All the Joy

Hello and Welcome

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

Christmas Quilt

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

• I placed the Christmas Quilt stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil and inked again, filling in the open areas with the same ink.
• Using the eraser on the end of a pencil, I added the dots with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, I die cut the 'JOY' sentiment with some red cardstock, then the border with some black and then with a piece of green.  I glued all the pieces together and then added some details with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of red and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the background and added a red gem to the top of the ornament.

Here is the stencil I used:

Christmas Quilt

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:

Simon Says Mon.- USE DIES FOR DIECEMBER

Mix it Up- ANYTHING GOES/option: Paper Piecing

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Allsorts- IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Christmas Quilt Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

white Posca pen; Christmas Bauble Joy (Paper Rose)

Big Ornament

Good Morning and Welcome.

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

Big Ornament and Star Ring

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

• I cut a piece of cardstock that was 4" square and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  
• I placed the Big Ornament stencil over my white cardstock and inked it up with some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I put the Star Ring stencil over the top and inked that up with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  Layering the 2 stencils made for a unique and interesting background.
• I removed both stencils and after the ink had a chance to dry, I added some white dots to the middle of the red circles using my Posca pen.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
• I glued it onto a 4 1/4" square card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Big Ornament

Star Ring

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:

As You Like It- TRADITIONAL or MODERN

(traditional- so memories of past Christmases)

Crazy Catz- ANYTHING GOES-option: Sparkle

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Cheer (TT- retired)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); white Posca pen

Snowflake Magic

Welcome

I'm excited to introduce you to this beautiful new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Big Ornament.

I paired it up with an older released stencil called Jewel Snowflake to make this dramatic looking card using some non- traditional colours.

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

• I placed a square piece of cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Jewel Snowflake over that, centering it up on the panel.  I inked over the whole thing with some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide ink.
• Leaving the snowflake in place, I put the Big Ornament stencil right over it and inked that up with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  It made for a most dramatic look.
• While that dried, I got out a piece of vellum and stamped the sentiment with some Versafine Clair black ink and clear heat embossed it carefully so the vellum wouldn't wrinkle.  
• I wrapped the sentiment strip around the stenciled card front and attached it at the back.
• I glued the panel onto a 4 1/4" square card base.
• Finally, I added 3 navy gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Big Ornament

Jewel Snowflake

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) 

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS IT (my sentiment)

Most Magical Time of Year- HALLOWEEN or CHRISTMAS ANYTHING GOES

CRAFT Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Cheer (TT Retired)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); clear eb powder; 

Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes; gems

Christmas Ornament

Welcome

Meet today's simple card for the Holidays.

I wanted to play with this newly released stencil called Dotted Flakes.

By shifting the stencil after the first inking, I was able to create a whole new design.

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

• I began by placing a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Dotted Flakes stencil over that.  
• Using some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink, I inked up the whole stencil.  
• I wanted to see what kind of design I could create using this stencil, so after inking, I shifted the stencil and inked again with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink.  It made a really pretty design for my background.
• I cut a square piece of white cardstock and then die cut a circle from the center of it.
• Next, I took a larger piece of white cardstock and inked all along the edges with more of the above mentioned colours to use as the larger background.  
• I glued the white die cut circle panel over the stenciling and then glued that onto the larger inked background piece.  You can see all the colour variations along the edges of the card.
• I inked another small piece of cardstock and die cut the ornament hook from that.  
• I stamped the sentiment on some dark navy cardstock with Versamark and white heat embossed it.  I popped that over the middle of the circle.
• Finally, I popped dotted the ornament hanger at the top of the circle.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dotted Flakes

                                                         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 a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STENCIL

Sunday Stamps- ROUND AND ROUND

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING- OPTION FALL COLORS

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Strips (MFT)

Inks- Versamark, DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Holiday Toppers die (Gina K); 

Infinity Circle die (HA); TE Blending Brushes; foam tape; white EB powder; heat tool