Let's Go Retro

 

Welcome

I can't believe it's August already but I am excited about all the new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.

 If you love mid century designs, you are going to love the new releases.

Meet 2 of the new releases called:

Mid Century Single Rainbow and Mid Century Circles and Squares

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Mid Century Single Rainbow stencil over a piece of white cardstock and starting at the left hand side I inked with my Distress Oxide inks in these colours: Dusty Concord, Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon and Mustard Seed.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Mid Century Circles and Squares stencil right over it and inked again with some Villainous Potion DOX ink, creating a fun layered look to the background.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment from black cardstock 5 times and glued them all together to make a stacked sentiment.  I die cut the word shadow right from the middle of my stenciled card front and glued those together.
• I glued my stenciled card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of black and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment back into place on the card front, matching up the pattern.

Here are the stencils I used:

Mid Century Single Rainbow

Mid Century Circles and Squares

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

KarenFan10

Specials for this Month

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- MASCULINE

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Sweet Stampin'- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- Solar White

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

Good Vibes die (SSS)

Atomic Teardrops

Welcome

Today's card was a fun one to create. 

It's the last day of July and I wanted to show you one more new releases stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Atomic Teardrops

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

• I placed the Mid Century Atomic Teardrops stencil over a piece of white cardstock and then inked it up with these Distress Oxide colours:  Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and some Uncharted Mariner.  
• I moved the stencil over and filled in some of the white areas with the same colours mentioned above.
• I removed the stencil and set aside to let the ink dry.
• I die cut the birthday sentiment with a piece of dark blue cardstock and then cut it 3 more times with some white cardstock.  I glued them all together, stacking them on top of each other to make a raised sentiment.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto another piece of the dark blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment over the middle of the card front on an angle and finally, added 3 silver gems to give more interest around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Atomic Teardrops

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 taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- BIRTHDAYS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

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

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

silver gems; Giant Happy Birthday to You die (Lawn Fawn)

Let's Create

Hello and Welcome

Today's card features another wonderful geometric shaped stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Mid Century Angles.

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

• I began by looking through my stash of inky backgrounds and found this one.  It was one that I had rolled my brayer off onto while I was Gel Plate printing.  It had some orange in the center and pink along the edges.  That was my starting point.
• I took the panel and placed it onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Mid Century Angles stencil over that.
• Next, I inked up the middle area with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink and then used some Picked Raspberry DOX ink along the edges.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• To add a bit more interest to the design, I stamped a star into some of the open areas of the stenciled background.
• When the ink was all dry, I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment into the middle and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued it onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Angles

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Mon.- USE YOUR FAV TECHNIQUE (stenciling)

Shopping Our Stash- HOT, HOT, HOT (I used hot colours)

The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Just Be Happy (Visible Image); Feelin Fizzy (stars- Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Speedball brayer; white Posca pen,

Make Art Station (Ranger); Misti; TE Blending Brushes; clear eb powder; black gems

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