Leaves, Sunflowers and Pumpkins

Happy September!

Fall is right around the corner and the leaves are turning colours.

So meet 2 of the new stencils from A Colorful Life called:

Blowing Leaves and Layered Sunflower Pumpkin

I decided to use these 2 stencils together, so here's what I did.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and put the pumpkin from the Layered Sunflower Pumpkin stencil over that. I inked up the pumpkin first using some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.  To add some shading, I added just a touch of Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink to the top of the pumpkin.
• I cleaned the stencil off and then moved it to stencil the sunflowers with Fossilized Amber and some Mustard Seed DOX ink.
• I moved the stencil again and then finally inked the flower centers and the leaves of the flower.
• Next, I stenciled some of the leaves from the Blowing Leaves stencil just under and around the pumpkin.  I did have to mask it off in a few areas to add the leaves around the base of the pumpkin.
• I splattered just the pumpkin with my white Posca pen and set it aside to dry.
• I cut another piece of white cardstock and placed the Blowing Leaves stencil over that.  I inked them up with some Ripe Persimmon, Fossilized Amber, Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I glued the Blowing Leaves stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I fussy cut out the pumpkin and sunflower portion of my cardstock out next and used some foam tape to pop it over the leaf background.

Here are the stencils I used:

Blowing Leaves

Layered Sunflower Pumpkin

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

TICTACTOE- LEAVES/INK BLENDING/ MULTIPLES

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

white Posca pen; foam tape

Spooky Nights

Hello and Welcome

This month at A Colorful Life Designs, we are showing some Halloween fun stencils.

New for this month is the Interactive Drippy Ghosts stencil.

I paired it up with some older released stencils for my spooky card.  

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  I placed the Pumpkin Patch stencil along the bottom of my panel and then inked with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the large Fancy Web stencil over the background and inked with Black Soot DOX ink.  I splattered with water to lift some of the colour and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I stenciled one of the little ghosts from the Drippy Ghosts stencil wish a bit of Weathered Wood DOX ink and fussy cut it out.
• Next, I stamped the spider and the sentiment using my Misti.
• I added a bit more of the Black Soot DOX ink along the edges to give a more 'spooky' look.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of black cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to pop up the little ghost over to the side.

Here are the stencils I used:

Interactive Drippy Ghosts

Pumpkin Patch

Fancy Web

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- FALL- ANYTHING GOES

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Gals- SIGNS OF FALL

Supplies

Stamps- Halloween (Craft Smart), Halloween Spider (Recollections)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

TE Blending Brushes

Peeking Pumpkin

Welcome

Today's card features the new for September stencil called

Happy Pumpkin

from A Colorful Life Designs. A cute one for sure.

I paired it up with an older stencil release called Mid Century Shadow. They worked perfectly together.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, then placed the Mid Century Shadow stencil down and inked that up with some Carved Pumpkin and Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink. 
• Leaving that stencil in place, I inked up the Happy Pumpkin right over that with some Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the pumpkin, but left the Mid Century stencil in place and I added a bit of shadowing with more of the Black Soot.
• I stamped the sentiment, then glued the panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Happy Pumpkin

Mid Century Shadow

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says WED.- MAKE IT CUTE

2 Sisters on the Blog- AUTUMN

Colorful Options- OUTRAGEOUS ORANGE

Two Old Bats Halloween- ANYTHING HALLOWEEN

Supplies

Stamp- Happy Halloween (Studio G)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

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

TE Blending Brushes

Lots of Candy Corn

Welcome

Today's fun card was created using 2 new stencil releases for September from A Colorful Life Designs called

Layered Candy Corn and Lots of Pumpkins.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed stencil #1 from the Layered Candy Corn stencil and inked that up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and continued with Stencil #2 and 3 using some Ripe Persimmon and some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.
• After the whole panel was stenciled, I die cut it using a Layered Chevron die and set aside.
• Next, I stenciled one of the pumpkins from the Lots of Pumpkins stencil with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink and added a hint of Black Soot DOX ink just to add some shading. This stencil has such a great variety of images to choose from.  I fussy cut that out and set aside.
• I figured out how much space I needed for my little pumpkin on the largest piece of my background, then stamped the sentiment so it would be under the pumpkin.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of cardstock, offsetting the chevrons a bit, then glued all that onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the pumpkin at the top over the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Layered Candy Corn

Lots of Pumpkins

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- AUTUMN or WINTER AND WHY?

(Autumn....the leaves changing colours, the cooler temps.)

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES/or/ USE DIE CUTS

Send a Smile 4 Kids- CUTE FALL/HALLOWEEN CARDS 4 KIDS

Two Old Bats Halloween- ANYTHING HALLOWEEN

Supplies

Stamp- Happy Halloween (Craft Smart)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Layered Chevrons die (Paper Rose)

Greetings for Autumn

Welcome

Fall is in the air as September arrives.  

That also means new releases from A Colorful Life Designs.  

This Pumpkin Pouf stencil is a good one for the Fall.

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

• I looked through my patterned paper stash and found this one...a bit grungy but works well for the theme I was going for.
• I placed the paper onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Pumpkin Pouf stencil over that.
• I inked up the leaves with some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink, then removed the stencil to splatter with my white Posca pen.
• I took another piece of the patterned paper and stencil the pumpkin with some Ripe Persimmon and Carved Pumpkin DOX ink.  When it was dry, I fussy cut it out.
• Next, I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment along the bottom.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of dark green cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the pumpkin in the middle of the panel.

Here is the stencil I used:

Pumpkin Pouf

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:

Little Red Wagon- BIG or SMALL

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

CRAFT- SHABBY/CHIC

Supplies

Stamps- Autumn Foliage (Inkadinkadoo)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.); dp- ?

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

white Posca Pen; TE Blending Brushes

Happy Halloween

Welcome

Today, I am playing along with a Clean and Simple challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.

The theme is Halloween.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.
• I positioned the Mid Century Shadow stencil over my card panel, then laid the Pumpkin Patch stencil over that.
• I inked over the pumpkins with some Mustard Seed and some Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink, filling in the first area at top.
• I moved the pumpkin stencil down and then continued to ink the next 2 areas the same way.
• I removed the pumpkins and inked the bottom area that I wanted to use for my sentiment.
• Leaving the Shadow stencil in place, I went back with some Black Soot DOX ink and added that just along the bottom edges of the panels.
• I removed the stencil and stamped the bats to the side and the sentiment in the bottom section.
• I glued it onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto a white A2 size card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Pumpkin Patch

Mid Century Shadow

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 taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- bats (Craftsmart); sentiment (Studio G)

Inks- Versafine, DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes