Love ya Bunches!

I got my hands on this awesome collaboration set from Lawn Fawn and Ellen Hutson LLC and I really wanted to use my new Daniel Smith Watercolour Dot Card to paint these super sweet monkeys in. I also painted the vines and banana using the watercolours.

I set those aside to dry and worked on my background. I used distress ink as I didn't want to waste my dots on that, so I used Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron, and Lucky Charm inks to smoosh the ink onto some distress watercolour paper. Once I had my first layer of colour I dried it with my heat tool and then added a second and third layer of colour.

I let the background dry and then stamped the greeting. I then started attaching the elements to the card using a combination of multi medium matte and foam tape.

 I then cut a yellow card base to be a portrait style card (8.5" x11" paper cut lengthwise at 4.25" and scored at 5.5"). I attached the panel using fun foam because the panel was a bit warped and that was it!
I love this set and I am definitely going to do a slider card of some sort because COME ON! 😍

Suspended Element Shaker Card Using Zig Markers

     Using 4 Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and Bristol Smooth cardstock I created the watery background which was inspired by a card done by Kristina Werner a little while ago. I then coloured in these cute images from Lawn Fawn with the real brush markers. The sets I used were "Octopi my Heart", and "Fintastic Friends." I stamped the greeting in versa mark ink and white heat embossed it. Next time I would put the sentiment on a banner attached to the outside of the shaker window as you can't really see it with all the sequins in the way. I then suspended the octopuses with clear thread and sandwiched the thread between the foam tape that is around the shaker window. I added sequins and the shaker was finished.

My Favourite Nut Watercolour card

Today I did some watercolouring using this adorable stamp set from Neat and Tangled. I just love these squirrels! I used Distress ink as my water colour and Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp and emboss my images. I added details to my image using prismacolor coloured pencils. I added my focal panel to a woodgrain top folding card base and finished it off with some Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

Here is a video showing you some more details of how I made this card.

Tasty Trucks Card Video Tutorial

I decided to create a card using the tasty trucks sale-a-bration stamp set. I had made little 3D trucks earlier this week, and wanted to use the set in another way.  Here is a video showing how I did it.

Have a great day!!!
~Laurie

Donut Bookmarks!

Today was a snow day so I decided to try and make a crafting video because I love watching them on YouTube. I decided to keep it simple and make these donut bookmarks. Using scraps of cardstock, a couple of circle punches and a scallop circle die, i made a bunch of them and then filmed the process. You can watch the video below if you'd like! I think they are super cute!

MFT Camp Create Kraft Colouring Challenge

Today I am accepting the MFT Camp Create Day 2 challenge of colouring on Kraft Paper. I decided to use my Lawn Fawn's "Gleeful Gardens" stamps and dies and Prismacolor Pencil Crayons. I used distress ink to blend colour on to my landscape pieces. It was very fun to go outside the usual white cardstock and try something new. I even cut the clouds out of Kraft and used white pigment ink to make them white. I then mounted my scene out a teal scallop rectangle and glued that to a Kraft card base.  

Holiday Wishes

I had a request to post how I made this card, so I thought I would! It was a pretty simple card to make, and it looks great when it's done (those are the best cards!)

I started with a piece of 8.5" x 5.5" Bazzill card stock in Taffy to create the card base and scored it in half at 4.25". Then I used another piece of taffy card stock and the largest Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die to cut a front panel. I used the Stampin' Up background stamp called "hardwood" and SU Tip Top Taupe classic ink to stamp the background.  

I set that aside and cut out my two greenery pieces (the mistletoe and pine needle die) and the pinecone from Neenah Solar white card stock using the Essentials by Ellen "Poinsettia and Pine" dies. I used my Copic markers to add colour to the white die cuts and a few white enamel dots to the mistletoe die cut. 

I then stuck the three die cuts together using micro glue dots. I tied a bow with some ribbon from my stash (I think it's from SU), and attached that with a glue dot as well. 

I then used the "Holiday Wishes" sentiment from the stamp set "Big Scripty Greetings Holiday" by Simon Says Stamp and stamped it using Lawn Fawn's Soot ink.

 I then attached the panel to the card base and using tape runner adhesive and the card was complete!

Here are a few other cards I made using the Hardwood background stamp:

Thanks for stopping by!

~Laurie