I'm Thinking of You

For June we have welcomed lots of newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  

Meet just one of the new ones called:

Tiki Room

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

• I began by securing the Tiki Room stencil on my desk and then laid a piece of white cardstock over the stencil.
• Using a blue Crayola crayon, I removed the paper wrapping it has on it, laid the crayon on it's side and rubbed over just the middle section of the stencil to reveal the pattern.
• I repeated that process using a purple crayon along both sides.  It is such a fun and very easy technique to do with your stencils.
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered the whole panel.
• Next, I stamped and die cut the sentiment with some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink.
• I glued my stenciled card front to a piece of white, then blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle and then added silver gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Tiki Room

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

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- SPRITZ and/or SPLATTER

Craft Rocket- NO DESIGNER PAPER

Krafty Chicks- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks-DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Crayola crayons;

Make Art Station (Ranger); silver gems (Dollar Store); white Posca pen

Take Care of Yourself

Hello and Welcome

I hope you will continue to indulge me with the cards I have made using the Crayon Rubbing technique.

It's so fun and easy to do which is great for me and my most busy schedule.

I'm using a new for March stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Jardiniere

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

• Like I have mentioned in previous posts, I have been trying to use up my cast-off.  This one was a faint green roll off sheet done while I was using my Distress Oxide inks on my Gel Plate.
• I placed the Jardiniere stencil down first, then the inked paper next and rubbed a dark navy Crayola crayon over the whole page to transfer the pattern.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment shadow right from the middle of my card front.  I die cut the sentiment with some navy cardstock and glued it onto the shadow.
• I glued the card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added the sentiment back into the center with some foam tape to pop it up.

Here is the stencil I used:

Jardiniere

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Fab 'n' Funky- ONE FOR BOYS/MEN

Supplies

Stamps- none

Ink- DOX

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer;

Crayola Crayon; Take Care die (Waffle Flower)

Crayon Rubbing- Just a Note

Good Morning

Can I just say that I love the versatility of stencils.  

I am always trying to see how many different ways I can use them too.  

For today's card I'm doing some more crayon rubbing using this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Petit Four Dainty

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

• I have been trying to use up some of the pieces I have in my stash and I found this piece that I had rolled my brayer off onto while Gel Plate Printing.  Whenever I am using my Gel Plate, I always keep a supply of scrap paper beside me to roll ink off and I save them for future use.  
• I placed the Petit Four Dainty stencil onto my Make Art Station and placed the scrap I had found on TOP of the stencil.  I made sure both were secure before proceeding to the next step.
• Next, using a green crayon, I rubbed over the whole panel, revealing the pattern of the stencil.  I love how it turned out.
• I set that aside and found another scrap to use to die cut the sentiment.  I glued that onto the white die cut shadow it comes with.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then some green and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of the card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Petit Four Dainty

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:

Just Us Girls- GREEN

Simon Says Wed.- A BIT O' GREEN

The Sisterhood of Crafters- SHADES OF GREEN

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- acrylic paint

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); green Crayola crayon; 

Make Art Station (Ranger); die (Just Saying Dies (Concord and 9th)

Dutch Tile

Welcome

Today I'm having fun creating with a new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Dutch Tile

I've made 2 cards using the same stencil but with totally different looks to them.

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

• I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Dutch Tile stencil over that.
• I inked the stencil with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and then moved it over to ink again using some Peacock Feathers DOX ink, filling in more of the white areas.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment and used some foam tape to add it to a navy die cut circle.
• I glued the stenciled panel to a piece of white cardstock, then some navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment to the card front.

CARD #2

Here's what I did for my second card.  Same stencil, different technique.

• I placed the Dutch Tile stencil down onto my Make Art Station and then placed a piece of white textured cardstock over that and secured well.
• Using a royal blue Crayola Crayon, I rubbed over the white cardstock to transfer the pattern.  I peeled the paper off the crayon and used the flat side of the crayon to get the best results.  It reminded me of a piece of fabric when I was done.
• Next, I cut the sentiment shadow right from the front of the card panel. 
• I rubbed a piece of white cardstock with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink and then used that to cut out the HELLO letters. I added some white dots to the letters with my white Posca pen to give them more interest.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then some blue cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place in the center of the card front.
• Finally, I added some silver gems to the center of the flowers.

Here is the stencil I used for both cards:

Dutch Tile

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

CRAFT Challenge- Seasons / Weather / Anything Goes

(I used lots of shades of blue inspired by the blue skies of Spring)

Creative Inspiration- ANYTHING GOES

Unicorn Challenge- MEN/BOY

Supplies

Card #1

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white

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

silver gems; foam tape

Card #2

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Hello die (Markered Messages- Concord and 9th); white Posca pen

Black and White Note

Welcome

I do like the look of a black and white card.  It's simple but effective, so when I found this roll off sheet in my stash that I had done while Gel Plate printing, I wanted to use it.

So I decided to use this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Petit Four Dainty.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I looked through my cast offs and found this one done as a roll off sheet when using some black acrylic paint on my Gel Plate.
• I placed down the Petit Four Dainty stencil and put the roll off sheet on top of the stencil.
• Using a black crayon, I rubbed over the panel to reveal the pattern.  It looks a lot like batik when done.
• I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with some black cardstock 4 times and glued them together, then assembled my card. By stacking the sentiment die together, it gives them more of a presence and stability.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.  
• Finally, I glued the sentiment to the side to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Petit Four Dainty

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

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES WITH WORDS AS FOCUS

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL/OPTION: SPLATTERS

The Male Room- ANYTHING MIXED MEDIA GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- acrylic paint

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); black Crayola crayon; 

white Posca pen; Gel Plate; Speedball brayer; Just Saying Dies (Concord and 9th)

Congrats- Crayon Rubbing

 

Good Morning

Can I just say how much I love the versatility of stencils.  

I am always ready to see how many different ways I can use them too.  

Today's card is a first for me, trying something different using this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Petit Four Dainty

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

• I've been on a mission to use some of the cast offs in my stash and I came across this one that I did while Gel Plate printing.  I had used some pink acrylic paint on my Gel plate to create the print that just didn't work out the way I wanted at the time.  
• So for this technique, I placed the Petit Four Dainty stencil down onto my Make Art station first, then placed my Gel plate print over the top of it. 
• After securing it well, I took a purple crayon and rubbed over the top of the whole panel to reveal the stencil design. I was very pleased with the results.
• I stamped the sentiment with some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink and cut that out.  I glued it onto another piece of white cardstock just to give it more strength.
• I glued the card panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then on a piece of pink and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Petit Four Dainty

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for the visit, very appreciated.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- USE YOUR FAV TECHNIQUE 

(Crayon rubbing is my new fav lately)

Craft Rocket- FOR THE GIRLS

Cardz 4 Galz- FOR A SPECIAL LADY

Supplies

Stamps- Lost for Words (Visible Image)

Inks- acrylic paint, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); purple Crayola crayon;

Gel plate print; foam tape; Make Art Station (Ranger)