Floral Postage

Hello and Welcome

Here is another card I created using the new for February stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called:

Retro Flower Duo

This stencil has 2 flower designs on it and this time, I used both in combination.

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

• I die cut a piece of white cardstock with the Postage Collage die  and placed it onto my Make Art Station.  
• I masked around the squares and placed one of the flower from the Retro Flower Duo stencil over the first square and inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress ink.
• I wanted to add some depth of colour to the flowers, so I blended some Villainous Potion DOX ink right over the center of the flower.  I used some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink for the stems.
• I continued using the same colours and moving the stencil around to ink each box.
• After all the squares were stenciled, I splattered with my white Posca pen and removed the masks.
• While that dried, I stamped the sentiment, the small detail leaves on top and bottom of the sentiment and then die cut it out.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of dark burgundy cardstock, then onto a white A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to pop the sentiment over the background.

Here is the stencil I used:

Retro Flower Duo

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

Beautiful Blossoms- ANYTHING FLORAL GOES

Everybody Art- DIE CUTS AND PUNCHES

Addicted to Stamps and More- DIE CUTS and/or STENCILS

Supplies

Stamps- Anytime Expressions (TE); Merry Circle Tags (Avery Elle)

Inks- Versafine Clair; DOX

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Modern Sentiment Labels die (TE);

white Posca pen; Make Art Station (Ranger); small inking brushes (Amazon);

Postage Collage Die (Waffle Flower)

Garden Delights

Good Morning and Welcome

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

Around the World

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

• I began with a piece of white cardstock and die cut it using the Postal Collage die.
• Next, I placed that piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Around the World stencil over that.
• Starting at the top corner, I inked my way across the cardstock with these Distress Oxide ink colours:  Fossilized Amber, Ripe Persimmon, Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers and some Villainous Potion.
• I removed the stencil and stamped the postal spaces with the flowers using some black Versafine Clair ink.
• I glued the stenciled/stamped panel onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Around the World

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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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- SOMETHING YOU LOVE

(being in the garden)

Simon Says Mon.- SUMMER FUN

Just Us Girls- SUMMERTIME

Craft Rocket- SUMMERTIME

Supplies

Stamps- Wild Flower Silhouettes (Waffle Flower)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair

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

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

Postal Collage die (Waffle Flower); TE Blending Brushes

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

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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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)

Dramatic Blooms

 

Good Morning

This new stencil from A Colorful Life Designs is a real eye catching design.

It is called:

Dramatic Blooms

I decided to create a monochromatic card using some shades of pink and red.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock on my Make Art Station and added the Dramatic Blooms stencil over that.  
• I inked it up with some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink and then blended some Lumberjack Plaid just into the center of the flower.
• I repeated that process again on another piece of white cardstock, splattered both with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• When they were dry, I fussy cut out both flowers.
• I glued one of the cut out flowers along the top edge of a piece of white cardstock, and the other one I had cut out was placed along the bottom with some foam tape to pop it up, overlapping the top one a bit.
• I die cut the sentiment words from a piece of cardstock that I had inked up with some more Picked Raspberry DOX ink and splattered that, again with my white Posca pen.  I die cut the shadow part of the sentiment from some white cardstock, then glued them both together.
• I glued the card front onto a piece of pink cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment along the top edge of the card front.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dramatic Blooms

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 very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- NBUS

My Time to Craft- HOBBIES (gardening)

Just Us Girls- STENCIL

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); white Posca pen;

Make Art Station (Ranger); TE Blending Brushes; foam tape; 

sentiment die (SSS)

Layered Mixed Flowers

Good Morning.

I just love this new stencil for January from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Layered Mixed Flowers

Layered stencils are great and you can easily add multiple colours to your designs without having to mask areas off.  This is a 4 part stencil.

This stencil reminds me that Spring will eventually get here!

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put #1 Layered Mixed Flowers stencil over my paper.  I inked that stencil with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• I positioned stencil #2 over the first inking and used some Picked Raspberry DOX ink to ink again.
• I placed stencil #3 into place and inked the leaves with some Rustic Wilderness DOX ink.
• Last, but not least I added the flower centers with stencil #4 with some Black Soot DOX ink.
• Next, I inked up a scrap of white cardstock with the Rustic Wilderness DOX ink and die cut the sentiment from that. I die cut the sentiment shadow right from the card front and then glued the sentiment over that.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto an A2 sized card base, then used some foam tape to pop the sentiment back into place, matching up the flower pattern.

Here is the stencil set I used:

Layered Mixed Flower

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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(Affiliate with no extra cost to you) 

Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- SENTIMENTAL YOU

Simon Says Wed.- LET'S HAVE SOME FUN

Inkspirational- USE STENCILS

Die Cut Divas- NBUS

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Make Art Station (Ranger); Oh What Fun die (A Pocket Full of Happiness)

Wispy Floral

Welcome

I had fun playing with this new Wispy Floral stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Just a little break from making cards for the holidays.

I paired up this new stencil with an earlier release called Atoms.

