MONTHLY 9: JULY 2017

Bye bye July, hello August. Here are my nine favorite projects for the month of July.

I'd Be Otterly Lost Without You (2)

Whale Wishes (1)

Card Set: Seaside Seaguls (1)

Waving Hello (5)

Ewe Are the Best (2)

It's Your Birthday (1)

Aloha (2)

Hope Your Birthday is Unforgettable (4)

Hang in There (2)

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ALOHA (2)

For this summer themed card, I used the Palm Trees die set from Lawn Fawn.

I started by die cutting a circle, with the Small Stitched Circle Stackables. I then embossed clouds into it, with the Stitched Cloudy Backdrops: Landscape. I die cut a hill, and all the elements from the Palm Trees die set. I used Distress Inks to add color to them. Here are the colors I used:
Sky: Mermaid Lagoon
Sand: Scattered Straw + Brushed Corduroy
Tree trunks: Vintage Photo
Leaves: Crushed Olive
Coconuts: Walnut Stain
Crab: Candied Apple

I adhered all the elements together and went over to the background. I kept it fairly simple. I took a large brush and did some simple brush strokes from left to right, using Candied Apple Distress Ink as watercolor. I set it aside to dry. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, from the set Aloha, with white embossing powder from Ranger.

I added the circle onto the background and then onto a Chili Pepper cardbase.

I just love these summer scenes.

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HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS UNFORGETTABLE (4)

I created this birthday card with the Mama Elephant stamp set The Cat's Meow.

I started by die cutting a rectangle, with the Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables from Lawn Fawn. I also used the Outside In Stitched Square Stackables, to die cut two square windows.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, with white embossing powder from Ranger. The sentiment is from Ella & Friends, also from Mama Elephant. I then blended some Distress Inks onto the paper. I used Squeezed Lemonade and a little bit of Ripe Persimmon towards the top. For the background, that will go behind the windows, I used Ripe Persimmon again.

I set the panel aside and went over to my stamping. I stamped the big cat stamp and also two of the seperate cats. I colored the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors i used:
Cat's main colors: W0 - W2/ E57 - E29/ E00 - E11/ E32 - E33/ W5 - W7
Ears + noses: E04
Accessories: YR00 - YR02/ Y02 - Y06/ YR16 - YR07/ R22 - R35

I fussy cut the images and assembled the card. I added the panel onto a white cardbase.

When I first used this stamp set, I thought I wouldn't come up with something completely different. But I did and it looks amazing!

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WAVING HELLO (5)

I combined a bunch of Lawn Fawn stamp sets for this underwater scene. I used Fintastic Friends, Mermaid For You, Bicycle Built For You and Octopi My Heart.

I started by stamping all the images I wanted to use. I colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Narwhal: C0 - C2 - C3/ C3 - C5
Big striped fish: V01 - V12/ Y11 - Y02
Yellow fish: Y11 - Y02 - Y06 - Y15
Small striped fish: Y06 - Y15/ YG41 - G02
Blue/ green fish: YG41 - G02
Star fish + balloons: R22 - R35/ YG41 - G02/ Y00 - Y11 - Y02 Octopus: V01 - V12

I fussy cut and die cut the images and went over to my background. I wanted to used lighter colors for the background. I used two Distress Inks: Spun SIgar and Thumbled Glass. For the top and bottom of the card, I wanted to add some extra interest. I die cut a Stitched Scalloped Border twice and adhered it to the panel.

I assembled the rest of the images onto the panel and stamped the sentiment. I added the panel onto a Mermaid cardbase. I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops, in the color white, onto the card. And some white dots with a gelpen to the octopus, narwhal and starfish.

I'm really happy with how this turned out.

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BEST WISHES (2)

For this birthday card, I used the Mermaid For You stamp set from Lawn Fawn. I also entered this card into the new Lawn Fawnatics Challenge where we got a color inspiration board to work with.

