Life is better at the beach

This week’s card tells where my mind is going.  Sandy beaches and deep blue water.  Can everyone say  V A C A T I O N.?  It will be a while before I actually take mine, but talking to my older sister last night she told me that she booked herself on a fourteen day cruise through the Mediterranean as a fiftieth birthday gift to herself.  I was so excited for her and since I was already working on this airbrush technique following the instructions from Jennifer Dove, I decided to turn it into a card to wish her a great vacation.

The background was created using copic markers, an airbrush system, and a little of the Copic Opaque white.  I used Lawn Fawn’s Life is good stamp set and matching dies.  The sentiment is stamped using Versafine black and the hearts from the Happy Trails stamp set also from Lawn Fawn is stamped WPlus9’s Sweet Gelato. 

Supplies used:

Paper: Neenah Solar White for card base, Hammermill #100 for picture panel and die cuts, Recollections Black for mat Record;

Stamps and Dies: Lawn Fawns Life is Good with matching dies and Happy Trails for the heart, By Diezyne Stitched and Pierced Rectangles;

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Black, WPlus9 Sweet Gelato, Copic Opaque White, Lavender Atyou Spica pen;

Copics: B99, E55, R29, R39, R59, Y13, Y15, YG07, YG09;

            

 Everything else: Airbrush compressor

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Monkeying around

My card is made for the current “anything goes” linky party going on over at Anya, Oddies, and Others. Lawn Fawn just did their spring release in February, so you know I had to grab a few of the new goodies that came out.  The first one I am going to focus on is the Critters in the Jungle set that you see here.  I just fell in love with the monkey, so I decided to make a little scene of him just hanging around.

For his background I wanted to do something other than airbrush, trying to keep from falling in the trap of same old same.  So, I decided to do some puddling using Ranger’s alcohol inks (lemonade and sailboat blue).  I put a few drops on my craft sheet, sprayed it with some alcohol, and then pressed my piece of Ranger Specialty Paper (cut at 4.25 x 5.50) in it and continued pressing it in until there was little white space left. 

While I let that dry I started working on my images by stamping them with Memento Tuxedo Black and then coloring as listed below.  When I stamped the vine the monkey is hanging from I stamped it first the correct way and then again in the opposite direction but touching to give the appearance of a single vine.  When it came time to put the card together I used the rectangle from the MFT Blueprint 18 for the background and to cut a piece of green.  The green piece was then cut using the grassy borders die and different heights.  I then cut all of my images out using their coordinating dies to include the vine piece.  For the vine I had to do partial die cutting on both ends leaving a small piece in the center uncut.  The uncut piece I cut by hand which ensured it was all one piece and no need for glue to hold them together.  The monkey was cut using the die, but then I also cut the center area around his tail out, so I could loop it around the vine.  I then put everything in place added some true blue stickles to my parrot and then put the sentiment in the upper right corner. 

REMEMBER it is anything goes this month at Anya, Oddies, and Others, you have until April 20^th to submit your project.  That is four weeks to prepare your entry, so we want to see what you create. 

Supplies used:

Paper: Neenah #110 for base, Ranger Specialty paper for background, Hammermill #100 for images, Recollections green for grass;

Stamps and Dies: My Favorite Things Blueprint 18, Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past and matching die, Critters from the jungle and matching die, script sayings, grassy border

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Alcohol Inks Lemonade and Aqua, Versafine Black;

Copics: Parrot: YR15, YR16, YR07; W3, W5, W7; and B12, B14, B16

              Monkey: E51, E53, E55; E23, E25, E27

             Palm Tree, Loose Leaves, and vine: E71, E74, E77; BG93, BG96, BG99

            

 Everything else: True Blue Stickles                         

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a wonderful day.

Thoughts of you

Here’s a card I made last weekend using Lawn Fawn’s Critters on the Savannah stamp set.  When I originally started this panel the tree as just supposed to be in the back of my giraffe;  however when I started making my clouds I brought them down to far, so it was time to change the design and make it seem as though the giraffe was dreaming about being back on the Savannah.  I’ve put the fence in front to represent him being in a zoo.

Supplies used:

Paper: Gina K Grass Green for base, Recollections yellow for the mat and metallic for fence, Hammermill #100 for images;

Stamps and Dies: Lawn Fawn Critters on the Savannah and Scripty Sayings, Lawn Fawn Picket Fence and Grassy Border

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gina K Blue Raspberry;

            

 Everything else: Brown flocking powder                         

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a wonderful day.

