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Birthdays Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

Another from the vault

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I just spent AGES colouring in a very cute House Mouse image (third attempt!). I really don’t love what I have done. I nailed the mice (which used to be something I struggled with) but the background just didn’t work. Instead of soldiering on and finishing the card, I have put it aside for another day. The idea is there, I just know it, but it just hasn’t come to the forefront as yet. So, today, I am digging into the vault for something to share and have drawn out a favourite card using Lawn Fawn stamps. I went through a phase where I made a lot of cards similar to this one. They were so fun to make. I thoroughly enjoy colouring the little critters and setting the scenes. It is one of my favourite things to do.

So here’s the card…

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Bon Voyage, Critters in the ‘Burbs, Critters in the Forest, Happy Haunting, Home Sweet Home (Lawn Fawn) Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Distress Inks, Distress Markers, Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight, Designer Paper – Unknown; Glossy Accents (Ranger) and Pearls (doodlebug design).

I’m off to try again…or make a cuppa…think the cuppa might win! lol Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

3 March, 2014 6 comments

Cards Happy Mail Day Paper Smooches Stamping Techniques

The Same…but Different!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I was thinking about the last card I made and how fun it would be if the bunny could hop. So I made a card where he could. lol It’s a first attempt so I have a ways to go but it actually works! So yay! lol

Here’s the card:

Hoppy Birthday
Materials used: Stamps – A Little Lovin, Cosmos, Sentiment Sampler, Summer Groves (Paper Smooches); Wise Dies – Clouds (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts; Distress Ink, Hero Arts Shadow Ink.

And here is the same card with the bunny hopping along…

And at the end…

Fun! Fun! Fun! Will definitely try this again. Oh, and speaking of fun, my Paper Smooches win/splurge arrived today. *swoon* I am off to have a closer look at my new goodies.

Hope you are all having a super fun day!

Happy Stamping!

13 February, 2014 6 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

Just a Note

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Wow! It’s hard to believe it has been a week since I last posted anything and I haven’t created anything in this time either. To inspire myself I was flicking through some older cards and came across this one. There’s nothing particularly special about it but I remember having lots of fun creating it. I had just purchased a couple of stamp sets (from Lawn Fawn) and I was trying out colouring with Copic markers for the first time. (USA and Canada friends: There’s a competition on their website to win a marker.) I also thought it was pretty cool that you could use the tree top as bushes for the scene. This is one of the cards which inspired me to start making scenes.

Just a Note:
Materials used: Stamps – Bon Voyage, Critters in the ‘Burbs, Critters in the Forest, Making Frosty Friends (Lawn Fawn); Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Distress Inks; Copic Markers and Glossy Accents (Ranger).

Thanks for visiting! Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

26 August, 2013 2 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Smooches

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 3

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I’ve gone from no posts all week to three in one day. Crazy! I should have rationed them out but I wanted to share the last entry I have (for now!) for the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge this week.

Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge

This time I wanted to see how a more subdued colour palette would work especially after seeing how pretty the clouds looked when stamped and embossed on vellum! I dug through my paper stash and found a couple of papers I liked and voila! Here’s card number 3:

My deer Friend
Materials used: Stamps – Happy Camper, Sentiment Sampler, Summer Groves; Spring Groves (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – Knight; Distress Ink; Distress Markers; Vellum; and Designer Paper – Blue (Unknown); Green (Creative Memories).

Thank you for visiting today!

Happy Stamping!

13 July, 2013 6 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Smooches

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 2

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Here we are at post number two for today and it’s all about Paper Smooches. They have the best challenges and this weeks is no exception.

Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge

And here is my second attempt at this sketch although I actually started this card first. I had finished sponging the background with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and I’d given it a light misting of water. When I put the stamped and cut out images on the top it looked so washed out. I put it aside and went onto another card. Once I had finished I picked up the background and realised all that was missing was more colour so I added another layer of distress ink in Broken China this time. Much happier with the look. I left off the clouds because I liked the sky and with the water droplets I felt they looked like stars. Decided just to keep it plain and simple. (Oh, and speaking of Distress products by Ranger. I was just on their website and they have announced the release of another 12 Distress Markers! Yay! They are automatically on my wish list. Love the colours.)

So here is card number two:

Hey
Materials used: Stamps – Happy Camper, Sentiment Sampler, Summer Groves (Paper Smooches); Distress Ink; Distress Markers; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; and Cotton Embroidery Thread.

Thanks for visiting! Hope you have a happy day!

Happy Stamping!

13 July, 2013 6 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Smooches

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 1

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Hope you’re all happy and well. I haven’t done much in the way of creating this week but as soon as I saw the new Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge knew I wanted to play along. I had a basic idea to use the cute little deer stamp from the Paper Smooches Happy Camper set, however I then had about five different ideas as to how to achieve my idea. Decided to try a few of them and see which I liked the best…as you do. lol So I stamped up the deer and the tree I wanted to use with it half a dozen times and set to colouring them in.

