So Many Happy Wishes

Welcome

Here is another card featuring our Mid Month release from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Minimalist

I paired it up with a stencil from last month's release called 

PATTERNED NOISE

Here is what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Mid Century Minimalist stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off, placed down the Patterned Noise stencil and inked that up with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment words from some dark blue cardstock 5 times and glued those together creating a stacked sentiment. I used the word outline to die cut right from the middle of the stenciled panel.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of dark blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment into the space I cut away with the word outline and added some silver gems around it.
• I used a scrap piece of the blue cardstock to die cut the string detail and glued that under the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Mid Century Minimalist

Patterned Noise

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Simon Says Monday- ADD TEXT

Just Add Ink- STENCILS AND DIES

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White/blue 

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

Happy Wishes die (SSS); Twine die (Spellbinders)

Sweet Kitty

Good Morning

Here is another great 'pet' stencil for July from A Colorful Life Designs called:

CAT CURLICUE

I thought this would make a good pet sympathy card.

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

• I began by placing the CAT CURLICUE stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off and placed the Patterned Noise stencil from last month, over the top and inked just around the cat with some Shaded Lilac, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Peacock Feathers DOX ink. By stenciling around the image, it helped to ground it and added colour and more interest.
• I placed my stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over to the side.
• Using the end of a pencil eraser, I stamped in the 2 eyes of the cat and stenciled in a few extra cat paws along the right hand side.
• I glued it onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto a white square 4 1/4" card base.
• I finished my card off by adding 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

CAT CURLICUE

PATTERNED NOISE

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.- 4 LEGGED FRIENDS

Allsorts- STENCIL

We Love Stamping- SUMMERTIME/or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Gentle Hugs (IO closed)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White; navy

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Pencil eraser

Fun Friend

Welcome

Today's card is a combination of 2 new for JUNE stencils called:

AIRY BUBBLES and PATTERNED NOISE

Here's what I did to create this card.

• I placed the AIRY BUBBLES stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers and some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and placed the PATTERNED NOISE stencil over the bubbles and inked just in some areas around the bubbles with the same colours.
• I took a scrap piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some of the same inks, then used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I die cut the sentiment 4 times with more white cardstock and glued them all together, stacking them and then glued the inked one on the top.  I did offset them a a bit to help it show up better against the background.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of pale green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment across the front and added 2 silver gems on either side of the sentiment to finish off my card. 

Here are the stencils I used:

AIRY BUBBLES

PATTERNED NOISE

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming by today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted To CAS- PATTERN

Crafty Calendar- MEN/BOYS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Friend die (TE); Silver gems

Let's Celebrate

Welcome

Here is a fun little card I made using the newly mid-month release stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

PATTERNED NOISE

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and using a Dot Circle die, I cut 2 circles right in the middle of my cardstock.
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the birthday greeting over the die cut circles.
• Next, I placed the Patterned Noise stencil over the stamped panel and then inked just around the sentiment with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours....Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Peacock Feathers and some Fossilized Amber.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of white cardstock and then I used a black fine line marker to fill in the areas of the sentiment that were over the die cut circles. Hope that makes sense!
• I glued my card front onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" white square card base.
• The last thing I did was to add 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Patterned Noise

(It's on SALE right now)

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT 

AAA Birthday Game- MASCULINE

Make My Monday- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Greetings (Temu)

Inks- Versafine Claire; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Dotted Circle Dies (Temu); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black fine line marker; black gems

Four Squares

Hello and Welcome

I had fun playing with this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Circles and Diamonds

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

• I placed the Circles and Diamonds stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and moved it to the side and inked again with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink right over the first design.
• I took my stenciled pattern and cut it into 4 small squares and glued them onto a piece of navy cardstock.
• I popped the squares up with some foam tape and then adhered them to a white 4 1/4" square card base.
• I stamped the sentiment, die cut it with a circle die and used some more foam tape to pop it over the center of my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circles and Diamonds

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Add Ink- DIES, STENCILS or BOTH

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts); Foam Tape

Very Best Wishes

Welcome

I'd like you to meet 2 new stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

SPOTLIGHT and DASHING CIRCLE

By doing some stencil layering, I was able to create a super fun design.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Spotlight stencil over my paper then inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the Dashing Circles stencil over that, matching up the circle designs and inked again with some Villainous Potion DOX ink. What a fun pattern it made!
• I die cut a circle from the middle of my stenciled panel and glued it onto a purple die cut circle.  
• Next, I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and die cut that out with a circle die.
• I glued my stenciled panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I popped the die cut circle back over my card front, matching up the pattern and then glued the sentiment over that.

Here are the stenciled I used:

SPOTLIGHT

DASHING CIRCLE

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:

Little Red Wagon- THAT SONG

(Will it Go Round in Circles- Billy Preston)

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)

Birthday Fun

Welcome

I'd like you to meet the new for April stencil called 

DOTTY HARLEQUIN

It is just one of the many fun designs from A Colorful Life Designs.

So, I pulled out 2 colours of ink and got busy making my card.