Birthday in a Box

It’s been two weeks since my last post and I have so missed actually making a card.  So, last night I sat down and decided to make a Pop-up box card.  The instructions for the card were found on Splitcoast Stampers found here ttp://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/popupboxcard/.  Being my normal nerdy self I of course did a test run in white cardstock to ensure I understood the directions and it was a lot easier then I thought it would be. The instructions give you a completed project that fits in a 6”x 9” envelope.  However, it does give instructions for variations like mine which is for an A2 card.

I created the box using Gina K Sweet Mango cardstock following the instructions in the tutorial and then it was time to decide on my characters.  So, I grabbed the Critters on the Savannah by Lawn Fawn for my animals and a few extra elements from other Lawn Fawn sets, stamped them all out with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored them with Copic markers.  Once all of the images were colored I used the matching dies and cut them out.  I then used Lawn Fawn’s grassy borders die out of some green cardstock and cut them down to fit inside of the box.  I had a banner already cut out from the Stitched journaling die in white, so I smooshed some sweet mango on it to match and also used the stars from the same set and cut them out in three different colors for some extra oomph.  Once my banner dried I used the White pigment ink and stamped happy birthday using the sentiment from the beep boop set and then brushed some gold perfect pearls over it.  I am not too sure about perfect pearls but I am sure as with everything the more I use it I will come to love it.  My banner was adhered using score tape and the stars with multi matte medium. 

Supplies used:

Paper: Gina K Sweet Mango for base, Hammermill #100 for images, Recollections green for grass, Purple, Orange, and Blue for Stars, and Hampton Art Ki Celebrate for DP;

Stamps and Dies: Lawn Fawn Critters in the Jungle and matching die, Critters on the Savannah and matching die, Beep Boop Birthday, grassy border, Stitched Journaling Die

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Gina K Sweet Mango, Hero Arts White Unicorn;

Copics: Lion: YR21, YR23, YR24, E17, E18, E19, W5, W7, W9;

              Giraffe: Y08, Y17, Y19, E23, E25, E27, W5, W7, W9

              Grass: YG95, YG97, YG99

            

Extras: Wiggly Eyes and Perfect Pearls Gold

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a great weekend.

Dino-Mite

Today’s card was made for the current “anything goes” linky party going on over at Anya, Oddies, and Others. This crafty group has allowed me to join their design team, so this is my first card and I hope you will come by upload your challenge creations.

The panel front on this card was made using the die from MFT-Blueprints 18.  Once that was done it was time to stamp and mask.  I’ll admit I did a mock up last night so I could wrap my head around what I wanted to do.  After everything was masked off I pulled out my air compressor and airbrushed my sky and ground.  I unmasked my images and colored them up.  On a piece of scrap paper I stamped the baby dinosaur, colored him up and then used the matching dies to cut him out.  Before I placed him on the panel I put some brown flocking powder in the center of my leaves to mimic dirt in the nest and put the baby on top.  I then stamped my sentiment using my just delivered MISTI tool and I can see that I will be using it a lot.  The completed panel was put on an A2 card front created out of Gina K Grass Green cardstock.   

Supplies used:

Paper: Gina K Grass Green Cardstock, Hammermill #100 for focal image;

Stamps and Dies: My Favorite Things Blueprint 18, Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past and matching die

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves and Cottage Ivy, Versafine Black;

Copics: Sky: Y15, YR18   Ground:  YG93, YG95 

              Tree: E44,E47,E49 and YG23, YG25, YG17

               Large Dinosaur: V20, V22, V25, V17

               Egg and baby: E41, E43, RV10, RV06, RV04, RV02

                          

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

Come On Spring

    Hello Thursday and we are one step closer to Friday.  How has your week been going so far?  Are you ready for the weather to change?  I am sure residents on the East Coast are since some of them have been getting more than their normal share of snow this season.  Living out here in Texas it may snow one day a year and the cold doesn’t sting as much as on the East Coast. 

Today my card is a greeting to the season that we are all waiting for “SPRING”.  I used the sketch for this week’s Freshly Made Sketch Challenge#173 and the color palette from this week’s color throwdown #329.  Don’t you just love those colors? 

