Happy Moments Gears

Good morning!  Did you see all the fun new stencils in this month's release at A Colorful Life Designs?  One of them is this Gear Mask, and I got all inky with this grungy card.  I placed the Gear Mask stencil over a kraft card and I sponged several different colors of ink all over the place (dark brown, orange/rust, and patina green).  I flicked some water all over this stenciled background, and then I splattered some white and black acrylic inks all over.  While this was drying, I stamped the sentiment (Technique Junkies) and sponged some brown ink around the edges.  This sentiment was adhered to the card with some foam tape.

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 Gear Mask stencil and check out all the other great new stencils in this June release.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Father's Day Tools

Good morning!  The new stencil release at A Colorful Life Designs has some really great masculine designs this month, perfect for Father's Day cards and birthday cards for men.  This new Layered Tools stencil is going to be a really popular one.  This stencil actually comes in two parts - one for the handles and one for the metal tools.  This makes it so easy to customize the cards for whatever color tools the recipient might have.  

For this card today, I placed the first stencil layer over a white card panel and brushed blue ink over all the handles.  I removed this stencil and placed the second layer down, lining it up so the metal tools aligned with the blue handles.  Then I sponged some silver metallic ink over all these tools and set this panel aside to dry for a few minutes.  I die cut the sentiment (Hero Arts) once from black cardstock and twice from white cardstock.  The black one was glued on top of the two white ones to give this some dimension instead of messing around with a bunch of tiny pieces of foam tape.  I trimmed the stenciled tool panel down, adhered this to a white card, and then glued the sentiment on top.

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 Layered Tools stencil and check out all the other great new stencils in this June release.  Have a wonderful day!

 

Life Moments in Trim Octagon Windows

Good morning!  The new stencil release at A Colorful Life Designs is just fantastic, and I fell in love with the new Trim Octagon stencil.  There's just so many fun ways to use this!  I did another "window" scene but this time with a solid colored background and some colorful foliage.  

I placed the Trim Octagon stencil over a white cardstock panel, and I brushed a soft blue ink over the entire panel.  After I removed the stencil, I carefully masked off the bottom of each window and stamped the foliage and butterflies (Papertrey Ink).  The sentiment was stamped with black ink and the "Life" was fussy cut with scissors before being adhered with foam tape.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Pick up this new Trim Octagon stencil as well as any other stencils that you just gotta have and save some money with the code.  This code is also good on all the fabulous Card Bling, so have fun shopping!

 

Faded Octagon Flower

Good morning!  Did you see the new stencil release over at A Colorful Life Designs?  There's so many great new masculine designs this month, but I decided to go in a feminine direction with today's card.  I love the new Trim Octagon stencil, and I had a lot of fun making all kinds of different cards with this new stencil.

I placed the Trim Octagon stencil over a white card and very lightly brushed some soft brown ink from the center out.  This creates a wonderful fade out to the edges of the card.  I stamped the sentiment (Taylored Expressions) in one of the octagons and then added the die cut and ink-blended flower (Kristina Werner).  

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Pick up this new Trim Octagon stencil as well as any other stencils that you just gotta have and save some money with the code.  This code is also good on all the fabulous Card Bling, so have fun shopping!

 

Father's Day BBQ Apron

Good morning!  The new stencil release from A Colorful Life Designs includes a fantastic BBQ stencil which is perfect for making Father's Day cards.  That's what I've done here, except I used an apron die to make a fun shaped card with a pocket to insert a gift card.  

I started by placing the BBQ Party stencil over a white cardstock panel and I brushed some blue and green inks over the entire panel.  Then I used an apron die (Honey Bee Stamps) to cut the stenciled panel.  I adhered this to another apron die cut from white cardstock with a little hinge on the left side so it opens like a card.  For the pocket, I die cut that first from white cardstock, then I stamped the sentiment (Ink Blot Shop) with blue ink.  I placed the BBQ Party stencil on each side of the sentiment and brushed green ink over the glove and jalapeno.  I folded the pocket and adhered it to the apron card and added the blue neck loop at the top.

You can save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) by using this code, HollyFan10, when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs. Check out all the great new stencils in this month's release.  If you gotta have it all (like me!), then these Master Creator Bundles are a great deal - 20% off all the stencils in each of the three bundles below.  Have a great day!

 

 

Wildflower Octagons

Good morning!  Have you seen the new stencil release at A Colorful Life Designs?  There's so many great new designs, and one of them is this awesome Trim Octagon stencil.  I had so much fun with this one.  You can use this stencil vertically or horizontally, and I will have several cards with this new stencil on my blog during the month.

For this card, I placed the Trim Octagon stencil over a white cardstock panel and I brushed on a rainbow palette of inks horizontally across the panel.  Then I carefully masked off individual octagons and stamped the silhouettes and sentiment and winged critters (Waffle Flower) with black ink.  This panel was trimmed down and then adhered to a white card base.  I love how this turned out!

You can save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) by using this code, HollyFan10, when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs. Check out all the great new stencils in this month's release.  If you gotta have it all (like me!), then these Master Creator Bundles are a great deal - 20% off all the stencils in each of the three bundles below.  Have a great day!

 

Vintage Gears

Good morning!  There is a fantastic new stencil release over at A Colorful Life Designs today, and this month is all about backgrounds and masculine themes.  I played with the cool new Gears stencil and I knew that I wanted a rusty, grungy look with this stencil.  I started by smooshing some green inks (light and dark) onto my glass mat, sprayed it with water, and pressed some watercolor paper into the "pool" until it was covered with green inks.  After this panel dried, I placed the Gears stencil on top, sponged some distress oxide inks (Rusty Hinge, Gathered Twigs) over the whole panel and let that dry.  After I removed the stencil, I then splattered the panel with some Rusty Hinge distress spray and some glossy black acrylic spray.  While that was drying, I stamped the sentiment (Technique Junkies) and grunged it up by brushing some brown ink over it.  I used the same brown ink to grunge up the edges of a white card base before I adhered the Gears panel.  The sentiment was affixed with some foam tape.

You can save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) by using this code, HollyFan10, when you shop at A Colorful Life Designs. Check out all the great new stencils in this month's release.  If you gotta have it all (like me!), then these Master Creator Bundles are a great deal - 20% off all the stencils in each of the three bundles below.  Have a great day!