SENDING YOU MONSTER HUGS (2)

I created a love card with the Monsters set from Avery Elle.

For the background I used the Radiating Rays stencil from MFT. I used Abandoned Coral Distress Ink.

I stamped the images and also a banner from Bannertastic, by Lawn Fawn. I colored the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Pink monster: R22 – R35
Purple monster: V04 – V06/ Y17 – Y38
Banner + hearts: Y17 – Y38

I fussy cut the images and added them to the panel. I adhered the panel onto a Guava cardbase and rounded off the two bottom corners.

I hadn’t used this set in a while, it’s always fun to revisit your older stamp sets.

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WOOHOOO! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY (1)

I decided to use the Chubby Chums stamp set from Paper Smooches for this birthday card.

I used the cow image and stamped it three times towards the bottom of the card panel. I also stamped a balloon (from the Monsters set from Avery Elle) several times. I colored the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Cow: C0 – C2/ RV10
Orange Balloon: YR15 – YR68
Green Balloon: BG03 – G14
Yellow Balloon: Y06 – Y08

I stamped the sentiment. The word woohooo is from this set, the second part of the sentiment is from the Party Posse stamp set from Paper Smooches.

I added a white line to the balloons. I adhered the panel to an orange cardbase and rounded off the top corners with the We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. I also added some glitter to the balloons with the Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen.

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MONTHLY 9: AUGUST 2016

Bye bye August, hello September. Here are my nine favorite projects of August.

We're Gonna Need a Bigger... Cake (1)

Happy Halloween (1)

Happy Birthday (11)

Wishing You Tons of Fun (3)

You're A-Maize-Ing (2)

Happy Birthday (10)

Party! (1)

You Flamin-Go Together (1)

Jump For Joy, It's Your Birthday (1)

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PARTY! (1)

I’m celebrating my 32nd birthday in October and I thought I would be fun to send out invitations to my friends and family. I used the Monsters stamp set from Avery Elle to create them.

I started by stamping one of the monsters and the balloon, each six times. I colored them with Copic Markers and used the exact same colors on all the cards. Here are the colors I used:
Monster: BV000 – BV02 – BV13
Balloon: B00 – B02 – BG05

I fussy cut the images with my scissors. I went over to my panel. I die cut six rectangles with the Double Stitched Rectangle STAX from My Favorite Things. I wanted to create my own background using a stencil and some Distress Inks. I used a triangle stencil from Heidi Swapp and applied some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink to the panel with my mini ink blending tool. I went from dark to light, starting at the bottom.

I adhered the monster and the balloon to each background using foam tape. I added some glitter to both images with the Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen and also added some Glossy Accents to the eyes and the balloon. I love to use Glossy Accents especially on balloon images. I adhered the background to a white cardbase, with foam tape.

I finally stamped the sentiment using Violet's ABC's from Lawn Fawn.

The invitations are ready to send out.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (9)

Someone asked me to make a birthday card and she really liked the Chewbacca card I made a while ago. I used the Yeti, Set, Go stamp set from Lawn Fawn, where I turned the Yeti into Chewbacca from Star Wars.

I started by stamping the yeti, but didn’t want the belly. I added the belt onto the image with a Sakura pen. I colored Chewbacca with Copic Markers. I also stamped a balloon for him to hold and some pine trees for the background. Here are the colors I used:
Chewbacca: E15 – E25 – E29
Face + paws: E00 – E11
Tongue: R14
Belt: W2 – W5 – W7
Balloon: G14 – G07 – G17 Trees: G21 – BG93 – BG96

I die cut Chewbacca and the trees with my Cuttlebug and I fussy cut the balloon. Then I went over to my background. I took some watercolor paper and stamped a little star onto it with Versamark Ink. I then heat embossed the stars with Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder from Wow. I used Distress Inks and a mini ink blending tool to color the background. I started with the color Salty Ocean. Around the edges I came in with Seedless Preserves and a little bit of Chipped Sapphire.

I die cut three hills with the Stitched Hillside Borders from Lawn Fawn. All three hills were colord with a different Distress Ink color. For the one in the back I used Pine Needles, the middle one I did with Mowed Lawn and the hill in the front I colored with Old Paper Distress Ink.

I adhered all the images. Chewbacca, the balloon and the middle hill were all adhered with foam tape. The rest flat. I stamped the sentiment onto the hills. I curved the sentiment, so it goes along with the hill. I added the panel to a kraft cardbase and rounded of the top right corner. As a finishing touch I added some Glossy Accents to the balloon.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (7)

For the Lawnscaping Challenge we had to create a card inspired by a mood board. I used the Chirpy Chirp Chirp stamp set from Lawn Fawn to make a birthday card.

I started by stamping the three chicks from the set and I also stamped some balloons. I used the balloons from the Monsters set by Avery Elle. I colored all the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Chicks: Y06 – Y08 – Y17
Beaks + feet: YR07
Balloons: BG13 – BG23 – BG49

I fussy cut all the images. I die cut a rectangle with the Double Stitchec Rectangle STAX from My Favorite Things and added the images to the panel with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment with Sunflower Ink from Lawn Fawn. The entire panel I adhered with foam tape to some pattern paper, from the Perfectly Plaid 6x6 paper pad by Lawn Fawn.

As a finishing touch I added a white line to the balloons and some glitter with the Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen.

Be sure to check out the Lawnscaping Challenge !

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Monthly 9: Arpil 2016

Bye bye April, hello May. Here are my nine favorite creations of April.

