Stenciled Die Cuts

Good Morning

Today's card is a simple one as I wanted to play with a new die that I just got along with the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Not Quite Stripes

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 laid the Not Quite Stripes stencil over that and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off, cleaned it and turned it around and put it back over my first stenciling.  I inked again with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I took the stenciled panel and used the Eclectic Tree Outlines die to cut it out.  Be sure and keep all the little pieces when you die cut.  It helps to put some low tack tape across the back of your cardstock before die cutting it out to help hold all the little pieces in place.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then glued the little die cut pieces back into place over the panel.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I use some foam tape to add the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Not Quite Stripes

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- NBUS

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK

Cut it Up- THIS MAKES ME HAPPY

Supplies

Stamps- TE Sentiment Strips

Ink- 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; Eclectic Tree Outlines die (SSS)

Home for Christmas

Welcome

Meet the newly released Forest of Trees stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

It's a good one for creating a forest scene.  

When I combined it with this patterned paper, it reminded me of a road and being on the way home for Christmas.

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

• I looked through my patterned papers until I found this one with the stripes.  I placed it onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Forest of Trees over that.
• Using some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink, I inked all the trees.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen to give a snowy effect and set aside to dry.
• I placed the little car stamp into my Misti, stamped it with some Versafine Clair black ink and clear heat embossed it.  I fussy cut that out and set aside.
• I placed the stenciled card front into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some more black ink and clear heat embossed that to help it pop against the background.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of beige cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Forest of Trees

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

2 Sisters on the Blog- CHRISTMAS TRANSPORT

My Time to Craft- GOT TO BE CHRISTMAS

Time Out Challenge- WINTER/HOLIDAY

Supplies

Stamps- Yuletide (Kaisercraft); Cruisin' to Adventure (CTMH)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

white Posca pen; Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes

Oh Christmas Tree

Welcome

Meet today's card.

A fun, whimsical one using a new mid-month release from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Tall Skinny Tree

I paired it up with an older release called Playful Tree.

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

• I got out a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.
• I put the Tall Skinny Tree stencil over the cardstock and inked it up with some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink.  I did the star with some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and added just the berries from the Layered Holly stencil with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink onto the tree.
• Next, I laid the Playful Tree stencil onto another piece of white cardstock and masked it off as I wanted the tree to be red and green.  I inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I used my white Posca pen to add some extra details to the trees and then I fussy cut them out.
• Using another piece of white cardstock, I embossed it using a dot embossing folder and glued that onto a white card panel that I scored on the top and bottom of the embossing as a border.
• I used some foam tape to pop the trees over each other and added the stamped sentiment.
• Finally, I glued it all onto an A2 sized card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Tall Skinny Tree

Playful Tree

Layered Holly 

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- CHRISTMAS

Peace on Earth- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS AND INSPIRATION BOARD

Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Merry Sentiments (Scrapbook.com)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

white Posca pen; Make Art Station (Ranger); foam tape; dots eb folder (Sizzix)

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

Winter Scene

Welcome

Meet today's card inspired by the snow falling outside.

I'm not a big fan of the snow, but it does look pretty on the trees.

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock and positioned the Watercolor Wash Free form mask over my paper on my Make Art Station.
• Next, I tore some paper strips from some scraps that I wanted to use to create the look of snowbanks in the scene.  
• I began at the top of the masked area and sponged on some Boken China Distress Oxide ink.  I then sponged some Peacock Feathers just under that, leaving the bottom area un-inked.  I darkened the sky a bit at the top with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink as well.
• Ok...now for the torn paper strips.  I laid one on and inked above it with some Cracked Pistachio. I removed that and used another one that I had torn to ink again, moving it down and leaving some white space to look like the snowbanks.
• I removed the torn paper but left the mask in place and stamped the trees using my Misti.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and removed the mask.
• I stamped the sentiment in the top corner.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• Finally, I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- WINTER

We Love Stamping- CHRISTMAS

Stamping Sensations- CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS

Supplies

Stamps- 3 Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice); Trees (IO); Merry Sentiments (Scrapbook.com)

Inks- Versafine; DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- mask (MFT); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); scrap paper; 

Posca pen; TE Blending Brushes; black gems

Big Birthday Wishes

 

Good Morning and Welcome

Meet my 10 minute card....so simple and fun to create.  

