Feel the Sun on Your Face

Hello and Welcome

I decided to make a card by combining 2 new for JUNE stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called:

VIBRANT SUNSET and LAPPING WAVES

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Vibrant Sunset stencil over it.  I masked off between the waves and the sun and I inked up the sun with some Fossilized Amber and some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I moved the masks to cover over the sunshine. I inked up the waves with some Tumbled Glass DOX ink, shifted the stencil and inked again with some Broken China DOX ink.
• Leaving the stencil ink place, I put the Lapping Waves stencil over it and inked with some Salty Ocean DOX ink. By adding the additional inking, the waves had so much more movement and interest.
• I placed my card front panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, centering it under the sun.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto some blue and then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I added 2 black gems on either side of the sentiment to finish my card off.

Here are the stencils I used:

VIBRANT SUNSET

LAPPING WAVES

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:

Simon Says Wed.- MASCULINE

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

The Four Seasons- ANYTHING GOES SUMMER

Supplies

Stamps- Face to the Sun (TT- Out of business)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White; blue

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

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems; low tack tape

Good Times

 

Good Morning

A new month means a whole new release of stencils at A Colorful Life Designs.  

Lots of summer inspired designs for creating beach/ocean designs as well as many more.

Meet one of the new stencils for July called:

Maelstrom

So here are my card details.

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station first.  I started inking the Maelstrom stencil with some Peacock Feathers, then some Salty Ocean and then some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide inks.
• The middle area of this stencil reminded me of a beach ball, so after it was all inked up, I used a circle die to cut out just that area.
• I took the circle and stamped the sentiment onto it in my Misti.  I clear heat embossed it to help make it pop, then splattered with my black Posca pen.
• I stamped another sentiment onto my card front and clear heat embossed that too.
• I glue the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of navy cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the circle die cut back into place, rotating it.
• I finished my card off by adding 3 black gems under the bottom sentiment.

Here is the new stencil:

Maelstrom

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

KarenFan10

Thanks for coming and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges;
Little Red Wagon- TO BOLDLY GO

The Crafters Cafe- MASCULINE/Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Good Vibes (SSS)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

Paper- Solar White

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

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

clear EB powder (Lawn Fawn)

Swimming By to Say Hi

Hello

Time for some beachy fun.

Today, I am using the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Frothy Waves

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

• I took a piece of white cardstock and placed the Frothy Waves stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.  To help add some variation in the colour of the waves, I inked randomly with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.
• Next, I used the Waffle Flower Die-Postage Collage and die cut the stenciled panel out.
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment in the bottom right hand corner.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then used some foam tape to add it to an A2 sized card base.
• I stamped the little sea creatures in my Misti and coloured them with my Copic markers.
• I cut them out and popped them over the wavy background with some more foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Frothy Waves

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) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Cut it Up- FEELING BLUE

Daring Cardmakers- AT THE BEACH

Time Out- PHOTO INSPIRATION

Supplies

Stamps- Sea Creatures (Hampton Arts)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX; Copic Markers

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

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

foam tape; Postage Collage die (Waffle Flower)

Butterfly Collage

Welcome

Today, I am showing you the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Orderly Waves

I didn't use them as suggested by their name as waves, but instead by overlapping the inking I was able to create a fun background for my collage.

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

• I began by placing a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station.  I added the Orderly Waves stencil over that and inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, cleaned it off and then put it down again in the other direction and inked with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and rubbed the whole panel with my Anti-static powder.
• I placed the stenciled piece into my Misti and stamped the Butterfly Collage with some black Versafine Clair ink and clear heat embossed it.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of black then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I added 2 black gems inside the stamped images.

Here is the stencil I used:

Orderly Waves

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) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Time Out- MAGICAL

Krafty Chicks- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Butterfly Collage (Prima)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; Misti; black gems; Anti-static powder; clear EB Powder

Beach Days

Hello and Welcome

Today's card is featuring the new for June stencil called Wave Cloud which I inked up over the 3 Rectangle Shadow stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

There is also a new stamp set called Chasing the Sun that is perfect for summer.

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 placed the 3 Rectangle Shadow stencil over the cardstock and then the Wave Cloud on top of that and inked it up with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the Wave Cloud stencil, but left the 3 Rectangles in place and inked around the edges with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.
• I took the stenciled panel and placed it into my Misti to stamp the beach chairs and the sentiment.
• I glued the panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here are the stencils and stamp set I used:

Wave Cloud

3 Rectangle Shadow 

Chasing the Sun

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) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- VACATION

Crafty Calendar- SUMMERTIME

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Chasing the Sun (ACLD); Beach (Local King Rubber)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Stencils (ACLD); TE Blending Brushes; Make Art Station (Ranger);

Misti (My Sweet Petunia)

Fintastic

Welcome

Summer Breeze makes me feel fine.

Playing along with a challenge at Splitcoast inspired by a summertime song.  

It gave me a chance to play with some of these stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, placed it onto my Waffle Flower Stencil mat and laid the Surf's Up stencil over it.  I inked up the sunshine with some Mustard Seed and a hint of Carved Pumpkin Distress Oxide ink.  I set that aside to dry.
• Next, I pulled out another piece of cardstock and carefully tore the edge, trying to give it a jagged, wavy looking edge.
• I laid that piece onto my stencil mat and inked it all over with some Tumbled Glass DOX ink.  I laid the Bubble Release stencil over the inked panel and rubbed on some more Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink with a heavier hand to add the bubbles.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment over the sun and then glued the stenciled sun to a white cardstock base.  
• I added foam tape to the water piece I had stenciled and placed it over the sunshine which helped to pop it up, giving more interest to an otherwise flat card.
• I stamped the whale, die cut it out and coloured using some grey Copic markers.  I popped that just under the waterline.
• I glued it all onto a white A2 card base.

Here are the stencils I used:

Surf's Up

Bubble Release

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:

Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT

Dragonfly Dreams- OUTDOORS

Challenge Up Your Life- FUN IN THE SUN

The Crafter's Cafe- HUMOUR

Supplies

Stamps- Flip Flop Duh-Nuh (Lawn Fawn)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair, Copic Markers

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

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

stencils (ACLD); Misti (My Sweet Petunia

Finding a New Direction

Welcome

As summer approaches, we are thinking of the being at the water and going to the beach.

This new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Surf's Up was fun to play with.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed the Surf's Up stencil over it on my Waffle Flower Stencil mat.
• I masked off along the waterline with some low tack tape and inked up the sun with some Mustard Seed and a hint of Carved Pumpkin DOX ink.
• I moved the tape that was masking off the water up over the area I just inked and blended some Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean and some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink onto the waves.
• I splattered with some water to lift the ink and give a bit more interest to the waves.
• I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment over to the side.
• I decided to cut the finished stenciled panel along the waterline.  I glued the top sunshine part onto a piece of white cardstock, then added foam tape to the waves section so it would be popped up giving the card much more interest.
• Finally, I glued it onto an A2 size card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Surf's Up

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:

Simon Says Wed.- Bright and Cheerful

Corrosive Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Bastel-Traum- SUMMER

Supplies

Stamps- Winds of Change (Impression Obsession- not sure if this is still available)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tool- stencil (ACLD); Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); TE Blending Brushes; 

Low Tack tape; Misti (My Sweet Petunia)