So Happy

 

Welcome

A simple, colourful card today using the new for August stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Bauhaus Circle Mask Stencil 

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Bauhaus Circle Mask on an angle over my paper and secured well.
• Beginning at the top, I inked with some Distress Oxide inks: Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio and finally some Salty Ocean along the bottom edge.
• I took the stencil off and used the Happy Cover die to cut out the panel.  
• I glued the die cut panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then glued back in some of the piece from the die cut.
• I glued that onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I stamped the 'wishes' and die cut it out.  I added it into the bottom corner.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus Circle Mask Stencil

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:

Little Red Wagon- CIRCLE OF LIFE

Seize the Birthday- NO FLOWERS

Allsorts- STARTS WITH A 'B' or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- It's Your Birthday (Stamp Market)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Foam tape

Celebrate Your Day!

Welcome

Here's a fun one for you today using this newly released stencil for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Open Coils

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

• I placed the Open Coils stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it with some Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off, flipped it over and placed it onto another piece of white cardstock and repeated the same above process, creating a mirror image.
• I cut each panel on a diagonal and then glued them onto a white piece of cardstock.  
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with some yellow cardstock and glued that onto the orange word shadow.
• I glued my card front onto another piece of orange cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added the sentiment with some foam tape and lastly, added a few silver gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Open Coils

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

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/optional- SUMMERTIME FUN

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES or WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY

(sunny days, bright colours make me happy)

Supplies

Stamps-none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Bold Birthday die (TE); silver gems (Dollar Store)

It's Your Birthday!

Hello and Welcome

I have to say, I love how this card came out using the new for June stencil called:

Open Coils

from A Colorful Life Designs.

I decided to make it a masculine looking card so here's what I did.

• I placed the Open Coils stencil on an angle over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil clean and then repositioned it slightly down and to the right.  I inked again all over using some Salty Ocean DOX ink. It created a new colour that I loved by blending those inks together.
• I lifted the stencil off the panel and set it aside while I stamped the Happy Birthday greeting and die cut it out. I also die cut a white circle to help make the sentiment more visible over the background.
• I glued my card front base onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the white circle over the middle of the front and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up. 
• Finally, I added some blue bling around the sentiment.  

Here is the stencil I used:

Open Coils

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

Simon Says Monday- MASCULINE

Craft Rocket- NO DESIGNER PAPER

Krafty Chicks- BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX 

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle die (HA)

Just Wanted to say Hello

Good Morning

Unique and different is how I would describe this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Swirl Band

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

• I placed the Swirl Band stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. I turned the stencil around and inked again in the other direction.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and placed it down onto another piece of white cardstock.  I inked that up with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.
• Using my circle dies, I cut pieces from the purple inked cardstock.  One circle from the center and then the ring from another part.
• I placed the small circle into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the blue panel onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the center circle, matching up the pattern and then added the ring in the same way.  

Here is the stencil I used:

Swirl Band

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

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- AND ALWAYS SHALL BE YOUR FRIEND

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Guyz- SHADES OF BLUE

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/optional BOUQUETS

Supplies

Stamp- Simply Sentiments (SSS)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prisma)

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)

Round and Round We Go

Welcome

This little card was so fun to create using the new for May stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Circle of Lines

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Circle of Lines over it and inked just the center area of the stencil with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink. I repeated that same process 4 more times with these Distress Oxide Colours: Wilted Violet; Ripe Persimmon; Peacock Feathers and some Cracked Pistachio.
• I splattered over the stenciling with my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, using my circle dies, I cut all the coloured stenciled areas into 2 sizes of circles.
• Using another piece of white cardstock, I placed it onto my ScorPal board and scored lines across the whole panel. (So sorry that the scoring is hard to see on my card)
• I arranged the circles onto my card front panel, overlapping them.  I used some foam tape to pop some of them up for interest.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added black gems to the center of all the circles and then added the pre-printed sentiment over the middle with some foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circle of Lines

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- Bright and Cheerful

Addicted to CAS- BIRTHDAY

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none (Pre-printed- SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts); black Posca pen; foam tape; black gems

Cheers for You

Welcome

Meet the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

So Many Bubbles and Broken Lines

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

• When I was at the Dollar Store, I picked up some Rainbow Scratch paper, so that was my starting point.
• I placed the So Many Bubbles stencil down and then placed the Rainbow paper over that and secured it well.
• Using the side of a popsicle stick, I rubbed over the whole piece until the pattern of the stencil was transferred onto the paper.
• I repeated that process with another piece of the paper, this time using the Broken Lines stencil. I  die cut the sentiment from that piece and glued it onto a piece of black cardstock.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of yellow cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment over the background.

Here are the stencils I used:

So Many Bubbles

Broken Lines

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Time Out- STENCIL, FLORAL, SPOTS, ARCH, WATER, PASTEL

(Inspired by stencil, spots, arch)

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCAL

The Male Room- GEOMETRIC

Supplies

Stamps- none

Paper- Rainbow Scratch; heavy white; yellow

Inks- none

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); popsicle stick; 

YAY die (Whimsy Stamps)

Christmas is Coming

Welcome

Christmas is coming quickly, so I decided to make a simple cas card.

It's so disappointing this year as Canada Post is on strike and no Christmas cards can be sent.  

