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Quick post before I get back to craft-work! Here's a super-simple card I made a while back...
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I call flowers "Nature's Smiles" -- yes, I am the dork of all dorks.
I just love these bright colours! I used a Martha punch for the grass [love that punch], a couple of chipboard "Nature's Smiles", and a sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Hello Friend stamp set!
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Just received the new special issue of Paper Crafts magazine, 350 Cards & Gifts! This is one of those hefty issues that's FULL of fun ideas. Here's one of my projects that appears in this issue...
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This is a gift tag I made using some Copic markers, a bit of ribbon, some Cosmo Cricket, and some stamps from Lawn Fawn's Sew Lovely stamp set!
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Here's a paper-crafted tribute to the dogs from the video I posted yesterday...
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The stamped dogs are supposed to represent the dogs in the video, even though I realize the colours don't really match them. I thought it would've been nice if I had paused the video and coloured the dogs to look like them, but really, we would then have tear-stained dogs on this card.
Thankfully, the two dogs in the video have been rescued! There are still, however, many animals who need help.
Check out my Donation-Giveaway for Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support -- I'll be donating $1.00 USD for each comment left on that post, up to a maximum of $200.00 USD.
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Welcome to the fourth day of projects for the new Lawn Fawn stamp sets that will be available in the store on March 17th! Remember, if you're thinking about placing an order during the month of March, an adorable mini stamp set will be coming your way as a free gift from Lawn Fawn if your order totals $50 or more! Woo-hoo!
Today is another Say Cheese/Say Cheese, Too day! :o) My card for today has a little bit of Say Cheese, Too, along with a few other stamp friends...
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I used four different Lawn Fawn stamp sets for this card -- the cute little oven is from Plus One, the heart background is from Teeny Tiny Backdrops, 'your friendship' was spelled out with Harold's ABCs, and 'warms the heart' is from Say Cheese, Too! The full sentiment from Say Cheese, Too is 'a great snapshot warms the heart', but I just inked the second line.
Hands up anyone who has spent a bit too long colouring in a little image, only to goof up at the end! Ah ha ha! That's what happened with me and this little oven. I absolutely love this little oven, but I'm not so jazzed about how my colouring turned out along the bottom. It seemed like I was just 'pushing the colour out' when I was trying to even it out, and whenever I go over the same spot a few too many times, I start getting these sort of 'shiny' areas in my colouring. I finally decided to just step away and leave the little oven alone! ;o) I think I have to try to be a lot more relaxed about things like that because it's crafting, after all -- it's supposed to be fun!
It's funny when I look at my Inspiration Week projects together and notice how I used the same things:
:: heart background from Teeny Tiny Backdrops - used on 2 projects
:: PTI Vintage Cream stamped background - used on 3 projects
:: Bazzill Dotted Swiss - used on 2 projects
:: PTI Melon Berry cardstock - used on 2 projects
When you love something, you love something, right? :o)
To answer a couple of questions left on yesterday's post:
I did, in fact, colour those circles entirely with Copic markers -- the images were not paper pieced. And the soft, sort of watercoloury look was a happy accident! I didn't expect it to turn out that way but was giddy when it did! I just coloured each background as usual, then went over them just once, keeping the marker strokes loose so that not too much colour was being layered on. I'm a total Copic beginner and don't know any special techniques -- I just colour and see what happens! :o)
Thanks, guys, for your kind comments these past few days -- they mean a lot!
For more super-fun projects using Say Cheese/Say Cheese, Too, check out the blogs of the other Lawn Fawn girls:
Julie
Latisha
Lea
Lynnette
Mariana
Teri
Tiffany
Nichol [guest designer for the March release!]
...and, of course, the Lawn Fawn blog! :o)
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Hello there!
Welcome to the third day of projects for the new Lawn Fawn stamp sets that will be available to order on March 17th! If you're thinking about placing an order during the month of March, you'll receive a super-cute mini stamp set as a free gift from Lawn Fawn if your order total is $50 or more! Isn't that awesome?!
Anyhoo, today is Plus One day! :o) Here's a gift bag I made with this adorable new stamp set...
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Aren't those images just too cute? I originally punched, stamped and coloured those images for a card idea I had for the Stamp It Cards call, but I decided I wanted to save 'em for my DT project! This has become one of my favourite ways to colour with Copic markers [colouring in the whole shape, I mean] -- they kind of remind me of stickers. And I love the wash of colour for the backgrounds -- it's soft and sort of watercoloury. I *love* the look!! :o) Since those circle images were created, I went bonkers and made a bunch of other projects with the same basic idea [some with different shapes, too], and I probably won't stop! :o)
My picture kind of washed out the minty blocks of shading I added to the stork -- I love, love minty colours! I die-cut the gift bag with my Cricut machine and the Once Upon a Princess cartridge. The gift bag design has holes for a handle, but I decided not to add a handle and just covered the holes with my coloured-in circles! The cardstock is Dotted Swiss from Bazzill -- I love that Dotted Swiss!
For more super-fun projects using the Plus One stamp set, check out the blogs of the other Lawn Fawn girls:
Julie
Latisha
Lea
Lynnette
Mariana
Teri
Tiffany
Nichol [guest designer for the March release!]
...and, of course, the Lawn Fawn blog! :o)
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Welcome to the second day of projects for the new Lawn Fawn stamp sets that will be in the store on March 17th! Today is Critters in the Forest day! :o) Here's a card I made with this super-cute new stamp set...
