cardmarker, artist, mother of three, crafty
Happy 11th Birthday, Lawn Fawn! This is one of my favorite stamping companies. Not only do they have great customer service but fantastic products as well. Another reason to like Lawn Fawn stamps is because you can incorporate many sets into one card. As an example, I used Christmas stamp sets to make this birthday card. In fact, there were ten stamp sets that I used.
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When my husband and I were dating, I would borrow a friend’s bike and we would bike along the coast. This card reminds of that time.
Lawn Fawn’s Bicycle Built for You has one bike image. To get the reverse image, I stamped the image with Versa Fine Black to Waffle Flower’s mini mulit-media mat. Then I pressed paper to the stamped image. I seem to have trouble cutting along the image. It never looked polished. This time I decided to create a die cut and trace along the colored stamped reverse image. By tracing the image, I now had a guide and to follow. It matched the spacing from the yellow bike. I was happy with the results.
After cutting the reversed imaged, I erased any lines.
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A friend asked if I could make a card for her husband’s birthday. I had to think what do I know about the family. I know that they vacation a lot in Hawaii or at least they used to before Corvid. The first stamp that came to mind was Lawn Fawn’s, ‘ I like (a lotl).
I made the traditional shaker card but then I ran into trouble. The sequences would get caught behind the axolotl or behind the seaweed. I deconstructed it and started again, this time. I made a double panel. The embellishments are in their own panel which gives depth to the card as if you are viewing in it from a portal. I learned a couple of things. The layers need to dry before you shake the card. If you shake the card while it’s wet the sequence get glued to the side. Given that I need to mail the card ASAP, I moved the card. Just remember to let the glue set before moving the card.
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Every two week, Lawn Fawn features a challenge. Each challenge has a theme. For challenge number 92 the theme was, “Happy Occasions”. I originally made this card for a very special teacher. Mrs.B taught my youngest daughter in the first grade. Just to give you an idea of how special Mrs.B is, my youngest daughter is a 6th grader now, and we communicate with one another, five years later. Since then Mrs.B has moved to another state but to my daughter she is still a very special person in her life. Mrs.B recently had a son. The timing coordinated with the theme so I entered the card in Lawn Fawn’s challenge. Below is the picture of my card that was entered.
I want to congratulate all the other winners. Lawn Fawn has a strong following with artists from around the world. The cards that were featured in the challenge were pretty epic. In addition, I also want to thank Lawn Fawn for posting my card.
In the meantime, the card is in the mail in the hopes of making someone feel special!
Happy Wednesday!
Carol
Today’s card features Lawn Fawn’s Special Delivery Stamp set and Magic Iris Birdhouse Add-on. I used the Large Slimline set but extended it so the length of the owl and box of bird plus the bird house would look portional. The bird house needed to be anchored and not floating in the school so I took the liberty and added grass and mushrooms.
The birdhouse itself is embossed with Hero Arts Gratitude Background. The focus the owl so the birdhouse did not need to be a distraction, yet the added background gave the birdhouse texture.
The card is for a really special person who just had their first child. We are sending this person lots of love. The hearts are from Simon Says Stamp Heart Breeze die cut. Using Wink of Stella, to add sparkle to each of the hearts. In addition, to add shine I used Glossy Accents on each of the hearts.
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Simon Says Stamp has created a stamp kit in a limited edition for the holiday season. The kit includes two die cuts, one stencil, two brushes from Gina K Designs, stickers from Doodle Bug Design, card stock, envelops, and We Believe stamp. I have created two cards, three tags and one banner with it. My only regret was not ordering the die cut to go with the stamp, We Believe.
Once the images were stamped on the card, I masked the image with it with Post It Note . Be sure to cut right on the line. Reason being, once you color the the back ground its extremely difficult to go back and color close to the image. I find that cutting right on the line or slightly inside the line works best for masking. You can also use stamping mask paper from Inkadinkado. Unfortunately, I ran out of Inkadindado masking paper so I used a Post It Note instead. I also used Tombow Dot Adhesive to make the rest of the Post It Note stick. This was tricky because when I pulled off the Post It Note, I could see some of the adhesive dots. I have a rubber cement eraser and used that to remove the adhesive dot.
The background is a blend of several Distress Oxide colors, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Shabby Shutters. I used brushes from Taylor Expressions and blending brushes from Amazon. Taylor Expressions brushes are color coded while the brushes from Amazon are a generic black. Blending brushes from Amazon come in different sizes so I like to have a variety of sizes depending on the area I want to cover. To maintain my blending brushes, I wash them with soap and water after making a card to keep them clean.
