Listen to the Music

 

Welcome

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

MUSIC

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

• I got out a piece of linen paper, it has texture and gives a bit of a mottled look when inking. I used the MUSIC stencil and inked it with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink across the top part of my white card base.
• Next, I placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the flowers and all the details around the edges of my card using Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.  I also stamped the sentiment in the open area above the flowers.
• I used the ink left on my blending brush and added more colour just across the middle of my card front to add more interest and take down the stark white.
• I glued the piece onto white cardstock, then a pale mauve  and then onto a white A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

MUSIC

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

KarenFan10

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SIGNS OF SPRING

Simon Says Wed.- CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Crafty Calendar- SPRING

Stamping Sensations- SPRING or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Natures Flowers (Art Journey); Flowers are the Music (Rubbernecker)

Inks- DOX

Paper- linen

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

All the Best Wishes

Welcome

For today's card I combined 2 stencils that I thought worked well together.

One is new and the other is an older one from A Colorful Life Designs.

The new release is called 

Celtic Knots 

and the older one is called 

Whirligig

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

• I placed the Whirligig stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put the Celtic Knots stencil over that and inked again with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I removed the stencils and splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I die cut a white circle, placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment. I glued it onto a dark green circle.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the middle of my card front to finish off my card.

Here are the stencils I used:

Celtic Knots

 Whirligig

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:

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

The Card Concept- MONOCHROMATIC GREENS

Sweet Stampin' Challenge- NO DESIGNER PAPER

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar white; green cardstock

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

white Posca pen; Infinity Circle dies (HA)

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)

Wrap Around

Good Morning

Meet this new geometric stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Bauhaus

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

• Today, I thought I would look through my patterned papers where I found this blue check paper.  That was my starting point.
• I placed the Bauhaus stencil over the patterned paper and inked it up with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I die cut the flowers with some white cardstock.  I die cut a circle with a piece of navy cardstock, then some blue to match the stenciled panel and glued those together.
• I cut my white cardstock base with a top fold design, then scored and glued my stenciled piece so it wrapped around from the front to the back.  I trimmed the edges with a narrow piece of the blue cardstock to give it a more finished look.
• Finally, to finish off my card, I used some foam tape to add the flower circle over my card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Bauhaus

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

KarenFan10

I appreciated your visit...thank you.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame; Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/Optional TREES or LEAVES

Try it on Tuesday- SUMMER

Ellibelle's Corner- Anything In or From a Garden

Neglected Stuff- ANYTHING GOES

(neglected- die and this patterned paper)

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White/ Coloured cs

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Daisy Circle (Paper Rose)

TE Blending Brushes; foam tape

Scalloped Edges

Good Morning

So many new releases this month at A Colorful Life Designs.

Meet just one of the new ones called:

Fish Scales

I used the stencil to create a scalloped design and here's what I did.

• I placed the Fish Scales stencil onto a piece of white cardstock.  Starting at the top, I inked with some Prize Ribbon, then some Salty Ocean in the middle and then some Broken China Distress Oxide ink along the bottom edge.
• I fussy cut along the bottom, creating a scalloped edge.
• I used some foam tape to add the stenciled panel over a piece of white cardstock, then I glued that onto a piece of navy and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I die cut the sentiment with white cardstock, then glued it onto a navy word shadow. I used some foam tape to pop that up under the scallop.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fish Scales

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

KarenFan10

I appreciate your visit to see what I've been up to.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Classic Design- ANYTHING GOES/option: VACATION 

Word Art Wed.- ANYTHING GOES/FAMILY FRIENDLY

The Paper Funday- ANYTHING GOES/ Fun with Stencils

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Loved and Happy die (Concord and 9th)

Warmest Wishes

Good Morning

Meet today's card.  It's a fun one using another one of the new releases from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Escalator

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

• I placed the Escalator stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked the middle area of the stencil with some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink. I inked up the top and bottom part of the stencil with some Salvaged Patina DOX ink.
• I took the stenciled panel and dry embossed it using a Interlocking Circle EB folder.  
• Using the Salvaged Patina ink pad, I rubbed over the panel to reveal the circles and add to the interest of the designs.
• I die cut the sentiment and glued it onto a scrap that I found in my stash to use as the shadow.
• I glued my card front panel onto a piece of blue cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the center.

Here is the stencil I used:

Escalator

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:

Fab 'n' Funky- FAVORITE COLOURS

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

The Male Room- GEOMETRIC

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

 Circles EB folder (Spellbinder); die (Heffy Doodle)

A Single Flower Notecard

Good Morning

A simple card this morning using a newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Retro Flower Duo

This is a 2 flower stencil but for today's card, I used just one of them.

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate and I pressed my Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate, then blended them together using a brayer.  The colours I used were Villainous Potion and some Uncharted Mariner.  
• Next, I laid the Retro Flower Duo stencil onto my plate and pressed a piece of cardstock over that to create the flower print.  
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry. When it was all dry, I die cut it using a large circle die.
• I took another piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some more of the Villainous Potion DOX ink and then I used an embossing folder to add some texture.  I lightly sanded off some of the raised areas to give it more interest.
• I glued the embossed piece onto a 4 1/4" square white card based and then I used some foam tape to pop the flower up.
• To finish my card off, I added some silver gems onto and around the flower.

Here is the stencil I used:

Retro Flower Duo

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.- ANYTHING GOES

Mix it Up- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION: Monochrome

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- heavy white

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

Dots Embossing folder (Sizzix); white Posca pen; sanding block, silver gems;

Infinity Circle dies (HA)

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

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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)

Big Hello

Welcome

Today's card is a simple CAS with lots of texture.  

So meet one of the new stencils for January from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Arabesque Tile

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

• I began by taking a piece of white cardstock and placed it into an Embossing Folder and ran it through my machine.
• Next, I took the embossed cardstock, placed it onto my Make Art Station and placed the Arabesque Tile stencil over that.  I inked it with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, using a sanding block, I gently sanded off some of the raised areas to add interest.
• I die cut the 'Hello' letters with some red cardstock and then again 3 more times with some white cardstock and glued them all together as I wanted a raised sentiment.
• I splattered the sentiment using my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the sentiment across the card front to finish it off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Arabesque Tile

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:

Little Red Wagon- NEW BEGINNINGS

Simon Says Wed.- SOMETHING NEW

Can You Handle the Pressure- ANYTHING GOES WITH EMBOSSING

Crafty Calendar- ADD A DIE CUT

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Interlocking Circles EB Folder (Spellbinders); sanding block; TE Blending Brushes;

Hello die (Whimsy Stamps); Make Art Station (Ranger)

Embossing Folder Stamping with a Twist

Welcome

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

I always try my best to come up with challenges that are accessible to everyone and uses supplies we all most likely have in our stashes.

So I'm calling my challenge:

Embossing Folder Stamping with a Twist.

I have been trying to work on getting some Christmas cards made, so this one is another to add to the collection, all ready to mail out for the holidays.  

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

• I began by looking through my supplies and found an embossing folder and a stencil that would work well together.  That really helps to make a more cohesive card front panel.
• I opened the Texte Grunge Embossing Folder and rubbed some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink just on portions of the folder front, sprayed with water and then pressed my cardstock panel into the wet ink.  *For this technique, it is important not to cover the whole eb folder with ink as you want some white areas to be left behind*
• I dried that, then using the Indian Blanket stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, I filled in the open areas randomly with the same above ink, merging the two patterns together. 
• Next, I place the pine bough stamp in my Misti, inked it up with some Evergreen Bough DOX ink and stamped.  To add interest and more depth to the boughs, I used a Tombow marker to colour on just parts of the bough, sprayed with water and stamped again.
• I repeated that process 3 more times, spacing out the greens over the card front.
• When I was happy with the stamping, I splattered using my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment between the boughs using my Misti again.
• I used the end of a stylus to add the berries to the branches with some Barn Red DOX ink.  It helped brighten the branches a bit.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• Finally, I added 3 red gems near the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Indian Blanket

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Ornamental Pine (SU)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair, Tombow marker

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

Accessories and Tools- Embossing Folder (Carabelle); Indian Blanket stencil (ACLD);

TE Blending Brushes; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca Pen; red gems