My Forever Friend

Welcome

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

SIMPLE LEAVES

This stencil has a nice variety of different sized leaves.

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

• I began by inking up a stencil from last month called Mid Century Square Mask with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.  It gave a lot of interest to the background.
• I removed that stencil and inked each leaf from the Simple Leaves stencil, one at a time, across the top and then along the bottom with some Rustic Wilderness and some Lucky Clover DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the 'friend' sentiment 5 times with black cardstock and glued them all together creating a stacked sentiment.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then green and then onto a white A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the sentiment across the middle and added 2 black gems on either side of it to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

SIMPLE LEAVES

MID CENTURY SQUARE MASK

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for your visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Rocket- DIES

Dragonfly Dreams- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Friend die (TE); black gems

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

Happy Days Together

Welcome

I love this sweet image and wanted to use it to make a card.

Meet the new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

PATTERNED NOISE

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and got out the Patterned Noise stencil. I laid the stencil flat over a paper towel and rubbed Ripe Persimmon and some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink directly over the whole back of the stencil.  
• Next, I sprayed with some Rubbing Alcohol and then pressed the stencil onto white cardstock. I lifted the stencil off and let the piece dry.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sweet image and the sentiment along the bottom.
• Using a wet paintbrush, I added some of the Ripe Persimmon DOX ink to the clothes.
• I glued the finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then black and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Patterned Noise

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

KarenFan10

Many thanks for the visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- SUMMERTIME

The Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Send a Smile 4 Kids- SUMMER FUN

Supplies

Stamps- More Sentiments (Avery Elle); Let's Go Fly a Kite (Creative Expressions)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Rubbing Alcohol

Zipping By to Say Hi

Good Morning

Today's cute card was made using a new for May stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Circles and Diamonds

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

• I laid the Circles and Diamonds stencil flat onto my work surface and pressed my Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink pad all over the stencil until it was covered with ink.
• I sprayed the stencil with some Rubbing Alcohol and then pressed it onto my white cardstock and left it there for a minute to let the ink soak in. 
• I dried the paper, cleaned off the stencil and placed it back over the pattern, matching it up and inked again with more of the Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the zipper with some navy cardstock.
• I took the stenciled base and cut a small 'V' at the top and glued the zipper over the stenciled background.  I also added a small piece of white cardstock behind the zipper to show at the top.
• I glued that onto a piece of pale grey cardstock, then onto a piece of pale blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I had a small piece of the stenciled base left when I cut it down, so I used that to create a small pocket.
• I used some foam tape to add the pre-printed sentiment across the bottom to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Circles and Diamonds

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Add Ink- STENCILS AND DIES

Craft Rocket- NOT SQUARE

The Sisterhood of Crafters- MAKE SOMEONE SMILE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white

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

Zipper die (Temu); foam tape (Dollar Store); Everyday Occasions sentiment strip (TE)

Friendship is Special

Welcome

Meet another one of the newly released stencils for April from A Colorful Life Designs called:

THREE Xs

This stencil can be used is so many different ways; inked then cut apart along the lines, overlapping inking, stencil layering....so many ideas. 

For today though, I kept it simple by inking and adding a die cut frame.

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

• I placed the THREE Xs stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked just across the middle with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink. Next, I inked with some Cracked Pistachio DOX and then along the bottom and top edges I used more of the Broken China ink.
• While that dried, I did cut the frame with some black cardstock and set aside.
• I took a scrap of white paper and inked it with the above mentioned colours and used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I glued the black frame over my stenciled card front and then glued that onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the 'friend' sentiment over the frame and added some silver gems to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE Xs

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 Monday- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Cut It Up- COLORS OF SPRING

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

CRAFT- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white; black cardtock

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

Triangle Grid die (Temu); Friend die (Amazon); silver gems

Hello My Friend

Good Morning

Today's simple card was created using one of the new for April stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

ARROWS

This is how I created my card.

• I placed the Arrows stencil just along the bottom edge of my card front and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off and placed it along the top edge of my card front panel and inked again with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• When I looked at the stenciled panel, I felt it needed something more, so I used my white Posca pen to add some dots and lines over the stenciled areas and set that aside to dry.
• I die cut the 'Hello' with some blue cardstock and then I glued the word shadow with white cardstock 5 times and glued those all together as I wanted a raised sentiment without having to use foam tape.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue that matched the sentiment and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the 'Hello' over to the side and then to finish my card off, I added 3 blue gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

ARROWS

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:

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Calendar- DIES/PUNCHES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

white Posca pen; Handwritten Hello die (SSS); blue gems

Special Friend

Good Morning

It's been so gloomy and very cold here with lots of snow. 

I needed some colour to brighten my day and this stencil was a welcome sight.

So meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Nine Flowers

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I looked through my stash and found this yellow Gel Plate print I had done awhile ago using some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink and the Simple Mosaic stencil. I thought it would make a good sunny feeling background for my flowers.
• I placed the Nine Flowers stencil over my print and then inked the flowers with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  To help enhance the look of the flowers, I added some Wilted Violet DOX ink just to the flower centers which gave some nice colour variation.
• The flowers looked a bit flat to me so I used my white Posca pen to add some details.
• When it was all dry, I die cut the word shadow right from the bottom of my stenciled panel, then die the sentiment in black and glued them together.
• I glued my finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a piece of red and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place.

