Happy Holidays

Good Morning

When I saw this new stencil for August from A Colorful Life Designs, I thought Christmas.  

And since it's never too soon to start on our holiday cards meet the new 

Changing Triangles 

This stencil has so many possibilities.

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

• I began by putting a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Changing Triangles stencil over my paper.  
• I inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink.
• I splattered the panel with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry. 
• Next, I inked up another panel exactly the same way as I wanted to cut up the triangles for my design.
• While that dried, I stamped and die cut the sentiment using some more of the Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• I cut the stenciled panels up to create the design.  I wanted a large tree in the middle to represent Christmas tree.
• I glued the cut pieces onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of dark green and then finally onto an A2 sized card base.
• I use some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the bottom and then found this silver snowflake in my stash to add to the top of the tree.

Here is the stencil I used:

Changing Triangles

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:

Just Us Girls- STENCIL

Cut it Up- ANYTHING GOES

My Time to Craft- TREES

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Sentiments (Photoplay)

Inks- DOX

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

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

small inking brushes (Amazon); white Posca pen; foam tape; snowflake die (SSS)

BIG Merry Wishes

Welcome

As a cardmaker, is it ever too soon to start making cards for the holidays?

When I saw this newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Calibrated Lines

 I knew exactly what I wanted to use it for.

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 Calibrated Lines stencil over my paper.
• I inked over the whole stencil with lots of Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink. To add a bit more richness to the dark red, I randomly inked with some Dusty Concord DOX ink to deepen the colour.
• I added some perforated dots between the rows to add more interest.  (Sorry, that is a bit hard to see in the photo)
• I die cut the 'Merry' from a piece of matching red cardstock, then glued it onto the white cardstock shadow outline.
• I found a scrap piece of silver cardstock in my stash and die cut the snowflake from that.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of matching red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the sentiment across the front and then tucked the silver snowflake under the corner of the sentiment.
• I added a gem to the center of the snowflake and then around the bottom edge of the sentiment to help balance it all out.

Here is the stencil I used:

Calibrated Lines

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:

Little Red Wagon- SPARKLE AND SHINE

Simon Says Monday- SPARKLE AND SHINE

Word Power- WORDS AS FOCUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Merry die (The Stamp Market);

Snowflake die (SSS); TE Blending Brushes; gems; Make Art Station (Ranger)

Big and Bold Thank You

Welcome

I had fun creating today's card using 2 of the new for August stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called;

Alternating Squares and Parasols

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

• I cut a square piece of white cardstock that was 3 3/4" and placed it onto my Make Art Station.
• I put the Alternating Squares stencil over that and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.  I like the dark, rich tones of that colour.
• I placed another piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and this time, I put the Parasols stencil over that.  I inked just the inside round of that one with some more Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.  To add a bit of dimension, I added some Villainous Potion just in the center area.
• I used a circle die to cut the round and then I fussy cut around all the spokes to give it more of the look of a flower.  I glued that onto a slightly larger white circle.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment with the same red.
• I glued the stenciled card front onto a 4 1/4" white square card base and used some foam tape to add the circle detail.  
• Lastly, I used some more foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the center.

Here are the stencils I used:

Parasols

Alternating Squares

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

Crafty Calendar- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting Happiness- HOT/HOT/HOT

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Stamp and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

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

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

Infinity Circle Dies (Hero Arts); foam tape

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

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on your entire order.*

(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

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

Tropical Hello

Good Morning

This card was a fun one to create using the new from A Colorful Life Designs stencil called

Swirling Droplets

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock that I inked up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I placed the Swirling Droplets stencil over the inked cardstock and rubbed on some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink until the whole card front was inked.
• I placed the cardstock into the Monstera Leaves EB folder and ran it through my machine.  By stenciling the background and then embossing, it added great detail to the leaves.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• While that dried, I die cut the 'HELLO' letters out and glued it onto the shadow die cut background.
• I glued the dried panel onto a piece of pale green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card front.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment up over the card front panel and added some black gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Swirling Droplets

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 a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Mon.- LOTS OF TEXTURE

Alphabet Challenge- WET/DRY EMBOSSING

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

black gems; White Posca pen; Monstera Leaves EB folder (Altenew);

HELLO die (Whimsy Stamps)

Monochromatic Celebrate

Welcome

Today's card features the new for August stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Mid Century Angles.  

