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Happy Birthday-Axolotl- a shaker card

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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The Lawn Fawn Challenge

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 I originally made this card for a very special teacher.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

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So Thankful

Feeling thankful for my family and friends to today. Today I featured a stamp set called S’more the Merrier. Lawn Fawn and Ellen Huston joined together to create this stamp set. In addition, I also used Jump for Joy by Lawn Fawn to create the leafs and the sentiment.

The background was created with distress ink using Picket Fences blender brushes. I am enjoyed how smooth the distress oxide ink feels on Neenah paper Solar White paper. Its important to remember to use a heavy weight paper like 110lb because it can support ink and it will not tear.

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