Sweet Kitty

Good Morning

Here is another great 'pet' stencil for July from A Colorful Life Designs called:

CAT CURLICUE

I thought this would make a good pet sympathy card.

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

• I began by placing the CAT CURLICUE stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted that stencil off and placed the Patterned Noise stencil from last month, over the top and inked just around the cat with some Shaded Lilac, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and some Peacock Feathers DOX ink. By stenciling around the image, it helped to ground it and added colour and more interest.
• I placed my stenciled card front into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over to the side.
• Using the end of a pencil eraser, I stamped in the 2 eyes of the cat and stenciled in a few extra cat paws along the right hand side.
• I glued it onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto a white square 4 1/4" card base.
• I finished my card off by adding 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

CAT CURLICUE

PATTERNED NOISE

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

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Many thanks for coming to visit today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- 4 LEGGED FRIENDS

Allsorts- STENCIL

We Love Stamping- SUMMERTIME/or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Gentle Hugs (IO closed)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White; navy

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; Pencil eraser

Spotlight Debossing

Welcome

It's my turn to host the TLC over at Splitcoast Stampers this week.

The technique we will be trying out I'm calling:

SPOTLIGHT EMBOSSING

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

• I began by looking through my coloured cardstock until I found 2 complimentary colours.
• Using a rectangle die, I cut from both pieces.
• I took out this flower Embossing Folder and placed the blue sheet down first and fitted the small green die cut inside that and ran it through my machine inside the folder. BE SURE AND USE THE DEBOSS SIDE OF YOUR FOLDER.
• I glued the pieces onto a base, matching up the embossed pattern, debossed side up.
• Holding my black ink pad flat against the surface, I covered the whole card with black ink and set that aside to dry.
• I die cut the sympathy sentiment in black and glued that onto the white word shadow.
• I glued the card front panel onto a piece of green cardstock and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment across the front of my card and added a black gem to dot the 'i'.

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Can You Handle the Pressure- ANYTHING GOES/option; Kids

Allsorts- SPRINGTIME or ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Versafine Clair

Papers- random

Accessories and Tools- Floral Field 

Eb folder (SSS); Infinity Rectangle dies (Hero Arts);

With Sympathy die (SSS)

One Stencil~ 2 Cards

Good Morning

Today, I am again playing with the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

THREE FEATHERS

Both cards use the same colours and technique on my Gel Plate.

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate. I like to use my Distress Oxide inks on my plate....super easy cleanup.  So, I got out my Cracked Pistachio and my Broken China DOX pads and pressed the ink directly onto the plate. Using my brayer, I blended the colours together.
• I placed one of the feathers from the Three Feathers stencil onto my plate and then rubbed over it with a piece of white cardstock to pick up the print.  YOU CAN SEE THAT IN CARD #2
• I removed the stencil and then rubbed over the plate again with another piece of white cardstock. CARD #1
• I took CARD #1 and stenciled the feather using the same ink colours right over to the side of the print.
• I stamped the same sentiment on both cards and then added them to white A2 sized card bases.

Here is the stencil I used:

THREE FEATHERS

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts- SPRING/or/ ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Just Us Girls- STENCIL WEEK

Supplies

Stamp- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer

For Your Loss

 Welcome

Sympathy cards are never easy to make, so I like to have some on hand in case I need one. 

This card is a very simple one that I did in the summer (it's winter here now, so no leaves) on the Gel Plate.

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

• I got out my Gel Plate and pressed my Distress Oxide ink pads directly onto the plate using these colours:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid.
• I roughly blended the colours together using my brayer and then placed the leaf from my garden onto the plate.
• I took a piece of white cardstock and rubbed it over my whole plate firmly to be sure and get the leaf image onto the paper.
• TO GET THE LOOK OF THIS PRINT.....I lifted the paper up slightly off my plate but not all the way, removed the leaf and then rubbed the paper back down again. By doing this step, you will print the details of the leaf onto your paper.
• I placed the print into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the print onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of pale blush and then onto an A2 sized white base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Friday- MONOCHROME

Time Out- FAV CARD MAKING TECHNIQUE  (Gel Plate Printing)

Supplies

Stamps- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

Accessories and Tools- Gelli Arts Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; leaf from Garden;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Message of Sympathy

 

Welcome

Sympathy cards are not always easy ones to make, so I like to have some on hand.

This newly released set of stencils from A Colorful Life Designs is great for creating simple ink blended card front background.  There are many different sizes in these sets too.

So, meet the newly released:

Marvelous Masks Arches Stencil

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed one of the Marvelous Masks Arches stencils over a piece of white cardstock.
• Beginning at the top of the arch, I inked with some Shaded Lilac, Peacock Feathers and some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide inks.
• I lifted the stencil off and added a mask along the bottom edge so my stamping would be contained along the bottom of the inking.
• I placed it into my Misti to stamp out the trees and the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of navy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added 3 silver gems under the sentiment to finish the card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

Marvelous Masks Arches 

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:

Ellibelle's Corner- I SPY...SOMETHING CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Cardz 4 Guyz- FALL/AUTUMN

CRAFT- GRANDPARENTS/ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- 3 Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice);  Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Solar White (Prism)

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

silver gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Sympathy Card

Good Morning

This newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs worked great for creating some sympathy cards.  

