Happy Easter

 

Hope You Day is Filled with Many Blessings.

Many Smiles

Happy Saturday!

Today, I'm having some fun with this great Paint Strokes stencil from ACLD inked up with happy colours of Distress Oxide inks.

So many possibilities using it too.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 3 3/4" x 5" first.  I wanted my card to be simple with a clean white border around it, so I placed one of the Marvelous Rectangle Masks from ACLD over my cardstock that masked off an area in the center of my card panel.
• I used the Paint Strokes stencil in a random way, placing it onto the panel and inking some of the strokes from the top and some going up from the bottom all within the rectangle mask.  Here are the colours I used in order from left to right:  Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry.
• When I was happy with the inking, I splattered using my white Posca pen.
• When the ink was dry, I die cut the sentiment outline from the middle of the panel and the word part from some white cardstock, then glued them together.
• I used my ScorPal board to score a border around the inked area after removing the rectangle mask.  It really helped to frame it up and gave some more visual interest.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto some blue cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I pop dot mounted the sentiment back into place in the center and glued on the white heart.

Here is the stencil and masks I used:

Paint Strokes

Marvelous Masks Rectangles

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils and masks (ACLD); ScorPal; Posca pen;

Sending Smiles die- (Simon Says)

Geometric

Welcome

Meet today's card.

Just some simple masking using this fun new stencil from ACLD called Mid Century Geometric.

I always enjoy the look of circles on a card so this one really fit the bill.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 3 3/4" x 5".  I laid that onto my Waffle Flower Stencil Mat and positioned the Mid Century Geometric stencil over my cardstock.
• I wanted to make areas of specific colour instead of blending them together so I masked off the circles as I went along using some low tack tape.  It was a simple process.  These are the Distress Oxide colours I used:  Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry and Carved Pumpkin.
• When I was happy with the inking, I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• When the panel was dry, I die cut a circle from the center.  
• I stamped and clear heat embossed the sentiment onto the circle.
• I glued the main stenciled panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I added some foam tape to the back of the circle, and popped it back into place.
• I added 3 black gems under the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Geometric

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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(affiliate with not extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Beyond the Blue- USE YOUR WORDS

Mod Squad- ANYTHING GOES

Try it on Tuesday- SPRING COLOURS

Supplies

Stamp-  Art Washes Away (Hampton Arts)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Mid Century Geometric stencil (ACLD); Posca pen,

Stencil Mat (Waffle Flower); TE Blending Brushes; low tack tape; 

Infinity Circle dies (Hero Arts); black gems (Dollar Store)

Frame It

 

Good Morning

Hope you had a good weekend.

It goes by so fast!

So meet today's card.

I wanted to try and use a stenciled background in a different way.  I also wanted to play with this newly released stencil called Scribble Sphere from ACLD.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and place it onto my Waffle Flower stencil mat.
• Next, I pulled out some Distress Oxide colours that I thought would work well together.  They were:  Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin and some Wilted Violet.  I inked over the Scribble Sphere stencil, blending those colours together.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I started looking through my stamp stash to find a good sentiment to use for the center.  I came across this older one from Penny Black and decided to use it.  I simply stamped it onto a piece of white cardstock and glued it onto a piece of pink cardstock that matched the stenciled piece.
• I cut a piece of white cardstock that was 4 inches square.  
• I cut the stenciled panel into 4 pieces and mitered the corners to create a frame, taking into consideration the size of my sentiment.  By mitering the corners, it broke up the pattern and added more interest rather then just cutting away the center.
• I used some foam tape to add the mitered strips that would become my frame, then glued the sentiment into the center.
• I glued that onto a card base that was 4 1/4 inches square and finally added 3 orange gems.  It 

Here is the stencil I used:

Scribble Sphere

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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

(affiliate with not extra cost to you)

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

A Bit More Time to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Challenge Up Your Life- SPLATTERS

Supplies

Stamp- Write on Your Heart (Penny Black)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Scribble Sphere stencil (ACLD); Waffle Flower stencil mat;

TE Blending Brushes; white Posca pen, gems (Dollar Store)