Tuning Into Retro

Good Morning

Today's card was a fun one to create using this new Portal stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and the new to me Music to My Ears stamp set by Catherine Pooler.

I went for a Retro looking card using this vintage radio.

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

• I got out a piece of white cardstock, placed it into my Misti and stamped the Tie Dye using some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stamped panel, placed it onto my Make Art Station and inked up the Portal stencil over the stamped pattern using some more Hickory Smoke DOX ink.  I took some more of that ink, diluted it with water and used that to splatter the panel to add more interest.
• While that dried, I stamped the radio in black and die cut it out.  I used a grey Copic marker to add some details to the radio.
• I placed the dry stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment.  I clear heat embossed it to help make it pop.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto some grey cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to pop up the radio in the center.

Here is the stencil I used:

Portal

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Mon.- TRANSPORT IT

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

The Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Music to My Ears (Catherine Pooler), Tie Dye (Stampin Up); Stay Tuned (Lawn Fawn)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes

Coffee Time

Hello and Welcome

Today's card was a fun one.

I sure do love and appreciate my coffee in the morning.

I used this newly released Coffee Love stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and paired it up with this cute vintage image.

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

• I positioned the Coffee Love stencil onto the middle of a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station.  
• When I was happy with the position of the stencil, I inked it up with some Rusty Hinge Distress Oxide ink.  I added some shadows to the beans by inking just over some areas with Aged Mahogany DOX ink.
• While that dried, I stamped the image onto a piece of white cardstock with some black ink and then fussy cut it out. 
• I place the stenciled heart into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over to one side and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of brown matching cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Lastly, I used some foam tape to the image and popped it to one side of the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Coffee Love

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Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Less is More- ANYTHING GOES

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES/ option- WOMEN OF THE YEAR

Stamping Sensations- ANYTHING STAMPED- option- CAS

Supplies

Stamps- Girlfriends (sentiment- Art Impressions); Coffee and Tea (Crafty Secrets)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

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

TE Blending Brushes; foam tape, Lawn Fawn clear EB powder

Always Better with You

Good Morning

Hope all is well in your part of the world.

Today's card features such a fun stencil called Square Frames.  It is another one of the great newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs for February.

This one is so fun as the squares overlap each other.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Square Frames stencil over that.
• I began at the center of the stencil and inked it up with some Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved outwards with the inking adding some Carved Pumpkin next and then some Picked Raspberry around the edges.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped over it with the background lines using more of the Picked Raspberry DOX ink. (This stamp only has a number on it and no name.  I can't find it on the Hero Arts site so it may be discontinued?)
• Next, I splattered with my white Posca pen and dotted the circles to add interest.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment in my Misti and then die cut it out.
• I glued the dried panel onto an A2 sized card base and pop dotted the sentiment in the center.

Here is the stencil I used:

Square Frames

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Thanks for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SOMEBODY TO LOVE

Simon Says Wed.- FUN WITH DIES

Shopping Our Stash- LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Supplies

Stamps- Roadside Messages (HA); bkg (HA)

Inks- DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger)

Poinsettia Collage

Welcome

Only one more sleep until the big day!!!

So a fast and easy card today that took no time at all.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and got out my small Lawn Fawn ink cubes.
• I picked out a few different colours and then press the ink pad directly onto the cardstock creating the little squares of colour.  I tried to vary them as I went down the card front.
• After the ink had dried, I placed the inked panel into my Misti and stamped the Poinsettia Collage over the background. This stamp included the 'Merry Christmas' sentiment.
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.  Super easy and fast card.
• I added 3 silver gems for more interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS on Friday- CHRISTMAS

Jingle Bells- WRAPPING UP 2022

Winter Wonderland- CHRISTMAS- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Poinsettia Collage (Stampendous)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Lawn Fawn cubes

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Misti; silver gems

Soaring

Hello and Welcome Spring!!

I wanted to create a masculine card for my hubby and this is what I came up with.

I just love this Cloud Edger Stencil from ACLD.

