Simple Note

 

Hello and Welcome

Meet the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Double Rainbow

I decided to make a more masculine black and white card, so here's what I did.

• For my this card, I began by getting out my Gel Plate.  I pressed my Black Soot Distress Oxide ink pad directly onto the plate and I used my brayer to spread the ink evenly.
• I place the Mid Century Double Rainbow stencil over that, then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the stencil to create the print.
• I repeated the steps mentioned above, but this time I turned the stencil sideways and printed right over the first one to create this pattern.  I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry. 
• I die cut a circle from the middle of the dried panel and cut another circle from a piece of black cardstock and glued them together.
• I die cut the sentiment from some black cardstock and the word shadow from a piece of white and glued those together.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of black and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the large circle back into place, matching up the pattern and then glued the sentiment over that.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Double Rainbow

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:

Cut It Up- ADD A SENTIMENT

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

The Sisterhood of Crafters- CARD OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar white, black cardstock

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

white Posca pen; Infinity Circle die (HA); Just Saying die (Concord and 9th)

Starry Rays

Good Morning

Meet this amazing new for March stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Starry Rays

It's very unique and I had fun playing with it.

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

• I placed the Starry Rays stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I shifted the stencil and inked again with some Broken China DOX ink, layering the 2 colours. It made a very cool looking design.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment from a piece of lined cardstock and I cut the sentiment shadow right from my card panel.  I glued them together.
• I glued the card front panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place over the card front.
• Finally, I added some silver gems around the sentiment to add interest.

Here is the stencil I used:

Starry Rays

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Fab 'n' Funky- ONE FOR THE BOYS/MEN

Cardz 4 Guyz- 'S' IS FOR.....STARRY

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); small blending brushes (Amazon);

sentiment die (Amazon); silver gems (Dollar Tree); foam tape

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)

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)