Glitter, Stamps, & Ink

Good morning!  Have you seen the new stencils at A Colorful Life Designs?  They are all brand new patterns and they are so much fun!  You really can do anything with these patterned stencils.  For my card today, I reversed the usual order of things that I do when I stencil a card.

I started by brushing some inks across a panel of white cardstock - blue, purple, and pink.  After those dried (about 5 minutes), I placed the new I Love Squares stencil over the panel and brushed black ink over the entire stencil.  I let the black ink dry while I stamped the sentiment (Altenew) and die cut the flower (Memory Box).  When the stenciled panel was completely dry, I adhered the flower first and then I affixed the sentiment with foam tape.  Then I adhered this panel to a white card base.

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Good morning!  The new stencil release at A Colorful Life Designs is full of great new patterns, and I really love this one called A Lot of Angles.  It's so perfectly geometrical!

I did a fun inky rainbow on my card with the A Lot of Angles stencil.  I placed the stencil over a white card and brushed the colors across the card with dark teal, light green, yellow, orange, pink, and purple inks.  Then I placed this stenciled card into my MISTI and stamped the wildflowers (Altenew) with black ink and set it aside to dry.  Meanwhile, I stamped the sentiment (Altenew) and die cut it, and then I glued the sentiment to the card.

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Good morning!  There is a new stencil release at A Colorful Life Designs today, and this month is full of awesome new patterns.  One is this new Scalloped Harlequin stencil that I've used on my card today.  

I began by placing the Scalloped Harlequin stencil over some cream cardstock and I brushed some pink ink over that.  After I removed the stencil, I stamped the panel with an old script background and brushed the edges with a pale brown ink.  I wanted a little extra "texture" so I flicked some of the brown ink all over the panel. Then I added the ribbon and a glittery Prima flower and the sentiment (Taylored Expressions) before I adhered the panel to a brown card base.

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Good morning!  I love the new Joined Roses stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, and I thought it would be fun to try it in a blue color.  I placed this stencil over a pale blue cardstock and brushed a soft blue over the whole panel.  I went back over the centers of the flowers with a smaller brush and added a bit of a darker blue just in those centers for a little contrast.  After I added the die cut sentiment (Paper Rose), I added a bunch of Luminous Poolside Card Bling.

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Good morning!  A Colorful Life Designs came out with some great new stencils this month, and one of them is this new Zig Zag Squares.  It's so versatile!  I used it as a subtle background for this floral card by placing it over some pale pink cardstock and brushing some pale pink ink over that.  After I added the glitter cardstock frame and the die cut flowers and sentiment, I added some gorgeous Crystal Metallic Rose Gold Card Bling.  It's the perfect color of bling with the champagne glitter frame and the pink flowers and stenciled background.

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Good morning!  I've gone a bit dramatic with my card today, haven't I?  Hee hee hee!  I used the new Flowing Curl stencil from A Colorful Life Designs to add a dramatic deep berry flowy background to the card before adding the glittery butterfly (Hero Arts) and sentiment (Spellbinders).  I also added some Black Glossy Card Bling for a bit more pop around the butterfly.

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Good morning!  Are you ready for Easter next month?  You've still got time to grab some of the cute new Easter stencils at A Colorful Life Designs and create some fun cards.  Use this code, HollyFan10, and you will save 10% off your entire order (excluding Master Creator Bundles).

Today's cute Easter card was created with the new Basket and Egg stencil.  I placed the stencil over some white cardstock and I brushed some kraft ink over the basket.  I removed the stencil, cleaned it off, and then placed it over some more white cardstock and brushed some blue ink over the egg.  I repeated the process to ink up the egg six more times in different colors, and then I fussy cut all the eggs.  I cut a small slit at the top of the basket and tucked the eggs in there and glued them down before I adhered this to a pink card base.  I die cut the sentiment (Simon Says Stamp) with the same pink cardstock and adhered it to the top of the card.

I had so much fun making this card.  Think of all the colors you can use to color your eggs.  You could even use other stencils on top of the eggs to decorate them, or you could add embellishments to them.  The possibilities are endless!  Have a great week!