I started by die cutting a square from a piece of white cardstock. This is going to function as a window on my panel. Behind this window I wanted a sky and ocean to appear. I die cut two hills to look like waves, with the Stitched Hillside Borders. I applied Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink onto both of the waves. For the sky I used Thumbled Glass. I wanted to add clouds to the sky, so I embossed this piece of paper with the Stitched Cloudy Backdrop: Landscape.

I stamped one of the mermaids and the rock. I colored the images with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Hair: Y15 - Y17 - Y38
Skin: E00 - E11
Top: G14 - G05 - G17
Tail: R22 - R35
Rock: C3 - C5

For the sentiment, I used a stamps from the Whale Wishes set by Mama Elephant. I just love these big greetings. I stamped the greeting in two Lawn Fawn inks: Sunflower Ink and Wild Rose Ink.

I assembled the card and added it to a Mermaid cardbase. I rounded off the bottom right corner as a finishing touch.

I was done with this card within 15 minutes or so. Clean and simple.

Please make sure you check the challenge!

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ALOHA (1)

The one thing I wanted to do when I got the Aloha stamp set from Lawn Fawn, was heat embossing and watercoloring a background. So that's what I did.

I started by stamping the pineapple repeatedly onto watercolor cardstock and heat embossing it with white embossing powder from Ranger. I then watercolored the pineapples with the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Here are the colors I used:
072 - Beige
050 - Yellow
043 - Olive Green

I didn't want to color the white space inbetween, but it did need something. So I took Soot Distress Ink and smooshed something onto an acrylic block. I added water and splattered it onto the panel.

I set the background aside and went over to the rest. I stamp the pineapple one more time, this time with Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I also added the smiley face and sunglasses to the pineapple this time. I used the same Zig Markers for this one. I fussy cut the image.

I trimmed a strip of Sunflower cardstock and a strip a vellum, which is slighty smaller then the yellow strip. I stamped the sentiment onto the vellum and heat embossed it using the Pearl Gold Sparkle Embossing Powder from Wow.

I added everything together and adhered the panel onto a Sunflower cardbase. I rounded off the two bottom corners as a finishing touch.

I just adore this pineapple stamp!

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CARD SET: SEASIDE SEAGULLS (1)

I decided to make three cards with one set again. This time I choose the Seaside Seagulls stamp set from My Favorite Things.

For the first card (bottom left card) I started by using the Cloud stencil from MFT. I didn't create clouds, I made waves with them. I used four different Distress Ink colors. From top to bottom I used: Thumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Chipped Sapphire. Above the waves, I wanted to create rays of sunlight. I used the Radiating Rays stencil from MFT and applied Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink onto the paper.

I colored te seagulls (I used the same colors on all cards) and colored them with Copic Markers. Here are the colors I used:
Seagulls: C0 - C2
Beaks: Y15 - Y17
Pole: E57 - E29

I fussy cut the images. I wanted to create some wave slots, to put the seagulls in. I used the Ocean Wave Accents from Lawn Fawn. I added the seagulls onto the card. I heat embossed the sentiment with White embossing powder from Ranger, onto a piece of Blue Jay cardstock. I adhered the panel onto a Mermaid cardbase.

For card two (bottom right card) is used the Herringbone Brick stencil from MFT. I applied Thumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Ink onto the paper. I then die cut three squares, with the Ouside In Stitched Square Stackables from Lawn Fawn. For the background, the part you can see through the squares, I applied Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink to the paper.

I colored the seagulls and fussy cut them. I added everything together and heat embossed the sentiment. I added the panel onto a Blue Jay cardbase.

For the final card (top card) I kept it really simple. I took a piece of watercolor cardstock and die cut a square with the Outside In Stitched Square Stackables. For the inside part, I took the Cloud stencil again and applied two Distress Inks onto it. I used Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire, again to make waves. I left the sky white. For the outside part, I only used Squeezed Lemonade and made it darker on the bottom and lighter towards the top.

I die cut another wave, with the Ocean Wave Accents. I colored the image and fussy cut it. I assembled the card and added the heat embossed sentiment. I added the panel onto a Blue Jay cardbase. And done are all three my cards.

I made three very different cards, but kept the same color pallette and theme. I'm so in love with these stamps, really easy to create pretty cards with.

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