For today's card I used this fun stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Dot Duo

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

• I placed the Dot Duo stencil over a piece of white cardstock and got out the inks I wanted to use.
• I wanted to give my card front a unique look, so I cut another piece of white cardstock to use as a mask while stenciling.  I placed the mask along the top corner over the stencil and inked with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the mask down on an angle and inked again with some Twisted Citron DOX ink.  
• I repeated that process again using some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink next and just continued that process until my whole card front was inked up.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the 'Jingle Bells' sentiment with some greens and red cardstock and glued that all together.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of red cardstock, then green, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment and added 3 red gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dot Duo

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Mon.- USE DIE CUTS FOR DIECEMBER

The Male Room- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- WINTER/CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Jingle Bells die (A Pocket Full of Happiness); white Posca pen; red gems

Parasols

Welcome

This new stencil for August called

Parasols

from A Colorful Life Designs is a fun one for sure.

I used it a bit differently then how it's designed to be used.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and marked the center point.  I placed the Parasols stencil along the center point, covering just half of my card front.  I inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and repositioned it to the other side and inked again with the same colour.
• Next, I took another piece of white cardstock and inked just the center circle with some Picked Raspberry and some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  I used a circle die to cut it out and placed that into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over it.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the circle over the center of my card front and added 3 black gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Parasols

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:

Cut it Up- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS AND STENCILS

Paper Minutes- BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamp- Sending You (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; foam tape; HA Infinity Circle die

Congrats to You!

Welcome

Today, I'm playing with another new fun released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Pyramids

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, then I placed the Mid Century Pyramids stencil over that and inked with these Distress Oxide ink colours:  Salty Ocean, Ripe Persimmon and Lumberjack Plaid.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and then added a few more of the circles to some of the open areas.
• Using my white Posca pen, I added white dots to some of the circles and set aside to dry.
• Next, I looked through my stash to find some cardstock scraps that were the same colours as the background and then I punched out circles from that.  I also punched out some black circles as well.
• I glued some of the circles onto a small piece of white cardstock, then cut some of the circles to create the fun design.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and then glued it onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the square with the punched out circles on it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Pyramids

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 Mon.- ADD SOME RED/WHITE and/ OR BLUE

Shopping Our Stash- NBUS

Crazy is Our Fame- STENCILS are Our Game- OPTIONAL SHADES OF BLUE

Supplies

Stamps- No Words (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX

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

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

white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); circle paper punch; foam tape

Floral Beauties

Welcome

Today, I have the pleasure of joining the ladies over at 

The Flower Challenge.

I was a DT for that challenge for a few years and today, we are celebrating the 7th Birthday with the founders Aileen Ryan and Viv Hodge as they pass the baton onto the next creators to keep the challenge going.  A big thanks to Karren Johnson for keeping this fun challenge going.

Here is the challenge:

So, here's what I did for today's card.

• I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the newly released 16 Circle Shadow Stencil over it, tilting it to one side.
• Starting along the top, I inked it up with Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and finally some Wilted Violet.  I purposely let each colour touch to create some more colour blends.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the flowers and the sentiment.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

16 Circle Shadow Stencil

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.

Supplies

Stamps- Beautiful You (STAMPlorations)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs)

Floral Wishes

Hello and Welcome

Today's card features the new for August stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Halftone Circle.

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.  I positioned the Halftone stencil over that and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I rotated the stencil from the top to the bottom and inked again.
• I removed the stencil and inked around the edges with some more DOX ink.
• I stamped the flower onto a scrap piece of white cardstock, stenciled it with the same stencil as above, then inked it with some Ripe Persimmon and Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• I splattered the flower head with my white Posca pen and when dry, I fussy cut it out.
• In the meantime, I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the whole flower to one side and the sentiment beside the flower.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I used some foam tape to pop the flower head into place.

Here is the stencil I used:

Halftone Circle

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.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

The Sisterhood of Crafters- KEEP IT SIMPLE

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Creative Chaos (Visible Image); Smile, Sparkle, Shine (Sizzix)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

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

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

Monochromatic Celebrate

Welcome

Today's card features the new for August stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Mid Century Angles.  

Such an innovative look with a great geometric design.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  I positioned the Mid Century Angles stencil over it, centering it from side to side and top to bottom.
• I added some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink into the middle of the shapes and then some Cracked Pistachio around the edges to give a 2-tone effect.
• I removed the stencil and placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment along the bottom.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added some black gems for extra interest.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century 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) 

I so appreciated that you came by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- USE YOUR FAV TECHNIQUE- (stenciling)

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING STENCILED/OPT BUTTERFLIES

Supplies

Stamp- Celebrate (IO- retired)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); black gems

Happy Hello

Good Morning

A new month means new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

I had fun playing with this one called Bullseye.

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

• I cut a square piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.
• I placed the Bullseye stencil over my cardstock and masked around the center circle of the stencil and then inked it up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil up and rotated it, then inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• Using a circle die, I cut that piece out and set it aside.
• I placed the stencil back down, masked again but this time around the center circle, leaving a band of white cardstock showing.
• I inked up the stencil with some more Ripe Persimmon DOX ink, rotated the stencil and then inked again with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I splattered both pieces with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the outer rings onto a 4 1/4" square card base and used some foam tape to pop the center circle back into place
• I die cut the hello and popped it into the middle.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bulleye

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

The Paper Players- TIC TAC TOE

(I did across- feminine, die cuts, yellow)

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

low tac tape; white Posca pen, Hero Arts Infinity Circle Dies