Saturday 27 April 2024

Party Time

Good Morning
I had fun making this birthday card using 2 newly released stencils from A Colorful Life Designs called

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then put the Rocks stencil over that.  
  • I began at the top of my cardstock and inked with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide.  I moved on down my cardstock inking with some Villainous Potion and then some Peacock Feathers along the bottom.
  • Leaving that stencil in place, I put the Four Squares stencil over it and inked again using the same colours to match the areas in the background.  It added lots of interest and details to the design.
  • Using the eraser on the end of a pencil, I added the dots between the stenciled squares.
  • I splattered with my white Posca pen and then set aside to dry.
  • I die cut the sentiment from white paper 3 times and inked one of them with the same colours I had used on the background.  I glued the 2 white ones together and then glued the inked one on the top, offsetting it a bit so it would show up better against the background.
  • I took a piece of purple cardstock and die cut the edge of it, then glued that onto an A2 sized card base.  I added the stenciled panel over that.  
  • Lastly, I glued the sentiment right over the middle of the panel.

Here are the stencils I used:


Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs
(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
Cut it Up- STARTS WITH A 'B'

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); blending brushes;
Make Art Station (Ranger); Big birthday die (Amazon); white Posca pen; 
Diagonal Stitch Rectangle (Taylored Expressions)

Sunday 21 April 2024

Hello Spring

Welcome
Today's card features 2 new stencil releases this month from A Colorful Life Designs called
I combined them with some fun colours and patterns.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by placing a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then put the Intersections stencil over just the top half of my cardstock panel.  
  • Next, I inked it up with a few different Distress Oxide inks.  These are the colours I used:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and Picked Raspberry.
  • I lifted the stencil off and repositioned it across the bottom part of my cardstock and inked again with the same colours as mentioned above.
  • I took another piece of white cardstock and inked a portion of the Rotating Rings stencil.  Again, I used the same colours as mentioned above.  I used a circle die and cut that out.
  • I die cut the sentiment from some more white cardstock 3 times and inked the top one to match the background.
  • I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of pink and then onto an A2 card base.
  • I used some foam tape to add the circle over the middle of my card front and glued the sentiment onto that.

Here are the stencils I used:


Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs
(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for the visit!

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- STENCIL IT
Simon Says Mon.- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies
Stamps- NONE
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); blending Brushes;
Make Art Station (Ranger); Circle die (Hero Arts); Hello Spring die (Amazon)

Saturday 20 April 2024

The Coming of Spring

 

Welcome
Today's card features a new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Square to Circle stencil onto a piece of white cardstock, then inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
  • I removed the stencil, wiped it clean and then placed it back onto the cardstock, shifting it down and inked with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
  • I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti and stamped the large circle into the left hand corner with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.  I added the Grid stamp inside of the circle with the same colour.
  • I stamped the flowers inside the circle, then stamped the sentiment into the top corner.
  • I glued the finished card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then used some foam tape to add it over a white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs
(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by!

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- STENCIL IT
Simon Says Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG
Just Add Ink- CHOOSE 2 (Leaves, Flowers, Pot)


Supplies
Stamps- Circle Collage (Stampers Anonymous); Off the Grid (SU); 
Beautiful You (STAMPlorations); To Everything (IO)
Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair
Paper- heavy white- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti; 
Make Art Station (Ranger)

Friday 19 April 2024

Rainbow Birthday


Good Morning
Today's card has a bit of a rainbow look to it.
I used the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Rotating Rings stencil over a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station.
  • Starting at the top and moving my way down, I inked it up with some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry and then some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks.
  • While that dried, I stamped and die cut the sentiment.
  • I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto a piece of blue and then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • Lastly, I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the panel and finally, I added some bling around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs
(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.- STENCIL IT
Simon Says Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Supplies
Stamps- Big and Bold Sentiment and die (SSS)
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil and bling (A Colorful Life Designs); blending brushes;
foam tape

Tuesday 16 April 2024

So Much Thanks

Welcome
Today's card featured the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called
This stencil is a fun, unique one to work with and is a larger size for those that work on a bigger scale.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I began by putting the Rotating Rings stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink.
  • I removed the stencil, wiped it off, then repositioned it and inked with some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
  • Next, I cut a circle from the stenciled card panel and glued it onto a purple die cut circle that was just a bit bigger.
  • I die cut the sentiment from some purple paper and splattered the letters with my white Posca pen.
  • I glued the card front onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to put the circle back into position over the front panel, then glued the sentiment letter over it.

Here is the stencil I used:

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs
(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 Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG
Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- NONE
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen;
Infinity Circle die (Hero Arts); sentiment die (Concord and 9th)

Saturday 13 April 2024

Hooray!

Welcome
Today I've got a fun card that features the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called
It sure is a good one to use.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I put the Puzzle Pieces stencil over my white cardstock and then inked it up with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink.
  • I lifted the stencil off, cleaned it and repositioned it to the open white areas, then inked again but this time with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
  • Next, I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • I die cut the HOORAY sentiment 4x's from some white cardstock, then inked one up with the same colours as the background.  I die cut the sentiment shadow with a piece of vellum and glued them all together.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of white cardstock, then a piece of purple and finally, onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I glued the sentiment across the front to finish off my card using some foam tape.

Here is the stencil I used:

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs
(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUT &/or STENCIL
Word Power- SENTIMENT IS FOCUS

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); blending Brushes;
HOORAY die (Taylored Expressions); white Posca pen

Friday 12 April 2024

Masculine Birthday


Good Morning
Meet the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called
This is a simple stencil but it is perfect for layering with other stencils or I just used it to make a fun pattern.  

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I put a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Rocks stencil over that.  I inked it up with some Uncharted Mariner Distress Oxide ink.
  • I lifted the stencil off, cleaned it and then repositioned it over my cardstock.  This time, I inked with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  
  • I removed the stencil, splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • Next, I inked up a piece of white cardstock using the same DOX inks as mentioned above and die cut the sentiment.  I also die cut the sentiment again with some white cardstock, glued them together being sure to offset them so the sentiment would show up against the background.
  • I glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of white cardstock, then used some foam tape to pop it up onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I glued the sentiment into the center to finish off my card.

Here is the stencil I used:

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUT &/ OR STENCIL

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Make Art Station (Ranger);
blending brushes; white Posca pen; die (Amazon)