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)

Wanted to say Hello

 

Good Morning

Today's card was a fun one using a new stencil for May called Orbits and combined with an older stencil called Dotted Wreath.  

It made for a Clean and Simple card.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned one part of the Orbits stencil over my paper, centering it.  I inked it up with some Uncharted Mariners Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil and added one of the smaller rings and inked that up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink right into the center part.
• Next, I removed the Orbits stencil and I placed the Dotted Wreath stencil over the background and inked that up with some more Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• I die cut the "Hello' from some blue cardstock and the shadow of the die from white and glued them together, then popped that into the center of the circles.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of matching blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Orbits

Dotted Wreath

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:

Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to CAS- MONOCHROME

Challenge Up Your Life= CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamp- none

Ink- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); 

TE Blending Brushes; Hello die (SSS); foam tape

Celebrate Dotted Wreath

Welcome

Today's card is a simple CAS using the Dotted Wreath stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Just a fun stencil to play around with.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and then laid it onto my Make Art Station.
• I positioned the Dotted Wreath stencil to one side and inked it up with some Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink.
• I wiped the stencil off and moved it over a bit and inked with some Carved Pumpkin DOX ink.  I repeated that process again and inked with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment in the middle.
• To add more interest, I inked along the edges of the panel with some more of the Lumberjack Plaid.
• Next, I glued the inked panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of orange then finally onto an A2 card base.
• I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dotted Wreath

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) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Unicorn Challenge- DOTS/STRIPES

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

AAA Birthday Game #47- STRIPES/ DOTS

Supplies

Stamp- Celebrate (IO)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Misti;

Make Art Station (Ranger)

Going Around in Circles

Welcome

Today's card features a print I did using my Gel Plate.

This Dot Circle stencil from A Colorful Life Designs has become a favourite.

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate, brayer, Dot Circle stencil and some blue acrylic paint.
• I added paint to the plate, brayered it nice and smooth, then placed the stencil over the wet paint.
• Using the end of a paint brush handle, I gently pushed the stencil onto the plate, making sure it had really good contact.  
• Next, I rubbed a piece of paper over stencil that was still on the plate which helped lift some off some of the paint.
• I took the stencil off carefully, then rubbed a piece of white cardstock to get this print.  I set it aside to dry completely.
• I got out this birthday die and cut the letters from some white cardstock. 
• I cut the shadow die for the sentiment right from the center area of the print and then glued the Happy Birthday onto that.
• I glued the Gel Plate print to a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• I pop dotted the sentiment by fitting it back into place in the center.
• I added 3 silver gems to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dot Circle

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)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Basics Acrylic paint

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Gel Plate; Speedball brayer; silver gems (Dollar Tree);

Happy Birthday die (Amazon); paint brush

Overflowing Florals

Good Morning

Today's card was a fun one to create as I was playing along with a challenge to do some 'Faux Tearing using stencils' at Splitcoast Stampers.

What an interesting look it gave to the background...I should have taken a picture before I stamped over it.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  Using some copy paper, I tore strips and laid them over my cardstock with some repositionable glue.
• I laid the  stencil over the torn pieces of paper and inked it up.  The colours of ink I used were:  Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil and all the strips to reveal the background.
• I some leftover ink on my blending brushes to ink the edges.
• Next, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the Large Floral Background over the inked piece with some black ink.
• I die cut the sentiment from some black and then some white cardstock and glued them together.
• I die cut the word shadow right from the middle of the inked panel and glued them together.
• I glue it all onto an A2 card base, then pop dotted the sentiment into place over the flowers.

Here is the stencil I used:

Messy Dots Grid

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)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Try it on Tues.- MAKE IT FEMININE

Unicorn Challenge- SUMMERTIME

Supplies

Stamps- Large Floral Bkg (Magenta)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Sending Smiles die (SSS); stencil (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

scrap paper for tearing; TE Blending Brushes