• I began by placing the DOTTY HARLEQUIN stencil over a piece of white cardstock on an angle and then inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and placed it back down over the white spaces left behind and then inked again with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink, creating a fun background.
• Next, I took another piece of white cardstock and inked the top part with more of the Ripe Persimmon ink and the bottom with the Picked Raspberry.  I used that to die cut my sentiment and then glued it onto the white word shadow. 
• I glued my stenciled card front panel onto a piece of white, then orange then onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• I cut out a white square frame and glued that over the panel and popped the sentiment inside the frame to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

DOTTY HARLEQUIN

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:

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Bold Birthday die (TE);

TE Blending Brushes; Layered Square dies (Amazon)

Joyful Music

 

Good Morning

This month at A Colorful Life Designs, some of the stencil designs revolve around music, the universal language.

So meet the new for March stencil called:

MUSIC

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

• I used an older stencil called Dot Circle to start my background and I inked that with some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the notes from the Music stencil across my card base and inked it with some Salty Ocean DOX ink. 
• I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the musician with some black ink.
• I took the Music stencil again and inked the 'music' word along the bottom with some Salty Ocean and some Black Soot DOX ink. (by using the black ink along the bottom of the word helped ground the sentiment)
• I used some more of the Salvaged Patina DOX to add a shadow around the outside edge of my card front.
• Using my black Posca pen, I splattered just around the bottom edge of the image.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

MUSIC

DOT 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:

Simon Says Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Just Add Ink- STENCILS/DIES or BOTH

Inkspirational- STENCILS (option- plaid)

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Rock Silhouette (IO-out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black Posca pen

Try It On Tuesdays

Welcome

Today, I have the pleasure of being the guest designer at the 

Try it on Tuesday (tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com)

The theme is a fun one:

EMBOSS IT

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and beginning at the top of the paper, I blended these Distress Oxide colours together: Fossilized Amber/ Ripe Persimmon/ Picked Raspberry/ Cracked Pistachio/ Peacock Feathers.
• Next, I embossed the panel with a 3D Burlap folder.  Using a sanding block, I gently sanded over the embossing to add a bit more interest and reveal a bit of the white cardstock.
• I laid the Dot Circle  Dot Circle stencil (one of my favs) over the embossed panel and inked with the same colours as mentioned above.
• I die cut out the little paint brushes and glued them together.
• I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and then die cut it out.
• I glued the embossed panel onto a piece of white, then pink cardstock and finally onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the little paint brushes onto the card front and used some foam tape to add the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dot Circle Stencil - A Colorful Life Designs

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

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) 

Supplies

Stamps- With All My Art (TE)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); 3D Burlap EB Folder (Honey Bee);

Paint the Town dies (TE); foam tape; sanding block

Joyful Moments

 

Good Morning

Just a few days until Christmas arrives.  I hope you holiday plans are going well!

Today's card is a fun one using just one part of a layering stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Layered Holly 

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then placed just the berries part of the Layered Holly stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and flipped it around upside down and placed it back onto my cardstock.  I inked again with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I wiped the stencil clean and then decided to add some more of the dots using some Squeezed Lemonade DOX ink.
• I still wanted more dots, so using the eraser on the end of a pencil, I added more dots using the red.  Those were a bit bigger then the stenciled ones, which helped balance out the design.
• Using a white Posca pen, I put dots into the eraser stamped ones to add more interest.
• When my card front was dry, I die cut the "JOY" sentiment from the center.  I die cut the shadow with some red cardstock and glued the 2 together.
• I dry embossed a piece of red cardstock as I wanted to add interest to the open part of the sentiment, then I glued the stenciled card front over that and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place, matching up the stenciled pattern.
• I added some die cut pieces around the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Layered Holly

(I used just the berries)

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- UNDER PRESSURE

Cardz 4 Galz- CHRISTMAS CARD

Krafty Chicks- CAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger), Big Tidings Dies- (Tim Holtz), Mosaic Angles eb folder (Altenew)

Big Ornament

Good Morning and Welcome.

Today's card features some stencil layering using 2 newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Big Ornament and Star Ring

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

• I cut a piece of cardstock that was 4" square and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  
• I placed the Big Ornament stencil over my white cardstock and inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put the Star Ring stencil over the top and inked that up with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  Layering the 2 stencils made for a unique and interesting background.
• I removed both stencils and after the ink had a chance to dry, I added some white dots to the middle of the red circles using my Posca pen.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
• I glued it onto a 4 1/4" square card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Big Ornament

Star Ring

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:

As You Like It- TRADITIONAL or MODERN

(traditional- so memories of past Christmases)

Crazy Catz- ANYTHING GOES-option: Sparkle

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Cheer (TT- retired)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); white Posca pen

Have a Grateful Heart

Good Morning.

Today's card has a great summery feeling to it.

I'm combining the new Dynamic Lines and the Dot Square Grid stencils from A Colorful Life Designs to create my design.

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

• I cut a piece of cardstock 4 inches square and placed it onto my Make Art Station.
• I decided to use just the corners of the stencil, so I placed just the corner edge of the Dynamic Lines stencil onto one of the corners of my cardstock.  I inked that up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I repeated that process until all 4 corners were inked up.
• When I was finished, there was a large white area in the center of the card panel, so I masked it off and stenciled it using the Dot Square Grid with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink to add a bit of colour variation and interest.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• When the panel was dry, I placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Dynamic Lines

Dot Square Grid

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 a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Happy Little Stampers- ANYTHING GOES STENCILED

The Crafting Challenge- YOUR FAB COLOUR

Supplies

Stamp- Start Each Day (CTMH)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

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

TE inking brushes; white Posca pen, Misti (My Sweet Petunia)