Month: May 2014

Life Is Good

This week’s challenge at Stamp Nation is HOME. There are so many different directions you can go with the theme. I decided to create a card based on a fantasy of mine to live in a lighthouse (I’d settle for living on the beach)!

LawnFawnLifeIsGood

I stamped and heat embossed the lighthouse and sand pail from Lawn Fawn’s “Life Is Good” set. I colored the images with Distress Markers scribbled onto an acrylic stamp block, from which I picked up the color with a wet brush. Once dry, I die cut the lighthouse and pail with their matching Lawn Cuts. The sand dunes were stamped, heat embossed and watercolored.  The sand color is a combination of Brushed Corduroy and Dried Marigold. Once dry, I fussy cut the dunes. The background was watercolored with Salty Ocean.

This scene makes me happy – the sun and the ocean beckons!

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Less Is More 173: Die Cuts

Today,I’m sharing a card I created for the Less Is More Challenge – Die Cuts. I’ve been working with the My Favorite Things Blueprints 13 die cut set for an upcoming In Detail post for Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom, and I had lots of pieces cut out waiting to be combined!

Less Is More 173: Die Cuts

I double cut the bike, sentiment and stars so that those die cuts would have some extra depth. I tried several different die cut sentiments, ultimately choosing this scripty Hello because of its whimsical nature.

Hope you’re having a fabulous day!

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Butterfly Thank You

Today, I’m sharing a card created with some Penny Black stamps and die cuts in which I’ve paired feminine (the delicate floral) and masculine (the woodgrain) motifs.

ButterflyThanks

I started by inking the  Penny Black Star Ivy [#40-310]  background with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. I misted the stamp until the ink started to pool, at which point I pressed watercolor paper onto the stamp. As I let that dry, I applied Worn Lipstick Distress Ink directly to watercolor paper from which I die cut the  butterflies using the Penny Black Flutters [#51-006] set. (I also die cut the butterflies from blank watercolor paper, as I wanted the die cuts to have some depth.) I stamped the woodgrain using the Inspiring [#40-113] stamp set with Versamark for a tone-on-tone look. The sentiment is from Penny Black’s Special Wishes [#30-229].

Rain or Shine

I’ve had these My Favorite Things April release items for a few weeks and finally got around to putting them together on a card. I can’t resist umbrella or rain-themed cardmaking supplies!

Rain or Shine
I used the Raindrops stencil to dry emboss the Robin’s Egg cardstock for a subtle background. The sun and umbrella are attached to the card with dimensional adhesive.

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Stamp Nation Sketch Challenge

There’s a new challenge at Stamp Nation to create a card with a sketch from Stamp Nation Design Team member Maureen Merritt. The DT provided fabulous inspiration using the sketch. My take closely follows the sketch, although I used stars rather than hearts as shown in the sketch.

I’ve been wanting to combine this fun Lawn Cuts set with the Lucky Stars sentiment set. I heat-embossed the sentiment and covered the heart in the sentiment with a die-cut, for a bit of contrast.

It’s fun seeing the various interpretations to the Stamp Nation challenges from other  members. In addition to the inspiration, this friendly and supportive community of cardmakers offers lots of positive feedback, as well as advice on cardmaking products and techniques.

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