MONTHLY 9: APRIL 2018

Bye bye April, hello May! Here are my nine favorite projects for the month of April.

Card Set: Woodland Critter Huggers (1)

Happy Birthday (28)

You're My Shining Star (1)

It's Your Day, Relax and Enjoy (1)

Gift Box (2)

You're Sew Amazing (2)

Our Friendship is Written in the Stars (2)

Happy Birthday (30)

Happy Birthday (29)

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CARD SET: WILD FOR YOU (2)

I created this set of three cards with one stamp set, the Wild For You set from Lawn Fawn.

I wanted to use the Perfectly Plaid Spring paper. A different pattern for each card. I also used some Lawn Fawn dies to die cut other elements for the cards, that I die cut from either white cardstock or Peacock cardstock. I used the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders, Stitched Borders and Puffy Cloud Borders.

I stamped all the images, some more than onces. I also used the balloons and some party hats from Party Animal. I colored all the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Giraffe: Y08 - Y38/ E57 - E29/ E11 - E21
Lion: E53 - E55/ E57 - E29
Elephants: C3 - C5
Crocodile: YG63/ BG96
Mouse: C0 - C3
Balloons + party hats: Y00 - Y02/ BG23 - BG49/ B12 - B14

I assembled the cards, stamped the sentiments and added the panels onto either a Cilantro cardbase or a Peacock cardbase. As a finishing touch I added some white highlights or dot with a white gelly roll pen.

Such a fun way to create a card set, three different designs but the same color pallette and stamp set.

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CRAFTY HAUL (21)

These crafty products I picked up over the month of April. Super cool stuff all!

From My Favorite Things, I got to stamp sets with a same theme and that would really work well together. Rain and Shine is the one with the girl, Puddle Jumper the one with the boy. I just love these rain themed images and those little ducklings are so adorable.

I got some cool dies. The Kingdom Trio die from Mama Elephant has some great scene builders. To create mountains, a kingdom and some ground for images to stand on. I got the Congrats die from My Favorite Things and the Birthday Script die from Mama Elephant. I really needed to have some word dies, don't own many yet.

I'm a huge fan of Distress Inks and I use them a lot. Whenever I create a scene on a card, I almost always use them. Since Tim Holtz came out with the Distress Oxide Inks, I was really curious about them. One of my favorite online crafty stores had a sale on inks, so I decided to pick up some Distress Oxide Ink colors. I picked three colors that I use a lot in the Distress Ink line.

Sometimes fellow crafters sell their craty supplies online for a good price. I picked up this Tiny Gift Box die from Lawn Fawn.

I have a bunch Nuvo Crystal Drops already, but it was time for some new colors. I got Buttermilk, Midnight Blue, Autumn Red, Neptune Turquoise, Pale Periwinkle and Ripened Pumpkin. I can't wait to try these colors on my cards.

The stamp sets I was looking forward to receiving the most, are these dragon sets from Mama Elephant. They reminded me of Game of Thrones, which I LOVE! It's Me and My Dragon and Dragon Wishes. And they work perfectly with the Kingdom Trio die set.

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SMILE (1)

For this clean and simple card, I used the For You, Deer stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

I trimmed a piece of Gotta Have Gingham paper and a piece of watercolor cardstock. I blended some Tattered Rose Distress Ink onto the cardstock. Very soft. I adhered the gingham paper overtop of that cardstock.

I stamped the bear images and colored it with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Bear: C0 - C3/ RV10

I die cut the image with my Cuttlebug. I also die cut a speech bubble with the Speech Bubbles die. I used white cardstock, but added some Narwhal cardstock onto the back.

I assembled the card, added the panel onto a Narwhal cardbase and rounded off the two bottom corners.

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REACH FOR THE STARS (1)

For this card I used the Out of This World stamp set. I was in the mood for a lot of bold colors, so are you ready?

I wanted to create a background out of stamped and Copic colored images. Here are the colors I used for the background:
Y38 - YR15/ V06 - V09/ BG23 - BG49/ R22 - R35

For the astronaut I used: E21 - E11/ E29 - E57/ C0 - C2/ C5/ Y38 - YR15/ BG23 - BG49

I fussy cut the astronaut. I stamped a banner and used Wild Rose Ink and Grape Soda Ink for the insides. The sentiment is from Upon a Star. I fussy cut the banner as well.

I die cut a circle from Vellum, using the Zig Zag Circle Stackables and assembled the card. I added the panel onto a Peacock cardbase and rounded off the bottom corners.

I'm mostly of the softer and pastelle colors, but every once in a while it's fun to go a little wild.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (30)

Time for a more elegant birthday card. And the Bold Blossom stamp set from Altenew is perfect for that.

I stamped the flower and the greenery onto white cardstock, just the outlined ones. Because instead of stamp layering, I wanted to color them with Copic Markers for a change. Here are the colors I used:
Rose: RV10 - R83
Greenery: YG11 - G21

I fussy cut the images. I trimmed down a piece of pattern paper, from the Let's Polka in the Dark paper pack. And also a piece of white carsdtock. I adhered both pieces onto a Guava cardbase. I assembled the card.

I stamped the sentiment, from Bits & Pieces by Concord & 9th, in Ballet Slippers Ink. As a finishing touch, I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in the color Bubblegum Blush.

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OUR FRIENDSHIP IS WRITTEN IN THE STARS (2)

For this friendship card, I used the Upon a Star stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

I started by die cutting some clouds, with the Puffy Cloud Borders. One border I die cut from white cardstock and the other from vellum. I stamped the sentiment onto the white border, with Hippo Ink.