I was inspired by the Technique Lovers Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers called Faux Tearing. I haven't done this one in a long time.

This technique uses torn paper strips that give the look of layers without adding extra bulk to your card.  Simple to do and so many possibilities.

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

• I began by tearing a few strips of scrap paper and placed one of them onto my white card stock base.  By tearing a few different strips, you can vary the look of the background.
• I began at the bottom and inked with some Peacock Feathers Distress ink.  I placed another strip up higher and inked with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.  I repeated that process, moving up the card with some Cracked Pistachio ink.  I stayed with just the 3 colours to help keep the look simple.
• When I was done inking over the torn paper strips, I placed the inked panel into my Misti and stamped the trees along the bottom and clear heat embossed them.
• I stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed that too.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Get Creative- SPRINGTIME

Use Your Stuff- SPRING/EASTER

Allsorts- MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- A Big Birthday (Stamping Bella); Pine Trees (Impression Obsession)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); torn paper strips, Hero Arts clear eb powder;

TE Blending Brushes

Grazing in the Woods

Welcome

Today's card is a simple one.

I got this lovely die from one of my boys for Christmas and wanted to use it.

I pulled out this inked piece of cardstock found sitting in my stash, one that I had rolled ink off my brayer while Gel Plate printing.

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

• After I found this inked piece of cardstock, I placed the die into the center of sheet and die cut the deer in the woods and set it aside.  (the ink I brayered onto  the paper was Blueprint Sketch, Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink)
• To give the scene a shadow effect, I die cut a piece of white cardstock and glued it to the back of the inked die cut piece, off setting it a bit.
• Using my white Posca pen, I added splatters to look like snow and give more interest to the scene.
• I added some foam tape to the back of the piece and added it to a white card base.  (my finished card is 4 1/4 x 5 1/2")

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look

Adding my card to these challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown- MASCULINE

Critter Crazy- FEATURE AN ANIMAL

Little Red Wagon- MASCULINE

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxide 

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

Accessories and Tools- die (Amazon); white Posca pen; foam tape; brayer

Northern Lights

 

Hello and Welcome

It's the weekend and I have time to play...yeah!

So, meet today's card.

This is so super simple to create using some of that bleeding tissue paper I got from Amazon.  

Here is another card I made using it...such fun results.

Colourful Smiles

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock that would fit my card front.
• I set my cardstock onto a tray (so I could move it out of the way after wetting it) and tore lots of pieces of the bleeding tissue paper.  I covered the whole piece of cardstock with the tissue, then sprayed with a good amount of water.  It helps to push all the corners and edges down to make sure they are wet and are making good contact with the paper.
• After the piece was completely dry, I removed all the bits of tissue and checked to see if any areas were left without the colour transferred.  If so, just repeat the process above.
• I took the dried panel and placed it into my Misti and stamped the Winter Woodland trees creating the scene.  I did clear heat emboss the trees to help make them stand out.
• I debated about adding a sentiment, but finally decided to just leave it as is so I could use it for a number of occasions.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

 Simon Says Wed.- EMBOSS IT

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Winter Woodland (Penny Black)

Inks- Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Bleeding Tissue Paper (Amazon); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

water mister (Ranger); clear eb powder; heat tool

Snowy Cabin

Good Morning

Meet today's simple card.

