Saturday 16 March 2024

Thinking About You


Good Morning.
Today's card features a new for March stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called
By shifting and changing the direction of a simple stencil, you are able to create so many designs.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and placed the Curvy Path on top of that.  I inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
  • I took the stencil off, wiped it clean, then repositioned it and inked with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  The overlapping pattern made for a nice background.
  • Next, I stamped in some of the open areas using the eraser on the end of a pencil with the same colours as mentioned above.
  • While that dried, I die cut out the sentiment with some white cardstock, then inked it up with the same colours that I had used for the stenciling.
  • I die cut the sentiment shadow right from the middle of the panel and then glued the inked sentiment onto it.
  • I glued the panel onto a piece of light blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to add the sentiment back into place in the middle of the card front.
  • Using my white Posca pen, I added a few dots and then I put some silver gems around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Cut it Up- COLORS OF SPRING
(blue skies/ my purple crocus are coming up)
Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES
The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES
OPTION SPRING/EASTER

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
white Posca pen; sentiment die (SSS); silver gems (Dollar Store)

Friday 15 March 2024

Layered Whirligig

Meet today's card.
This new for March stencil from A Colorful Life Designs is called 
This is a 2 part stencil set.
It's so fun and easy to make a quick card using it.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed Stencil #1 from the Layered Whirligig stencil set onto a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Picked Raspberry and some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.
  • I removed that stencil and positioned Stencil #2 from the set into place.  I inked up the next sections using some Ripe Persimmon and some Fossilized Amber DOX ink.
  • While that dried, I die cut the sentiment from some yellow and orange cardstock and glued the two together, offsetting them a bit.
  • I glued the stenciled card front to a piece of yellow cardstock, then orange, then red and finally to a white A2 sized card base. 
  • I glued the sentiment to the middle of the card front and added some red gems around it.

Here is the stencil I used:

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(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- EASY PEASY
optional- Easter/Spring
Crafty Gals Corner- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.); Miscellaneous (Dollarama)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
gems (Dollarama); die (Frantic Stamper)

Monday 11 March 2024

Special Day!

Hello
Meet the new for March stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called 
I paired it up with a partner and older released stencil called 
One of the stencils creates the inner flowers and the other does the shading around them.
I made a super simple, monochromatic card using them.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Groovy Flower Solid stencil over a piece of white cardstock, then inked it up with some Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
  • I removed that stencil and positioned it's companion stencil called Groovy Flower into place, matching it up to the outline and inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink.
  • I removed that stencil and splattered with my white Posca pen.
  • When the panel was all dry, I die cut the sentiment from the center of my card front.  I cut the sentiment word shadow from a piece of white cardstock.  Before I glued them together, I inked over the sentiment word with some of the Uncharted Mariner DOX ink to help it show up a bit better over the card front.  I glued the sentiment over the white word shadow.
  • I inked along the edges of my card panel before gluing it onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place over the panel and finally, I added a blue gem to the top of the 'i'.

Here are the stencils I used:


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(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
Word Power- SENTIMENT AS FOCAL 
Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen; 
TE Blending Brushes; die (Heffy Doodle)

Saturday 9 March 2024

Happy Heart Flowers

Good Morning
Today's card was such a fun one to make. I think it turned out looking so happy.
I used 3 stencils from A Colorful Life Designs to make my card.
The new stencils for March are called 
I layered those two together and then I added details with an older stencil called Simple Mosaic.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I placed the Heart Flowers stencil over a piece of white cardstock, then inked it up with some Peacock Feathers in the centers and some Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink along the petals of the flowers.
  • Leaving that stencil in place, I layered the Curvy Path over the top of it and inked with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  It gave the flowers a fun looking pattern.
  • I removed those stencils and then using the Simple Mosaic, I added some stenciling to the flower centers and around them using some Peacock Feathers DOX ink.
  • Next, I rubbed some Villainous Potion DOX ink onto a scrap of white cardstock and then used that to die cut the sentiment.  
  • I die cut the sentiment shadow from the stenciled card front, then glued the sentiment onto it.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of mauve cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • Lastly, I used some foam tape to add the sentiment back over the center of my card base.

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 Monday- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL
Simon Says Wed.- ADD A SENTIMENT
Craft Rocket- FOR THE GIRLS
Word Power- ANYTHING GOES- LARGE SENTIMENT AS FOCUS

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;
Die (Simon Says); Make Art Station (Ranger)

Sunday 3 March 2024

Let's Celebrate!


Welcome
Today's card has a great festive, happy feel to it.
I used the new for March 
stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.
I paired it up with and older release called Round Fragments to add more interest to the flowers.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I place the Heart Flowers stencil over a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.  
  • I took out the Round Fragments stencil and masked around a few of the elements on it to use as the flower centers.  I placed those over the flower centers and inked with some Lumberjack Plaid DOX ink.
  • Using the eraser end of a pencil, I added the dots randomly around the flowers using the same colours as mentioned above.
  • Next, I splattered the whole panel with my white Posca pen to add interest.
  • I die cut the sentiment from some red cardstock and the sentiment shadow from the center of the stenciled flowers.  I glued the red sentiment die cut onto the shadow.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto an A2 sized card base.
  • I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the area that I had die cut away.

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:
Little Red Wagon- STENCIL POWER
Seize the Birthday- RED AS THE MAIN COLOR
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- Stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); die (Heffy Doodle);
White Posca pen; foam tape; TE Blending Brushes

Saturday 2 March 2024

Bright Birthday


Welcome
Meet one of the new for March stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called
I used just the tulip flower heads for my card and gave the stencil a whole new look.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • For today's card, I decided to use just the flowers heads from this stencil, so I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and then positioned the flowers from the Layered Tulip Trio stencil over the middle of my panel.  
  • I wanted to make a 'sunny' feeling card so, I inked it up with some Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon and a hint of Lumberjack Plaid.
  • I lifted the stencil, shifted it into the other direction and inked again.
  • I repeated that process until the whole panel was inked.
  • Next, I splattered with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
  • I die cut the birthday sentiment from a piece of white cardstock, then inked it with the same colours of ink that I had used for the stenciling.  To give the sentiment more prominence on the card front, I die cut it again 3 x's with some white and glued them all together.
  • I glued the panel onto a piece of yellow cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

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


Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
My Time to Craft- CREATE YOUR OWN BKG
Little Red Wagon- STENCIL POWER

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

Saturday 24 February 2024

My Wish for You


Good Morning
Today's card is a fun one using a new for February stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Lots of possibilities with this one. 
Good one for layering too and it's big enough for scrapbook pages.

So, here's what I did to create my card.
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and then measured to find the center point.
  • Instead of laying the whole Spinning Sun stencil onto my cardstock, I laid just half of it onto the middle line that I had marked on the panel, then inked it up with some Cracked Pistachio and some Uncharted Mariner.
  • I repeated that process until the whole piece of cardstock was inked.
  • Using my white Posca pen, I splattered the whole thing and set aside to dry.
  • I got out a scrap piece of white cardstock and inked that up with some more of the Cracked Pistachio and some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink and cut the sentiment from that.  I splattered that as well.  I die cut the sentiment shadow with some white and glued the sentiment into place onto that.
  • I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of blue cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base and used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle.

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:
Just Us Girls- ANYTHING GOES STENCIL WEEK
Craft Rocket- BIRTHDAY
As You Like It- MASCULINE OR FEMININE
(I think bold designs work best for men)
My Time to Craft- MAKE YOUR OWN BKGD

Supplies
Stamps- none
Inks- DOX
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)
Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); die- SSS; white Posca pen;
foam tape; TE Inking Brushes