thank you so moth!

hello!
I hope you're all having a great day!
today I have a FUN and interactive card up on the Lawn Fawn blog!
and bonus fun, I made a video for this card! 
you can check it out here or up on my youtube channel!

so fun, right?
I started by stamping the images from I Like Cute Moths. then I watercolored them in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. once all of the images were dry I added some details with a white gel pen and then used the coordinating dies to die cut them out. pink and purple and coral moths? what's not to love! lol

for the actual card, I used the Ta-Da! Diorama! dies to die cut out the pieces from white cardstock. I also used the base of the card and some Let It Shine Starry Skies beige and gold cardstock. I did lots of ink blending on the white cardstock panels. I wanted to create the look from light in the back of the card to darker in the front!
I used Antique Linen, Dried Marigold, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord. I really love the look of beige to purple, especially for fall! 
then I splattered some tiny stars with white acrylic ink and Liquid Stardust onto all of the panels. 

I also ink blended the same colors for the hills of the card. 
oh! and I forgot to mention, I also used one of the dens for the opening of the card from Stitched Dens. 

I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto Black Licorice Cardstock. then I die cut it out with the middle banner from the Stitched Sentiment Banners. 
then I sprinkled those little yellow stars all of the outside and inside of the card!

I added the entire thing to another piece of cardstock from the Let It Shine Starry Skies cardstock to finish it off.
be sure to check out the card up on the Lawn Fawn blog and watch the video too!
enjoy!

peek-a-boo!

hello!
and hopefully you're having a great day!
today I have a super fun, cute and interactive card up on the Lawn Fawn blog! and BONUS! I have a fun video to go along with this card too!
you can check it out on the Lawn Fawn blog or here!

eeep!
adorable!
I used the new Big Hugs Ghost and Big Hugs Pop Up dies! they're SO fun and I can think of a million different ideas for these cuties!! wow!
this time I made a sweet (un)spooky card that could also be a card for welcoming a new baby, too! who knew you could mix and match those two genres?! lol!

I started by using the cute ghost die and die cutting out three with Pixie Dust Sparkly Cardstock. I also cut out their coordinating 'arms'. then I die cut out one ghost (and arms!) with 80lb White Cardstock. then I used Black Licorice Cardstock as the backing for the eyes and mouth. I also used white cardstock for the blushing cheeks, and added some color with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.
I couldn't resist adding some more personality to the ghosts, so I used the tufts of hair from the Tiny Gift Box Unicorn and Horse Add-on! adorable! I used Distress Inks to add the pops of color. and for a few of the ghosts, I popped up their 'arms' with foam tape.

for the background, I did lots of Distress Ink blending to create the rainbow happy look! I used Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. then I used the Lots of Stars Background Stencils and some white embossing paste to add a little bit of whimsy and texture.

inside the card, I used another piece of the Pixie Dust Sparkly Cardstock and this time made the ghost a rainbow! what a fun surprise! I used the same colors that I ink blended the front of the card with and LOVE how happy and sweet that little guy looks!
I added some Chunky Glitter to his cheeks to mimic the glittery background.

The sentiment was die cut out with more Black Licorice Cardstock and the Oliver's Stitched ABCs dies. I popped the sentiment on the front of the card up with foam tape, but inside is (obviously) glued directly down to the card base.

be sure to check this card out up on the Lawn Fawn blog and watch the video here too, if you want!
enjoy!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge#227 - Fun with Food

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

any excuse to play with some Lawn Fawn stamps is a good excuse to play!

so fun!!
I am most happy when I can work with a fun pun, and coloring up these cute little foodies gave me the perfect time to have fun with puns! ha!

I started by stamping the images from Let's Toast, Fangtastic Friends Add-on and Party Animal. then I colored them all in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers die cut out most of the images! I used the Summer Friends stamp set to add some legs and arms to the avocados, so I fussy cut those little cuties out!

