Fall is in the Air

Good morning!  A Colorful Life Designs has some of the best fall stencils ever, and one of them is this new Geometric Leaves stencil.  I placed this stencil over some watercolor paper and sprayed all over with several colors of distress sprays.  After this panel was completely dry, I trimmed it down, wrapped some linen thread around it, and adhered it to a mustard card.  The sentiment (Honey Bee Stamps) was stamped on mustard cardstock and die cut, and I added some rusty orange leaves (Concord and 9th).

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Have fun shopping!

 

Hello Dotted Autumn Leaves

Good morning!  Are you enjoying this fall season?  Here in Texas, it's mostly green and brown everywhere, so I took this opportunity to make a colorful fall card.  I placed the Dotted Leaves stencil from A Colorful Life Designs over some white cardstock and I used some small brushes to ink up each leaf with a different color.  After I adhered this panel to a rusty orange card, I added a fun little die cut pumpkin scene on vellum to the card (Concord and 9th).

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Have fun shopping!

 

Smoky Swirls Autumn Days

Good morning!  There are some beautiful new fall stencils in this month's release at A Colorful Life Designs.  One of them is this new Smoky Swirls stencil.  Instead of going for a spooky vibe, I wanted to evoke a feeling of warm autumn days with a gentle breeze blowing over the sunflowers in the fields.  I placed the Smoky Swirls stencil over a brown card and brushed brown ink over the whole card.  Then I added a die cut sunflower and a sentiment from Stampscapes.  

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Have fun shopping!

 

Sistahhhs!

Good morning!  A Colorful Life Designs released some great new stencils this month, and I've used two of them on this card today.  If you've seen the movie Hocus Pocus, you might recognize the purple hair silhouettes on this card.  This is such a fun new stencil with some great sentiments.  

I started by placing the new Mystic Strands stencil over a pink card and I brushed some pink ink over that.  Then I used the new Sistahhhs! stencil and positioned the silhouettes at the top of the pink card and then I brushed purple ink over that.  I repositioned the stencil to center the sentiment below the silhouettes and brushed purple ink over the Sistahhhs! sentiment.  For the final touch, I added some Crystal Iris Purple Potion Card Bling to the card.

You can use this code, HollyFan10, to save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles) at A Colorful Life Designs.  Have fun shopping!

 

Rustic Pumpkins

The new challenge over on the Pink & Main blog is to make a project with your favorite things on it.  I love the fall season and pumpkins and the contrast of rustic/distressed versus sparkly/shiny things.  I played around with some paints and a woodgrain embossing folder to create the background, and then I put the pumpkins together with the die set from the newest Crafty Courtyard kit.  This kit came with a bag of sequins which were perfect for this card so I scattered those all around the pumpkins.  For the final touch, I added some linen thread bows on the pumpkins and then adhered the sentiment (Daisy Days stamp set) near the top of the card.

Check out the challenge over on the Pink & Main blog and play along.  Think about what your favorite thing is, put it on a card, and share it in the linky tool in the blog post.  Have fun!

 

Noel Snowflake

Good morning!  There is a new Mid Month Inspiration stencil over at A Colorful Life Designs today, and this one is all about the winter season!!  Can you guess??  Yup, this new stencil is called Stellar Snowflakes, and it is on sale for only $4 until September 22.  You can save even more by using this code, HollyFan10, which will give you an extra 10% off everything in your cart (excluding Master Creator Bundles).  

I placed the Stellar Snowflakes stencil over some black cardstock and spread some metallic icy blue paste over one of the snowflakes.  Once this was dry, I cut the snowflake out with a circle die and placed it onto a pale blue card.  After I added the die cut sentiment (Concord & 9th), I added some Metallic Cool Water Blue Card Bling around the black circle and in the center of the snowflake. 

I hope this inspires you to create some fun holiday cards!  Remember to use the code, HollyFan10, to save even more off this $4 Stellar Snowflakes stencil before this sale is over on September 22.  Have a fabulous day!

 

Double Snowflakes Peace

Good morning!  There is a new Mid Month Inspiration stencil over at A Colorful Life Designs today, and this one is all about the winter season!!  Can you guess??  Yup, this new stencil is called Stellar Snowflakes, and it is on sale for only $4 until September 22.  You can save even more by using this code, HollyFan10, which will give you an extra 10% off everything in your cart (excluding Master Creator Bundles).  

There are two snowflakes on this large stencil, and I wanted to use them both.  I placed the Stellar Snowflakes stencil so that one of the snowflakes was in the center of a white cardstock square.  I brushed some turquoise ink over this and then removed the stencil.  I turned the stencil around and placed the second snowflake over the turquoise snowflake, and then I brushed some purple ink over that.  I layered some purple cardstock behind this snowflake panel and adhered to to the top of a white card, and then added the die cut sentiment (Concord & 9th) at the bottom.

I hope this inspires you to create some fun holiday cards!  Remember to use the code, HollyFan10, to save even more off this $4 Stellar Snowflakes stencil before this sale is over on September 22.  Have a fabulous day!