For the Guys

 

Welcome

Today's card is featuring a fun new stencil for June from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Gears

Great stencil for making more masculine looking cards. I used it with an older release called:

Square Cutout

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station.  I placed the Square Cutout stencil down and inked over that with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Gears stencil right over the top and inked it up again with some Dusty Concord DOX ink.
• Next, I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I cut out the 'hello' sentiment 5 times from white cardstock and glued them together to create a stacked look.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white A2  sized card base.
• I cut 2 squares using a stitched square die and glued them into the middle area, added my sentiment last, over that.

Here are the stencils I used:

Gears

Square Cutout

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:

Simon Says Wed.- WE'RE GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES

Simon Says Monday- SPRITZ and/or SPLATTER

Cut it Up- MASCULINE /ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Friend die (Amazon); white Posca pen; Stitched Squares (Amazon)

Winding Paths

Good Morning

This fun stencil is another one of the new releases from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Winding Paths

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

• I placed the Winding Paths stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked with some Dusty Concord and some Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink, alternating the colour.
• I set that aside and inked another piece of white cardstock with some Wilted Violet DOX ink using the same stencil.
• Next, I die cut the first panel I had inked using a diagonal die and set it aside
• I die cut the birthday greeting with some dark purple cardstock 5 times, then glued them all together.
• I glued one of the stenciled panels along the bottom onto a piece of purple cardstock and then I used some foam tape to pop the top one over that.  I glued those onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment just above the die cut area and finally, added some purple gems.

Here is the stencil I used:

Winding Paths

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- BIRTHDAY

Seize the Birthday- LAYER IT

Craft Rocket- LAYER IT UP

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil and gems- A Colorful Life Designs; Angle die (Amazon);

TE Blending Brushes; Happy Birthday die (TE)

Birthday Boy

 

Welcome

I like to have some masculine cards on hand as I know sometimes it's hard to create them.

This newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and a few shades of blue fit the bill.

The new stencil is called:

MultiShadow

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the MultiShadow stencil over that on an angle.  I inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned the stencil off and then repositioned it slightly over and then inked again with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink. I removed the stencil and was left with a lovely layered look effect.
• I splattered the whole card front with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• When it was nice and dry, I die cut the sentiment shadow from the card front and then glued the black die cut sentiment onto that.
• I glued the finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then light blue and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place and then finished it all off with 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Multishadow

**If you get a chance to, please read my blog post about some important changes**

(It talks about some changes with my affiliate links)

My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

My Time to Craft- MAKE IT MALE

Craft Rocket- SOMETHING NEW

Just Us Girls- USE STENCILS 

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

black gems; Make Art Station (Ranger); Bold Birthday die (TE)

Happy Father's Day to My Guy

Welcome

Today, I am having fun creating a card for Father's Day for my husband.  I am using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Swirling Droplets

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

• I placed the Swirling Droplets stencil over a piece of white cardstock and randomly inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil and then rubbed some of the Peacock Feathers DOX ink along the edges of the card front panel.
• Next, I used my black Posca pen and splattered the whole panel.
• While that dried, I stamped and clear heat embossed the beer cans and fussy cut them out.
• To add colour to the cans, I pressed the Cracked Pistachio and the Peacock Feathers ink pads onto a piece of acetate, sprayed with water and dragged the stamped cans through the wet ink.
• I stamped the sentiment from the same set onto a little piece of inky cardstock and then set aside to dry.
• I glued the card front panel onto a piece of pale green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the cans over the center of my card front and then added the sentiment under it using some more of the foam tape.
• To finish my card off, I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Swirling Droplets

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:

Sweet Stampin'- FATHER'S DAY/ SPECIAL MAN

Allsorts- MASCULINE

Papercraft Challenges- FOR THE BOYS

Supplies

Stamps- Cheers Bruh (Unity)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

black Posca pen; acetate sheet; black gems

Rockin' Out

 

Good Morning

Today's card is more on the masculine side featuring the newly released for May stencil from 

A Colorful Life Designs called:

Right Angles

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Right Angles stencil over that. I inked with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and then repositioned it and then inked again creating this fun pattern.
• I splattered with my black Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I die cut the guitar and the Burlap Texture die with some red cardstock.
• I stamped the sentiment with some black and then glued it onto a piece of red cardstock.
• Next, I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the Burlap die cut onto the panel, then added the guitar over that.  
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment across the bottom.

Here is the stencil I used:

Right Angles

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 very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Dragonfly Dreams- USE A STENCIL

SAS4Kids- CARD FOR DAD/SPECIAL GUYS

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamps- Rock On (High Hopes)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Large Guitar die (Paper Rose);

Burlap Texture (Altenew); foam tape; black Posca pen

Oh Boy, It's Your Birthday!

Welcome

I really enjoy making masculine cards and when I saw this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, I knew what I wanted to do.  Love how it turned out!

