LAWNSCAPING CHALLENGE: WATERCOLORING

So here we are mid-summer and haven't had a minute to get anything done craft wise.  Family visits and trips have been our primary activity so today it has been great to have a chance to work on a card for this challenge.  I opted to do a very bright and shimmery card using LF Critters Ever After and my Twinkling H2O's.  I didn't want any black on the card so I stamped and embossed all the images with Versamark and heat embossed.  The sentiment is from LF So Much to Say.    What I learned from this card: It is hard to glue stuff to twinkling H2O's and for the vellum sentiment I had to resort to spray adhesive and the H2O's look fabulous in person but not so much in the photograph.

LAWN FAWN SO MUCH TO SAY

LAWN FAWN CRITTERS EVER AFTER

LAWN FAWN 6X6 LET'S POLKA

LAWN FAWN CRITTERS EVER AFTER DIE

TWINKLING H2O'S

HYBRID PALETTE INK FRENCH LILAC

VERSAMARK

ZING METALLIC FINISH GREEN

ZING GLITTER FINISH SILVER

RANGER MICRO FINE SILVER

3M DIMENSIONAL TAPE

MAMA ELEPHANT FEMME FRAMES AND LANESCAPE TRIO DIES

ONLINE CARD CLASSES: STRETCH YOUR STAMPS

I made this last weekend for a dear friend.  I think my watercolors are still too opaque but working on it!

MFT nightshift blue cardstock

Peerless watercolors

Peddler's Pack Balloon background stamp

Mama Elephant Celebrate in Style

Wink of Luna Silver Metallic

Bazzill Vellum

LAWNSCAPING CHALLENGE #84: STARS AND STRIPES

     

I have only made one other box card but I thought I would try another for this challenge.  Whew, they take me forever and they are so difficult to photograph.  I used a ton of supplies which I will try to list below after this is entered for the challenge ( we are leaving for Mammoth and I didn't want to have to take this project with me so I worked all morning!).  

I was so annoyed at the quality of my photos yesterday that I retook this under my Stella light and I think it is much less washed out.

What looks like white around the edges of the red card stock is actually Encore metallic silver ink (pad).

Back of card which I decided to not put a sentiment on.  Just the stars and another piece of the embossed stripes.

The silver stars are Tim Holtz and in this view you can see the stars stenciled on the back.

This is one of the embossed squares.  I used the Simon Says diagonal stencil and mixed Aleene's Glittler snow embossing paste with Distress reinkers - Festive Berries and  Fired brick. You can see bits of the glimmer.

 

The stick is a toothepick colored with Copics

The cloud has that puffy Liquid Applique on it and of course the butterfly has a bit of Wink of Stella.The dog tag is Viva Pearl Pen Gold. 

Paper- Navy- stash

Lawn Fawn Peace and Joy

Tim Holtz Mirror Stars

Lawn Fawn Stamps: Critters in the Burbs, Love you S'mores, You Color my World, Penelope's Blossoms, Starry Backdrops (cloud), A Birdie Told Me.

PTI - Red White Blue  (sentiment)

Encore silver ink pad

Hero Arts Metallic Silver ink pad

Distress Ink Reinkers- Fired Brick, Festive Berries

Impression Obsession Greenery background stamp

Avery Elle Celery and Lemon Grass Pigment Ink Pads

Simon Says Stencils: Diagonal Stripes and Stars and Dots

Copics

LAWNSCAPING CHALLENGE #83: EMBOSSING

It has been so hot in Southern California that I decided to do a winter themed card for the embossing challenge.  I am still stuck on my distress marker backgrounds so I did a wintery night background (need to figure out how to do northern lights) and then I versamarked the WHOLE thing and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The WHOLE thing! I then used Stampendous chunky white to get the effect of snow and snow falling. I added a bit of Stamp n Stuffs Kaleidoscope to the snow on the ground.  It was hard to keep the embossing powder on the card and then I had a problem with overheating it and it bubbled and melted.  I colored the rest of the images with my copics and used my embosser tool to press out the back of the igloo to give it a little depth. I attached the pieces with Glossy Accents to hold them onto the shiny background.  Then I embossed the banner and sentiment on an old piece of slightly grayed vellum that had snowflakes on it but they ended up being invisible.  I used a ton of double stick tape on the back because the background piece was very warped from all the embossing.  Hope you like my crazy amount of embossing card!

Here you can see the embossed texture and the glittery snow effect.

Always hard to photograph shine so this is the best I could get.

DISTRESS INKS

STAMPENDOUS ULTRA DETAIL CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER

STAMPENDOUS CHUNKY WHITE EMBOSSING POWDER

STAMP N STUFF KALEIDOSCOPE EMBOSSING POWDER

FILIGREE SILVER EMBOSSING POWDER

LAWN FAWN CRITTERS IN THE SNOW

LAWN FAWN HATS OFF TO YOU

LAWN FAWN BIRTHDAY TAGS

VELLUM FROM STASH

COPIC SKETCH MARKERS

WINK OF STELLA CLEAR 

             

AVERY ELLE PICADO BANNER BIRTHDAY CARD

I love this stamp from Avery Elle and lifted the stacked banner idea from Jean Manis. 

Avery Elle Picado Banners

Hero Arts Basic Grey Herbs & Honey "Star" background stamp

Filigree Gold embossing powder

Simon Says Handwritten borders

Papertrey Ink Soft Stone Card Stock

MFT Grout Grey Ink Pad

THROWBACK THURSDAY OR A CARD THAT I DID A LONG TIME AGO AND FORGOT ABOUT? PIXIE DUST STEAM TRAIN

I think I forgot to post this card cause the photos were just awful (blurry and washed out).  The image is from Pixie Dust Studio and I made it in March 2012.  Oh dear.  Colored in Copics and some distress inking on the  background.  The card looked terrific in person.

This was a Silhouette library image that I cut out the top right corner and added the name in stick on letters

BIRTHDAY PRESENT BLOG DESIGN

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it.  Woo hoo.  My birthday present this year from hubby is a new blog design.  Hopefully to be installed tonight and OMG I cannot wait to see it up and running.  Fingers crossed.  Thanks Ashley at Dinosaur Stew on Etsy for being so easy to work with.