I just got this beautiful stamp called Snowy Studio from Impression Obsession that I wanted to play with.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, placed it into my Misti and stamped the image with some black Versafine Clair ink.  I clear heat embossed it as I wanted to ink over it with no smudges.  I also find that the image pops when embossed.
• I inked the panel up using my TE Blending Brushes and some Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink. 
• I splattered the whole inked panel with my white Posca pen.
• When it was dry, I glued it onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto some blue to match the background, then finally onto a white card base.  My finished card size was 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 so it would fit into a standard size envelope.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- CHRISTMAS

Krafty Chicks- STAMP ACT

CRAFT- WINTER

Supplies

Stamps- Snowy Studio (Impression Obsession)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- TE Inking Brushes; Lawn Fawn EB powder; white Posca pen; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

There Are No Words

Hello and Welcome

Adding another card to the stash after I found this blue piece of cardstock that I had rolled my brayer off onto while Gel Plate printing. I thought it would make a lovely background for this tree stamp by Inkadinkadoo that I scored at the Second Hand store for .50 cents.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I found this piece of cardstock that I had used to remove paint from my brayer while Gel Plate printing.  I always keep those sheet even if they look super ugly at the time.  I inked up this tree stamp with some Versafine Clair and stamped onto the blue.  I clear heat embossed the trees to help make them pop.
• I splattered using my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I cut a white card panel for my card front.  I inked up the stamp again with black Versafine Clair and stamped the trees onto one side, then inked and stamped again on the other side.  I wanted the look of a continuous tree line all across the front of my card.
• I placed the white panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment.
• I glued the white panel onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto a white card base.
• I pop dot mounted the blue stamped trees over the white background, matching up at the level of the ground.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Double D- WHITE AND BLUE

The Sisterhood of Crafters- WINTER CAS

Supplies

Stamps- Trees (Inkadinkadoo); Sympathy Sentiments (Penny Black)

Inks- Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ontario

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca pen; scrap paper;

Hero Arts clear eb powder; foam tape

Sending Some Happy

Good Morning

Hope you had a good weekend.  I appreciated having some time to create.

I pulled out this great stencil from ACLD called Pine Tree Right.  There are a series of tree stencils similar to this one and all create such great backgrounds.  They especially work well for creating slimline cards.

My card today is a Mini Slimline...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 how I made another mini slimline and an envelope to fit it, see this card:

A New Year

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Waffle Flower Stencil Mat and positioned the Pine Trees stencil over that.  I began to ink it up with some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide inks just along the right side of the stencil and towards the middle.
• Next, I filled in the rest of the areas with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.  
• To add more interest and shading to the trees, I rubbed on some Broken China DOX ink just along the left hand sides of the trees.
• Leaving the stencil in place, I stamped over it with the Friends background script stamp to add interest.  
• I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment from the Hexagon Crafty Hugs set with some Versafine Clair ink and then stamped the circle from an Avery Elle set with more of the Rustic Wilderness ink around the sentiment.
• I die cut it with a circle and glued it onto a piece of blue/green cardstock to match the background.
• I glued the stenciled trees onto a white slimline base (6" x 3") and pop dotted the sentiment at the bottom.

Here is the stencil I used:

Pine Tree Right

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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(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.- FUN WITH STENCILS

Stamping Sensations- ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTION OF A DIE

Alphabet Challenge- 'U' IS FOR UNEQUAL (BIG AND SMALL)

Supplies

Stamps- Crafty Hugs (SSS); Merry Circle Tags (Avery Elle); Friends Bkg (HA)

Inks- Distress Oxides (mentioned above); Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook; Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); TE Blending Brushes; 

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Posca pen; Infinity Circle Dies (HA)

A New Year

 

Hello and Welcome

I hope your first few days of the New Year have been happy ones.

I had a few days off so was glad to have some time to play with some new Christmas goodies.

I was inspired by a video I watched and decided to try and make my first 'mini' slimline card.

Super easy to make but may be difficult to find the right size envelope so I will add how I made one at the end.

