One Stencil~ 2 Cards

Good Morning

Today, I am again playing with the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

THREE FEATHERS

Both cards use the same colours and technique on my Gel Plate.

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate. I like to use my Distress Oxide inks on my plate....super easy cleanup.  So, I got out my Cracked Pistachio and my Broken China DOX pads and pressed the ink directly onto the plate. Using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
• I placed one of the feathers from the Three Feathers stencil onto my plate and then rubbed over it with a piece of white cardstock to pick up the print.  YOU CAN SEE THAT IN CARD #2
• I removed the stencil and then rubbed over the plate again with another piece of white cardstock. CARD #1
• I took CARD #1 and stenciled the feather using the same ink colours right over to the side of the print.
• I stamped the same sentiment on both cards and then added them to white A2 sized card bases.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE FEATHERS

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- SPRING/or/ ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamp- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer

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)

Beautiful Moments

Welcome

Today's card features a lovely new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

THREE FEATHERS

It's a nice one and offers some good layering options.

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

• I began by finding this piece of blue and white patterned paper in my stash. I placed the shadow feather from the Three Feathers stencil over to the left hand side of my paper and inked it up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil over, positioning another one of the feather images over the shadow and inked again with some Cracked Pistachio and some Salty Ocean DOX ink.
• Next I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment along the side with some Versafine Clair black ink.
• Using my black Posca pen, I splattered just over the feather image to add more interest.
• I glued my finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then a piece of blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added some black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Three Feathers

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges;

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

C.R.A.F.T.- SPRING/EASTER/ANYTHING GOES

Stamping Sensations- SPRING or ANYTHING GOES

Tic Tac Toe- 3 IN A ROW

Supplies

Stamp- Live in the Moment (CTMH)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- various

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

Black Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems (Dollar Store)

Many Wishes

Welcome

I had fun playing with this new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

THREE FEATHERS

I decided to make a 'collage' style card using the stencil.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I looked through some of my discarded paper pieces and found this one I had done as a monoprint. (Monoprint- when I have inked over a stencil, there is always ink left behind on the stencil. Instead of wiping it all off, I will spray with water and press onto another sheet of paper to transfer the design)
• I placed one the the feathers from the THREE FEATHERS stencil over the left hand side of my cardstock and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I wanted to add more interest to the background, so I stamped the Script along the right hand side to help balance out the design.
• Next, I die cut a circle from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment over it using my Misti.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then blue and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background and added 3 black gems to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE FEATHERS

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.- A BIT O'GREEN

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Simon Says Monday- BIT O'GREEN

Tic Tac Toe- 3 IN A ROW

Supplies

Stamps- Everyday Tags (Avery Elle); Faded Text (Tim Holtz)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; foam tape

Sending Peace

 

Hello and Welcome

Today's card features 2 newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Snowflake Deer and Little Snowfall

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Snowflake Deer stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked with some Blueprint Sketch and some Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Little Snowflake stencil over the deer and inked it again with some Chipped Sapphire DOX ink.
• I removed the stencils and then using my white Posca pen, I splattered and dotted the snowflakes to give them more interest.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I found this pre-printed sentiment, so I added it with some foam tape along the card front.
• To finish my card off, I added some clear gems to the snowflakes at the bottom.

Here are the stencils I used:

Snowflake Deer

Little Snowfall

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:

Little Red Wagon- PEARLS & SEQUINS &GEMS

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Mon.- MATCHING SET (deer)

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prima)

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

white Posca pen, pre-printed sentiment (TE)

Butterfly Collage

Welcome

Today, I am showing you the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Orderly Waves

I didn't use them as suggested by their name as waves, but instead by overlapping the inking I was able to create a fun background for my collage.

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

• I began by placing a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station.  I added the Orderly Waves stencil over that and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and then put it down again in the other direction and inked with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and rubbed the whole panel with my Anti-static powder.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti and stamped the Butterfly Collage with some black Versafine Clair ink and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of black then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I added 2 black gems inside the stamped images.

