Oh Christmas Tree

Good Morning

Welcome to November and the wonderful new releases at A Colorful Life Designs.

Meet the newly released

Close Up Branches

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

• I began by die cutting 2 pieces of white cardstock using the Postage Collage die and set one aside.
• I masked around the edges of the sections of one of the die cut panels, then placed the Close Up Branches stencil over the die cut and inked with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil slightly and inked again over the whole stencil with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink giving the branches a shadow effect.
• Next, I removed the stencil and lightly inked over it with some more of the Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• I used the eraser on the end of a pencil to add the red dots as berries and then splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I took the die cut I had set aside and cut one of the sections and stamped the tree onto that.
• I used some red cardstock to die cut the sentiment, spattered with my Posca pen, then glued that onto the white word shadow.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the single tree stamp to one side and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment into the corner.

Here is the stencil I used:

Close Up Branches

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;

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Moving Along with the Times- WINTER WONDERLAND

C R A F T- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Tree (?)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prism)

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

white Posca pen; Postage Collage and Merry Christmas dies (Waffle Flower)

Floral Postage

Hello and Welcome

Here is another card I created using the new for February stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Retro Flower Duo

This stencil has 2 flower designs on it and this time, I used both in combination.

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

• I die cut a piece of white cardstock with the Postage Collage die  and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  
• I masked around the squares and placed one of the flower from the Retro Flower Duo stencil over the first square and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress ink.
• I wanted to add some depth of colour to the flowers, so I blended some Villainous Potion DOX ink right over the center of the flower.  I used some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink for the stems.
• I continued using the same colours and moving the stencil around to ink each box.
• After all the squares were stenciled, I splattered with my white Posca pen and removed the masks.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment, the small detail leaves on top and bottom of the sentiment and then die cut it out.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of dark burgundy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background.

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 Monday- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Beautiful Blossoms- ANYTHING FLORAL GOES

Everybody Art- DIE CUTS AND PUNCHES

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS and/or STENCILS

Supplies

Stamps- Anytime Expressions (TE); Merry Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Modern Sentiment Labels die (TE);

white Posca pen; Make Art Station (Ranger); small inking brushes (Amazon);

Postage Collage Die (Waffle Flower)

Christmas Postmark

Welcome

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

Christmas Postmark

I paired it up with an older stencil called Merry Christmas to create my card.

Postal dies, stencils and stamps are all so hot right now and this one is perfect for your holiday cards.

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

• I placed the Merry Christmas stencil over a piece of white cardstock and then inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• I used the Postal Collage die to cut it out, added more green ink along the edges and set aside.
• I die cut another piece of white cardstock with the Postal Collage die and then placed the Christmas Postmark stencil over that and inked it with some more of the same ink as mentioned above. I cut a small part of the die cut out as I only wanted the stenciled area.
• I glue my stenciled card front onto a piece of red and then onto a piece of green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the postmark over the background.
• I die cut the foliage, glued that to one side and added the pre-printed sentiment. 

Here are the stencils I used:

Christmas Postmark

Merry Christmas

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- STENCILS

Allsorts- CHRISTMAS

Word Power- WORDS AS THE FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

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

Postal Collage die (Waffle Flower); Foliage dies (SSS); Pre- printed sentiment (SSS)