Rainbow Waterfall Hello

Good morning!  How about a fun rainbow waterfall to kick off this Friday morning?  LOL  I used the new Waterfall stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and a rainbow of inks to make this CAS card.  The sentiment (Pinkfresh Studio) is stamped with black ink and I added some Satin Matte Black Card Bling to complete the card.  It's a fun way to start off the weekend.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% on all stencils and Card Bling (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Check out all the new July stencils and have a fun day!

 

Dotted Sun Hi

Good morning!  Have you seen all the great new summer-themed stencils over at A Colorful Life Designs?  There's so many fun new designs, and one of them is this Dotted Sun stencil.  I love that whimsical look!

For this card, I actually started by placing the new Waterfall stencil at the bottom of a white cardstock panel.  I wanted it to look like ocean waves, so I turned the stencil around so it went across the bottom of the card.  I brushed some aqua ink over the stencil and then stenciled this again onto some scrap paper.  I cut the wave shape out from the scrap paper to make a mask and carefully taped it over the blue waves on the panel.  Then I placed the Dotted Sun stencil so it looks like the sun is rising from the ocean and brushed some yellow ink over that.  Some orange ink was just barely brushed across the top of the panel before I glued this panel to an orange card base.  Lastly, I die cut the sentiment (Altenew) and added it to the center of the sun.

How fun is that?  You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% (excluding Master Creator Bundles) when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs.  Check out the July stencils and have a wonderful day!

 

Sunny Greetings

The Pink & Main blog has a fun challenge for the month of June - Sunny & Bright.  I couldn't resist coloring some sunflowers and adding a little gold glitter to my card.  These sunflowers are from a special kit that I purchased from Pink & Main.  This kit had several sheets of sunflowers and sentiments ready for coloring and matching dies to cut all the images out.  I colored the flowers and leaves with Copic markers and die cut the gold glitter frame from the Stitched Rectangle dies.  These were adhered to a card made from the Pink & Main River Walk cardstock - the perfect shade of turquoise!  I made the little gold glitter dots by using some hole punches to cut the circles from gold glitter paper. 

Feel free to play along with the Pink & Main challenge and share your Sunny and Bright projects.  I'm going to color some more sunflowers and get ready for the 4th of July festivities!  Happy 4th!!

 

Net of Wonder

Good morning!  Summer is here and so are the fabulous new summer-themed stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  This month's stencils are perfect for those who love the water and mermaids and seashells.

I fell in love with the Layered Mermaid Tail stencil when I saw it, and I couldn't wait to play with it.  I created a little scene with three of the new stencils -  Sea Net, Layered Mermaid Tail, and Ocean Stars.  I first brushed some pale blue ink over the Sea Net stencil right onto some pale blue cardstock, and then I brushed a darker blue ink over the Layered Mermaid Tail on the right side of the sea net panel.  While this mermaid tail stencil was still in place, I sprayed some Peacock Feathers Distress Spritz for that shimmery look.  This gives the illusion that the mermaid has been caught in a net, but it needed just a little something more.  So I used some washi tape to mask off the areas around some of the stars on the Ocean Stars stencil and selectively inked up the starfish with a beige ink all around the panel.  The sentiment (Technique Junkies) was stamped with black ink and I added some TL Sea Blend Card Bling for a little extra shimmer.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs.  This code is good on all of the Card Bling and the stencils (excluding Master Creator Bundles).  The Master Creator Bundles are already discounted 20% and these are a really good deal.  This month, there are two Master Creator Bundles available to help you save money while purchasing some great new stencils.  Check out all these new stencils at A Colorful Life Designs and have a wonderful day!

 

Floral Nautilus

Good morning!  Summer is here and so are the fabulous new summer-themed stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.  This month's stencils are perfect for those who love the water and mermaids and seashells.

My card today features the awesome new Nautilus Swirl stencil.  I inked this up with some orange and pink inks and added a die cut flower and the sentiment (Altenew).  Some Crystal Metallic Calypso Card Bling provides the perfect finishing touch.  This card is actually a 5x7 size instead of my traditional A2 because I really wanted to show off this gorgeous Nautilus Swirl stencil.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs.  This code is good on all of the Card Bling and the stencils (excluding Master Creator Bundles).  The Master Creator Bundles are already discounted 20% and these are a really good deal.  This month, there are two Master Creator Bundles available to help you save money while purchasing some great new stencils.  Check out all these new stencils at A Colorful Life Designs and have a wonderful day!

 

Ombre Cogs Thanks

Good morning!  The new Connected Cogs stencil from A Colorful Life Designs makes for a really fun background for your cards and projects.  I did a fun ombre by brushing pale blue, medium blue, and purple distress inks over this Connected Cogs stencil onto some white cardstock.  After I removed the stencil, I flicked some water over the panel and I also splattered some white and black acrylic inks all over.  While this was drying, I die cut the sentiment (Concord & 9th).  When the panel was dry, I adhered this to a white card base and glued the sentiment in the center.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire purchase (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Pick up this Connected Cogs stencil and check out all the other great new stencils in this June release.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Birthday Numbers Shaker Card

Good morning!  One of the new stencils in this month's release at A Colorful Life Designs is this Numbers stencil.  The first thing that popped in my head was that this is perfect for a birthday shaker card, so I pulled out my Card Bling stash and picked some fun rainbow colors.  I placed this Numbers stencil over some white cardstock and inked up the numbers vertically with a pink, yellow, and blue ink (the orange and green colors are created by blending the previous colors).  I wrapped some plastic packaging material around the front of the stenciled panel and taped it to the back on three sides.  With one side still open, I poured in six colors of Card Bling:

Crystal Iris Aurora Borealis

Crystal Iris Primrose

Crystal Opaque Red Hot

Sunshine Mix

Crystal Metallic Chameleon

Crystal Metallic Mermaid

After I taped the fourth side, I adhered this shaker panel to a white card base and glued the die cut sentiment (Waffle Flower) on top of the plastic.  Then I had to giggle when I was shaking up all that Card Bling - it's just too fun!!

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire purchase (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Pick up this Numbers stencil and some Card Bling, and check out all the other great new stencils in this June release.  Have a wonderful day!