Big Wishes

Good Morning

Here's a fun one for you.  

A new month means a whole new lineup of innovative stencils filled with so many different designs.

So meet one of the newest one from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Banners

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 Mid Century Banners stencil along the left hand side of the paper.  Starting at the top, I inked with some Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and finally some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide inks.
• I lifted the stencil off, cleaned it and then placed it back down onto the right side of the paper.  I inked again using the same colours as mentioned above.
• To help enhance the look of this colourful background, I used the eraser on the end of a pencil to add all the dots.  It really added to the fun look.
• Next, I took the panel and used a circle die to cut out the middle part.
• I took the sentiment die and cut it using some purple cardstock and I cut the word shadow with some white and glued them together.
• I glued my card front onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to put the circle back into place, matching up the pattern and then glued the sentiment over that to finish my card off.   

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Banners

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.- QUITE QUIRKY

Simon Says Monday- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Cut It Up- USE A SENTIMENT

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Wish Big die (SSS); pencil eraser; Infinity Circle die (HA); Make Art Station (Ranger)

Mirror Image Stenciling

Welcome

Today's card was done in a 'mirror image' style using the new for July stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Maelstrom

This is what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, then found the center diagonal point on it and drew a faint line.  I wanted that to be my starting point for placing the stencil down.
• I placed the Maelstrom stencil on the line and then inked it up with some Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and some Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide ink.
• I lifted the stencil off and placed it onto the other side of line and inked again creating the 'mirror image' design.
• I added the stitched frame along the edge to add more interest.
• Next, I took the panel and die cut the sentiment right from the middle.  I glued that onto the white word shadow and set aside.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then navy and then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place over the front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Maelstrom

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:

Simon Says Wed.- STITCH IT

A Cut Above- ANYTHING GOES WITH A DIE CUT

Allsorts- FOR A CHILD/ ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

Paper- Solar White

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

Make a Wish die (SSS); Diagonal Stitch Rectangle Stacklet (TE)

Birthday Fun

 

Good Morning

Today, I decided to make a monochromatic card using the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Four Squares

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Four Squares stencil over that.  
• Starting at the center of the stencil, I inked it up with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I inked the outer edges using some Wilted Violet DOX ink.  To add some interest, I went back into the middle area and inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink that gave a bit of contrast.
• Using the same colours as mentioned above, I inked up a scrap of white cardstock and then used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I die cut an oval from white cardstock, then glued the sentiment over that.
• To assemble my card, I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of pale mauve cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle of the panel.
• Finally, I added some bling around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Four Squares

AND DON'T FORGET THE BLING:

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.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Dragonfly Dreams- USE A DIE

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Supplies

Stamps- NONE

Inks- DOX

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

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

Oval die (Concord and 9th); sentiment die (SSS)

Wishes

Welcome

I made today's card as an experiment to see how stenciling would look over some patterned paper that I have so much of and never use.

This new stencil called Aztec Pattern from A Colorful Life Designs was calling for me to try it out.

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

• I looked through my stash of patterned paper and picked out this one that had some yellow and green dots on it.  
• I cut a piece of the patterned paper, placed it onto my Make Art Station and positioned the Aztec Pattern stencil over it, then I inked it up with some Rustic Wildness Distress Oxide ink.  The designs blended together so well.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• When dry, I die cut the sentiment from some white cardstock and then the sentiment shadow from the center of the inked panel.  I glued those 2 together.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of yellow cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place in the center of the card front.
• I added 3 silver gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Aztec Pattern

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 Mon.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

AAA Birthday- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes, white Posca pen, silver gems

Big Wishes- The Flower Challenge

Welcome

Time for a very fun theme at 

THE FLOWER CHALLENGE

This month it's

Simple theme to create any card with flowers...and there's 2 great prizes this month from MFT.

Huge thanks to 'My Favorite Things' for sponsoring us, they are giving away two prizes. So we will choose two winners this month! Each will receive a gift card worth $25. Do check out their website as they have amazing crafty things to be seen there !

All our designers and also our guest designer Michele Ferguson have used their products ( kindly donated from MFT) on our cards. Our guest Designer this month is the talented Michele Ferguson. I am sure you all know Michele, she is an avid FC participant, she leaves so many comments for others and makes fabulous cards of course too !

So, I decided to create a clean and simple card using this great silhouette set from MFT.

I began by using my Marvelous Rectangle mask from a Colorful Life Designs and positioned it over my white card front as I wanted to be left with a clean, white border.

I placed the lace doily stencil over my paper and used some Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers DOX inks to rub over the stencil with a makeup blending brush.  

I removed the stencil then placed the piece into my Misti.  I randomly stamped the flowers, then the sentiment using some black Memento ink.  

Leaving my mask in place, I rubbed some Peacock Feathers along the edges of my card front then using my ScorPal, I scored a border all around the edge of the inked area giving it a framed look and added a few black gems for interest.

I glued that onto a piece of black cardstock then onto a plain white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I hope you will come and play along with us.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT

Papercraft Challenges- HANDMADE/STAMPED FLOWERS

AAA Birthday- USE A STENCIL

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.*

Supplies

Stamps- Flower Silhouettes (MFT); Scripty Wishes (MFT)

Inks- Peacock Feather, Salty Ocean DOX (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs

Accessories and Tools- Lace Doily (A Colorful Life Designs); ScorPal, Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black gems;

Marvelous Rectangle Masks (A Colorful Life Designs); makeup blending brush