Thank You Inspired by Jennifer McGuire

I was completely enthralled watching Jennifer McGuire use Distress Inks with embossing folders.  You can see her beautiful work and check out her video here.   I immediately knew I had to give it a try. 

For this background, I spread several colors of Distress Ink on the QuicKutz Zig Zag embossing folder, spritzed it with water and then ran it through my Big Kick.  While it dried, I stamped the banner from Lawn Fawn's Bannerific with some Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy ink then cut it out with the matching die.  I stamped the two cute little birdies from the set with some Grey Flannel Memento ink and colored them with my copic markers.  I had to fussy cut those but they are so cute on the card as if they are holding the banner.  I love how they look with some pop dots behind them.  I added a little Wink of Stella to the banner and some simple coloring to shade the banner.  I finished it off with some clear sequins because lately it seems like everything needs sequins. 

Happy Birthday Bethany!

A co-worker's daughter is celebrating her 13th birthday today and she needed a special card.  Along comes this cute little one I made just playing with some fun Lawn Fawn stamps sitting on my craft desk.  The polka dot paper in the background is from the DCWV Celebrations stack and was left over from some Easter treat boxes.  I thought it was the cutest place to start.  I love this cute little Yeti for the Yeti, Set, Go stamp set and thought he would be adorable in duplicate holding a banner.  The words are from the Sophie's Sentiment set and the banner is from Bannerific.   where I used the balloons to make the background paper.  I used some copics to color the yeti and banner.  I had to fussy cut the yetis (hey Kelly Marie from Lawn Fawn - when are we going to get dies for Yeti, Set, Go?  I'm ready, set, go for them now!), but the banner was easy with the dies for Bannerific.  The card still needed something, so I decided to take up the Lawnscaping challenge and stamp my background.  I stamped the balloons from the Admit One set I recently picked up.  After some color, I die cut the background using the Stitched Journaling Card dies.  Then it was just a little glossy accents to finish off the balloons.  Super fun!

Another Newton's Nook Image

Today I have yet another card made with the Newton's Nook set called Newton's Birthday Bash. I used a design very similar to the one in yesterday's card.  The images were stamped onto Neenah white cardstock using Tuxedo Black Momento Ink so I could color with my markers.  For the card on the left, I used some markers from Stampin' Up (I wasn't really very happy with the outcome).  For the card on the right, I used my new Copic markers.  I liked the Copic markers much better for this process.  I cut the finished images out using that same Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card die.  For the paper, I used two more sheets from the Crate Paper 6x6 Party Day pad cut down to an A2 side and wrapped with baker's twine.  For the banners, I again couldn't find the right paper.  This time I used a couple of Distress Ink ink pads and my blending tool to color them to go with the rest of the card.  Then, I used that Lawn Fawn Bannerific stamp and die combined with the sentiment from Sophie's Sentiments. 

Playing with Newton's Nook

I recently received my order for stamps from Newton's Nook.  They have some of the cutest stamps and how could I not support a company named after a cat?  When I unpacked them, Smoke, of course, had to come in to inspect them.

After they received the "Smoke Seal of Approval," I broke open the package for Wagon of Wishes and got inky since I had been waiting for these to make a very special thank you card.  The stamps inked up and stamped just beautifully and I used my brand new Copic markers (thanks Mom!) to color this cutie.  Then I stamped the sentiment using a combination of stamps from the set and from a Lawn Fawn "thanks!" stamp I had on my craft desk on a banner stamped and cut from the Bannerific set and dies from Lawn Fawn.  I used some left over paper from the Basic Grey Carte Postale 6x6 pad that came with a past Citrus Twist Project Life monthly kit.  Even the twine is some that I saved from the packaging of a monthly kit. 

Lawnscaping Challenge #74: Inspired By...

For today's card, I'm playing along (for the first time ever) with the Lawnscaping Challenge, this one #74.  I love, love, love Lawn Fawn stamps.  They are by far my favorite and I've amassed quite a collection of them.  But today, I'm putting them to use.

For this challenge, we're supposed to pick a Lawn Fawn Design Team Member and make a card inspired by their work.  I knew that I wanted to do something similar this card published a while back on Netter's Notables, Design Team Member Lynette's blog.

I really liked how sweet this card was when I pinned it awhile ago.  So while I used it as my base, I also challenged myself to use only stamp sets I've bought but not used yet.  I was stunned: a) by how many stamp sets I was able to use on one card and b) how many new stamp sets I have.  So I ended up with the Yeti, snowflake and sentiment from Yeti, Set, Go, the banner from Bannerific, the sweet little heart from Bee Mine, and the wood grain from Woodgrain Backdrops. I even used dies from my newest purchases:  Circle Stackables and Scalloped Circle Stackables. 

I colored the yeti ever so slightly with my Spectrum Noir markers then fussy cut him out.  I cut out the circle, stamped and heat embossed some random snowflakes.  I then used Broken China and Weathered Wood Distress Ink to color my circle and finished it off with some hearts stamped in Barn Door.  I cut a frame with my scalloped circle dies.  I stamped the wood grain background on some kraft card stock cut and folded into an A2 card using some Tea Dye Distress Ink.  Then it was  just a matter of stamping my banner and sentiment, a little fussy cutting and adhering it all together with some glue and pop dots.  Then I finished the card off with some sequins form the Peace Joy Love line, a little Glossy Accents on the hearts, some Wink of Stella on the Yeti, and a corner rounder for the bottom edges.