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Here is another card using one of my favorite stencils called Big Leaves from A Colorful Life Designs.

I chose some fun shades of green and just a hint of blue for a pleasant looking card.

I am trying something a bit different in my blog post today.  I am going to add the steps to creating my card in a 'bullet' form to see if it makes it a bit easier for you to follow what I did.

Please let me know if you prefer this type of format when I post and if it makes it easier for you to follow.

So onto my card details.

Here are the steps:

I am using my Gel Plate so be sure to have all your supplies ready if you are going to recreate this.

You will need a brayer, Gel Plate, paper, stencil, acrylic paint

1.  I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I squeezed out some paint onto my non-stick craft mat then rolled my brayer through the wet paint until it was covered.  

2.  I laid the stencil on a flat surface and rolled my brayer over the stencil starting at one side and rolling to the other.  Be sure not to go back and roll again....you just need to roll once.

3.  Now the stencil image is transferred onto your brayer, roll from top to bottom onto your Gel Plate.  Only roll once with firm pressure. 

4.  Set your brayer aside and lift or pull the print.  That means you rub firmly with pressure all over you paper to transfer the paint to your paper.  If it dries before you have a chance to pull it, add paint over the top with the brayer to pull the print for a different effect.

When the print was dry, I glued it onto a piece of coordinating cardstock then onto a heavy white card base.  I stamped the sentiment and pop dotted it over the panel.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Supplies

Stamps- Friend (PTI)

Inks- Versafine Clair; acrylic paint (Dollar Tree)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; brayer (Speedball); pop dots; 

Big Leaf Stencil (A Colorful Life Designs)

Christmas in July

Happy Saturday!

Meet today's card.

Having fun with some simple inking and my favorite snowflake stamp.

I am using the same technique as my card from yesterday inspired by Eileen Godwin.

Here's what I did to create my card.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  Using my Stencil Pal, (a stencil Pal is a plastic tool that you use when applying pastes over a stencil and has a flat edge on one side) I randomly used it to create lines on my card panel by pulling Distress Oxide inks with an inking tool away from the straight edge. 

You could use a ruler, piece of heavy card or anything that has a flat edge.  

I made sure the lines crisscrossed each other using different colours.  I added a variety of colours and when I was happy with the inking, I stenciled in some circles using some more DOX ink.  

I dried the ink then placed the piece into my Misti.  I stamped the large snowflake with Versafine Clair and clear heat embossed it.

I used an old label maker to print my sentiment and glued it over the snowflake.

I splattered the panel with some black using my Posca Paint pen, then added some clear jewel dots.

I mounted it 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:

Stinkin' Inkers- I SEE SPOTS

Krafty Chicks- CHRISTMAS

Aud Sentiments- CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes Snowflake (Colorado Stamp)

Inks- Distress Oxides (Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed,

Blueprint Sketch, Picked Raspberry); Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook0

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Dymo Label Maker; clear eb powder;

heat tool; clear gems; Posca pen black

Feeling Festive

Welcome

Meet today's card.  

Just having some fun with my Distress Oxide inks and a few tools.

I've been watching many of Eileen Godwin's FB videos during this lockdown.  She does workshops all the time in the UK and her creative style is one of clean and simple.

Some of the cards she has posted show a simple technique using her Stencil Pal as her flat edge to create lines, creating a grid like effect on her cards.  I thought I would give it a go. It is so simple and needs no special tools.  

So onto my card details.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  Using my Stencil Pal, (a stencil Pal is a plastic tool that you use when applying pastes over a stencil and has a flat edge on one side) I randomly used it to create lines on my card panel by pulling ink with an inking tool away from the straight edge.  You could use a ruler, piece of heavy card or anything that has a flat edge.  I made sure the lines crisscrossed each other using different colours.  

When I was happy with the grid design, I stenciled in some areas to add interest.

I dried the inks using my heat tool to be sure the inks were dry before the next step.

I rubbed over the panel with an anti-static pad, stamped the image, then clear heat embossed it to help make it pop.

I die-cut a frame using a Stitched die from Memory Box to add, then I pop dotted the panel over a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- EMBOSSING

Crafty Gals Corner- FANTASY

Southern Girls- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Dream On (Prima)

Inks- Distress Oxide (Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Dusty Concord, Cracked Pistachio)

Verafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Stencil Pat; Dotty Stencil (AAll and Create); Stitched Rectangle die

(Memory Box); sponge applicator; Cuttlebug; clear embossing powder

Lotus Flowers

Good Morning

Meet today's card.

Trying another fun and easy technique to add colour to the Altenew Lotus set I just picked up.

