Cheers Dad with A Colorful Life Designs

Cheers, friends! My Guest Designer card for A Colorful Life Designs today uses the Floating Blocks Stencil. I've used it before, but this time it is the entire subtle background.

Here is the image of the Floating Blocks Stencil from Mary Kay's website:

I used Ranger Ink Distress Oxide in Tumbled Glass with a light hand for the background, but  I believe the blocks images really stand out. The beer glass is from Visible Images stamp set called Bring On The Beers.

Stamped in browns on Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Paper and watercolored with browns, golds and a little blue. Glossy Accent on the foam. All fussy cut.

Simple sentiments on the outside and in from Waffle Flower's Home Brew stamp set.

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Father's Day with A Colorful Life Designs

More Father's Day cards! Yes, once I get started it's hard to stop creating with the stencils from:

Today I wanted to use this stencil from A Colorful Life Designs called Floating Blocks:

I made 2 cards (big surprise!) both with the same background, just different sized fish on the cover:

I created the background by ink blending a few Distress Oxides onto Bristol Smooth card stock: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans through the Floating Blocks stencil.

Then I ran the ink blended panels through a Pink and Main embossing folder called: Catch A Wave.

And viola! A cool background with lots of movement for the fish!

The fish are stamped from Jessica Lynn Original set called Fishing on Phantom Lake watercolored and fussy cut.

Really has such great movement!

The outside sentiment strip is from Taylored Expressions Mini Strips called You're the Best.

Here is the coordinating die - cuts them all out at once!

The inside sentiment is from Waffle Flower's Home Brew Stamp Set:

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Primitive Fish with A Colorful Life Designs

Hi friends - Today I have a couple of  cards for Father's Day both made with A Colorful Life Designs' Stencil called Primitive Fish.

Here is the stencil picture from the website for A Colorful Life Designs:

You know if I make one card, I make at least two or three. For this card I was playing with Ranger Ink's Distress Oxides: Twisted Citron, Salvaged Patina, Prize Ribbon and Mowed Lawn and ink blended through the Primitive Fish Stencil onto Hammermill Smooth Paper.

The fish image is from a Jessica Lynn Original stamp set called Fishing On Phantom Lake.

Just a unique colorful background with a simple focal point for a masculine card for Dad.

The card below was more of a mixed media version. I sprayed a piece of Vicki Boutin's American Crafts All the Good Things Foundation Paper Mixed Media Paper: I used Pixie Spray on the back of the Primitive Fish stencil, waited just a minute, then laid the stencil onto the mixed media paper rolling the stencil down with my Tim Holtz Medium Brayer.

For the cool colorful background I used some Deco Art Media Misters Yellow Green and then Distress Spray Stain in Peacock Feathers and Mustard Seed.

The white circles are a snippet of a die by Art by Marlene Studio Light BM02, seems to be discontinued. I just wanted another layer of somethin' somethin'.

The sentiments inside and out are from Waffle Flower's Stamp Set: Home Brew.

Happy Father's Day is just perfect in this font:

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Happy Father's Day with Art Impressions

Hello friends! Welcome to my Happy Little Stamper Watercolour Challenge for May 2021:

Making a Father's Day Card with a couple of fun stamps. I started with this Happy Birthday stamp from Art Impressions called the Lawn Ranger.

I cut the sentiment apart (Yikes!) and removed "Happy Birthday". I used the bottom half of the stamp in my MISTI, with Altenew Obsidian Black Ink, without the pad, since this is a red rubber stamp. Also stamped the main image and colored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers on the smooth side of Ranger Watercolor Paper.

I did sprinkle Altenew Crisp Clear Embossing Powder on the image while still wet and heat set. I like to do that for watercoloring some images, helps keep the areas separated and not blend together.

I love to color a bit of sunburn on these fun images when they are in the sun. Zigs make it so easy! I used my Trinity Stamps Slimline Scenic Border Dies - the grass die by cutting a scrap of watercolor paper and coloring with various green Zigs:

I made 2 identical cards, so one strip of grass worked for both! This is a handy set to have in my stash for I can use it for both A2 and Slimline cards and also use the die cut as a stencil for hills, clouds and grass. I like to have supplies that perform multiple tasks.

The inside sentiments are from Taylored Expression Punny Man set wich I believe I received as a free gift for I do not see it available. TE has some other fun snarky type sentiments which I enjoyed using. I've linked to them HERE.

So this card could be for birthday, Father's Day or just a great card to send to a friend who loves to ride his Lawn Mower!

Thanks for joining me today and thanks to Happy Little Stampers for all the great challenges monthly!

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Father's Day Cards with Sizzix

Welcome friends to my first Watercooler Wednesday Challenge!

This Group has a fun challenge for us created by Dawn called All About Occasions:

I used my Sizzix World's Best Dad stamp set, along with Ranger Watercolor Paper, The Stamp Market Color Crush Watercolor set and a Silver Black Velvet brush to create these cards:

Here is a close up of the Sizzix stamp set called World's Best Dad designed by Katelyn Lizardi. If you want a good deal, as of this post, it is on sale for $2.00!

For me it doesn't matter whether you watercolor first, then stamp and heat emboss or visa-versa. But for these card (I made 2) I did stamp with Altenew Obsidian Black ink and sprinkle with Altenew's Crisp Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. When totally dried, I wet some of the area of the A2 card front with water and dabbed in the beautiful watercolor blues from The Stamp Market Half Pan Watercolor set.

I mounted both cards to a A2 sized card base made from Hero Hues Premium Dove White Card Stock. For me, this 120 lb. card stock is much easier to score and fold as opposed to other brands.

The fun inside sentiment is from Taylored Expressions' Punny Man Stamp Set. I believe this was a free stamp set for purchases over a certain amount. When you can, it's nice to take advantage of all the free offerings.

Well, that's my post for today and I hope you get a change to visit the Sizzix website for all the amazing sales going on now. Always nice to get a good quality product for a reduced price and thanks for stopping by.

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