Here are the stencils I used:

Nine Flowers

Simple Mosaic

(older release)

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

KarenFan10

Much thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut it Up- THIS MAKES ME HAPPY

Alphabet Challenge- 'U' IS FOR UPLIFTING

Allsorts- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- solar white

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; 

white Posca pen; TE Blending Brushes; Friend die (Amazon)

Better With You

 

Good Morning.

Here's a simple, monochromatic card I made using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Star Balls

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

• I placed the Mid Century Star Balls over a piece of white cardstock and inked using some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• When the ink was all dry, I used a fine line black marker to draw a border around the edge to add interest.
• Next, I stamped the sentiment with more of the Picked Raspberry ink and used some clear embossing powder to heat set it. I die cut that out.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, the onto a piece of pink and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I popped the sentiment over my card front with some foam dots.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Star Balls

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- CIRCLE OF LIFE

Crafty Chicks- CAS

Creations in Pink- ANYTHING GOES in MAINLY PINK

Supplies

Stamp- Roadside Messages (HA)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

foam dots; Lawn Fawn clear EB powder; Fine line black marker; foam tape

Hello Friend

Welcome

Today, I'm playing the the newly releases stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Mid Century Atomic Strands

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

• I placed the Mid Century Atomic Strands stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and flipped in the other direction. This time, I inked it up with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink.
• To created my white card base, I cut a piece of cardstock that was 4 1/4" wide by 9 3/4" long and scored it at 5 1/2".
• I cut my stenciled card panel into a 4x4" piece and the left over piece at 1". I glued those onto a piece of blue cardstock and then into place on my card base.  **NOTE:  I decided to cut down the above mentioned panels so I could add the other pieces of cardstock behind them.
  
• I took a scrap piece of white cardstock and rubbed my Prize Ribbon DOX pad right onto the paper.  When that was dry, I used it to die cut my sentiment and glued that onto a white die cut word shadow.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the center of the panel to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Atomic Strands

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:

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANY OCCASION

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Knockouts- FUN FOLD

Supplies

Stamps- Loved and Happy (Concord and 9th)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); foam tape;

ScorPal; TE Blending Brushes

Friendship

Welcome

Today's card features just one of the new stencils for August from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

Here's how I used that stencil to create my card.

• I began by getting out my Gel plate and a piece of white cardstock.
• I pressed my Distress Oxide ink pads right onto the plate using these colours:  Villainous Potion, Prize Ribbon and some Blueprint Sketch. I took my brayer and blended them together.
• Next, I placed the Bauhaus Pinwheels stencil onto the plate and rubbed over it with a scrap of paper to lift some of the ink.  I lifted that off along with the stencil and rubbed over the plate with the white cardstock to create the print.
• I placed the print into my Misti to stamp the image and the sentiment and clear heat embossed them to make them pop.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of pale blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus Pinwheels

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for visiting, very appreciated.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Sparkles- SUMMER DAYS

Sweet Stampin- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Let's Go Fly a Kite (Creative Expressions)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); clear EB powder

TLC- Flowers for My Friend

Welcome

It's my turn to host the TLC Challenge (Technique Lovers) over at Splitcoast Stampers this week.

I've been noticing a trend of many card makers as they look back and remember some of the older techniques we haven't visited in awhile so....

We are revisiting an older challenge that I did about 3 years ago called Stripped Down, also known as 

Paper Strips Flip

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

• First, I randomly inked up a piece of white cardstock with some Broken China, Wilted Violet and some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide inks.
• I dried the ink on the panel and used a die to cut it into strips.  It helps to keep them together in the order that I had inked them up, by placing a piece of low tack tape along the back. This will be important for the next steps.
• When they were all cut, I peeled them off the tape from the back and glued them onto another piece of white cardstock, flipping every other strip around to face in the opposite direction.
• After I had them all glued down, I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and then set it aside to dry.
• I die cut the flowers with another piece of white cardstock, I also die cut the 'friend' sentiment 5 times and glued them on top of each other, stacking them together.
• I glued my strip panel card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I glued the flowers and the sentiment over the strips.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

To see the other card I made using this technique go here:

Holly Jolly Snowflake

and

Christmas Snowflakes

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Weaving die strips (Hero Arts); white Posca pen;

Wildflowers (TH); friend die (Amazon)

My Amazing Friend

Welcome

Today's card was created using a fun new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Tiki Room

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

• I placed the Tiki Room stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked up just the center with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink and the rest of the panel with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• Using another piece of white cardstock, I die cut the Hud Outlines and then I rubbed my Villainous Potion DOX ink pad over the die cut to add the colour.
• Next, using some blue cardstock, I did cut the 'friend' sentiment and the sentiment shadow with some white cardstock and glued them together.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of purple and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the purple Hud Outlines die cut over my card base and the used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over that to finish my card off.

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 coming by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut It Up- MASCULINE

Fab 'n' Funky- USE YOUR DIE CUTS

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES/OPTION- HOT COLORS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Hud Outlines die (Paper Rose); 

TE Blending Brushes; friend die (Amazon)

Sending You Flowers

 

Good Morning

Here's a happy card I made using the new for June stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Trim Octagon

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 the Trim Octagon stencil down. I inked with some Picked Raspberry and some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink in bands across the paper.
• I lifted the stencil off and die cut it using a flower die I got from Amazon.
• Next, I stamped the sentiment with more of the Picked Raspberry DOX ink and then die cut it out.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white, then pink cardstock, and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle.
• Lastly, I added some pink bling to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Trim Octagon

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

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SEE THROUGH IT

Cardz 4 Galz- FLORAL FRENZY

Word Power- SENTIMENT IS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Flower Die (Amazon)