Let's Go Nuts

 

This is another card created for a Lawn Fawn challenge. For some reason, I seem to be stuck on these little squirrels from Let's Go Nuts and paper from the Sweater Weather Remix petite pad.

I started out by inking four small squares that were cut to fit the Foursquare Backdrop: Portrait, with Ranger Distress Oxide in Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon. I then speckled the cardstock with metallic copper water color.

I used Copic Markers to color the following elements with the following colors;

Once I had put the card together, I felt is needed a little dimension. I decided to cut out some leaves from scrap cardstock using the Fall Leaves Backdrop. I softened up the leave by stippling them with distressed oxide inks and then I splatted the with the same metallic copper watercolor I used on the small squares. I layered them together and popped them up with a foam square.

  I used left over background paper and leaves to decorate the inside of the card.

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You Make Me Smile!

 

I created this card for the Lawn Fawn Challenge 132 - Color Inspiration . I wanted to keep may card really simple and just focus on the inked background.

I used Lawn Fawn's Large Stitched Circle Stackables to cut the black glitter paper. For the purple glitter paper, I used the Stitched Scalloped Circle Frames.

For the background, I used Distress Oxide in the following colors; Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, Broken China and Wilted Violet.

After I inked the background I went over it again using the Lawn Fawn Bubble Background to add a little dimension. Then I spattered a little bit of silver and purple metallic watercolors.

I stamped and embossed the Magic Messages sentiment on purple cardstock using embossing ink and white embossing powder.

It's hard to see in the picture, but I popped up the glitter paper circle on foam dots and adhered the sentiment directly on the background base.

It seemed to need a little bit of pizzaz so I glued on a few sequins in each corner. I mounted it on a black card base. I felt like the black color would bring out the other colors.

This was a lot of fun to make and I know exactly who I will be sending this to.

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Spooky Night With Bats In-Flight

 

I could probably spend six months out of the year creating Halloween cards. In fact, when I look through my stamp and die collection, Fall and Halloween are by far the clear winner as far as all my supplies go.

This was my first attempt using Lawn Fawn's Flippy Flappy die and I absolutely love how it turned out. I will definitely be using it for gifting gift cards.

I made my own stencil out of card stock to do the inking on my background paper. For the moon, I used Ranger Distress ink in Pumice Stone. I used Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans for the rest of the sky. I splattered silver metallic watercolor to give it a little shimmer.

To create my scene, I used stamps from Lawn Fawns Spooktacular, Happy Haunting, Fangtastic Friends. I used Copic Markers to color in my pieces.

As I was assembling my scene, I decided that I needed a small piece of ground at the bottom of my card. I used the Grassy Border to cut a small piece of green cardstock. The cardstock was just a little too green so I used Distress Oxide in Forest Moss to soften the color.

I used foam dots to pop up all the piece except for the one small ghost above the tree. He needed to be flat because the little bat that pops out covers him.

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The Full Moon has risen!

 

I was intrigued with Lawn Fawn's Full Moon die and thought that I would make a quick card using that as the focus of the card.

I started with blending a background with Ranger's Distress Oxide in Villainous Potion, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron. I used Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Smooth for the paper. I really like this paper for blending both the Distress Oxide Inks and Copic Markers.

I decided to add some Lawn Fawn Glow In The Dark Stencil paste with the Lots of Stars stencil. It was my first attempt at using the paste and I definitely need to play around with that a little bit more.

  I cut the moon from Dolphin cardstock. I wanted a little bit more color on the moon and was hoping to pick up a little bit more of the embossed craters, so I lightly inked the moon with Pumice Stone keeping the concentration of the ink toward the outside edges. In order to give it a little bit of dimension, I used my blender that had a very minimal amount of Black Soot ink left in it from a previous project. Once again, I kept the concentration of color to the outside of the moon. Be careful because a little of the Black Soot goes a long way.

I cut the Leafy Tree Backdrop: Portrait and the Village Border out of black cardstock. I trimmed down the village to fit behind and up to the tree trunk. I used yellow cardstock for the windows and the bats features. For the bat, I just cut a second bat body and then trimmed it down to fit behind the head and then glued it in.

I felt like the bat needed a little extra definition, so I took a Q-tip and brushed Pumice Stone on the edges of bat wings and body.

  And as usual, I like to add a little bit of something to the inside of the card. The sentiment and the Bat are from the Fangtastic Friends stamp set.

  

Oh What Fun ....it is to haunt!

 

I love all things Halloween, so when I saw Lawn Fawn's, Oh What Fun, die I knew that I would have to use it for a Halloween card first.

I used black glitter paper for the main part of the design, and then clipped off the little "snowflakes" but in retrospect, I think I would have just left them on because they would have added just that much more sparkle to the card. I used gold glitter paper for the inside of the words. Make sure when you cut out the words from your main color, that you set aside the little triangle in the "A" and the inside circle of the "O" - you are going to need those! I learned the hard way and dig through my scraps to find those little guys. The background paper is from Lawn Fawn's Into The Woods, 6'x6" collection. I used the largest rectangle from the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables.

From the Costume Party stamp set, I used the Witch, Mummy, Pumpkin and the little Pumpkin Bucket that the Bat is carrying. I used two of the bats from the Fangtastic Friends stamp set. I used Copic markers to color is each image.

I always put a little something on the inside of my cards just for that added element of surprise and I also feel like it pulls the project together. I used the Happy Halloween and the cute little dangling spider from Fangtastic Friends.

Happy Haunting!