Stencil Card -- A Colorful Life Designs

Hi everyone!

I having been playing with stencils lately and it has reignited a love for them. You can just do so much with them as a creative tool!

I was introduced to A Colorful Life Designs in June, while away at a retreat and the owner was offering a make and take. Of course, I jumped right in and tried, and fell in love.

For the first card, I used the Adorned Frame stencil, to create a Congrats card.

I ink blended using Distress Ink in Victorian Velvet and Distress Oxide in Shaded Lilac, and finished off with a subtle brushing of perfect pearls to add shimmer.

Since the stencil already had the heart shape in the middle, it gave me the idea to remove it to create a shaker card. I had a die almost the same size, so it made for easy work.

Once it was cut out, I trimmed the card base down to size and added my acetate and foam all around. I had the little "love' sentiment laying on my desk from a previous card, and thought it matched well. I filled the center with sequins from Studio Katia, then assembled the pieces. 

I finished off with a die cut sentiment. The 'Congrats' is from Brutus Monroe, it is actually a full Congratulations I just cut down.

For this second card, I used the Layered Fluffy Flowers to create the card base.

This card uses the same ink colours as the first one, but I just used a very light touch. I absolutely love the effect. The centers are Distress Oxide in Hickory Smoke.

I kept the front pretty simple to keep the focus on the flowers. So all it received was a stamp and emboss Happy Birthday sentiment from Hero Arts.

I really like this stencil, as it is actually is a layered one. Three stencils create flowers so the possibilities are endless then!  This set has seen a lot of use in my studio lately!!

I have several more cards to share at a later date, but hope these two inspired you a bit.
Go check out a colorful life designs, you won't be disappointed. They have a huge selection for all different styles of creating.

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Remember...be creative, think of others and kindness always matters.

 Kim

Simon Says Stamp Delicate Flowers Anniversary Card

Hi crafty friends, welcome back!

Today I am hoping on to share an anniversary card I just finished up using the new card kit from Simon Says Stamp - Delicate Flowers.  I don't often buy kits, but this kit just kept calling to me, so into my shopping cart it went!

The kits actually comes with a pink themed paper pad (which I love) , however, I had purchased  the yellow one from ModaScrap,The Spring Blossom, as well, so that is where I drew my inspiration from, for the flowers.

I started by stamping all the images with Gina K. amalgam ink. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the floral arrangement yet, so I stamped everything once onto my Neenah solar white cardstock.

Then I set out to colour with my Copics.

For the flowers, I used Y11, Y13, Y21 and Y23 for the leaves, I used G24 and G29

Once I was happy with having enough flowers, I fussy cut them all out. Ugggg......I hate that part!

I matted the card with paper from the paper pad, cut a circle to anchor the chipboard 50 and the sentiment. The Love sentiment is from the stamp set as well.

I arranged the flowers and added a touch of foam tape to raise up the flowers, and completed the card front with a couple gold sequins from Hero Arts.

I have created several cards so far using the papers and stamps and I will create many more, I am sure. Hopefully this gives you some inspiration to dig into your kit, if it has arrived.

Remember...be creative, think of others and kindness always matters.

 Kim

The Power Pack by Pear Blossom Press

Hi Everyone! 

I am so excited to be a part of today’s blog hop featuring the new Power Packs from Pear Blossom Press. These little packs make light up cards so easy!

Since I had so many ideas floating in my head for things that could light up on the card front, settling on one and just getting it done took much more time than working with the simplicity of the power pack! That was by far the short and sweet of the card!

I started out with a piece of Artist Choice 110 lbs cardstock from Gina K. Designs, and cut it down to a 5” x 7” card size, and a layer piece for blending on. I ink blended the night sky with Faded Jeans and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide inks and sprinkled a little water on it to create a starry background. The ground was created using Aged Mahogany and Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide inks. I left the center a little free of ink and colour to allow a glowing effect of the fire light.

Next, I created all my trees using a tree stamp and die from a Recollections Christmas set. I used Gina K. Jelly Bean Green and Grass Green. Since it is a night scene, the trees did not need a ton of detail, so I ink blended them fairly solid to take away the sharpness.

The tent and lantern, I can take not take credit for, it was already in my stash and is from an older Jolee’s  sticker embellishment. It would be easy enough to paper piece though, as I have done it in the past. This one just happened to be perfect and already made, so on it went!

Now, on to the fun part….the light up campfire!! 

The actual fire was made using scraps on my desk. I cut a bunch of grey circular pebbles out using scissors and just touched the edges with a C5 copic marker to add a bit of depth. The fire wood is actually a flower I cut out of brown cardstock and cut in half. The flames are vellum pieces coloured with Y38, YR04 and R24 copics and a touch of glitter. Right behind the flames, I cut a small hole from the card layer base. I then cut another scrap of vellum and scribbled the orange Copic marker all over it. This little piece then got attached to "cover up" the hole and to let the light shine through. You can see in the picture below, the two pieces of the card are opened up, and how it would it would be put together. My on/off switch is a little button behind the tent. Using conductive copper tape, I connected the Pear Blossom Press Power Pack to the light from Chibitronics. The Power Pack will come with directions, as well there are great resources at https://pearblossompress.com/power-pack/ .

After the front of the card was complete, and I had the light circuit complete, I covered the perimeter of the card base in foam tape to add depth for the Power Pack.

Last, but not least, I stamped a quick happy birthday sentiment by Savvystamps, and this fun card was complete!

Thank you so much for stopping by on your hop. Please head over to Pear Blossom Press to check everything out and to get all the details of how to purchase the Power Packs.

Customers in Canada will be able to order kits from my Etsy shop, The Creative Card, shortly 

Pear Blossom Press  will be giving away Power Pack Kits to 5 randomly selected winners that comment on each blog post by 11:59pm PST on May 4th, 2019.

Keep on hopping and commenting! 

Pear Blossom Press

Koren Wiskman
Lynda Kanase
Jessica Shier
Lynnea Hollendonner
Kim Brown-Blyleven ------you are here
Niccole Kulig
Annalisa Gibson
Marie Heiderscheit
Beth Duff  Mary Polanco
Rachel Winn
Marcia Caradinta
Katrina Bertelsen
Daisie HansonJessica Francisco
Samantha Klaebe
Jessica McAfee
Lesley Oman
Tania Cordie

Remember...be creative, think of others and kindness always matters.

 Kim