Such an innovative look with a great geometric design.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  I positioned the Mid Century Angles stencil over it, centering it from side to side and top to bottom.
• I added some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink into the middle of the shapes and then some Cracked Pistachio around the edges to give a 2-tone effect.
• I removed the stencil and placed it into my Misti to stamp the sentiment along the bottom.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added some black gems for extra interest.

Here is the stencil I used:

Mid Century Angles

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) 

I so appreciated that you came by to take a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- USE YOUR FAV TECHNIQUE- (stenciling)

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- ANYTHING STENCILED/OPT BUTTERFLIES

Supplies

Stamp- Celebrate (IO- retired)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); black gems

Rainy Day in NY

Good Morning

I made today's card for a challenge over at Splitcoast.

The challenge was to create a monochromatic scene.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock, then placed it into my Misti with the stamp.  
• Next, I inked the stamp up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink and stamped it.
• Leaving the stamp in place, I moved my card panel slightly up and over, then inked up the stamp again with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and stamped to get the offset, repeated image.
• Using a wet paintbrush, I went over the ink to blur out the lines and make it look more like a rainy, wet day. 
• I decided not to add a sentiment so I could use this card for any occasion.
• After the panel was dry, I glued it onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.

Many thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Sweet Stampin'- BASED ON A BOOK/SONG/FILM (song- NY< NY)

We Love Stamping- MASCULINE

Time Out- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamp- Watercolor NY (Technique Junkies)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); paintbrush

You Are a Classic

Happy Friday and Welcome!

Today's card is a simple one using and old pair of jeans and my Gel Plate.

A good masculine card to have on hand.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock first and got out my Gel Plate.
• I pressed some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink onto my Gel Plate and using a brayer, I smoothed it all out on the plate. 
• Next, I took an old pair of my husband's jeans and pressed them onto the plate to transfer the details of the pants.
• I lifted the pants off and took my white cardstock and rubbed over my plate to take the print.
• When the piece was dry, I stamped the sentiment into the corner.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of black cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• To finish the card off, I added 5 silver gems under the sentiment.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- Happy Birthday

Use Your Stuff- RECYCLED/ UPCYCLED

Time Out- MONOCHROMATIC

Supplies

Stamp- Feelin Fizzy (Catherine Pooler)

Ink- Distress Oxide

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

Accessories and Tools- old jeans; Gel Plate; brayer; silver Gems

Double Ginger Flowers

Welcome.

Today's card features this beautiful new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Double Ginger Flowers.  

So easy to create different looks with the flowers on this stencil.

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

• I began by cutting a piece of white cardstock that was 3 3/4" square. 
• I found the center point of my panel and then placed the cardstock onto my Make Art Station.
• I masked around 1/4 of the panel as I wanted to stencil 4 x's.
• I turned the stencil around so the outside point of the Double Ginger Flower stencil was touching the inside middle of my panel and inked it up with some Broken China Distress Oxide ink.  
• To add shading to my flower, I inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink right into the center area.
• I repeated the above process 3 more times.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment from Simon Says with some Uncharted Mariner and die cut it out.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a 4 1/4" square note card.
• Lastly, I added 3 silver gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Double Ginger Flowers

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:

Use Your Stuff- FLOWERS

Make My Monday- SUMMER

Crazy is Our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- STENCIL/ optional- LAYERED STENCILS

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Sentiments (SSS)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); 

TE Blending Brushes; white Posca pen; silver gems; low tack tape

Special Congrats

Welcome

Today's card was a fun one using this new stencil called Tropical Flowers from A Colorful Life Designs.