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Peace. Joy. Love. -A Shaker Card
My second card is made with Tim Holtz’s Fanciful Snowflakes and Simon Says Stamp Neighorhood Wafer. Its more of a mix media card, with texture, and jewels! I got a different look using the same kit. Even if the kit is sold out, Simon Says Stamp sells these products individually.
There are a couple of items that need to be mention, besides selling stamps, Honey Bee Stamps also sells embellishments. The colors in Spring Fling Mint Julep matched Rustic Wilderness Oxide and Shabby Shutters Oxide perfectly. You can get them here as I have linked it for you. These embellishments are not apart of the SSS Kit. Rather than color the neighborhood, I thought of what it is like inside each home. During the holidays you see merriment, and color. The embellishment has small white butterflies, and beautiful green seed beads. Its that spark that reminded me of joy.
In case you are wondering how I got the light green dots, I mixed Rustic Wilderness and modeling paste together. Using a pallet knife, and SSS Large Dots Stencil from the kit, smear the paste over the stencil. Remove the stencil as gently as possible and wash your stencil before the modeling paste hardens.
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Gina K. Design Sparkle and Shine Card Kit is pretty impressive. It not only comes with paper, stencil, die cuts but three stamp sets. Sometimes, you get a kit and think, “oh no- what do I do with it”. But Gina’s kit was well designed, it flowed.
At Gina K. Design Blog, they have a monthly challenge. November’s theme is to use a tag and a card. The challenge is to use two colors red and white. This is my entry. Wish me luck.
I do not have a lot of products from Gina K. Design. Hence the need to use a border from a different company. To create a shaker card with an interesting border, I used the Lawn Fawn’s Outside In Stitched Scalloped Square Stackables, and Stitched Scalloped Square Frames. I liked the shape of the border.
One more thing, the snow flakes and dots in the shaker card are from Joann’s. But I am guessing, they were in my drawer and I have had them for years.
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With three more days till Halloween I thought I would do one more card to celebrate the season. I am wishing everyone a safe and healthy Halloween.
In case you are wondering what water colors I used. I purchased Hand Made Modern water colors from Target. (link provided) The water colors are super affordable. In addition, they come in a wooden box with 24 pans and two brushes. They are not a professional grade but I liked them all the same.
Also I used Martha Stewart Onyx and Sterling glitter as embellishments for the shaker card. Recollections has microbeads set and I used only ebony and silver. You can find these gems at any Michaels.
If you are interested in purchasing any card featured in this blog, let me know. All proceeds will be donated to Ocean Conservancy. My favorite place to be is on the beach and I want to help keep it clean and do all I can to maintain our oceans.
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Outside In Stitched Pumpkin and Stitched Pumpkin Frame are beautiful die cuts. The card does not have anything surrounding it because less is more. Its a strong statement to make. I wanted to show how the pretty the sequins from Little Things From Lucy’s Cards are. (link included) I used Muted Metallics. When I went to research the link, I could not find Muted Metallics but they do have metallics. The embellishments from Little Things From Lucy’s Cards are gorgeous. I highly recommend visiting her website.
Included is a quick video to show how slider card works.
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I have really enjoyed Lawn Fawn’s challenge #84, Back to School. My children have been so blessed to have teachers who care and are inspiring. When I was making the card, I could image their teachers online teaching.
The card was made with Neenah Solar White paper. The paper is thick, 100/297gm. While there are many different types of paper, I prefer Neenah Solar White paper for using Copic Makers because the paper has a smooth finish, it displays Copic Makers brilliant colors. Furthermore , the paper lets me blend Copic Makers easily. Copic Markers are double-sided, alcohol-based ink, with low-order and best part is that they are non-toxic. I love, love , love my Copic Markers!!! I would buy two or three at time until I had more of the markers I needed. Side Note: Neenah Solar White paper and Copic Makers are on sale at Amazon.
If you are wondering where I got those cute acrylic hearts, they are from Honey Bee Stamp company. Just click on the words Honey Bee Stamp and it should take you to the company’s website. I can not leave this post without acknowledging the star glitter its from Martha Stewart. I have a ton of Martha Stewart glitter from Michaels Arts and Crafts. Just click on the words Michaels Arts and Crafts and it will take you to their website. The glitter is on sale!
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