Here is the stencil I used:

Orderly Waves

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- MAGICAL

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Butterfly Collage (Prima)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Make Art Station (Ranger);

TE Blending Brushes; Misti; black gems; Anti-static powder; clear EB Powder

Great Friend

Good Morning.

Today's card is a simple one although it looks more complicated then it really is.

I'm using the new Trailing Vines stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I got out my Gel Plate, white cardstock, some Villainous Potion and some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• This time, instead of rubbing the ink directly onto the Gel Plate, I rubbed ink onto the Trailing Vines stencil, then pressed that onto my plate.  I rubbed over that with some scrap paper, removed the stencil and rubbed my white cardstock over that.
•  I cleaned off my Gel Plate and repeated the above process using the same stencil and some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment, then splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the panel onto some white cardstock, then onto a piece of purple and then finally, onto an A2 card base.
• I added 3 black gems to bring more attention to the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Trailing Vines

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:

Beyond the Blue- BLOOMS

We Love Stamping- ANYTHING STAMPED/OPTION- SPRING

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- True Friendship (retired- IO)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Gel Plate; Misti; black gems; Posca Pen

Northern Lights

 

Hello and Welcome

It's the weekend and I have time to play...yeah!

So, meet today's card.

This is so super simple to create using some of that bleeding tissue paper I got from Amazon.  

Here is another card I made using it...such fun results.

Colourful Smiles

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock that would fit my card front.
• I set my cardstock onto a tray (so I could move it out of the way after wetting it) and tore lots of pieces of the bleeding tissue paper.  I covered the whole piece of cardstock with the tissue, then sprayed with a good amount of water.  It helps to push all the corners and edges down to make sure they are wet and are making good contact with the paper.
• After the piece was completely dry, I removed all the bits of tissue and checked to see if any areas were left without the colour transferred.  If so, just repeat the process above.
• I took the dried panel and placed it into my Misti and stamped the Winter Woodland trees creating the scene.  I did clear heat emboss the trees to help make them stand out.
• I debated about adding a sentiment, but finally decided to just leave it as is so I could use it for a number of occasions.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

 Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS IT

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Winter Woodland (Penny Black)

Inks- Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Bleeding Tissue Paper (Amazon); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

water mister (Ranger); clear eb powder; heat tool

Reflect and Hope

Hello and Welcome

After a long week, I enjoy watching a live on Friday nights hosted by Vicki Boutin.  

For those of you that don't know her, she's a mixed media artist, has her own brand, creates live online for free every Friday night and is a fellow Canadian with a big heart!

(You can catch her videos on FB or YouTube)

Last Friday, she showed one technique for creating Bokeh backgrounds. 

 I haven't done that in awhile so decided to make one.

For those of you that are unfamiliar with the term 'bokeh' basically it is a photographic effect that photographers can give to a photo to make the lights looked blurred and reflective.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Marvelous Masks Rectangle from ACLD over my cut panel.  These masks are so great when you want to have a crisp, white border left around the edge of your inking or stamping.
• I used my Infinity Circle dies to cut some different sized circles on a sheet of acetate so I could reuse it.
• Using the different size circles, I inked them randomly using some Blueprint Sketch, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio.  The DOX inks are opaque so they blend over each other which is great for this technique.
• I kept blending different sizes of the circles, most without reinking my blending brush to give some a more faded look in the background.  
• When I was happy with the inking, I removed the Rectangle mask and placed the panel into my Misti.
• I stamped the dragonfly and the sentiment from the same set.  I clear heat embossed the image to help show more definition to the wings and body.
• I replaced the mask over the panel, then splattered with my black, then white Posca pen.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto a white card base.

 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here are the masks I used:

Marvelous Masks Rectangle

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)

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Crafter's Cafe- CAS

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Dragonfly Refection (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Rectangle Mask (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Infinity circle die (HA);  Clear eb powder (HA); white and black Posca pen