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

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

• I began by embossing a piece of heavy white cardstock using my new Snowy Forest eb folder.  I ran it through my machine to get a good impression.
• I wanted to add colour so I got out my brayer and rolled some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink along the bottom where the trees are.  I cleaned off my brayer and then added some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink over the middle area, overlapping the colours a bit.
• Finally at the top, I brayered on some Salty Ocean DOX ink to give the sky a hint of blue.
• While the ink dried, I cut my card base.  For my mini slimline the white cardstock was cut 6 x 6" and scored at 3"and folded in half.
• I then took the embossed panel and cut it in half so I could make 2 slimline cards (another one coming soon) using the one embossed/inked piece I had made.
• I glued it to one side of a piece of white cardstock, then onto a dark green that looks black here and finally, onto the white card base.
• I stamped the sentiment and circle from a new Avery Elle set I got for Christmas using some more Rustic Wilderness ink in my Misti, then die cut out the circle and pop dotted it off to the side.

ENVELOPE:

• The envelope to mail this card is very simple.  I used my Envelope Punch Board to create it.
• I cut my lightweight white cardstock to 8 1/4 x 8 1/4".  (I used the lightweight cs as it is easier to fold and not as stiff as the heavy.)
• I placed it into my Envelope Punch Board and punched the first mark at 3 1/8" and scored along the marked line.  I rotated my cardstock and followed the instructions, continuing around until my envelope was made.  It is so simple to do using this Punch Board.  You can make any size envelope. All the measurements are included on the front of the board.

Here is a picture of the Envelope Punch Board:

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- TIME TO PARTY

CAS on Friday- HAPPY NEW YEAR

Shopping Our Stash- BEGINS WITH 'S'

(slimline)

Supplies

Stamps- Merry Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Distress Oxides (see above)

Paper- cardstock (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Snowy Forest eb folder (Memory Box); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

Speedball Brayer; Envelope Punch Board (We R Memory Keepers); 

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts); foam tape

Wrapped Yarn Resist Birch Trees

Hello and Welcome

It's my turn to host the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) over at Splitcoast Stampers.  

For my challenge, I have chosen to do a simple technique using some yarn, a clothespin and a cotton ball. 

 I did create 2 cards just so you could see the difference between using Acrylic Paint and Inks.

Above is Card #1 created using Acrylic Paints

Card #2 below is created using Distress Oxide inks.

Both cards are made using the same technique.

So here's what I did to create

Card #1

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock that I wanted to use for my front panel.
• I wrapped some scrap yarn around the panel from top to bottom, overlapping and randomly winding the yarn.  
• Next, I used a clothespin and a cotton ball and dipped it into some acrylic paint that I had squeezed out onto my non-stick craft mat.
• I sponged the paint over the yarn wrapped cardstock as you can see from the picture below.

• I started at the top sponging on the paint, changed the cotton ball for the next colour and continued dabbing over the yarn until my whole panel was covered with paint.  Don't forget to change the cotton ball so you don't end up with a muddy background.
• When I was happy with the paint coverage, I carefully removed the yarn and let the paint dry.
• When the paint was dry, I used a Signa Fine Line marker to trace along the edges of the white area left behind by the yarn, defining the tree trunks.  I added some dashed lines for the bark details.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen, then die cut the sentiment from the panel.
• I glued the painted panel onto a heavy white card base, then pop dot mounted the sentiment back into place, matching it up.

Card #2

• Again, I used the same technique as mentioned above, but this time I used my Distress Oxide inks to see how it would work and to give a different kind of look to the panel. This background doesn't have as much texture that the paint gives, but I was still able to achieve a nice look.
• I rubbed my Distress Oxide ink pads onto my non-stick craft mat, sprayed with water and then dipped my cotton ball into the wet ink to dab over the panel.

Here is what the diluted DOX inks looked like dabbed onto the cardstock.

• I die cut the sentiment from a piece of white cardstock that I covered with some clear packing tape.  (I have mentioned this technique before in previous blog posts.  I like to do this as it gives the sentiment a nice shine and adds to the stability.
• I splattered with my black Posca pen, then glued the inked panel onto a white card base.
• I glued the sentiment on top and then added the black gems.

