Let's Get Creative

Good Morning

How fun is this! 

I used the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Nautilus Swirl

I enjoyed creating this one and here's what I did.

• I decided to go with a 'rainbow' theme and began by placing the Nautilus Swirl stencil over the outside edge of my white cardstock. I inked with some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil, moved it to the side and repeated the process with the same colours.
• I splattered the panel with my black Posca pen and set it aside to dry.
• When it was dry, I stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed it to help make it pop against the colourful background.  
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of purple the finally onto a A2 sized card base.
• I added some black gems around the sentiment to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Nautilus Swirl

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Thanks for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- TO GO BOLDLY

Allsorts- FOR A CHILD or ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Galz- WELCOME TO SUMMER

Supplies

Stamps- Just Be Happy (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); black Posca pen, clear EB powder; black gems 

That's Awesome!

 

Welcome

Here's one last card for May using the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Square Swirl

A mixed media card, something I haven't done in awhile. 

Lots of stamping on this one over the stenciling.

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and dragged some Acrylic Gel over the paper randomly, using an old gift card.  I set that aside to dry, it does take awhile.
• When the Gel was dry, I inked over the whole panel with some Peacock Feather Distress Oxide ink.  You can see through the inking the areas where I applied the Gel, giving the card a unique look.
• Next, I place the Square Swirl stencil over my card panel and inked with some Prize Ribbon DOX ink near the top of the panel.  I repeated that process, inking again along the bottom.
• I added the stamping over the background to add more interest.
• I die cut the sentiment from some white cardstock and then the sentiment shadow right from the middle of the card base and glued those together.
• I glue the finished card front panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place, matching it to the background.

Here is the stencil I used:

Square Swirl

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Sweet Stampin'- BOYS< BOYS< BOYS

Cut It Up- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Faded Type (TH); Texture 

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Vicki Boutin Acrylic Gel Medium;

TE Blending Brushes; Awesome die (Neat and Tangled); foam tape

Just Wanted to say Hello

Good Morning

Unique and different is how I would describe this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Swirl Band

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

• I placed the Swirl Band stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. I turned the stencil around and inked again in the other direction.
• I lifted the stencil, cleaned it off and placed it down onto another piece of white cardstock.  I inked that up with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.
• Using my circle dies, I cut pieces from the purple inked cardstock.  One circle from the center and then the ring from another part.
• I placed the small circle into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the blue panel onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the center circle, matching up the pattern and then added the ring in the same way.  

Here is the stencil I used:

Swirl Band

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:

Little Red Wagon- AND ALWAYS SHALL BE YOUR FRIEND

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Cardz 4 Guyz- SHADES OF BLUE

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOES/optional BOUQUETS

Supplies

Stamp- Simply Sentiments (SSS)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prisma)

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

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts)

Happy Hello

Good Morning

How about a happy card for today.

I'm layering up 2 newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Outline Daisies and Square Swirl

So, here are the details.

• I placed the Outline Daisies stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked them up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed that stencil and then used the Square Swirl stencil to ink over the flowers with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I die cut a small circle and used the negative to ink up the flower centers with more of the Picked Raspberry ink.
• To add even more interest, I added some dots using the eraser end of a pencil with the same inks as mentioned above.
• Next, I inked a scrap piece of white cardstock with the Picked Raspberry DOX ink and used that to die cut the sentiment. I die cut the shadow right from the stenciled card front and glued then together.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white, then pink cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" square white card base.
• Finally, I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place.

Here are the stencils I used:

Outline Daisies

Square Swirls

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FLOWERS

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT/CHEERFUL

Just Us Girls- STENCIL/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

pencil eraser; Hello die (SSS)

Live Life, Laugh Often, Love Much

 

Hello

Here is a simple CAS card I made using my Gel Plate and the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Square Swirl

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

• I got my Gel Plate out and pressed my Broken China and my Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks directly onto the plate and blended using my brayer.
• I placed the Square Swirl stencil onto the plate and rubbed over it with a piece of scrap paper.  I lifted those off, gave a little splatter of water and then rubbed my piece of white cardstock over the plate to pick up the print.
• When the print was dry, I placed it into my Misti to stamp the words to the side and the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of purple cardstock and then onto a white card base. (The card base was a bit smaller then an A2 size to work with the size of the front panel)
• Finally to finish off my card, I added 3 navy gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Square Swirl

My Discount Code for Your Entire Order from A Colorful Life Designs:

KarenFan10

Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Stamping Sensations- FEMININE or ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

CRAFT Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Live, Love (Rubbernecker); Background Vision (Visible Image)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); gems

Spiral Frame

Good Morning

Today's card features the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Spiral Frame

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

• I've been going through my stash of inky background or failed attempts that I save to use for the future. I found this background in my stash that I had done using the Fur Stencil on my Gel Plate with some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. I liked the look so decided to start with that.
• I placed the Spiral Frame stencil over my previously inked background and inked it up with some Tumbled Glass and some Shaded Lilac DOX ink.
• I move the stencil around and inked again until I was happy with the coverage.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with some purple cardstock and then cut again 4 x's with some white cardstock and glued them together stacking them.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then purple and then onto an A2 sized card base. 
• I glued the sentiment to the center of my card and added some purple gems.

Here are the stencils I used:

Spiral Frame

Fur Stencil

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 Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING GOEs

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Just a Note Die (Mama Elephant); Gel plate; Speedball Brayer

Swirl Around

Good Morning

It's an exciting day at A Colorful Life Designs as the newest release is up.

I used this lovely new stencil to create my card called 

Swirl Around

I paired it with an older stencil called Simple Mosaic for a fun rainbow type card.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Swirl Around stencil over that.  I inked from top to bottom with these Distress Oxide colours:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers.
• Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Simple Mosaic stencil right over the top and inked again using the same colours in the same areas.  It added such great interest to the design.
• I removed both stencils and used the ink left on my blending brushes to add some colour around the outer edges of stenciling.
• Next, I placed the card front into my Misti, rubbed it with my anti-static bag before stamping the sentiment.  I clear heat embossed it to help it pop.
• I covered the sentiment and splattered the panel with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of red and then finally, onto an A2 sized card base.  I also added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Swirl Around

Simple Mosaic

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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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

Simon Says Monday- WHATEVER THE WEATHER

(rainbow)

Crafts Galore- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Life is Art (STAMPlorations)

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; white Posca pen; black gems