cardstock.  This die doesn't come with a shadow/background so I traced around the die on some white cardstock and fussy cut it out to make my own.  
• I glued the plaid panel onto a piece of pale lavender cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Smiley Faces

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS and/or STENCILS

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Markered Turnabout (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Distress Oxide, Memento

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

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

Smile die (STAMPlorations); TE Blending Brushes

Mad for Plaid

Welcome

I love seeing some plaid on a holiday card...how about you?

This one came together so easily using the Buffalo Plaid Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock and placing it onto my Make Art Station, then positioned the Buffalo Plaid stencil over that.
• I decided to make my card monochromatic, so I inked it up first with some Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink, then added some Barn Door DOX ink, keeping it into just the center of the panel.  I kept most of my inking to the middle area and faded it out along the edges.  
• I splattered using my white Posca pen to give a snowy look to my card.
• Next, I took the panel and die cut a circle from the center and placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and the little vines around it.
• I die cut another white circle and glued them together.
• I glued the plaid background onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I foam taped the circle back into the center of my inked background.

Here is the stencil I used:

Buffalo Plaid

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)

Adding my card to these challenges:

Winter Wonderland- LET IT SNOW

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS AND/OR STENCILS

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Encircled in Warmth (SU); Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen; 

Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes; Misti, Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)