Happy Birthday Shaker Card

 

Hello again friends! I created this card for the Lawn Fawnatics Blog Challenge #146 - Color Challenge. I found this to be one of the harder challenges. Maybe I was overthinking it - something I tend to do but I am happy with the way it turned out.

I decided that I would ink my own background paper using the Lawn Fawn Plaid Stencil. This is one of my favorite stencils because it is so versatile. I used Distress Oxide Ink in: Mustard Seed, Prize Ribbon, Picked Raspberry, Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet.

After I got it all inked up, tragedy struck. I thought that I had pulled out the right die to cut is to a standard card size but pulled out a Stitched Rectangle Frame die instead. Argh! So it quickly turned into a shaker card. While I had my inks out, I went ahead and inked up some white paper with each of the different colors to use for my die cut elements.

For the sentiment, I used the Giant Happy Birthday die with Prize Ribbon and Mustard Seed inked paper. The balloons are cut from the Outside In Stitched Balloon Stackables. The cupcake is cut from the Stitched Cupcake die.

I think this will be a great card for just the right birthday. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Sandy

A Wedding Celebration Card

 

Hello friends! It is that time of year again for weddings all though you could use this card for Mother's or an Anniversary by changing the sentiment.

For this card I used the new Secret Garden Window die with white, pink and green pearlescent vellum. Vellum can be a pretty tricky medium because it shows adhesives. Before I cut the Quilted Backdrop: Landscape from the white vellum, I adhered it to a sheet of double sided adhesive. Once it was cut, I layered on the darker side of the pink vellum and adhered another sheet of double sided adhesive and cut out the window. I placed the cut window piece on top of the green vellum and cut the inside window detail.

I cut some of the little flower pieces from the pink vellum and glued them as inconspicuously as possible. I wasn't too worried about the glue showing because I was planning to use some Stickles to add glitter to them anyway.

 I stamped the Swans directly on a piece of White Shimmer Cardstock and just added a small amount of color with Copic markers and applied some blue vellum cutting around the bottom of the swans to add the look of water.

I added adhesive foam strips to the back of the front of the card and adhered to the layer with the swans. Then I added glitter to the swans, water and the flowers in the window. A fun surprise was when the glitter dried, it shrunk just enough to slightly cure the flowers which added some additional dimension.

For the sentiment, I used the Big Scripty Words Hot Foil Plates with a light pink foil on the white shimmer cardstock. I trimmed the card with a gray shimmer cardstock frame cut with the Stitched Rectangle Frame die.

The pictures don't do this card justice - it is just beautiful. Thanks for stopping by!

 

  

A Happy Little Easter Scene

 

Hello friends and happy Spring. One final Easter card for this year. I have had a lot of fun with this set from Lawn Fawn's recent release.

For the sky background, I used the new Cloud Background Stencils with Tumbled Grass Distress Oxide. For the first layer of clouds, I wiped off most of the ink to make the clouds very light. For the second layer, I did a heavy layer of ink. The other background die I used, was the Meadow Backdrop: Landscape. I inked the grass with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide. For the outside frame I used the Stitched Rectangle Frames with some plaid paper from a Lawn Fawn release a few years ago.

For this card, I used the Eggstraordinary Easter and Eggstraordinary Add On. The little eggs and the flowers were just some little pieces that I had left over from a previous card. I used Copic markers to color the bunnies and other little pieces.

I put the design on a Moonstone Cardstock base. For the inside I stamped the sentiment and added a small amount of the plaid paper to tie it all together.

Thanks for stopping by. Have an eggstraordinary day!