I used some of the pretty purple stripes papers from the Really Rainbow 6x6 Paper Pack and the Shadow Box Dies, but I love the combination of the pinks and greens together! I used some Cilantro cardstock for the hills. I added some shading with Pine Needles Distress Oxide ink and also Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Ink for the purple patterned papers.

the sentiment was heat embossed in white onto Black Licorice cardstock and I used Harold's ABCs combined with the sentiment from Party Animal. so fun!

 

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

enjoy!

squeeze the day!

hello!
today I am super excited to share that I have this FUN, summery and interactive card up on the Lawn Fawn blog!
and, like I am prone to do...I have a video to go along with it! yay!
you can watch it here or on my youtube channel!

so cute!
I thought it would be a cute idea to make the giant lemons selling the lemonade to the mice! and when you peek behind the lemonade stand, there's a little mouse getting a peek at another sweet, giant lemon! ha!
I started by stamping the images from Make Lemonade!, You're the Zest and All the Clouds. then I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and colored them in! once they were dry, I used the coordinating dies to die cut them out, and then added some details with a white gel pen.
I also splattered some white acrylic ink on top of the clouds - for just a little bit of texture!

I love the Knock, Knock, Who's There? interactive die set, and I thought it would be so fun to have a sneaky little surprise behind the lemonade stand! lol
I started to create the scene by using white cardstock and die cutting out the grass and hill with Grassy Border and Stitched Hillside Borders. then I used Distress Oxide Inks in Pine Needles, Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron. I also made a set of the same borders and the same inkblending to go behind the lemonade stand, when you open the 'door!'

then I used a white cardstock base, and folded it in half, as you would a card base. I used Distress Oxide Inks in Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers and Salvaged Patina. then I flipped the card base over and did a little ink blending where the door would open, as well. I also used the lighter colors to match the pull tab mechanism when you open the door.

I almost forgot to add the sentiment, I was having so much fun making the card!! but I finally heat embossed the sentiment in white onto some Black Licorice Cardstock and then trimmed it into a banner and popped it up with foam tape.

I hope you like these sweet little mice as much I do!
be sure to check the card out up on the Lawn Fawn blog, and watch the video to follow along on how it came together, too!
enjoy!

cow are ya doing?!

hello!
what a happy day today is - I have a card up on the Lawn Fawn blog using some of the new products!
and BONUS, I made a video to go along with it!
you can watch it here or on my youtube channel.

so cute, right!?
I think we've all been begging for some highland cow images from Lawn Fawn, and these are even cuter than I could have imagined!
I started my card today NOT by coloring in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers like I usually do, but by coloring in the images with Distress Inks and the coordinating coloring stencils!

below are the colors I used for the images:
cows - Antique Linen, Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo, Lost Shadow
flowers - Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet

I also used Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves and Wilted Violet for the speech bubble which is from the Summer Friends stamp set.

I always LOVE how fast and easy adding colors to the images with the coloring stencils are! once the images were all colored, I finished the images with some details in a white gel pen.
then I used the coordinating dies to die cut out MOST of the images.
the two remaining images were then die cut out with the Magic Picture Changer dies.

I used some masks that I created for the cows and then did ink blending around the images to create the background!
I used the same Distress Ink colors for the rest of the backgound of the card including the Magic Picture Changer Add-on, Stitched Hillside Borders and Grassy Border dies in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Pine Needles, Twisted Citron and Squeezed Lemonade.
I also used Mustard Seed for the pull tab.

once the Magic Picture Changer mechanism was created I attached it to the card by popping it up with foam tape.
the rest of the images were attached directly to the background with glue.
I finished off the card by heat embossing the sentiment in white onto Black Licorice cardstock.

I super love how this card came out, and hopefully it made you smile, too!
be sure to check it out up on the Lawn Fawn blog, too!
enjoy!

who's ready for a reverse rainbow?

hi there!
today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawn blog, and it makes me so happy!
also, I made a video for the card!
you can watch it here, or on my youtube channel!