So, yesterday at Splitcoast Stampers, we were challenge to try out the Baby Wipe Technique.  Basically, you make your own stamp pad using a baby wipe and some re-inkers.  You can swipe it directly onto your card front, use it as a stamp pad or as I did, go in a different direction. 

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

I began with a piece of mixed media cardstock.  Using a baby wipe, I dropped some Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and some Faded Jeans Distress re-inkers onto it, spreading the colours out so they didn't turn to mud.  I positioned the Lotus flower stamp with the solid back of the stamp facing up, onto my acrylic block. (the Lotus flower is a clear outline stamp)  Using the baby wipe as a stamp pad, I inked up the back of the stamp and pressed it onto my panel.  I turned the card around and repeated that process again.

I dried the wet ink using my heat tool, then placed the inked panel into my Misti to stamp the flower (in the right position this time) over the inked area.  

My flowers had a very loose, watercoloured look to them and it was super simple.

I used a bit of leftover Cracked Pistachio ink to watercolour in the background using a wet paintbrush.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the same set and distressed the edges using some more of the Pistachio, then pop dotted it over the panel.  

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

A Place to Start- FLOWERS

Use Your Stuff- FREE WEEK

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Supplies

Stamps- Lotus Flower (Altenew)

Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Re-inkers

Paper- mixed media (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- acrylic block; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); baby wipe; pop dots

Rainbow of Colour

Hello and Welcome

Meet today's card.

I really like the look it has with a rainbow of many colours.  

Here's what I did to create my card.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock.  I added small dots of Acrylic paint all over the panel, randomly as you can see below:




Next, using a small piece of cardboard, I pulled each dot of paint downwards just a bit.  I continued doing that until all the dots were blended together as you can see below:

You can use whatever you have on hand to drag the paint, I just used a piece of cardboard so I had less clean up. 

I set the piece aside to dry completely which took a bit of time.
I added the die cut sentiment and the square gems when the paint was totally dry.
I mounted it onto a piece of matching blue 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.- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL
The Male Room- DIE CUTS
Southern Girls- ANYTHING GOES


Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- none
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Celebrate die (MFT); Vicki Boutin Acrylic Paint; square gems; 
piece of cardboard

Summer Roses- The Flower Challenge

Welcome
A new month means a new theme at
The Flower Challenge

This month our theme is:



Our Guest Designer this month is Mac Mable from thesweetestofpeas. Do check out her blog if you have a minute as she makes such fabulous cards.


I chose Summer for the theme of my card so here is what I did to create my card.
I began by making the background using my Gel Plate.  I wanted a white border on my card so I positioned my Rectangle Acrylic Mask onto my heavy white cardstock first, then I brayered some Salty Ocean DOX ink onto the plate, splattered with some diluted Blueprint Sketch DOX ink and pulled my print.
Leaving the mask in place, I stamped the roses along the top then coloured them using my Zig Waterbrush markers.  I dried that and then stamped the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
I mounted the panel onto a pale mauve piece of cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.



Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
I hope you will come and play along with us.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

Supplies
Stamps- Flowers Are the Music (Rubbernecker); Bouquet Large (AALL and Create)
Inks- Versafine Clair; Distress Oxides; Zig markers
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Rectangle Acrylic Mask (A Colorful Life Designs); paintbrush;
pearl dots; clear eb powder; heat tool

Dusting of Snow

Hello and Welcome

Meet today's card.

I know.....a Christmas card in the middle of a heat wave!!

I am trying so hard to get ahead of the game before I have to go back to work.  I have been so inspired by the videos that Vicki Boutin has posted and so I have been making backgrounds ready to be turned into some cards.

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

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock and spread Gesso over the panel as if I was buttering my toast.  Pretty thin layers and I left some white areas as well.

Next, using an applicator brush, I applied some Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks onto my panel and dried it.  I did some ink lifting with the Meshing Around Stencil from Visible Image with a baby wipe.  I also splashed water to add to the interest and to do more lifting of the colour.  When I was happy with the results, I dried it using my heat tool.

Next, I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the snowflakes and added a clear gem to the centers.  I splattered the whole panel with white paint using my Posca pen then pop dotted the sentiment over the snowflakes.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

I so do appreciate all your kindness.

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES
The Sisterhood of Crafters- STENCIL
Crafty Cardmakers- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies

Stamps- Weathered Winter (TH); All is Calm (PB)

Inks- Distress Oxide; Faded Jeans Archival

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); navy cardstock (Michaels)

Accessories and Tools- Gesso, palette knife, Posca Pen, Misti (My Sweet Petunia);

Meshing Around Stencil (Visible Image); clear gems, pop dots; inking tool; baby wipe