Just Adding a Smile

Good Morning

Today's card is just a simple, happy feeling one using the new for July stencil called Smiley Faces from 

A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I began by looking through some of the backgrounds I had previously made and found this fun plaid patterned one.  I had done it using the Markered Turnabout stamp.  I thought the bright colours went perfectly with the smiles.  It was stamped using Distress Oxide inks.
• I laid the plaid onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Smiley Faces stencil over it.  I inked it using some black Memento ink.  
• While that dried, I die cut the 'smile' sentiment from some black cardstock.  This die doesn't come with a shadow/background so I traced around the die on some white cardstock and fussy cut it out to make my own.  
• I glued the plaid panel onto a piece of pale lavender cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Smiley Faces

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

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

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Markered Turnabout (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Distress Oxide, Memento

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

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

Smile die (STAMPlorations); TE Blending Brushes

Stencil Layering

Welcome

I love trying to use the things I have in my craft stash in a different way.  

For today's card, I layered 2 newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs together to give this beautiful Drippy Butterfly a brand new look.  The Summer Flowers stencil was just perfect layering to get the look I wanted.

So here' what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and positioned the Drippy Butterfly stencil over my cardstock on my Waffle Flower Stencil Mat.  I then placed the Summer Flowers stencil right on the top of the Butterfly.
• Using some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink, I inked up just the center of the flowers using my TE Blending Brushes.  I moved outwards and inked the flowers with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks and then finally added some Cracked Pistachio DOX to the rest of the stencil. 
• I removed the flowers stencil and added just a bit more Cracked Pistachio ink to the open areas left behind on the butterfly.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the TE sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock with some Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.  
• I used the die that goes with that sentiment set to cut it out.
• I glued the butterfly onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I pop dotted the sentiment over the center of the butterfly.

Here are the stencils I used:

Summer Flowers

Drippy Butterfly

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- FLOWER

Little Red Wagon- WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

CASology- BOTANICAL

Supplies

Stamps- TE Simple Strips

Inks- DOX; Versamark

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

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

Posca pen; foam tape; Waffle Flower Blending Brushes

Fly Away

Good Morning and Welcome to the weekend.

Here is today's card.  

Super simple but I think very fun.

This leftover piece was just big enough to make a mini slimline card which is a bit smaller then the regular size.  

A standard Slimline card is size is 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 whereas a Mini Slimline is 6" x 3".  

(to see an envelope I made the right size for this card, go HERE)

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

• I found this inked background in my stash.  It was the bottom cut off from a larger piece.  Now I'm totally guessing about what I did as it has been sitting in my stash for a long time.  I would have to say I did a 'smooshing' technique to add the colour.  Most likely my go-to colours of Distress Oxide inks would have been Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and Cracked Pistachio.  When I say smooshing, I mean that I rubbed the inks directly onto my Glass Mat, sprayed with lots of water and smacked my paper into the wet ink.  I like to dry in between and repeat that process to get lots of splatters. I think I may have given it a spray with the blue as well.
• I placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some black ink.  I clear heat embossed it to help make it pop.
• I set that aside and stamped the vintage airplane onto a piece of white cardstock, then I die cut it out.  I left it white so it would show up better over the colourful background.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto my card base.
• I pop dotted the airplane at the top of the card front.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- SLIMLINE

Little Red Wagon- MAKE IT MASCULINE

CASology- AFFECTION

Supplies

Stamps- Smile Often (Impression Obsession); Sky is the Limit (SU)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Distress Oxides

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Plane die (SU); Glass Mat (TH); Lawn Fawn eb powder; 

heat tool; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Smile Time

Hello there.

Here is a card I created using a great Mandala stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

I really wanted to try to use it in a different way and this is what I came up with.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and taped the Mandala stencil to my paper.

I wanted to create a resist effect, so I took my Versamark ink pad and pressed it carefully all over my stencil trying to be sure to get every little nook and cranny covered with ink.

I removed the stencil, sprinkled on some white Embossing Powder then heat set.

Next, I wanted to figure out how I would add colour.  I decided to try something different. 

I took my little mini cube stamp pads and pressed them over the embossed background.  I think it gave a different look instead of just inking the whole thing.  

After I had pressed all the ink onto the bkg., I gently rubbed away the excess ink that sat on top of the embossing.

I took the 'smile' die and cut it 3 times; twice with white and once on a coordinating colour of cardstock.  I glued them all together and added them over my card front.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Here is the stencil I used:

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versamark; Lawn Fawn mini cubes

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Mandala stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Smile die (STAMPlorations);

white eb powder; heat tool

Summer Smiles

Hello and Welcome

I hope summer makes you smile.  

I wanted to create a simple, fun card using this great stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Here are my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and placed the Spring Garden stencil onto it.  It's such a fun and happy stencil with sort of a retro look to it.

I used a variety of Distress Oxide inks to randomly ink the background.  I have to apologize here, I was having so much fun inking that I didn't write down the colours I used!

When that was dry, I placed the piece into my Misti then stamped the Smile using some black Memento ink.  To help add some extra interest, I pierced the some of the flower heads and added some black gems for interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you smile today!

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- REPEAT DAY

(repeated stencil pattern)

Crafty Sentiments- BRIGHT COLORS

Supplies

Stamps- Smile (Impression Obsession)

Inks- DOX; Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Spring Garden Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs);

black gems (Dollarama); blending brushes (Dollarama); piercing tool (Ranger)