Swimming By to Say Hi

Hello

Time for some beachy fun.

Today, I am using the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Frothy Waves

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Frothy Waves stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.  To help add some variation in the colour of the waves, I inked randomly with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.
• Next, I used the Waffle Flower Die-Postage Collage and die cut the stenciled panel out.
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then used some foam tape to add it to an A2 sized card base.
• I stamped the little sea creatures in my Misti and coloured them with my Copic markers.
• I cut them out and popped them over the wavy background with some more foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Frothy Waves

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut it Up- FEELING BLUE

Daring Cardmakers- AT THE BEACH

Time Out- PHOTO INSPIRATION

Supplies

Stamps- Sea Creatures (Hampton Arts)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX; Copic Markers

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

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

foam tape; Postage Collage die (Waffle Flower)

Fintastic Birthday Wishes to You!

Good Morning and Welcome

Meet one of the new stencils for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Fishy Frame

These fish look as though they are swimming around in a circle, but there is a perfect open space to add any kind of sentiment.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then added the Fishy Frame stencil over that.
• I inked with my Distress Oxides with these colours, varying them as I went along:  Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch and some Uncharted Mariner.
• I removed the stencil and diluted some Peacock Feathers DOX ink with water and used that to splatter over the fish.
• When the panel was dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment into the open area.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of mottled blue cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• Final step was to add 3 black gems right under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fishy Frame

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT AND COLORFUL

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

The Four Seasons- ANYTHING SUMMER GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Lost for Words (Visible Image)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; black gems

Mr. Bubble

Good Morning.

Just a fun card celebrating summer's arrival.

I used a new for June stencil called Mr. Bubble and a new stamp set called Chasing the Sun from A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Mr. Bubble stencil over that. I inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I inked the largest bubble with some Uncharted Mariner DOX to bring the highlight to where I wanted to put the little fish.  Without inking my blending brush again, I added some ink in other areas too for some shadowing.
• Again, leaving the stencil in place, I stamped over it with a splatter stamp using more of the Uncharted Mariner ink. It really added to the look of the bubbles.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the fish, die cut it out and coloured it with my Copic markers.  I covered the goggles the fish is wearing with some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to make them look glassy.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from the new Chasing the Sun set in the darker area of my card panel.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto an A2 card panel then used some foam tape to pop up the fish over the sentiment.

Here is the stencil and stamp set I used:

Mr. Bubble

Chasing the Sun

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Make My Monday- ON THE WATER

Simon Says Wed.- VACATION

The Crafter's Cafe- HUMOROUS

Supplies

Stamps- Chasing the Sun (ACLD); Mini Snorkel Fun Fishy (Your Next Stamp)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); fish die; white Posca pen; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Nuvo Crystal Glaze 

Under the Sea

Hello and Welcome

Today's card is featuring this beautiful stencil called Big Seaweed.  

It is part of a series of stencils released this month featuring a beach/ocean theme.

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

• I cut a white cardstock panel and laid the Big Seaweed stencil over my paper.
• I decided to ink it up using some Brusho, so I sprinkled a few onto a piece of acetate, sprayed with water to activate, then using a baby wipe, I inked over the stencil by dipping the wipe into the wet ink and pressing over the stencil.  The Brushos give such vibrant colours to anything.  Be sure not to use a lot as they go a long way.
• When the panel was dry, I used a blending brush to add some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and then I splattered with my black Posca pen.
• Next, I used a circle die and cut it from the center of the inked panel.
• I placed the circle into my Misti and stamped the sentiment near the bottom of the circle.
• I stamped the little fish from a set by Lawn Fawn, die cut them out and coloured them with the left over Brushos on the acetate sheet and a wet paintbrush.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto a heavy white card base, then pop dotted the circle back into place.
• I pop dotted the little fish over the sentiment as well.

Here is the stencil I used:

Big Seaweed

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:

Time Out- TROPICAL 

Unicorn Challenge- MONOCHROMATIC

Simon Say Mon.- SOMETHING THAT STARTS WITH 'S' (seaweed)

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Circle Tags (Avery Elle); Mermaid for You (Lawn Fawn)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Brushos, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Infinity Circle die (HA); Posca pen;

TE Blending Brushes

Make a Splash

Welcome

Hope you had a good week.

More newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  

The owner, Mary Kay, had been coming up with so many new and innovative designs.

The two stencils I used on this card are called Overall Shells and King Tidal Wave.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and laid the King Tidal Wave stencil over it on my Make Art Station. 
• I inked it up with some of my favourite colours of Distress Oxide inks:  Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Salty Ocean and a hint of Blueprint Sketch.
• I removed the stencil and added a faint bit of inking into the white areas to make the fish more solid with some of the Peacock Feathers still left on my blending brush.
• I splattered it heavily with water to lift off some of the ink, then set is aside to dry.
• Next, I cut another piece of white cardstock and placed the Overall Shells stencil onto it.  
• I sprinkled some Brushos onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with some water to activate and then used a baby wipe to dab the colour over the stencil.  The Brushos are highly pigmented so you don't need much to get intense colour.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment onto the fish in my Misti.
• I glued the shells bkg onto a heavy white A2 card base, then pop dotted the fish over that.
• I pop dotted the strip sentiment under the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

King Tidal Wave

Overall Shells

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.

(affiliate with not extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

** I want to sincerely thank all of you that leave me such heartfelt comments.  I so appreciate them.  At the same time, I feel as though I owe so many of you an apology for not getting around to visit your blogs.  I want to do better with that.  My life of working 10 hrs with my 5 little ones is very time consuming but I want to try and better keep up with it all.

Cross your fingers for me!! lol**

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SOMETHING FISHY GOING ON

Seize the Birthday- FAV TECHNIQUE (stenciling)

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Supplies

Stamps- Mermaid for You (Lawn Fawn); Simple Strips (TE)

Inks- Distress Oxides, Versafine Clair, Brushos

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Make Art Station (Ranger)