FOR YOU (3)

It’s really hard to make an appropriate sympathy card. The mini set Dream, from Lawn Fawn, is actually perfect for these kind of cards.

 

 

I stamped the two feather several times and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:

W2 – W5 – W7

I fussy cut the feather with my scissors.

 

 

I’m entering this card into the Lawnscaping Challenge and the task is to make a black and white card with a splash of color. I decided to take the word ‘splash’ literally. I used Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks as watercolors and created a border. Here I adhered the feathers, some flat some with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

 

 

I adhered the strip flat to some pattern paper. I used the 6x6 paper pad from Cottage Living by Jen Hadfield (Pebbles). The entire panel was adhered flat to a white cardbase. I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to the feathers and I rounded off the top right corner with the We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

A sympathy card, not to sober, to let people know you’re thinking of them.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (5)

I saw a cute owl card on Pinterest once and that’s how I got the idea for this card. I used the owl from the Critters in the Arctic stamp set from Lawn Fawn.

 

 

I started by stamping the owl on some white cardstock. I also stamped the log from the Joy to the Woods stamp set and the party hat from the Year Two mini set, both also from Lawn Fawn. I colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:

Owl: W2 – W5 – W7

Beak: Y17

Log: E25 – E29 – E77

Party hat: BG23 – BG49

 

 

I fussy cut the images and die cut the log with my Cuttlebug. I die cut a piece of craft cardstock with the Double Stitched Rectangle STAX. I stamped the sentiment on it, with Versamark Ink, and then heat embossed it with Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder from Wow.

I wanted the log to be a swing, so I used some twine to create it. I adhered a piece of twine to the back of the log, wrapped it around the image a couple of times. I added it to the panel with foam tape and adhered the long string to the back of the panel. I adhered the owl and hat also with foam tape. I adhered the entire panel to a cardbase of the same craft cardstock. I added some bows to the top of the swing using the same twine and added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to the party hat, beak and log.

 

 

I really love how this turned out. It was actually a really easy card to make and you can add any critter or image to the swing.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (4)

One of my best friends has a thing with turtles. I really needed a turtle stamp, so I could make fun cards for her. I found the Year Two mini stamp set from Lawn Fawn and I made a birthday card with it. Her birthday is in March.

 

 

I started by stamping the turtle, the party hat and the present. The present I stamped six times, because I wanted to stack them. I colored all the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:

Turtle: G05 – G14/ G21 – BG93 – BG96

Party hat: RV10 – RV21 – RV23

Presents: RV10 – RV21 – RV23/ Y02 – Y17 – Y21/ BV000 – BV02 – BV13

 

 

For the background I blended three Distress Ink colors, using the Circle Burst stencil from My Favorite Things. I used Scattered Straw, Spun Sugar and Shaded Lilac. I only used a quarter of the stencil, because I wanted it to come from one corner.

 

 

I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. Then I adhered the turtle with foam tape. I added the presents to the card as well, also with foam tape, making it look like the turtle is carrying a big stack of presents.

 

 

To finish it off,I added some clear glitter with my Wink of Stella pen to the presents and the party hat. I also rounded off the bottom right corner with the We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

I’m really happy with the color combination and I love the result of this card. I know my friend will love this card.

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HAVE AN UPBEET DAY (1)

I’m absolutely in love with this new stamp set from Lawn Fawn, Rooting For You. It’s their take on the stamp layering trend and it’s a fun set to work with. Today I created a harmonica card with these cute stamps.

 

 

I then die cut my clouds, with the Puffy Cloud Borders die from Lawn Fawn. I used simple white cardstock. I adhered them flat to the cardbase.

 

 

Now for the fun part, stamping all the veggies. The vegetables have two layers (except for the radish): a base, solid layer (the main shape of the vegetable) and the lines over top of the vegetables. I used several Lawn Fawn and My Favorite Things Inks. Here are the colors I used for stamping:

Turnip: Butter Ink and Fresh Lavender Ink (Lawn Fawn)

Carrot: Carrot Ink and Pumpkin Spice Ink (Lawn Fawn)

Beet: Fresh Lavender Ink and Juice Box Ink (Lawn Fawn)

Radish: Lobster Ink (Lawn Fawn)

Leafs: Sour Apple Ink (My Favorite Things) and Noble Fir Ink (Lawn Fawn)

Watering can: Sugarplum Ink (Lawn Fawn)

 

 

I fussy cut all the images and left a white border around the edges. Before I adhered all the images with foam tape, I stamped the sentiment and the water from the watering can with Mermaid Ink from Lawn Fawn.

To finish the card, I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to the veggies and the watering can.

 

 

This is such a fun card, I think it will really brighten someone’s day.

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WEEKLY WISH LIST (10)

Here is this week's wish list.

Stamps: Strike Up the Band (“My Favorite Things”)

 

 

My Favorite Things just released a bunch of new stamps and dies and there is one that just made me melt. This bunny band is one of the most adorable sets I've ever seen and I really want it. Badly! I already have a great idea of a harmonica card I want to make. This is definitely one of the first things I will purchase when I can.

Dies: Stitched Alphabet Die-Namics (My Favorite Things)

 

 

I don't have any alphabet dies, but I really need one. And because a lot of the frame dies have stitching around them, this stitched alphabet fits all that perfectly. I looks like those neon letters on Broadway.

Inks: Plastic Flamingo (Lawn Fawn)

 

 

Besides a cool blue color, pink is the Rainbow color I'm missing in my collection. This is a very pretty, bold pink color and I just love the name.

Other: Abstract stencil (My Favorite Things)

 

 

If you use this stencil on your background, you don't really need to add much more. This can be used in so many different ways. One things about stencils I love is that they are really inexpensive.

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WISHING YOU TONS OF FUN (2)

For today’s card I used the Adorable Elephants stamp set from My Favorite Things.

 

 

I started by stamping the butterflies. I wanted to try something different. I first stamped with the back of the butterfly stamps, so you see a solid butterfly image. I used three different ink pads: Carrot Ink and Lobster Ink from Lawn Fawn and Sour Apple Ink from My Favorite Things. I stamped them in a strip that I masked off. When I finished stamping the solid butterflies, I turned the stamp to the right side and stamped the butterfly images on top of the solid colors, with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

I removed the mask. I stamped one of the elephants and the thee butterflies on some white cardstock and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:

Elephant: W0 – W2 – W5

Green butterfly: YG03 – YG11- G14

Orange butterfly: Y17 – YR08 – YR15

Red butterfly: R22 – R35 – R59

 

 

I stamped the sentiment with Carrot Ink from Lawn Fawn and then adhered the elephant and butterflies with foam tape. I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter to all the butterflies. I adhered the panel flat to a red cardbase, that is slightly bigger. I wanted a red strip on one side. I rounded off the bottom two corners with my We R memory Keepers Corner Chomper, and my card is done.

 

 

It’s always fun to use a new technique. You can see that you can create some fun solid images with the back of your stamps.

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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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