WISHING YOU A BEAUTIFUL ADVENTURE (2)

I created this card, for someone who just moved into their new home, with the Village Border die from Lawn Fawn. I also used some of their other dies.

I started by die cutting the base, with the Outside In Stitched Square Stackables, from Mermaid and Cilantro cardstock. I trimmed the Cilantro piece, to funtion as my grass. I die cut the sun, from Sun and Moon, from Sticky Note and Sunflower cardstock. From plain white cardstock I die cut the clouds, from Simple Puffy Clouds.

I die cut the village and the tree backings. I decided to color the houses with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Trees: E57 - E29/ YG11 - G21
Houses: R22 - R35/ BG23 - BG49/ Y17 - YR04

I assembled the card and stamped the sentiment (from Bicycle Built For You).

I love this colorful look.

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN (6)

I created this spooky Halloween card with the Booyah stamp set and Village Border die from Lawn Fawn.

I started on the background. I used three Distress Inks to create this. I used Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet and Dusty Concord. Next time, I won't use Shaded Lilac again, because it's much lighter than the other two and really hard to blend together. But it eventually worked. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder from Ranger.

I die cut the village border and applied Black Soot Distress Ink onto it. With Mustard Seed Distress Ink I created the little squares that go behind the houses to function as lights. I

I stamped two of the ghost and the speech bubbles. I colored them with Copic Markers, really simple. Here are the colors I used:
Ghosts + speech bubble: C0 - C2

I fussy cut the images and assembled the card. I adhered the panel onto a Sunflower cardbase. I rounded off the top right corner. I added the little spider hanging from the sentiment.

Nothing fancy, but perfect for Halloween.

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YOU'RE O-FISH-ALLY AWESOME (2)

I wanted to create a fall scene with the Dad + Me stamp set. I also entered this card into the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, where we have to create cards based on a fall themed mood board.

I started on the sky. I used the cloud stencil from My Favorite Things. I applied Cracked Pistachio and a little Peacock Feathers Distress Ink onto the paper with the stencil. I wanted to create a soft cloudy look.

I die cut all the elements to create the scene. For the Leafy Tree Backdrop: Landscape I used Knock On Wood paper. For the leaves I used Fake Tan cardstock. With the Stitched Hillside Borders I die cut one hill from Sticky Note cardstock and one from Sunflower cardstock.

I stamped my images. The plants I stamped in Doe Ink and Celery Stick Ink. And the water I stamped with Minty Fresh Ink. The other images I colored with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Bear: E57 - E29/ E11
Hat: E31 - E33/ G21 - BG96
Fish: W0 - W3

I fussy cut all the images (a lot of work!) and assembled the card. I stamped the sentiment in a curve and added the panel onto a Chili Pepper cardbase.

I really love those colors. And please check out the challenge!

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HAVE AN UPBEET DAY (5)

I created this happy card with the Rooting For You stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

For the sky, I used watercolor cardstock and Distress Inks. I used three different inks to color the sky. I started with Fossilized Amber, then added Spiced Marmalade and finish off with Ripe Persimmon. For the hill, I used Antique Linen and Vintage Photo. For the sun I used Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin.

I only used the carrot image and the little sign. I used Lawn Fawn Inks to stamp them. Here are the inks I used:
Carrot: Carrot Ink and Pumpkin Spice Ink
Carrot top: Celery Stick Ink and Freshly Cut Grass Ink.
Sign + cheeks: Wild Rose Ink

I stamped the faces onto the carrots and fussy cut all the images. I added some slots into the hill, that I used the Ocean Wave Accents for. This way I can put the carrots in, so it looks like they are actually in the ground.

I assembled the cards, stamped the sentiment and added the panel onto a piece of Knock On Wood paper. I then adhered it to a Sticky Note cardbase.

This card can be used for so many different happy occassions.

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HAVE A BEARY AMAZING DAY (2)

For this birthday card, I used the Dad + Me stamp from Lawn Fawn, plus some of their dies.

I started by die cutting all the elements for the scene. I die cut the hills, with the Stitched Mountain Borders, using Narwhal cardstock. I used regular white cardstock for the snow caps. For the grass I used Noble Fir and Cilantro carsdtock. I used the Meadow Border and Grassy Border dies. For the sky I used Peacock cardstock.

I stamped all the images. The water I stamped with Peacock Ink, to make it coordinate with the sky. All the other images were colored with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Bears: E57 - E29/ E21
Moose: E08 - E18/ E41 - E43
Trees: G)5 - G17
Toadstools: R46 - R59/ E41

The trees are from Happy Trails and the toadstool is from Gleeful Gardens.

I fussy cut all the images, stamped the sentiment and assembled the card. I added the panel onto a Noble Fir cardbase.

Creating scenes is probably my favorite way of making cards.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (24)

For this birthday card, I used the Up in the Air stamp set from My Favorite Things.

I started by die cutting the two cloud borders, with the Puffy Cloud Borders from Lawn Fawn. For the back, that will go behind the two borders, I took some watercolor cardstock. I blended Thumbled Glass Distress Ink. Then I added some more on top, but I used the Cascading SCallops stencil from MFT. I wanted to darken it a little bit, so I used Salty Ocean Distress Ink, towards the top and bottom.