So meet the new for May stencil called 

Right Angles

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Right Angles stencil over that.  I inked the whole panel with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and repositioned it again.  This time I inked with some Versafine Clair Nocturne ink.
• Next, I stamped the running shoes with more of the black, then die cut them out.  
• I stamped the sentiment with some more of the Salty Ocean DOX ink and die cut that out too.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto and A2 sized card base.
• To help bring attention to my sentiment, I cut a strip of black cardstock and added the sentiment over that with some foam tape.
• Finally, I used some more foam tape to add the running shoes under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Right Angles

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- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Simon Says Wed.- USE DIE CUTS

Fab 'n' Funky- FOR A CHILD, BABY or TEEN

Supplies

Stamps- Sock Hop (Catherine Pooler); Big and Bold Sentiment and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Monochromatic Celebrate

Welcome

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

Mid Century Angles.  

Such an innovative look with a great geometric design.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  I positioned the Mid Century Angles stencil over it, centering it from side to side and top to bottom.
• I added some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink into the middle of the shapes and then some Cracked Pistachio around the edges to give a 2-tone effect.
• I removed the stencil and placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment along the bottom.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added some black gems for extra interest.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Angles

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) 

I so appreciated that you came by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- USE YOUR FAV TECHNIQUE- (stenciling)

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING STENCILED/OPT BUTTERFLIES

Supplies

Stamp- Celebrate (IO- retired)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); black gems

You Are a Classic

Happy Friday and Welcome!

Today's card is a simple one using and old pair of jeans and my Gel Plate.

A good masculine card to have on hand.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock first and got out my Gel Plate.
• I pressed some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink onto my Gel Plate and using a brayer, I smoothed it all out on the plate. 
• Next, I took an old pair of my husband's jeans and pressed them onto the plate to transfer the details of the pants.
• I lifted the pants off and took my white cardstock and rubbed over my plate to take the print.
• When the piece was dry, I stamped the sentiment into the corner.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• To finish the card off, I added 5 silver gems under the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- Happy Birthday

Use Your Stuff- RECYCLED/ UPCYCLED

Time Out- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamp- Feelin Fizzy (Catherine Pooler)

Ink- Distress Oxide

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

Accessories and Tools- old jeans; Gel Plate; brayer; silver Gems

Forever Chasing the Sun

Welcome

Today's card was a fun one, using the new stencil called Waterspout from A Colorful Life Designs and the sentiment from the new Chasing the Sun clear stamp set.

I used it as part of my 'collage' style card.

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

• I laid a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then I tore a piece of scrap paper to use as my masks for the top and bottom of my cardstock.
• I positioned the Waterspout stencil along the middle of the masked area and inked that with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink.
• I turned the stencil upside down and inked the stencil again along the top edge with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.  I think the stencil gave a nice sense of movement to my background.
• Using some Broken China DOX ink, I inked up the background so the torn edge would become more visible.
• I did some stamping over the stenciled background to help provide more interest.
• Next, I removed the masking paper and placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the image of the biker and stamped the sentiment from the Chasing The Sun stamp set.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil and stamp set I used:

Waterspout

Chasing the Sun

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

2 Sisters on the Blog- MEN'S CARD AND HOBBY

Pearly Sparkles- MAKE IT MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- Chasing the Sun (ACLD); Friendship Script (HA); Graffiti Grunge (Kaiser Craft);

Bike Boy (Flonz)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

scrap paper; TE inking Brushes

Rock and Roll

Welcome

Today's card is a masculine one, pretty simple one to create.

I used the new Sound Waves stencil from A Colorful Life Designs for the background.

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

• I got out my Waffle Flower Stencil Mat and positioned the Sound Waves stencil over a piece of white cardstock.
• I inked over the stencil with some Broken China Distress ink and covered the whole piece of cardstock.
• I took another scrap of white cardstock and stenciled that next.  
• I cut the scrap down so it would match up with the background stenciling, then placed that into my Misti to stamp the image of the guitar player.  I stamped using Archival Black so the stripes wouldn't show on the image.
• I clear heat embossed the image to help make it pop.
• I took the larger panel and placed that into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and clear heat embossed that as well.
• I glued the larger stenciled panel onto a piece of matching blue cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I pop dotted the guitar player over to the side, matching the lines up with the background.
• Finally, I added 3 black gems just under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Sound Waves

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 very much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Krafty Chicks- ALL OCCASIONS

Crazy is Our Fame- STENCILS are Our Game- STENCIL- OPTIONAL HEARTS

The Sisterhood of Crafters- DOTS OR STRIPES

Supplies

Stamps- Rock On (High Hopes); Rocker (IO- retired)

Inks- Distress Oxide; Archival Black

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

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Misti; black gems;

Clear EB powder; Waffle Flower Stencil Mat