Feel the Sun on Your Face

Hello and Welcome

I decided to make a card by combining 2 new for JUNE stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

VIBRANT SUNSET and LAPPING WAVES

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Vibrant Sunset stencil over it.  I masked off between the waves and the sun and I inked up the sun with some Fossilized Amber and some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I moved the masks to cover over the sunshine. I inked up the waves with some Tumbled Glass DOX ink, shifted the stencil and inked again with some Broken China DOX ink.
• Leaving the stencil ink place, I put the Lapping Waves stencil over it and inked with some Salty Ocean DOX ink. By adding the additional inking, the waves had so much more movement and interest.
• I placed my card front panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, centering it under the sun.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto some blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

VIBRANT SUNSET

LAPPING WAVES

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Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

The Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Supplies

Stamps- Face to the Sun (TT- Out of business)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White; blue

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; low tack tape

Show Me the Sunshine

 

Good Morning

Meet our new mid-month stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Fractured Beams

I wanted to make a sunny, bright card with this stencil so here's what I did to create my card.

• I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Fractured Beams stencil over that.
• Starting at the bottom right corner of the panel which was actually the center of the stencil, I inked it up with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I inked with some Ripe Persimmon and then finally inked along the outer edges with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.
• I moved the stencil slightly over and inked again with the same colours as mentioned above, creating this beautiful sunburst. (or I guess it could be a flower too)
• I lifted the stencil off and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• When the panel was dry, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
• I added 3 black gems around the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Fractured Beams

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My Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Adding my card to these challenges:

2 Sisters on the Blog- ANYTHING GOES

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Pearly Sparkles- SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW

Supplies

Stamp- Treasure the Moments (IO- store closed)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Make Art Station (Ranger)

My Wish for You

Good Morning

Today's card is a fun one using a new for February stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Spinning Sun

Lots of possibilities with this one. 

Good one for layering too and it's big enough for scrapbook pages.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and then measured to find the center point.
• Instead of laying the whole Spinning Sun stencil onto my cardstock, I laid just half of it onto the middle line that I had marked on the panel, then inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Uncharted Mariner.
• I repeated that process until the whole piece of cardstock was inked.
• Using my white Posca pen, I splattered the whole thing and set aside to dry.
• I got out a scrap piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some more of the Cracked Pistachio and some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and cut the sentiment from that.  I splattered that as well.  I die cut the sentiment shadow with some white and glued the sentiment into place onto that.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spinning Sun

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:

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Craft Rocket- BIRTHDAY

As You Like It- MASCULINE OR FEMININE

(I think bold designs work best for men)

My Time to Craft- MAKE YOUR OWN BKGD

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); die- SSS; white Posca pen;

foam tape; TE Inking Brushes

Feel Better Soon!

Welcome

Meet the new for February 

Spinning Sun Stencil 

from a Colorful Life Designs.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• As usual, I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, added the Spinning Sun stencil and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink right into the center.
• Next, I added some Broken China and then some Uncharted Mariner DOX right along the outer edges.
• Use a circle die, I cut a circle right from the middle of the stenciled panel and set aside.
• I splattered my card front with my white Posca pen and while that piece dried, I stamped the Get Well sentiment onto the circle and glued that onto a larger white cardstock circle.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then glued that onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the circle sentiment back into place.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spinning Sun

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.

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Sentiment and die (SSS)

Inks- Distress Oxides

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts); 

white Posca pen; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Create

Hello and Welcome

I hope you summer is going well!

I'm playing with one of the newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called Warp Speed.

I decided to make a sunny card using it.

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

• I cut a card front panel and laid it onto my Make Art Station.  I positioned the Warp Speed stencil to one side of the panel.
• Starting from the center of the stencil and working outwards, I inked it up with some Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feather and finally some Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink around the outer edges.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment centered on the card front.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 white card base.
• Finally to finish off my card, I added some black gems.

Here is the stencil I used:

Warp Speed

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 coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Everybody Art- SUNNY GREETINGS

2 Sisters on the Blog- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Just Be Happy (Visible Image)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); black Gems; 

TE Blending Brushes; Misti

A New Day

Good Morning

Meet today's card.  

I am loving playing with this Sun and Surf stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

I wanted to make a card of encouragement....I think this speaks to that.

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock and placed the Sun and Surf stencil over it.  I masked off the top part of the stencil and then inked up the water using some Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks. 
• I moved the mask and then using some Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold and a hint of Barn Door Distress Oxide inks, I inked the sunshine.
• I removed the mask and using a circle die, I cut it out. 
• I placed the circle into my Misti and stamped the Praise Silhouette over the stenciled background with some Versafine Clair ink and then clear heat embossed it to make it pop.
• I set that aside and cut my card front.  I placed that into my ScorPal and used my ScorBug to add some details to the background.  It added a lot of interest.
• I glued the scored panel onto a white card base, then pop dotted the circle over that.  I pop dotted the sentiment as well. 

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- HERS

Simon Says Wed.- FEMININE

Use Your Stuff- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- Big Wish (Technique Tues.); Praise Silhouette (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Versafine, Distress Oxides

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

Accessories and Tools- Sun and Surf stencil (ACLD); Infinity Circle dies (HA); 

TE Blending Brushes; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); ScorPal; ScorBug; pop dots