I paired it up with the Tic Tac Toe mask to give the look of the flowers on a trellis.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station, then placed the Tropical Flowers stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink.
• To add more interest and depth to the look of the flowers, I rubbed some Uncharted Mariner DOX just into the center of the flowers.
• I remove that stencil and positioned the Tic Tac Toe mask over the flowers and inked that up with some Shaded Lilac DOX ink.  
• I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I stamped the sentiment with some more Villainous DOX ink (although it looks black) and die cut it out.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop up the sentiment and added 3 silver gems around that. 

Here are the stencils I used:

Tropical Flowers

Tic Tac Toe Mask

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.- FLOWERS

Tic Tac Toe Challenge- I chose: INK BLENDING/ FREE/ FLORAL

Crazy is our Fame- Stencils are Our Game- LAYERED STENCILS

Supplies

Stamp- Big and Bold Sentiments (SSS)

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencils (ACLD); Make Art Station (Ranger); white Posca pen;

silver gems (Dollar Store)

Torn Paper Stenciling- Shine Bright

 

Hello and Welcome.

I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC Challenge (Technique Lovers) over at Splitcoast Stampers.
So today, I decided to pair up the Star Stretch stencil from A Colorful Life Designs with some torn paper.

It's a fun technique to use to get a totally different look from your stencils.

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

• I cut a piece of white cardstock and using some scraps of paper, I tore strips that I would use as masks with the Star Stretch stencil.
• I laid the the torn pieces of scrap paper over the white cardstock, then placed the stencil over that and inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink. 
• I removed the stencil and the masks and roughly repositioned them over the areas already inked, matched up the stencil to the pattern already laid down and inked over that with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
• I repeated the above steps and lastly, inked with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink.  I think using the torn pieces of paper gave the stencil a very unique look.
• I removed all the masks and the stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of white cardstock and fussy cut it out.
• I inked up another scrap of white paper with some Blueprint Sketch DOX ink, splattered with the white again and die cut a star from that.  I did outline the edges with my white Posca pen to help it be a bit more visible over the background.
• I glued the stenciled piece onto some navy cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to mount the star in the corner and glued the sentiment onto that.

Here is the stencil I used:

Star Stretch

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.- ADD A SENTIMENT

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK

Dragonfly Dreams- MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

Supplies

Stamp- Smile, Shine, Sparkle (Sizzix)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); star die (Scrapbook.com); white Posca pen;

TE Blending Brushes; scraps of paper for masking; foam tape

Monochromatic Leaves

Good Morning

Today's card features the Spring Foliage stencil, one of my favs from the new release at A Colorful Life Designs.

This card came together so quickly using my Gel Plate.

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

• I got out my Gel plate, the Spring Foliage stencil and some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
• I pressed the ink directly onto my Gel Plate and brayered it smooth, then placed the stencil onto the plate.  I rubbed some white cardstock over the plate to lift the print.  
• It was a good print but I thought it needed more so, I laid the stencil back over the print and inked over it with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.  By moving the stencil slightly off to where it was for the first print, I was able to give it a great shadow look.
• I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment, then splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the finished panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of matching blue cardstock.
• I glued it onto an A2 sized card base and done.

Here is the stencil I used:

Spring Foliage

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 taking a look.

Have a great weekend.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says- SPRING/EASTER

Time Out- INSPIRED BY WORDS

My Time to Craft- SPRINGTIME

Supplies

Stamp- See the Light (IO-retired)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencil (ACLD); Gel Plate; brayer; TE Blending Brushes;

Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca pen

Snowy Night

 Hello and Welcome

A quick Mini Slimline card using some leftover pieces I had in my stash.

For all measurements go HERE.

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

• I went through my stash of backgrounds and found this one.  It was a piece of cardstock that I had rolled my brayer onto to remove the excess ink when I was Gel Plate printing.  Instant background!
• I glued the inked panel onto a piece of white cardstock to fit the front of my Mini Slimline.
• I splattered with my Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• Next, I die cut the deer scene and glued that over the blue inked piece.
• I added a pre-printed sentiment using some foam tape.
• I glued it onto a 6 x 3" card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Friday- GREETING CARD

Simon Says Mon.- CHRISTMAS CHEER

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

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

Accessories and Tools- Deer die (Amazon); Christmas sentiments (SSS); Posca pen;

Speedball Brayer