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

• I began by cutting a white cardstock panel that was 3 3/4 x 5" and got out my Cloud Edger stencil and some Distress Oxide inks.
• Beginning at the top, I positioned the stencil and rubbed on some Salty Ocean DOX ink, moved the stencil down a bit and added more of that ink.  
• Next I moved the stencil down a bit and added just a hint of Blueprint Sketch ink.  
• I continued working my way down the white cardstock using some Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, a hint of Cracked Pistachio and then finally a good dose of Peacock Feathers DOX ink along the bottom.
• While my cloud background dried, I stamped the airplane with some black Versafine Clair ink and die cut it out.
• I stamped the sentiment from the same set, cut it out and glued it onto a piece of light blue cardstock.
• I positioned the airplane and stamped the heart trail with some black ink.
• I glued the cloud background onto another piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white cardstock base.
• I pop dotted the plane in the sky and then pop dotted the sentiment in the bottom corner.

Here is the stencil I used:

Cloud Edger

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- DIE CUTS

Bastel-traum- SPRING

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Sky is the Limit (SU)

Ink- Versamark, DOX ink

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

Accessories and Tools- Airplane die (SU): Cloud Edger stencil (ACLD); 

TE Blending Brushes

Have a Holly Jolly

 

Hello

So glad you could drop in.

I want to apologize.

I owe so many of you a visit...my life is a crazy one working with my 5 little daycare kiddos and preparing for Christmas.  There just are not enough hours in the day!!

Anyways, I found some paper strips in my stash, so decided to make them into a card.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I found some paper strips in the box where I keep all my Christmas papers.  I seldom use papers from that box, but these vintage style ones inspired me to make another card using the Disappearing Nine Patch Background. Super simple with fun results. (you can click on the link to see the tutorial) Here is the first card I made using this technique.
• I cut the paper strips to the right size following the tutorial and glued them onto a piece of cardstock that was 3" x 3".
• After cutting them down into strips and gluing them again, I pop dot mounted the panel over some more of the papers scraps from the same paper collection.
• I glued that onto a white card base. (my finished card is 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 so it will still fit into a standard size envelope)
• I found this sentiment sticker in the box that I have had for ages, so I glued it over the patch background.

Thanks again so much for taking the time out of your day to come and visit.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

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

Accessories and Tools- sentiment sticker (Dollar Store); foam tape

Vintage Plane

Hello and Welcome

It's amazing what you can do with a scrap piece of inky paper.  

This piece of blue cardstock was a piece I used to mop up extra ink left from another project.  I really hate to let the excess ink go to waste so I try and keep these pieces for other projects.

This blue one made for the perfect sky for my plane.

A few months ago, I went to a big garage sale that my local scrapbooking store had.  The owner of Two Scrapbook Friends and her staff set up this huge sale that fills most of her store.  It was just amazing how many stamps, machines and everything else for stamping and scrapbooking was available for sale at such reasonable prices. Sellers are given a very generous store credit so it's a win-win and what a great way for others to pick up some bargains!  That's where I picked up this set and wanted to have a chance to play with it.  (BTW she has a wonderful online store if you want to check it out)

So, I took that inky piece of cs and glued it onto my heavy white cardstock.  Then using my Scorbug, I scored a line above and below the blue.  I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment and the plane with black ink, then die cut the plane out using my Cuttlebug.

I pop dotted the plane over the blue and then simply mounted it all onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- FLIGHT

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- The Sky is the Limit (SU)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); ScorPal; ScorBug; pop dots; Cuttlebug

Cozy Christmas Wishes

 Morning.

Meet today's card.

I pulled out this Stampendous stamp that I have had for years and thought it was time to make a card using it.  Love the sweet, vintage look it has.

I began by masking off my white cardstock using Painter's tape and stamped the image using black Memento ink.  I colored the girls using Copic markers and sponged on some Distress inks around the images.  To add to the postcard feel, I stamped the Penny Black script faintly in the background.  It really helped to add further interest to the overall design.

 I splattered with white acrylic paint then added some Wink of Stella to their faces which unfortunately doesn't show up in the photo.

Lastly, I mounted the stamped image onto a piece of maroon paper that I had silver embossed on the edges.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS on Sunday- CHRISTMAS

Shopping Our Stash- WARM AND FUZZY

Addicted to Stamps and More- ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- CHRISTMAS/SHIMMER

52 CHRISTMAS CARD THROWDOW- GLITTER

Fantasy Stampers- VINTAGE

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps- PB, Stampendous/ ink-Memento, Distress/ silver eb powder/ wh acrylic paint/ Copic markers/ sponge applicator/ Painter's tape/ Wink of Stella