I really love how bright and happy this is!

I started this card by stamping the images and then coloring them in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I stamped images from Silly Goose, Silly Goose Rain or Shine and Beary Rainy Day. once the images were dry, I added some details with a white gel pen and then die cut them out with the coordinating dies. LOVE these cute images!


for the background and interactive pieces I used Fog Carstock and the Cloudy Stencils to add a cloudy look for the background. I ink blended using Distress Oxide Inks in Black Soot and Lost Shadow. 
I also die cut out the ground from Cilantro cardstock. then I added some ink blending with Mowed Lawn and Pine Needles. 

I attached the pieces to complete the Over the Rainbow interactive element and then used a piece of bright diagonal rainbow colors from the Really Rainbow Petite Paper Pad as a surprise pop of color and rainbow under the cloudy sky! I call it a reverse rainbow! lol! 

all of the images were attached directly to the card. The sentiment from Silly Goose, Rain or Shine was heat embossed in white onto Black Licorice Cardstock and then cut into a banner shape. I stamped the rest of the sentiment from Really Rainbows onto the pull tab part of the card!


I finished off the card by stamping some falling rain onto the background and then added some whimsical white details.

be sure to check out the card up on the Lawn Fawn blog, too!
enjoy!

Congratulations Grad!

hi!
today I'm sharing this fun card up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!
the current challenge is all about celebrating your family, and I couldn't resist making a card for my oldest little Mann...that's right!
he's somehow graduating high school next month...it's crazy!

love it!
I used papers from Gleeful Gradients and Really Rainbow Petite Paper Packs to make the card! I die cut out the cute little envelopes from Little Letter and then stuffed them with the money!! lol!

the stamped images from How You Bean? Money Add-On, Capybaras! and Smart Cookie were colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. then I added some details with a white gel pen. I die cut them out with the coordinating dies.

inside the card, I used the Everyday Pop-Ups to make that big pile of cash really POP! lol! literally! I also added the fun pops of color with the speech bubbles! the speech bubbles were added to the popped up image with acetate! so FUN!

I die cut out the bottom and top papers inside the card with the Stitched Scalloped Borders. I thought they would be the perfect place for the message for my guy!

I really love how this card came out, and it's even more special since I'll be giving it to my big little Mann!
be sure to play along with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!
enjoy!

out of this world rainbow!

hi there!
today I am excited to share a card up on the Lawn Fawn blog!
and guess what that means - I also have a video to go along with it!
you can check it out here or on my youtube channel!

I used the new Rainbow Sentiments and Over the Rainbow die set, which I combined with the older Year Eleven, Out of this World and Party Animal stamp sets.

all of the images were stamped and then watercolored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I also added some details with a white gel pen. then I used the coordinating dies to die cut the images out.

I used acetate for the rainbow portion of the die, and I'M IN LOVE WITH THAT! I used alcohol inks to add color. and I made sure that the alcohol ink side of the acetate faces down on the card.
then I set it aside to extra dry. lol

while the acetate was set aside, I did lots of ink blending!
I used Distress Inks in Black Soot, Uncharted Mariner, Peacock Feathers and Salvaged Patina. then I made my own stencil using the Puffy Cloud Borders, and die cutting them out of some white cardstock.
I used the same ink colors, but with more pressure to add the subtle tone-on-tone cloud look. then I splattered white ink all over all of the pieces to mimic the look of faraway stars.

I hid the sun under the top of the pull tab, and then heat embossed another fun sentiment underneath! what fun this die is!!!!
I also added the 'earth-like' planet and its' moon onto the acetate rainbow itself so it moves along with the rainbow!

the sentiment was heat embossed in white onto Black Licorice cardstock and then added to the bottom of the card.

be sure to check this card out on the Lawn Fawn blog, and to watch my video!
it's a lot of inky-rainbowy fun! 

enjoy!