I stamped the sentiment in three Lawn Fawn inks, to give it an ombre look. I used Sunflower Ink, Carrot Ink and Pumpkin Spice Ink.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Balloon: Y00 - Y02 - Y06/ R22 - R35
Basket: E31 - E33
Cat: C3 - C5/ E04
Bird: YR16 - R14

I die cut the images with my Cuttlebug. I added some white dots to the bird and cat and some stripes to the balloon, with a white gel pen. I assembled the card and added the panel to a Sunflower cardbase. I rounded off the bottom left corner.

This is my most used MFT set so far, this year.

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TRICK OR TREAT, TREATS OF COURSE! (1)

For this Halloween card, I used the Costume Party stamp set from Lawn Fawn and also added some houses from the Winter Village stamp set.

I started with the scene. I die cut two pieces of watercolor carstock with the Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables. From one of them, I also die cut two hills with the Stitched Hillside Borders. I used Distress Inks. For the sky I used Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire. For the hills I used Crushed Olive and Mowed Lawn. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing borders from Ranger.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Pumpkin: YR15 - YR07 / BG96
Skin: E00 - E11/ E31 - E33
Hair: W5 - W7
Unicorn: Co - C3/ BV000 - BV02/ BV17 - BV29
Houses: W3 - W5/ W0 - W3/ E08 - E18/ E57 - E29/ B23

I fussy cut the images and assembled the card. I added the panel to a piece of Perfectly Plaid Fall paper and then adhered it to a Narwhal cardbase.

I just love making Halloween cards.

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HAPPY DAY (1)

For this birthday card, I used the Happy Harvest & Happy Howloween stamp sets.

I started on the scene. For the background I used Thumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Inks, to create a blue sky. I die cut two hilss, with the Stitched Hillside Borders, and blended Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink onto it.

I stamped all the images and started coloring them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Pumpkins: YR15 - YR04 - YR07/ BG96
Pants: E31 - E33
Hat: E31 - E33/ BG93 - BG95
Sweater: R22 - R35
Kart: R22 - R35/ BG93 - BG95
Face: E00 - E11
Straws: Y17
Stake: E57 - E29
Crow: W5 - W7 / Y38
Dogs: E57 - E29/ E41 - E43

I fussy cut all the images and assembled the scene. I stamped the sentiment and added the panel onto a Guava cardbase.

I entered this card in the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, where we got a fall mood board as inspiration.

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HELLO (5)

Instagram is awesome. I got this idea from an Instagrammer I follow. I used the Seaside Seagulls stamp set from My Favorite Things.

I started by masking off half of the piece of cardstock that will be my panel. I wanted to create color onto the top of the panel. I used three Distress Inks: Thumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon. For some texture and extra interest, I wanted to add some stitching to the background. I took one of the borders from the Stitched Borders set from Lawn Fawn and ran it through my Cuttlebug several times to create a pattern. I stamped my sentiment.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Seagull: C0 - C2/ Y38 - YR68
Clouds: C0

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

I think this card only took me like 20 minutes.

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SO THANKFUL (1)

For this fall themed thank you card, I used the Jump For Joy stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

I started on the scene. I die cut a piece of watercolor cardstock with the Outside In Stitched Square Stackables. I blended it with two Distress Ink colors: Fossilized Amber and Wild Honey. Then I die cut some Knock On Wood paper, with the Stitched Tree Borders and Stitched Hillside Borders. For the leaves on the trees I used three Lawn Fawn cardstocks: Chili Pepper, Sunflower and Fake Tan.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Leaves: Y17 - YR15/ YR16 - YR07/ R46 - R59
Hedgehog: E00 - E11/ E57 - E29
Owl: W0 - W3 - W5
Rake: E31 - E33/ C0 - C3

I fussy cut the images, stamped the sentiment and assembled the card. I adhered the panel onto a Chili Pepper cardbase.

The die cutting is most work, but overall it's a really simple card to make.

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CARD SET: CRITTERS IN THE FOREST (1)

I created three cards with one stamp set. I used the Critters in the Forest stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

I wanted to create a forest themed set, with a stamped background in a color pallette that fits this theme. I used two Lawn Fawn inks to stamp the images for the background: Soot Ink and Doe Ink. I used the images from several other sets besides Critters in the Forest: Toboggan Together, Happy Trails and Home for the Holidays.

When I stamped the background, I went over to the scene, that I wanted to create in a circle. I die cut a circle with the Small Stitched Circle Stackables. I blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink onto it, very lightly. Then I die cut a hill, from Knock On Wood paper, with the Stitched Hillside Borders.

I stamped the critters and the log (this on three times) and colored the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Log: E57 - E29/ BG93 - BG96
Fox: E18 - E08/ E00 - E11
Hedgehog: E00 - E11/ E57 - E29
Owl: W0 - W3 - W5/ YR38
Raccoon: W3 - W5 - W7
Bird: R14 - R46 - R59
Clouds: C0

I fussy cut all the images and stamped three banners with each a different sentiment. I used Wild Rose Ink and Cranberry Ink for them. The banner is from Bannertastic. I fussy cut the banners and assembled the three cards. I added them to a Guava cardbase.

I really like the forest theme and how I managed to create this look.

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