The Coming of Spring

 

Welcome

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

Square to Circle

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:

Square to Circle

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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)

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

Rotating Rings

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:

Rotating Rings

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks a lot for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- CONGRATS

Simon Says Wed.- STENCIL IT

Simon Says Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

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

So Much Thanks

Welcome

Today's card featured the new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Rotating Rings

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:

Rotating Rings

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 Monday- MAKE YOUR OWN BKG

Crafts Galore Encore- ANYTHING GOES

Creative Crafting Uncles- THANK-YOU

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)

Hooray!

Welcome

Today I've got a fun card that features the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Puzzle Pieces

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:

Puzzle Pieces

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:

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUT &/or STENCIL

Word Power- SENTIMENT IS FOCUS

Unicorn Challenge- USE DIES

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

Masculine Birthday

Good Morning

Meet the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

ROCKS

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:

ROCKS

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUT &/ OR STENCIL

Unicorn Challenge- USE DIES

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)

Big Hello!

HELLO!

Today's card is a fun one that I did by combining 2 newly released stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Rocks and Four Squares

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

• I put the Rocks stencil over the Four Squares stencil on a piece of white cardstock.
• I inked it up with some Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide right into the middle of the panel.  Next, I inked with some Ripe Persimmon DOX ink on either side and finally, added some Picked Raspberry DOX ink along the outer edges.  What a fun pattern it created!
• I removed the stencils and die cut the HELLO right from the middle of my stenciled card front.
• I wanted to do an eclipse technique using the letters, so I die cut them again 3x's with white cardstock and glued them all together, adding the stenciled ones on the top.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto a piece of red and then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I glued the HELLO letters back into place on the card front.
• The last step was to add some bling around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Four Squares

Rocks

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:

Crazy is Our Fame, Stencils are Our Game- optional-SPRING/FLOWERS

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUT &/or STENCIL

Stamp and Fun=Creativity- FUN

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

die (Concord and 9th)

Birthday Fun

 

Good Morning

Today, I decided to make a monochromatic card using the new for April stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called

Four Squares

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 Four Squares stencil over that.  
• Starting at the center of the stencil, I inked it up with some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide ink.
• Next, I inked the outer edges using some Wilted Violet DOX ink.  To add some interest, I went back into the middle area and inked with some Uncharted Mariner DOX ink that gave a bit of contrast.
• Using the same colours as mentioned above, I inked up a scrap of white cardstock and then used that to die cut the sentiment.
• I die cut an oval from white cardstock, then glued the sentiment over that.
• To assemble my card, I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of pale mauve cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment over the middle of the panel.
• Finally, I added some bling around the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Four Squares

AND DON'T FORGET THE BLING:

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.- HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Dragonfly Dreams- USE A DIE

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Supplies

Stamps- NONE

Inks- DOX

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

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

Oval die (Concord and 9th); sentiment die (SSS)