So today meet the new stencil called

Leafy Heart Frame

Here is what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Leafy Heart Frame stencil onto the paper along the bottom edge.  I inked it up with some Distress Oxide inks in these colours:  Rustic Wilderness, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and Fossilized Amber. 
• I lifted the stencil off and flipped it to stencil the top of the panel using the same colours as mentioned above.
• I removed the stencil and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued my stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then red and then green and finally, onto an A2 sized card base.
• To finish my card off, I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Leafy Heart Frame

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

KarenFan10

Thanks so much for taking a look today.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- FALL

Alphabet Challenge- K is for KEEP IT SIMPLE

Supplies

Stamps- Scripted Bold Sentiments (Pinkfresh Studios)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

black gems; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

No Words

Welcome

It's not easy to create sympathy cards, but I need to add some to my stash.

So today I am playing with the new for September stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Leafy Heart Frame

Here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed the Leafy Heart Frame stencil over a piece of white cardstock and picked out some Distress Oxide inks in Fall colours.  
• Next, I randomly inked with Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness until all the leaves were inked. 
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment across the middle of the heart.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of red cardstock, the onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here is the stencil I used:

Leafy Heart Frame

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:

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- NATURE

Make My Monday- FUN WITH STENCILS

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES/option- LEAVES AND CIRCLES

Supplies

Stamps- Inside Out Sympathy (Catherine Pooler)

Inks- DOX, Versafine

Paper- Solar White

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems

Arum Lily Sympathy

Welcome

Some more stenciling fun today using some new stencils and an older one from 

A Colorful Life Designs.

This beautiful new flower is called 

Arum Lily that I paired up with Rocky Path and Script

I thought it would make a lovely sympathy 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 Arum Lily stencil over that, centering it up.
• I used some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink at the base of the flowers, some Ripe Persimmon next and some Picked Raspberry DOX ink right along the upper edges.
• I masked around the leaves, then added some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink and a touch of Rustic Wilderness to add some depth.
• To add a bit more interest to the whole stenciled image, I went over it using the Rocky Path stencil with the same colours I used for the first inking.
• Next, I laid the Script stencil (an older release) over the lily and inked that carefully around the it with some Cracked Pistachio DOX ink.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I added 5 black gems underneath the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Arum Lily

Rocky Path

Script

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

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) 

Supplies

Stamps- More Sentiments (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; black gems

With Much Sympathy

Welcome

Sympathy cards are never easy to make, so that's why I like to always have some on hand.

I like to keep mine very simple and not overdone.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it into my Misti to stamp the tree line.
• I clear heat embossed the trees as I wanted to add some water and inking and didn't want the ink to smear.
• Next, I rubbed some Lucky Clover, Rustic Wilderness and some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink onto a piece of acetate. 
• Using a damp sponge, I dabbed into the ink and then dabbed over and around the embossed trees.  It gave a lovely mottled look to the background.
• When I was happy with the sponging, I splattered with a black Posca pen to add interest.
• While that all dried, I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and rubbed some Tumbled Glass DOX ink along the edges.
• I glued the tree panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added the sentiment with some foam tape to pop it up.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT

Little Red Wagon- SQUARE or RECTANGLE

Simon Says Mon.- STAMP IT

Supplies

Stamps- Tree Line (Impression Obsession); More Sentiments (Avery Elle)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); sponge; piece of acetate; 

black Posca pen

Comfort and Peace

Hello and Welcome

Today's card were part of a challenge to create one inked or stamped piece of cardstock, then cut in half to create 2 cards.

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

• On my walk, I collected some grasses and leaves that I wanted to use on my cards.
• I got out my Gel Plate and pressed some Bundled Sage, Cracked Pistachio and some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink directly onto my Gel Plate.  I used my brayer to blend the colours together.
• Next, I carefully laid the grasses I had picked up onto the plate, then rubbed a piece of white cardstock over the Plate to create the print. 
• I used my black Posca pen and splattered over the images.
• When it was all dry, I cut the piece of white cardstock in half to create 2 A2 sized card.
• I placed the inked panel into my Misti and one at a time, stamped the sentiment onto them.
• I glued each finished panel onto a piece of green cardstock before adding it to the base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my cards to these challenges:

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION TREES or LEAVES

The Sisterhood of Crafters- MAKE A SCENE

The Paper Funday Challenge- ANYTHING GOES- OPTION OUTDOORS

Supplies

Stamps- Comfort and Peace (Penny Black); Treasure (Verses)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; grasses picked on a walk; 

black Posca pen; black gems

Pet Sympathy

 

Welcome

A friend of mine asked me if I could make her a pet sympathy card.

I had never made one of those before so, I decided to take up the challenge although I only have a few animal stamps in my stash.

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

• I got out my stencil mat and placed a piece of white cardstock onto it.  I positioned the Cloud Edger stencil over that and got out some Distress Oxide inks.
• Starting at the top of the cardstock, I rubbed on some Broken China DOX ink along the edge of the stencil, moved it down and stenciled again.  
• I wiped the stencil off and next inked with some Blueprint Sketch near the middle of the panel, again, moving the cloud stencil around to get variations on the clouds.
• Finally, along the bottom, I inked in the same way with some Peacock Feathers ink.
• I removed that stencil and placed the Rays stencil over the clouds and inked again using the same colours.
• I die cut the middle of the square panel using the Rectangle Peek a Boo Window and then stamped the sentiment near the top.
• I stamped the other sentiment just under the die cut window.
• I stamped the pup with some black ink and then coloured him in.  I cut him into pieces.
• To assemble the card, I glued the die cut window onto some white cardstock and then onto a 4 1/4" square card base.  
• I pop dotted the larger panel over the die cut window and positioned the puppy inside using pop dots.

Here are the stencils I used:

Cloud Edger

Landscape Rays

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:

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

CRAFT Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

The Paper Shelter- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Puppy (IO-retired); Sympathy Sentiments (Penny Black)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); Rectangle die (MFT); 

stencils (ACLD); foam tape; TE stencil brushes