Since I knew my duck was going to be colored in shades of yellow I stamped him with Memento Dandelion ink so I could work on my no line coloring and I placed my umbrella in a way to make it appear as though my duck is carrying it using Tuxedo Black.  After he was colored up I cut him out using partial die-cutting so I could keep him and the umbrella as one piece.  When I finished I was left with small sections of where the die did not cut and I finished it using my detail scissors.  I stamped the top portion of the umbrella on the red pattern paper and pieced it on top of the original cut. 

Next, it was time to create the tag background.  Using my airbrush system I created the grass by airbrushing green copic marker over a stencil I cut using my Silhouette Cameo.  Once I was satisfied with that it was on to the sky.  For the sky I used the airbrush again and followed the Sea and Sky tutorial that Jennifer Dove provided on her site a few weeks ago.  During assembly of the tag I noticed a small flower stamp, so I decided to place a few on my tag to pull it all together, in addition to placing some foam adhesive on my duck and umbrella to raise him from the background. 

Supplies used:

Paper: #110 Neenah Solar White for base and focal tag, Recollections Black, Citrus Green, and Purple Passion, Simple Stories Sn@p Color Vibe for DP;

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Hello Baby and Inky Antics Tulip Duck for the word spring;

Dies: Little B Tags;

Embossing Folder: Lifestyle Crafts Linear;

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Dandelion, and Grape Jelly

Ribbon: The Paper Studio

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is going well.

Day 4- Faux Embossing

Happy Friday!  We have made it through the first month of the New Year.  

Earlier in the week I shared that I was participating in Clean and Simple 4 Techniques made Simple being presented on Online Card Classes.  Over the next couple of days I am going to share some cards showcasing some of the techniques learned.  I will admit there are some techniques I need to conduct some remedial training on, but there are some that I think I have got down pretty good.  All that being said here is the first card I am pretty giddy over.   The trick to this card is that your die cuts and panel must match in color.  I attached some double sided adhesive to the back of my cardstock and used Lawn Fawn’s Thanks die until I had enough cuts to cover my panel.  Next, I took the cuts and placed them on the card to see how I wanted them arranged.  Once satisfied, I peeled the backing off of my cuts and placed them on my panel.  A sentiment banner was heat embossed and put in place, and then the entire panel was popped on a white card base.

Supplies used:

Paper: #110 Neenah Solar White for base, Gina K Ocean Mist and Sweet Mango

Stamps: Mama Elephant Many Thanks;

Dies: Lawn Fawn scripty thanks, Lifestyle Crafts Rectangle

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your weekend is a crafty one.

Caught A Bug?

Good Morning and Happy Hump Day!

This morning I was able to kick out a little get well card.

 This card is a 4 bar size (3.5 x 5), so it is slightly smaller than the common A2 (4.25 x 5.5).  I stamped my background using matching inks to create a tone on tone look.  The tissue box was created by paper piecing with some wiggle eyes added for character and the sentiment is heat embossed with white Judikins embossing powder for the final touch.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Lawnscaping No.98 and Color Throwdown 327

Supplies used:

Paper: #110 Neenah Solar White for base, and Recollections Citrus Blend and Purple Passion;

Stamps: Lawn Fawn On the Mend;

Dies: Lawn Fawn on the Mend, Simon Says Stamp A2 Card Curved Edge, Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card

Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Grape Jelly, Pear Tart, and Versamark

Embellishments: Wiggle eyes

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Hello Friend

Today I made this card using the Lawn Fawn set Feathered Friends that was created especially for Simon Says Stamp Stamptember celebration last year.  I stamped the tree limb using Memento’s Rich Cocoa and colored with E55, E57, and E59.  Next, I stamped the leaves using Memento’s Cottage Ivy and colored with YG23, YG25, and YG17.  The birds were stamped using Tuxedo Black by Memento and then colored using R35, R29, R37, and BG45, BG15, and BG49 respectively.  Next I took some B00 various ink and placed it on a small acrylic block, mixed some colorless blender in it and then took a small brush to put some color around the edges of the image to break up all of the remaining white.  The birds were die-cut using a Spellbinders small circle and the mat was cut using a Spellbinders large die.  The black panel and designer papers were cut using the Mama Elephant Stitched rectangle from the Peek a frame set.  The script die cut is from Simon Says stamp and was cut from Hammermill cardstock that was colored using the same red copic markers as the bird and then stacked on three additional cuts of the sentiment in black.  The word friend is from the same stamp set and is heat set using white Judikins embossing powder.  The final touches were a few sequins from the Let’s Polka pack by Lawn Fawn.

I am entering this card in The Paper Players SketchChallenge #229.