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

• I began by getting out my Gel Plate, brayer and some Distress Oxide ink.  
• I pressed my Tumbled Glass DOX inks pad directly onto my Gel Plate and used my brayer to blend it smooth.
• I placed a die cut paper ring onto my plate first, then I placed the Atoms stencil onto my plate and gently pressed it down to make contact.  
• I carefully lifted off the stencil and the paper ring and rubbed some white cardstock over my plate to get the print.  You can see the white ring created by adding the die cut circle ring.
• Next, I looked through my Marvelous Mask Circles to find the size I wanted and placed that within the circle created on my Gel plate.
• I laid the Wispy Floral stencil over the circle and inked that up with some Villainous Potion DOX ink. 
• I removed the stencil but left the circle mask in place and added a bit of ink just along the edges to accentuate the circle shape.
• I stamped and die cut the sentiment, then glued the stenciled card front onto a piece of purple cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• Finally, I added the sentiment with some foam tape.

Here are the stencils and masks I used:

Wispy Floral

Atoms

Marvelous Masks Circles

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

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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:

AAA Birthday- BIRTHDAY

Happy Little Stampers- STENCIL ANYTHING GOES

Dream Valley Challenge- OCCASIONS OTHER THEN BIRTHDAY

Supplies

Stamps- Big and Bold Sentiment and die (SSS)

Inks- DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- stencils and masks (A Colorful Life Designs); 

Make Art Station (Ranger); Infinity Circle Dies (HA); TE Blending Brushes;

Gel Plate; brayer

Bike Ride

Hello

Meet today's card featuring the new Lined Leaves stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

I used some stamping foam with my stencil to create the fun background.

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

• I got out my Simon Hurley Stamping Foam and heated it up until it was all smooth.
• I pressed it onto the Lined Leaves stencil to transfer the pattern onto the foam.  It's so fun to use!
• I inked up the foam with some Cracked Pistachio, gave a spritz of water and pressed it onto my white cardstock.  It left a lovely impression of the leaves.
• I placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the Bicycle, then clear heat embossed it.
• I added some white features to the bike using my Posca pen.
• I glued the finished piece onto some matching green cardstock, then onto an A2 sized card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Lined Leaves

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.- STAMP IT

Simon Says Mon.- STAMP IT

Stamping Sensations- Garden Delights

Supplies

Stamp- Bicycle and Flowers (Dollar Tree)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

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

Accessories and Tools- stencil (A Colorful Life Designs); Misti (My Sweet Petunia); 

clear eb powder; heat tool; white Posca pen; Stamping Foam (Simon Hurley)

Close at Heart

Welcome

Today's card features the beautiful, new for September Artichoke Rose stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

I paired it up with an older stencil called Simple Grid to create my card.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and positioned the rose part of the Artichoke Rose stencil in the bottom right hand corner as I wanted it to be the largest on my card front.
• Using some Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink, I blended that into the flower center and then added some Festive Berries DOX ink to the rest of the flower.
• I moved the flower to the side and then to the top corner using the same colours of inks.
• I removed the stencil and added the square details to the open white areas using the Simple Grid stencil and some more of the Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I placed the stenciled panel into my Misti to stamp the sentiment and clear heat embossed it.
• I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I glued the dried panel onto a piece of deep red cardstock although it looks more blackish in the photo, then onto an A2 sized card base.
• I added 3 black gems around the sentiment.

Here are the stencils I used:

Artichoke Rose

Simple Grid

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- RECTANGLE OR SQUARE

The Crafty Addicts- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT

Supplies

Stamp- Side by Side (IO- retired)

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); black gems; white Posca pen

Down the Garden Path

 

Welcome

Today's card is featuring the new Arches release from A Colorful Life Designs.

Instead of using the whole stencil to create a background design, I used it create a grid pattern.

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

• I cut a piece of cardstock that was 3 3/4" square.  I measured to find my center point and lightly divided the card base into 4 sections and masked one off.
• I positioned the Arches stencil over the masked area and inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.  
• I moved the masks to the next section, laid down the stencil and repeated that process again, filling up each of the 4 sections.
• I removed the stencil and all the masks and placed the panel into my Misti to stamp the flowers and the sentiment.
• I glued it onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto an 4 1/4" square card base.
• I added 3 black gems to bring a bit more attention to the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Arches

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.

Supplies

Stamps- Sending You (Avery Elle); Dans la Nature (Carabelle)

Inks- DOX, Versafine Clair

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

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

low tack tape; TE Blending Brushes; black gems (Dollar Store)

Tropical Flowers

Welcome

Meet today's card.

A bright and playful one with these bright, happy colours.

I'm using 2 new stencils released for June from A Colorful Life Designs called 

Tropical Flowers and Monstera Leaves.

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

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and laid the Tropical Flowers stencil over my paper.  I inked it up with some Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide ink.
• To add more interest and detail to the flowers, I left the stencil in place and put the Monstera Leaves stencil over it and inked with some Picked Raspberry DOX ink.
• I removed both stencils and using the eraser on the end of a pencil, I placed dots around the flowers to fill in some of the white areas using the same colours mentioned above.
• Next, I die cut the word shadow die right from the center of the card front.  I die cut the sentiment from a piece of pink cardstock and glued it over the shadow.
• I glued the stenciled panel onto a piece of orange cardstock, then onto a white A2 card base.
• I used some foam tape to add the sentiment back into place over the cut away area.  

Here are the stencils I used:

Tropical Flowers

Monstera Leaves

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.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Try it On Tuesday- SUMMER BLOOMS

Bastel-traum- PLANTS/FLOWERS

Crafting Happiness- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- DOX

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

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

Make Art Station; pencil; die (SSS)

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)