I suppose I should share what the challenge is for this week. It’s a sketch. LOVE this sketch too.

Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge

Here’s the first card I made based on the above sketch:

Thanks Materials used: Stamps - Happy Camper, Sentiment Sampler, Summer Groves (Paper Smooches); Designer Paper - Urban Prairie 6x6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey); Cardstock - American Crafts, Knights); Distress Ink and Hero Arts Shadow Ink (Bubble Gum).

Thanks
Materials used: Stamps – Happy Camper, Sentiment Sampler, Summer Groves (Paper Smooches); Designer Paper – Urban Prairie 6×6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights); Distress Ink and Hero Arts Shadow Ink (Bubble Gum).

I will share the other designs in the next two posts as I have just decided I might as well enter them all in the challenge.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all have an amazing day!

Happy Stamping!

13 July, 2013 6 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

One from the vault

written by Kylie

Hi everyone,

I have LOTS of cards in my stash (or vault as I tend to refer to it here)! It’s funny; we talk about using our stash in the context of our supplies, but in my case I also have a pretty big card stash too. This is actually part of the reason I began writing this blog. Sometimes I make a card and think to myself that I really like it and I don’t want to give it away as I want to use it for inspiration. Or I just feel like playing and make cards with no real purpose in mind…straight into the stash it goes. By starting the blog I thought I could keep a visual diary of what I am making so that I can start to use more of my card stash.

So today’s piece comes from this card stash and is another variation on the scenes I like to make. Can’t begin to tell you how many cards similar-ish to this are in my stash. They are just so much fun for me to make. This card features the adorable Lawn Fawn critters. I also tried my hand at faux stitching. It’s not something I tend to do but I have seen it used very effectively by other cardmakers so decided it might fit here. The best white gel pen I have found is the uni-ball Signo broad. It’s a great pen for making the little dash lines, or for colouring over little mistakes.

Hey There
Materials used: Stamps – Bon Voyage, Critters Down Under, Critters in the ‘Burbs, Critters in the Forest (Lawn Fawn); Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – Knight; Distress Inks, Distress Markers, uni-ball Signo Broad white gel pen; Mini Pearls – Spring Assortment (doodlebug design); and Glossy Accents (Ranger).

Thanks for visiting today! Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

20 June, 2013 4 comments

Competition Entry Paper Smooches Stamping

Hey There

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

It’s a cold, rainy and overall miserable Melbourne day. Winter has well and truly set in. It’s perfect stamping weather! I was reading the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge blog yesterday and decided I might like to play along again. This week is their Designer Drafts challenge. They upload a sketch for you to be inspired by – you can follow it closely or just take inspiration from it.

I knew I wanted to play with the Cuteasaurus stamp set again and thought this might be the perfect opportunity to do so. They are encouraging people to use a clean and simple style – I think this is as simple as I get. lol Having made the card I think it is a little too similar to one of my other cards and doesn’t pack the same punch. I think I might try another design. I love challenges like this as it really does kick start the creative juices. So here’s my card:

Hey There
Materials used: Stamps – Cuteasaurus, Sentiment Sampler, Spring Groves (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Distress Ink, Distress Markers and Embossing Folder (Provo Craft).

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

13 June, 2013 12 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Smooches Stamping

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge: Warm Thoughts

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Sometimes inspiration comes in the most unlikely form! I was playing with my new Paper Smooches stamp set, Space Cadet, and I had an idea to use some of the designs in a slightly different way. When I saw the latest challenge on the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge Blog it all seemed to click.

The theme for this weeks Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge was to be inspired by the image below.

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge:
May 27- June 2 Picture Perfect challenge

Here’s my entry. Can you see how I used the planet as the centre of the flower and the petals are made up of the rockets flame? I was originally going to colour in the petals, and might try that look in the future, but I thought it might be nice to keep it simple.

Warm Thoughts
Materials used: Stamps – Space Cadet, Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – Knights; Hero Arts Shadow Mid Tone Shadow Inks – Bubble Gum, Butter Bar, Pool, Stone Wash (Hero Arts); Designer Paper – Plumeria 6×6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey); Distress Stickles – Rock Candy (Ranger) and Mini Pearls – Spring Assortment (doodlebug design).

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

1 June, 2013 6 comments

Birthdays Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

Another from the vault

written by Kylie

Hi everyone,

Today has been one of those days where I just haven’t been able to make the time to create. I miss it! On the positive side, I do have another card from the vault to share today.

As regular readers know, I love the gorgeous critters from Lawn Fawn! I love colouring the critters and creating different scenes. Over the past couple of weeks I have made a LOT of variations of this card. I’ll be sure to share more as the weeks pass.

Happy Birthday
Materials used: Stamps – Bon Voyage, Critters on the Savanna, Happy Haunting (Lawn Fawn), Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches), Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Distress Ink and Distress Markers.

Hope you’ve all been able to make the time to play a little today!

Happy Stamping!

28 May, 2013 4 comments

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