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It's a super clean and simple card that shows four stamps from the set! Critters Bird is thanking his pal Critters Raccoon there for giving him a lift. Hee hee. All of the Critters sets are my favourites from Lawn Fawn -- I just love the sweet little expressions on the animals' faces. :o)
I have to say, I'm one of those people who is not extremely confident in where to add shading with Copic markers. I'm thinking that I probably added too much shading under Raccoon's head there, and I'm not sure about his one ear being that much darker and the other ear not having any shading. One thing I do know is that I personally like 'chunky/blocky' shading when I colour, as opposed to smooth shading. And I'm not just saying that because I'm not very good with smooth shading. ;o) HA! I just like to colour with 'chunky/blocky' shading when I'm trying to go for an extra-cartoony look, which seems to be pretty often!
Hope you're enjoying Inspiration Week so far! For more super-fun projects using the Critters in the Forest stamp set, check out the blogs of the other Lawn Fawn girls:
Julie
Latisha
Lea
Lynnette
Mariana
Teri
Tiffany
Nichol [guest designer for the March release!]
...and, of course, the Lawn Fawn blog! :o)
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For the next four days, we'll be sharing projects made with the new Lawn Fawn stamp sets that will be available in the store on March 17th. Woo-Hoo! Today is Say Cheese/Say Cheese, Too day, so you'll likely be seeing some of each stamp set on the other Lawn Fawn girls' blogs. My project, though, features Say Cheese with some Teeny Tiny Backdrops. :o)
I bring you...
Say Cheese Mini-Mini Album!
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I love, LOVE mini albums! For this one, I used QuicKutz dies to create the little pages -- the dies are from the Santa's Workshop series. I love how the pages have different edges! I know the rings look gigantic on this little album, but once the album is complete with pictures and embellishments, it'll be one chunky mini-mini album [the chunkier a mini album is, the more fun it is!!]. :o)
The camera, flash lines and sentiment are all from the Say Cheese stamp set. I stamped a bunch of the pages with the heart and star backgrounds from the Teeny Tiny Backdrops stamp set. That's one of my favourite background-building stamp sets! Normally, I'm not that crazy about stamping backgrounds because I'm not that great at lining the stamps up properly -- I often end up with one row being a bit too far and one row being a bit too close. That's why I love big background stamps that just stamp the entire background in one go. Ha! But the Teeny Tiny Backdrops set is a lot easier to line up than others I've used before -- you don't have to be as precise, and the backgrounds look super-super-cute!
This little album was a lot of fun to put together, and I know I'm going to make many more for different themes!
For more super-fun projects using Say Cheese/Say Cheese, Too, check out the blogs of the other Lawn Fawn girls:
Julie
Latisha
Lea
Lynnette
Mariana
Teri
Tiffany
Nichol [guest designer for the March release!]
...and, of course, the Lawn Fawn blog! :o)
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Hope you've all had a great week! Things have been kind of crazy here [and a little scary on Thursday], but hopefully the crazy and scary will give it a rest already. I'm putting the finishing touches on my Lawn Fawn projects for Inspiration Week, so I hope you'll drop back in tomorrow to see what's been in the works! The fun has already started over at the Lawn Fawn blog, so be sure to check out what's happening there and enter for your chance to win awesome prizes, including the new Lawn Fawn stamp sets and a copy of their super-cute catalog!
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So did you take a crack at submitting for the Go-to Sketches for Card Makers call? If so, big congrats to anyone who tried and anyone who got a happy e.mail from PC! You have probably already seen that there's a super-fun blog hop going on at Amber's blog for cards that weren't picked. Since we all put work into these cards, it's great to let them have their moment in the sun! :o)
Here's one of my cards that wasn't picked -- it's based on sketch #63...
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I really dig this card! It's super simple, but I love the colours and am bonkers about those chipboard letters from Cosmo Cricket -- they're from the Red Robin set [swoon!]. In case you're wondering, this isn't the photo I submitted -- I took one with a plain white background and didn't watermark it.
I have quite a few cards that weren't picked, but I'm hoping to submit some of them in the future and will be crossing all of my fingers and toes when that time comes.
These are the sketches that I contributed...
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I'm not sure if every single one will end up in the final issue, though. As I've heard, they picked a total of 288 cards, with 4 cards per sketch. If my [horrible] math is correct, that would mean 72 sketches are in and that 12 of the 84 sketches aren't...unless they decided to have fewer cards for some sketches in order to include all 84? Who knows! Will have to wait until August to find out...
Anyhoo, it's been really exciting to see cards made from any of the sketches I contributed! Since there were so many sketches to choose from, I just wasn't sure if anyone would try these. I am so excited to see the final issue!
Here are links to some cards I've seen so far that used one of these sketches:
Amber's take on sketch #57
Ashley's take on sketch #54
Joan's take on sketch #57
Kim's take on sketch #55
Jess' take on sketch #53
Nicki's take on sketch #57
Rachel's take on sketch #55
Tanisha's takes on sketch #55 and #83
Cassandra's take on sketch #56
Awesome stuff!! If you made a card from one of these sketches, let me know so I can link you! :o)
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Here's another card that I made quite a while back...
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I love cute characters...and if they're cute and slightly weird or funny at the same time -- even better! I mean, a smiling cloud with rainbow and legs? I just love this little guy. :o) I also love encouragement cards -- they're one of my favourite types of cards to make!
The cute stickers are from Sassafras [the adorable Nerdy Bird collection], and the sentiment is from Papertrey's Up, Up & Away Sentiments stamp set. I added texture to the yellow and blue cardstock using Papertrey's Linen & Canvas impression plate [I get tons of use out of that plate], and I die-cut the yellow cardstock with a Nestie Small Pinking Circle!
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