Here is the comparison of the two different backgrounds side by side.

This is where I first found this technique if you want to check it out:

TREES

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you get a chance to try it out.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX (shown above)

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

Accessories and Tools- cotton balls, string, clothespin, Basics Acrylic Paint, Posca pens, 

Awesome die (Neat and Tangled);  Live, Love, Laugh die (Frantic Stamper); pop dots; 

black gems; clear packing tape

Noel

Good Morning

Thanks to so many of you that replied that you weren't getting sick of seeing all my Christmas cards.

If you don't already know, I have a very busy life with 5 little daycare kiddos.  I try and get ahead of the game and with this extra time off, I thought I should take advantage of it so I'm less rushed when holiday time arrives.

This card was inspired by a very talented lady on FB.  Eileen Godwin does some work for Lavinia Stamps and her cards are very clean and simple.  I do enjoy her inking techniques.

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

• I began with a 4 3/4 x 4 3/4" square piece of cardstock.  I was making a 5x5" card when finished.
• I used some ScorTape to mask the edges of my card so I would have a crisp, white border when finished.
• Using some Distress Oxide inks, (Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold) and my Stencil Pal (or you could use any flat edge), I rubbed the inks across my card panel with my TH inking Tool, being sure to criss-cross them as I went along.  I also did a circle outline just using a circle die cut, right where I knew I wanted the reindeer to be. 
• Next, I laid the Lavinia Pods stencil over the panel and did some light stenciling in the background just to add some interest.
• I placed the inky panel into my Misti and stamped the Reindeer also from Lavinia Stamps, the sentiment and trees. 
• I added a bit of shading under the reindeer to help ground him with a gray watercolour pencil.
• Using my white and black Posca pens, I added splatters to my bkg.
• I mounted the piece onto a coordinating piece of cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT
Time Out- SEASON
International Art and Soul- INCLUDE AN ANIMAL

Supplies
Stamps- Sentiment (Studio Light); Small Reindeer (Lavinia); Three Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice)
Inks- DOX (TH); Versafine
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Pods stencil (Lavinia); 
Stencil Pal; ScorTape; Inking Tool (TH); Posca pens

Starry Nights

Hello and Welcome
I've got two cards for you today.
Similar themes with the trees, but two different techniques.

I do love scene cards, especially ones with trees.

So here's what I did to create my card #1.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and positioned my Marvelous Rectangle Mask over it, centering it to give my a nice, clean white border when done.
• Using an acrylic block, I rubbed on some Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans and a bit of Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed it onto my masked panel.  I love how the water has lifted some of the ink to make what looks like a starry sky!
• I placed the masked panel into my Misti and stamped the Winter Woodland trees with some Versafine black ink.
• I removed the mask and stamped the sentiment right down into the right corner.
• I mounted the panel onto a piece of dark blue cardstock then onto a heavy white card panel.

Supplies
Stamps- Winter Woodland (Penny Black); Everyday Sentiments (YNS)
Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Marvelous Rectangle Mask (A Colorful Life Designs) 
Use code KARENFAN10 to get a discount; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); acrylic block

Here is card #2.
Like I mentioned above, still a similar theme but I used all leftovers for this one.

Here's what I did to create this card.

• Every time I play with my Gel Plate, I keep some extra paper at hand to roll off the excess paint from my brayer. Too much paint on your Gel Plate results in a poor lifting. This background was the result of that and it is a good way to not let your excess paint go to waste.
• Using another inked leftover painted piece, I die cut the Tim Holtz Tree Line and then glued it over my brayered painted panel.
• I stamped the sentiment and then splattered the whole piece with my white Posca pen.
• I mounted it onto some blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Supplies
Stamps- Season's Greetings (The Old Island)
Inks- Versafine, Acrylic Paint (Dollar Tree)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Tree Line Die (TH); Posca Pen; Speedball brayer

Thanks so very much for all your most kind and generous comments.  All are so very appreciated.