Hello to You!

Good Moring

Meet the new for August stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Calibrated Lines

When I saw this wonderful stencil, I had so many ideas about how I wanted to use it.

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

• I placed the Calibrated Lines stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and set it aside.
• I took another piece of white cardstock, placed the stencil back over it again and this time, inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• Next, I took the 2 panels and cut them into strips following along with the distinctive line design.
• I did some paper weaving with the strips, alternating the colours as I went along and glued that onto a piece of white cardstock to stabilize it. I glued that onto a piece of navy cardstock.
• I die cut the 'HELLO' letters from white cardstock and glued them onto the word shadow that I cut from another piece of navy cardstock.
• I glued the panel onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up.

Here is the stencil I used:

Calibrated Lines

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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Thank so much for taking a look, so appreciated.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Word Power- WORD AS FOCUS

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Hello Die (Markered Messages-Concord and 9th), foam tape

Jigsaw Hello

Welcome

I can't believe it's August 1st!!  The summer is just flying by.

So, a new month means a whole new lineup of stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

Meet one of the new ones called:

Jigsaw

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

• I wanted to give the background more of a simple but unique look so I got out some of my Distress Reinkers and squeezed them out onto a piece of acetate.  The colours I used were:  Blueprint Sketch, Festive Berries and Peacock Feathers.
• Using a baby wipe, I dipped it into one colour at a time and pressed it over the Jigsaw stencil to transfer the colour.  I repeated that process until the whole background was inked.  It gave such an interesting, mottled look to the inking.
• When the panel was dry, I die cut the sentiment shadow from the middle and then die cut the letters from some navy blue cardstock.  I glued the letters onto the shadow cut from the panel.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of dark red cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.  
• I used some foam tape to stick the sentiment back into place over the background.
• The last step was to add some navy gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Jigsaw

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 this challenge:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxide re-inkers

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); baby wipes;

blue gems; Large Hello die (Whimsy Stamps)

Atomic Teardrops

Welcome

Today's card was a fun one to create. 

It's the last day of July and I wanted to show you one more new releases stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Atomic Teardrops

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

• I placed the Mid Century Atomic Teardrops stencil over a piece of white cardstock and then inked it up with these Distress Oxide colours:  Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and some Uncharted Mariner.  
• I moved the stencil over and filled in some of the white areas with the same colours mentioned above.
• I removed the stencil and set aside to let the ink dry.
• I die cut the birthday sentiment with a piece of dark blue cardstock and then cut it 3 more times with some white cardstock.  I glued them all together, stacking them on top of each other to make a raised sentiment.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto another piece of the dark blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment over the middle of the card front on an angle and finally, added 3 silver gems to give more interest around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Atomic Teardrops

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 taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

A Place to Start- ANYTHING GOES

Addicted to Stamps and More- BIRTHDAYS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE blending brushes;

silver gems; Giant Happy Birthday to You die (Lawn Fawn)

Close Your Eyes and Make a Wish

Welcome

Today's card features the newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Arcs

This is a small stencil that I decided to use to make a mirror image on my card.

I am also hosting this weeks TLC Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers using this technique if you want to come and play along.

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

• After I cut a piece of white cardstock, I marked the center point, then I placed it onto my Make Art Station and put the Mid Century Arcs stencil over that at the center point.
• I inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
• I cleaned off the stencil, turned it over and put it onto the opposite side and inked again with the same colours to create a 'mirror image'.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with some navy cardstock and also a thin strip that covers the center line.  
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white, then navy cardstock, and finally onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the navy strip over the middle area and added the sentiment.
• I added 3 silver gems for interest around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Arcs

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 for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES WITH A STENCIL

Krafty Chicks- ALL OCCASIONS

Allsorts- SEASON'S DELIGHTS OR ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

TE Blending Brushes; Make a Wish die (SSS); silver gems

Mid Century Tower

Welcome

Here's a simple card for you today featuring the new for July stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Mid Century Tower

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

• I began by masking the center part of my white cardstock on either side with some scrap paper, then placed the Mid Century Tower stencil over that and inked with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.  (I masked off so I could have 3 distinctive bands of colour.)
• I lifted the paper masks off and moved them to cover the middle and then placed the stencil back down, matching it up into place.  I inked with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink.
• I removed the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I found some inky castoffs in my scraps that had the same colours as the background and I used them to die cut the flowers.
• I stamped the sentiment with more of the Ripe Persimmon DOX ink and then die cut it out.
• I wanted the flowers too show up against the stenciled background, so I cut a piece of clear vellum and glued that over the left corner of my card front and then glued the flowers over that.
• I glued the stenciled card front panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• Finally, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment into the corner.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Tower

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.- BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS

Simon Says Monday- ADD A SENTIMENT

Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES WITH A STENCIL

Supplies 

Stamps- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

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

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

Holly Hocks die (IO); white Posca pen

Birthday Fun

Good Morning

Meet another one of the new releases for July, a mid-month release from A Colorful Life Designs called

Over the Belt

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, then placed the Over the Belt stencil onto that and inked with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink.
• I removed the stencil, wiped it clean and then placed it back down but facing in the other direction.  I inked again with some Salty Ocean DOX ink.
• While that dried, I die cut the large birthday sentiment with some white and purple cardstock and glued them together.  I did offset them a bit to help make the sentiment stand out more against the background.
• I glue my stenciled card front onto another piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized white card base.
• I glued the sentiment over the middle of my card front and finally, added 3 silver gems.

Here is the stencil I used:

Over the Belt

(on sale right now too)

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:

Love to Craft- ANYTHING GOES

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Large Happy Birthday (Lawn Fawn); silver gems

You Brighten My World

Welcome

Today, I'm sending this all out to you.  I so appreciate your visits and kind comments!

I often feel badly that I don't have more time to come and visit all of you but with 5 little daycare kiddos and working 10 hr days, my time is so limited.

Anyways, I want you to meet the new for July stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called;

Off Road

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, put the Off Road stencil over that and inked it up with some Peacock Feather and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink.
• I splattered the stenciling with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I put another piece of white cardstock down and placed an older stencil called Corner Rays over one side of my cardstock and then inked it up with some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
• I moved the stencil over onto the other side, matching up the pattern and inked again with the same colours.
• I placed that into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, then I glued that onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• The first stenciled piece was now dry, so I cut it along one of the curved edges and used some foam tape to pop it over the sunrise.

Here are the stencils I used:

Off Road

Corner Rays

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 again for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash- NBUS

Fab 'n' Funky- SEASIDE

Just Us Girls- SUMMERTIME

Supplies

Stamp- Bright Idea (TT- out of business)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); white Posca Pen