JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY (1)

I just love these little bugs. I made another birthday card with the new A Bug Deal stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

For the backgrounds I used a piece of Spiffy Speckles paper, which I ink blended with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink. Only the top. I die cut a Simple Stitched Hillside Border from Cilantro cardstock and ink blended it with Lucky Clover Oxide Ink. I stamped the sentiment onto the hill.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Branches: E53 - E55
Leaves + grasshopper: YG13 - G07
Caterpillar: R35 - R39/ Y15 - Y17/ YG41 0 G02
Ladybug: R35 - R39/ W3 - W5
Woodlouse: W3 - W5/ E41 - E43
Worm: E00 - E11 - E04
Firefly: Y15 - Y17/ YG41 - G02
Sand: E74 - E79

I die cut the images with my Cuttlebug and assembled the card. I added highlights, dots and stripes to my images using a white gelly roll pen.

This is, so far, my favorite set of this release. Can't wait to make more cards with these adorable bugs.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (46)

For this birthday card, I used the Really High Five stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

I used the Clouds stencil from My Favorite Things for the sky. I used three Distress Ink colors: Cracked Pistachio, Evergreen Bough and Peacock Feathers.

I die cut a piece of Cilantro cardstock with the Grassy Border die. I ink blended the top of the grass with Lucky Clover Oxide Ink. I stamped the sentiment onto the border.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Trampoline: BG18 - BG72/ W0 - W3 - W5/ W5 - W7/ Y15 - Y17
Fox: E53 - E55/ E000 - E00
Bunny: W0 - W3/ E00 - E11
Bear: E53 - E55 - E57/ E000 - E00
Mouse: E41 - E43/ E00 - E11
Balloons; Y15 - Y17/ R35 - R39
Present: R35 - R39/ BG34 - BG13
Hats: Y15 - Y17/ R35 - R39/ G14 - G05/ BG34 - BG13/ V04 - V12

I die cut the images with my Cuttlebug and assembled my card. I added some highlights to the images with a white gelly roll pen.

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HAPPY EASTER (17)

Valentine's Day is over and making room for Easter cards, which is in April. I used the Eggstra Amazing Easter stamp set and Oliver's Stitched ABCs die set from Lawn Fawn.

For the background I used Fossilized Amber Distress Ink. I die cut two grass borders, using Grassy Border and Simple Grassy Hillside Borders. I ink blended them with Crushed Olive and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks.

I die cut the word 'easter' from six of the different colors in the Spiffy Speckles paperpad. And I stamped 'happy' onto a strip of Spiffy Speckles paper as well.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Bunnies: W0 - W3/ RV10 - R83 - 0/ E00 - E11
Chicks: Y00 - Y02/ Y17 - YR16
Eggs: Y15 - Y17/ R01 - R22/ V01 - V12/ BG000 - B00/ YG11 - YG13

I die cut the images with my Cuttlebug and assembled the card. I added some highlights to the eggs, using a white gelly roll pen.

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THIS IS A REALLY BUG DEAL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is release day at Lawn Fawn and let's celebrate with a fun card made with their new A Bug Deal stamp set.

For the background I used the Clouds stencil from My Favorite Things and Broken China Oxide Ink. I also die cut a piece of Cilantro cardstock with the Simple Grassy Hillside Borders die. I used Lucky Clover Oxide Ink for blending the edges of the grass.

I stamped the sentiment onto the grassy border.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers (the mushrooms are from the Gleeful Gardens stamp set). Here are the colors I used:
Branch: E53 - E55
Grasshopper: G43 - G46
Caterpillar: YG13 - G14 - G05/ R35 - R39/ Y15 - Y17
Woodlouse: W3 - W5/ E41 - E43
Worm: E00 - E11 - E04
Ladybug: R35 - R39/ W3 - W5/ Y15 - Y17
Butterfly: G43 - G46/ R32 - R35 - R39/ Y15 - Y17
Cocoon: G43 - G46/ BG93 - BG96
Cupcake: E53 - E55/ YG13 - G14 - G05/ R32 - R35 - R39
Party hats: Y15 - Y17/ R35 - R39
Sand: E53 - E55 - E57
Leaves: YG13 - G14 - G05
Mushrooms: E00 - E11 - E04/ Y15 - Y17/ W0 - W3

I die cut the images with my Cuttlebug. I assembled the card and added some highlights and dots to the images using a white gelly roll pen.

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SMILE, SHAKE YOUR PALM PALMS (1)

I made an encouragement card using the Color Layering Palm Trees stamp set from Hero Arts.

I took a piece of No. 2 Pencil cardstock and stamped and heat embossed the palm tree onto it, with Gold embossing powder from Ranger.

After all the heat embossing, I ink blended the edges of the panel, with Spiced Marmalade Oxide Ink. This gives the panel more depth.

I die cut the word 'smile', using the Words for Friends die set from My Favorite Things. I did this from Raspberry cardstock and I ink blended the letters with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. The rest of the sentiment was stamped onto a strip of Vanilla Malt cardstock and that same gold embossing powder.

As a finishing touch I added some Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops. I added the panel onto a Raspberry cardbase, setting it a bit to the right so a small strip appears.

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I LIKE YOU MORE THAN NAPS (2)

For this friendship card I combined two companies. I used the I Like Naps stamp set and Open Me stamp set from Lawn Fawn and the Jungle Frame die set from Hero Arts.

The background I ink blended with Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick Oxide Inks. The Jungle Frame was die cut twice, from two different colors in the Spiffy Speckles paperpad.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Sloth: E00 - E11 - E04/ W2 - W5/ E71 - E74 - E79
Birds: R32 - R35/ Y15 - Y17
Branch: E53 - E55 - E57
Sign: E00 - E11 - E04

I fussy cut or die cut the images and assembled the card. I stamped the sentiment onto the sign and added some highlights and dots to the images with a white gelly roll pen.

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I AM DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH YOU (1)

For this love themed card, I used several Lawn Fawn stamp sets and dies for this underwater scene.

For the background I used Cracked Pistacio and Salty Ocean Oxide Inks. I added some Just Stitching Hearts to the background. For the hill, I used Kraft cardstock and the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment onto this with Lawn Fawn white embossing powder.

I stamped the images. I used images from Critters in the Arctic, Mermaid for You, Fintastic Friends and You are Sublime. I colored everything with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Narwhal: W0 - W2 - W3 - W5/ E00 - E11 - E04
Fish: Y15 - Y17/ Y38 - YR07
Plants: YG41 - G02/ BG72 - BG18

I fussy cut the images and assembled the card. I added dots to the narwhal, with a W5 marker. And also some dots and highlights to the images with a white gelly roll pen.

Underwater scenes are some of my favorite type of scenes to create with stamps and dies.

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