Candy Stripes

Welcome

Meet today's card.

A simple one using the newly released Candy Stripes stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

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 Candy Stripes stencil over my cardstock and inked it up with some Barn Door Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and repositioned it going in the other direction so the stripes would intersect each other.  I inked that with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• When it was all dry, I die cut the circle directly from one side of the stenciled background.  I cut a white circle from another piece of cardstock and glued the 2 together.
• I placed the die cut circle into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and I clear heat embossed it to help it pop.
• I glued the stiped panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the circle back into place, matching up the stripes.
• Lastly, I added 3 black gems just under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Candy Stripes

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CHRISTMAS

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Christmas Craft Creators- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamps- Holly Jolly (Technique Tues.)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; clear eb powder; Hero Arts Infinity Circle die; black gems 

Imagine

Good Morning

Meet todays card.

I created it inspired by a 'rainbow' challenge.

I tried to think outside of the box totally for this as I didn't want your traditional kind of rainbow.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock to the size I wanted for the front panel.  I placed that onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Watercolor Stripes stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over my panel.  
• I picked out some Distress Oxide inks that I thought would make good rainbow colours.  (Peacock Feathers, Barn Red, Cracked Pistachio, Carved Pumpkin, Seedless Preserves, Squeezed Lemonade)
• Using each of the colours mentioned above, I inked up my panel with the stencil going in one directions.  I removed the stencil, flipped it going in the other direction and inked up the panel again going from light to dark.  It made a fun rainbow plaid look.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
• Next, I took a piece of cardstock and inked it up with some of the same colours diluted with water.
• I got out this wonderful butterfly die from Tim Holtz called Detailed Butterflies.  It is a 2 step die; one is the back and the other is the cutaway.  I used the solid one and die cut it with some white, then die cut the detailed piece from the watercoloured cardstock.
• I put some foam tape on the stenciled panel then onto a heavy white card base. I added the butterfly on top of that securing just the body area and leaving the wings to pop up.

 

Here is the stencil I used:

Watercolor Stripes

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT

Shopping Our Stash- SUMMER LOVIN

Watercolor Wed.- FEMININE

Supplies

Stamp- Imagine (High Hopes)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX inks 

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

Accessories and Tools- Watercolor Stripes (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Detailed Butterflies die (TH); 

Spellbinder Platinum Die Cutting Machine; Make Art Staytion

Add Spots or Stripes- The Flower Challenge

Good morning.

Time for another fun theme at 

The Flower Challenge

We are being sponsored by Top Flight Stamps this month. They are kindly giving our winner an e-gift card for $25. Please check out there website as they have some amazing crafty things there.  

Our guest this month is Tracy from whoistracy.

Here are my card details.

I began by placing this small circle stencil called Pick up Sticks...fun eh?  It's a smaller stencil so no need to mask the areas around.
Using some Carved Pumpkin DOX ink, I rubbed the center of the stencil then added some Candied Apple around the edges.  I removed the stencil and placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the flowers and this great sentiment from STAMPlorations.
To help pull the whole design together, I doodled in a line around the circle.
I simply mounted it onto a piece of orange cs then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Go with Heart (STAMPlorations); Beautiful You (STAMPlorations)

Inks- Carved Pumpkin, Candied Apple (DOX); Versafine

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Pick up Sticks Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs)

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Black marker