Happy Home (2)
It's Your Birthday Strike Up the Band (1)
Super Hero It's Your Birthday (1)
Thank You For Being My Mama Bear (2)
Snail Mail For You (1)
Happy Birthday (6)
Monster Wishes (1)
You + You = ❤︎ (1)
You're a Cool Chick (1)

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MONSTER WISHES (1)

I was asked to make two birthday cards for boys. The first one I made was with the Avery Elle stamp set Monsters. I haven’t used it as much as I would like, but I thought this was the perfect occasion.

I started by stamping all the four monsters on some white cardstock. I had to mask the two monsters on the outside off, so I could stamp the hairy monster behind them. I also stamped the balloon three times.

I wanted to give it a boyish look by only using blue tones. I added some purples and blue greens as well, to make it a bit more interesting. I used my Copic Markers to color the images. Here are the colors I used:
Hairy monster: BV02 – BV13 – BV17
Monster on the right: B05 – B28 – B18/ V04 – V06 – V12
Monster on the left: BV000 – BV02 – BV13/ BG13 – BG23 – BG49
Flying monster: V04 – V06 – V12/ BG000 – BG01 – BV05
Balloons: B05 – B18 – B28/ BG13 – BG23 – BG49/ BG000 – BG01 – BV05
Ground: E00 – E11 – E21 – E35

I’m really happy with the coloring. I added some white stripes to the balloons, white dots to the ground and white to the monster’s eyes, with a white gel pen. I stamped the sentiment with Fish Tank Ink from Lawn Fawn.

I rounded off all the four corners with the We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper and added the panel to some pattern paper. For this I used the Shimelle (True Stories) 6x6 paper pad by American Crafts. I rounded off those four corners as well and added the entire panel to a blue cardbase. I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to the balloons.

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MONTHLY 9: MARCH 2016

Bye bye March. Hello April! Here are my favorite cards that I made in February. There is a link to all the cards below the collage.

Have an Upbeet Day (1)
Happy Birthday (3)
Happy Birthday (5)
For You (3)
Happy Birthday (4)
Need a Hug? (1)
Wishing You Tons of Fun (2)
Happy Birthday Strike Up the Band! (1)
I Love You S'More Every Day (2)

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (3)

Today I made another card with the Monsters stamp set from Avery Elle.

 

 

I started by stamping all the images. First I stamped the box and then three of the monsters. I wanted it to look like they popped out of the box. Around them I stamped the balloon image a couple of times and some of the candy images. When I stamped the balloons, I had to mask of some of the other images, so it appeared that they are behind the monsters. I colored all the images with Copic Makers. Here are the colors I used:

Orange monster: Y08 – Y17 – YR68

Green monster: YG03 – G07 – G14/ V04 – V06

Pink monster: RV13 – RV21 – R22/ BG23 – BG49

Balloons: BG13 – BG23 – BG49/ Y08 – Y17 – YR68/ V04 – V06

Candy: RV21 – R22/ YG03 – G14/ Y08 – Y17 – YR68

Box: E11 – E21 – E25

Floor: W2 – W5 – W7

 

 

I didn’t want to color the entire background as well, so I decided to stamp the string confetti in different colors. I used three different ink pads. Sugarplum and Carrot ink from Lawn Fawn and Sour Apple ink from My Favorite Things. They coordinate with the colors I used for the monsters, balloons and candy. For the rest of the background I used my Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, that the background isn’t just white but glittery.

 

 

I adhered the panel flat to a black cardbase, added some white lines onto the ballons and that finishes my card.

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MONTHLY 9: FEBRUARY 2016

Bye bye February. Hello March! Here are my favorite cards that I made in February. There is a link to all the cards below the collage.

 

 

Luv U Bots (1)

I Will Always Be Here For You (1)

Welcome Baby (2)

Thank You For Making Such a Huge Effort

I Will Always Be Here For You (2)

I Think You're Super Duper

You're Fang-Tastic (1)

Happy Birthday Have An Ice Day (1)

Me + You = ❤︎ (1)

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YOU'RE FANG-TASTIC (1)

Today I made a fun encouragement card with the Monsters stamp set from Avery Elle. I’ve been wanting this set for a while, but it was very hard to find. And now I can finally create cards with it.

 

 

I started by stamping three of the monsters onto some white cardstock and I colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:

Yellow monster: YR07 – Y17 – Y08/ YG03 – G14 – G07

Turquois monster: BG13 – BG23 – BG49/ V04 – V06

Red monster: R22 – R46 – R59/ B05 – BV05 – B18

 

 

I fussy cut them with my scissors and put them aside. I die cut a circle with the Double Stitched Circle STAX from My Favorite Things, to create a frame. For the background, which goes behind the frame, I blended some Evergreen Bough with a mini ink blending tool onto some Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment onto the background and adhered the circle frame with foam tape. I adhered the monsters, some inside, one outside of the frame. I used foam tape for these images as well, except for the top part of the red monster. That I adhered flat.

The entire panel was adhered a black cardbase and I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to all the monster’s bellies, hair and horns.

 

 

This is such a great stamp set, with endless possibilities. You will be seeing more cards with these cute monsters on my blog!

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WEEKLY WISH LIST (3)

Here is this week's wish list.

 

Stamps: Monsters (Avery Elle)

 

 

I really love this set, but it’s really hard to find. This is such a fun set to make cute birthday cards for kids.

Dies: Cocoa Cups (My Favorite Things)

 

 

When I wanted to purchase this to make Christmas cards, it was sold out everywhere. I still want it, so I’ll keep waiting for it to go back in stock.

Inks: Sunflower (Lawn Fawn)

 

 

I need a vibrant, bright yellow color and this Lawn Fawn Ink pas is just what I want.

Other: Zig Clean Color Real Brush (Kuretake)

 

 

This is high on my wish list, but it’s so expensive. I’ve seen many youtube videos where talented card makers used them and I just love how they color. Such a great way to color your images. Want, want, want!

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