aloha birthday wishes!

hello!
today I have a fun, tropical-themed birthday card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog!

I love how fun and bright it is!
Lots of color and inking and dimension!
I started by stamping the images from Aloha Newton and then using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color them in.
then I used a white gel pen to add some details, once the images were dry and then die cut them out with their coordinating dies! 

for the background, I did some ink blending with Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral and Dried Marigold. then I used the Music Stencil on top, and used the same colors, but with a lot more pressure in order to add the subtle music sheet background!
then I used the new Music Notes Stencil and some white embossing paste to and added some music notes around the card. LOVE that pop of white and whimsy!

the sentiment is from Birthday Oval and was heat embossed in white onto black cardstock and the I fussy cut around it.
I popped it up, along with the hibiscus flowers, with foam tape and then glues the rest directly to the card front.

LOVE how bright and happy this is! Also, I hope the sentiment combined with the music notes really gets you humming along to the happy birthday song!
I'm officially really for the summer birthdays!

be sure to check out this card up on the Newton's Nook blog!
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #221 - Dies Only

happy Monday!
let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

I love the idea of setting the stamps aside and using die cuts only!

so fun!!
I realized recently that I need some more Thank You cards in my stash - so this was the perfect time to get inky and make some thank you cards!

I used the Plant-a-Succulent dies, and I die cut my little heart out!
I used a piece of patterned paper from the Really Rainbow Petite Paper Pack and die cut out the leafy vines many, many times! then I used Distress Inks in Pine Needles and Mowed Lawn to add some dimension to the leaves.

I die cut out the flower images from the same set and used Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Saltwater Taffy and Dried Marigold to ink blend the colors there, too.

then I used the Oliver's Stitched ABCs die set and die cut out the sentiment from grey cardstock. then I used Black Soot and Hickory Smoke Distress Inks to add color in an ombre fashion. I added foam tape to the sentiment and then popped it up on the card front.

I finished the card off by splattering white acrylic ink on top.

 

I really can't WAIT for you to play along! you could win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn!!!!

enjoy!

geometric cherry blossoms!

hello!
today I have a card up on the Newton's Nook blog and it's so fun and happy!

I love it!
I love the rainbow colors and the pop of black with the floral images!
I started by die cutting a bunch of hexagons with the Hexagons dies. then I used a rainbow variety of Distress Inks and did lots of ink blending! once I was done, I finished by splattering some white acrylic ink on top!

I attached the hexagons to the card front, some were popped up, but only a few.
then I used the image from the Cherry Blossoms and heat embossed them in black onto acetate! so FUN, right?! I love that it lets the pretty rainbow colors shine through, but you also get the bold images of the flowers!

I finished off the card by heat embossing the sentiment from the Heartfelt Butterflies stamp set in white onto black cardstock. then I used the A7 Frames & Banners die set to die cut out the sentiment.

be sure to check the card out up on the Newton's Nook blog, too!
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #220 - Inspired By

happy Monday!
let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

I love how happy this challenge theme makes everyone!

this is such a sweet and lovely challenge!
I was inspired by this beautiful card by Karin!

so fun! I love the butterflies and rainbow colors!

everything pops so well against the white on white details!

and here's my card that was inspired by hers!

 

I started by die cutting out the butterflies from Magic Iris Butterfly Wreath Add-on in vellum a bunch of times.
I used a bunch of Distress Paints in rainbow colors on white cardstock and set it aside to dry. then I used the outline die of the butterflies from the same set and die cut them out.
I attached the vellum butterflies to the back of the outlined butterfly images. love the dimension!

I heat embossed the sentiment from Better Days in white onto some Storm Cloud cardstock and then cut it into a strip.
the background of the card is white woodgrain cardstock with white rainbows made with embossing paste and the Corner Rainbow Stencils.

the butterflies were placed in a rainbow order all over the card. I also added a sprinkling of sequins to finish the card off.

I really can't WAIT for you to play along! you could win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn!!!!

enjoy!