For the background, I stamped all the stars and constellations and heat embossed them with white embossing powder from Ranger. I blended the background with Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks. I used a light hand on the Picked Raspberry, because I didn't want the pink to be too bright.

I stamped the fox and rabbit and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Fox: E08 - E18/ E11 - E00
Bunny: C0 - C2

I fussy cut the images and assembled the card. I added the panel onto a Guava cardbase and added some dots and highlights to the bynny and fox.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (29)

Another card with my favorite Lawn Fawn set, Happy Harvest. It's a long way untill autumn starts, but I was in the mood to create a card with this set.

I started by die cutting a cirle from Sticky Note cardstock, with the Small Stitched Circle Stackables. From Chocolate Bar cardstock I die cut another circle, using the Zig Zag Circle Stackables. I layered them together.

I stamped the images. The corn stalks I stamped in Doe Ink. The rest I colored with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Sunflowers: Y00 - Y06/ E29 - E57/ YG63 - YG67
Pumpkins: Y38 - YR16 - YR07/ YG63 - YG67
Scarecrow: E53 - E55/ E29 - E57/ Y38 - YR16 - YR07/ R46 - R59/ YG63 - YG67

I fussy cut the images. I stamped a banner, from Bannertastic. I used two Lawn Fawn Ink for the solid insides: Carrot Ink and Pumpkin Spice Ink. I fussy cut the banner as well.

I adhered everything onto a piece of Gotta Have Gingham paper and added the panel onto a Vanilla Malt cardbase. I added some white highlights and dots here and there.

Very happy with this card!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (28)

I created this birthday card with the Little Bunny Agenda stamp set from Mama Elephant.

I started by stamping and coloring the images. I took 12 of the bunny images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Bunny: C0 - C2
Accessories: BG23 - BG49/ R22 - R35/ Y02 - Y06

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment three times, using white embossing powder from Ranger. The cardstocks I used are from Lawn Fawn: Guava, Peacock and Sunflower.

I assembled the card and added the panel onto a Guava cardbase.

As a finishing touch, I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in the color Bubblegum Blush.

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THANK YOU (3)

I wanted to create a one-layer card. I used the In Bloom stamp set from My Favorite Things and the Thank You Wishes set from Mama Elephant.

I first stamped the big sentiment, with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. Then I stamped all the flowers around the sentiment. I used my Tonic Studios Stamping Platform, perfect when you have to stamp solid stamps and want to do stamp layering. The inks I used are all from Lawn Fawn. Here are the combinations I used for all teh flowers:
Sunflower Ink, Carrot Ink, Pumpkin SPice Ink, Lobster Ink
Celery Stick Ink, Freshly Cut Grass Ink, Moonstone Ink, Forget-Me-Not Ink
Butter Ink, Sunflower Ink, Carrot Ink, Pumpkin Spice Ink

I wanted to use a color pallette using not too many colors. I wanted a spring colored card.

I added the panel onto a Sticky Note cardbase and rounded off the top and bottom right corner.

I took some Nuvo Crystal Drops to add as finishing touches. I used three colors: Dandelion Yello, Apple Green and Silver Moondust.

I normally use a lot of layers on my cards, so it was kind of fun to create a one-layer card for once.

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YOU'RE SEW AMAZING (2)

For this friendship card, I decided to use Sewn With Love, a Lawn Fawn set I haven’t used in a while.

I started by trimming down a piece of Gotta Have Gingham paper, a piece of Paper Bag cardstock and a piece of Vanilla Malt cardstock. This is going to function as my base and background.

I stamped all the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Sewing machine: C0 – C3/ C3 – C5/ R22 – R35
Pin cushion: R22 – R35/ YR30 – YR31/ V91 – V95
Scissors: V91 – V95/ C0 – C3
Spools: E53 – E55/ BG34 – BG49/ YR30 – YR31
Thimble: C0 – C3
Jar: BG000/ C0 – C3/ YR30 – YR31
Buttons: BG34 – BG49/ R22 – R35/ V91 – V95

I die cut all the images with my Cuttlebug and started assembling the card. I stamped the sentiment in two parts. The word ‘sew’ I stamped in Wild Rose Ink and die cut it. The rest of the sentiment I stamped in Peacock Ink.

I adhered the panel onto a piece of Peacock cardbase.

This was a card that just happened. Never had the intention of making it, the idea just came to me all of a sudden. So cool!!!

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SOME BUNNY LOVES YOU (1)

For this love themed card, I used the Some Bunny stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

I trimmed a piece of Perfectly Plaid Spring paper. This is going to be part of my background. I also trimmed a piece of white cardstock, to the same size. I die cut some scalloped circles from it, using the Outside In Stitched Scalloped Circle Stackables. I adhered on top of the plaid paper.

I stamped the images and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Bunnies: C0 – C3/ RV10 – R83
Carrots: Y38 – YR04/ YG61 – YG63
Watering can : Y00 – Y02
Flowers: Y00 – Y02/ Y38 – YR04/ RV10 – R83

For the water coming from the watering can, I used Forget-Me-Not Ink

I fussy cut all the images and started assembling the card. I stamped the sentiment in Carrot Ink and adhered the panel onto a Ballet Slippers cardbase. I added some highlight and dots with a white gelpen.

Bunnies always do the trick :D

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