Just Adding a Smile

Good Morning

Today's card is just a simple, happy feeling one using the new for July stencil called Smiley Faces from 

A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I began by looking through some of the backgrounds I had previously made and found this fun plaid patterned one.  I had done it using the Markered Turnabout stamp.  I thought the bright colours went perfectly with the smiles.  It was stamped using Distress Oxide inks.
• I laid the plaid onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Smiley Faces stencil over it.  I inked it using some black Memento ink.  
• While that dried, I die cut the 'smile' sentiment from some black cardstock.  This die doesn't come with a shadow/background so I traced around the die on some white cardstock and fussy cut it out to make my own.  
• I glued the plaid panel onto a piece of pale lavender cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Smiley Faces

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Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS and/or STENCILS

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Markered Turnabout (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Distress Oxide, Memento

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

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

Smile die (STAMPlorations); TE Blending Brushes

Polar Bear Pal

Hello and Welcome

Meet today's card that I used a combination of a stencil and stamping.

Another one to have on hand to send out for the holidays.

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock, then placed that onto my Make Art Station. 
• I positioned the Cozy Knit stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over my paper and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I pulled out this fun Snowflake Turnabout stamp and positioned it into my Misti over my stenciled cardstock panel.  For those of you that are not familiar with the Turnabout stamps, you ink, turn your paper and ink again until you have turned your paper and stamped on all sides.  A stamp positioner is most helpful when using this type of stamp. I inked it up with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink and stamped.  
• I turned my paper, cleaned off my stamp and inked again with some Blueprint Sketch and stamped.
• I repeated that step 2 more times using some Dusty Concord and some Wilted Violet DOX ink.
• Using a circle die, I cut a circle from the center of my finished panel and set aside.
• I die cut a slightly larger circle from some white cardstock and glued the two circles together.
• I stamped the Polar bear onto a piece of white cardstock, then used some diluted DOX ink (same colours as used in the background) and painted in the bear's scarf.
• I added a slight hint of colour on his fur using a Copic marker and then fussy cut it out.
• I stamped the sentiment from the same set and then tore the top of the paper to look like snow.  I rubbed a bit of ink along the edge as well.
• I trimmed the torn paper to fit over the stenciled-inked die cut circle and glued them together.
• I pop dotted the bear at the top of the circle over the torn edge and then pop dotted the whole larger circle back into place, matching it up with the background.
• I added it onto an A2 size card panel.

Here is the stencil I used:

Cozy Knit

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Adding my card to these challenges:

Creative Knockouts- STITCHING

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Time Out- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflake Turnabout (Concord and 9th); Polar Bear Pals (MFT)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX, Copic marker

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

Accessories and Tools- Cozy Knit stencil (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger);

TE Blending Brushes; Infinity Circle dies (HA); Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Masculine Birthday

Welcome

My vacation time is coming to an end so I won't have as much time to play. 

So I'm trying to get a few more cards I created posted before I'm back to work.

Here's how I created this fun birthday card.

• I decided to make a side fold card....one of my fav folds.  It's very easy to do and gives a nice change from the usual A2 card.  All instructions how to do this fold are HERE.  
• I'm using this fun turnabout stamp called Paint Swash from Concord and 9th.  I positioned my paper and stamp into my Misti and inked the stamp with the first colour and pressed onto my paper.  **to see a video about how to use these stamps see the Concord and 9th site here** 
• I turned the cardstock in my Misti, positioned it again and stamped the next colour.  I did that 2 more times; 4 stampings in total.  The colours I used were: Carved Pumpkin, Broken China, Barn Door and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide ink.  
• This set also comes with a few additional stamps that you can use randomly over the pattern you just stamped.  I added those with some Versafine Clair ink.
• After all the stamping was done, I splattered the inked cardstock with my white Posca pen.  I cut the panel as measurements linked above for my card front, then glued it all down.
• I die cut the sentiment and glued it over the stamped background.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT

The Male Room- BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Supplies

Stamps- Paint Swash (Concord and 9th)

Inks- Versafine Clair, Distress Oxides

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Posca pen; die (MFT); 

Nuvo glue; black gem