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Life is Good (Lawn Fawn)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Usually when I make ‘scene’ type cards I fussy cut out my stamped and coloured images and pop them onto the base cardstock. My cards tend to have a lot of layers and dimension. This also gives me the flexibility to move items around. As it had been quite a while since I experimented with masking, I thought it was time to give it another go and this time my goal was to create a one layer scene card. The Lawn Fawn set Year Five was still on my table so I decided to create another card using this image. The logical pairing (in my mind) was the Life is Good stamp set, also by Lawn Fawn. I had a rough idea of my design before I started but I still mixed up my layers twice before I finally stamped them all in the correct order. The scene turned out to be super cute, I think. The scene itself is flat but I couldn’t help myself – I *had* to pop the panel up using mounting tape! lol

Here’s the first card…

Life is good
Materials used: Stamps – Life is Good, Year Five (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Pierced Rectangle Stax (MFT); Cardstock – Knights Smooth, American Crafts; and Copic Markers.

I couldn’t just stop at one card though as it was just too much fun to colour. I made another card which was almost identical to the one above so I won’t share that one. I then decided I wanted to spice the card up a little more.

Here’s the second card…

Life is good
Materials used: Stamps – Life is Good, Year Five (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Die-namics Blueprints 13, Pierced Rectangle Stax (MFT); Cardstock – Knights Smooth, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – Sunkissed (Doodlebug Design), Twine (Stampin’ Up!) and Copic Markers.

Of course, I couldn’t stop with this design so I had to make another. Whilst this card does have a few layers, I didn’t pop up any of them – how unusual! lol

Here’s the card…

Relax
Materials used: Stamps – Life is Good, Year Five (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Die-namics Blueprints 13, Pierced Rectangle Stax (MFT); Cardstock – Knights Smooth, American Crafts; Designer Paper – Sunkissed (Doodlebug Design), and Copic Markers.

I had so much fun creating these cards and I really hope you enjoy them too. I had recorded a video to go with this post but it went a little wonky. Hopefully I will have another video to share soon. Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

SUPPLIES:

If you are interested in the supplies I have used to create my projects, I have linked to some of them here. Disclaimer: I have signed up for an affiliate program with scrapbook.com but will only link to products I actually use and like. They have not asked me to use or promote any products. I will also make them less intrusive (when I work out how!).

Lawn Fawn – Clear Acrylic Stamps – Year Five

Lawn Fawn – Clear Acrylic Stamps – Life is Good

Doodlebug Design – Sun kissed Collection – 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Doodlebug Design – 8.5 x 11 Textured Cardstock Assortment – Rainbow

American Crafts – 12 x 12 Cardstock Pack – 60 Sheets – White

13 August, 2015 3 comments

Cards The Greeting Farm Thinking of You

Thinking of You (The Greeting Farm/TGF)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Today’s card is another variation using “Lavender” from The Greeting Farm’s Super Secret Stamp Club from last year. You can view two other cards created with this same stamp here.

While the little hairbow on Lavender features a skull, the design is otherwise cutesy. Simply by covering the little skull you could use the stamp in many different ways – so that is exactly what I did. Isn’t she darling!

Here’s the card…

Lavender
Materials used: Stamps – Lavender SSSC No. 011 (The Greeting Farm), A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted), Snow Day, (Lawn Fawn); Copic Markers; Distress Ink; Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight Smooth; Dies – Snow Day, Spring Showers, Stitched Hillside Borders, (Lawn Fawn), Die-Namics Blueprints 4 (My Favourite Things); Sparklets – Princess (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

So that’s my sweet and simple take using Lavender – nothing scary or halloween-y about her now. Love a versatile stamp!

Hope you all have a happy day!

Happy Stamping!

4 January, 2015 6 comments

Cards Christmas Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

Evolution of a Christmas card (continued)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Continuing on from yesterday’s post regarding the evolution of my Christmas card for this year, I am sharing two more of the “not quite right” designs I was playing with before I arrived at my final idea.

I had decided it might be fun to create more of a scene for the dog (Penny Black’s Xmas treat!) and the idea of using acetate popped into my card. I thought how fun it would be to have the greeting peek through from the inside layer. And then I thought maybe I should use snowmen. The reasons this card didn’t work for me – the trees were too short and there really wasn’t anywhere for me to write (although I suppose I could have written on the back of the card).

Here’s card one…

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Autumn Groves, Freezy Fellas, Merry Motifs, Swanky Snowdudes (Paper Smooches); Dies – Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Clearly Creative Cuts – Landscape Trio (Mama Elephant); Acetate, Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Makers and Wink of Stella.

Deciding I needed to use taller trees (and preferably from a stamp set for which I had the matching dies!), I switched over to the Joy to the Wood stamp set by Lawn Fawn. I wasn’t quite ready to give up on the acetate idea either but I really didn’t like all the glue showing on the inside. I went to so far as to cover most of the back with white paper. WAY too much work for a card I need to reproduce multiple times. I stayed with the snowman idea too.

Here’s card two…

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Joy to the Woods (Lawn Fawn), Freezy Fellas, Merry Motifs, Swanky Snowdudes (Paper Smooches); Dies – Joy to the Woods, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Clearly Creative Cuts – Landscape Trio (Mama Elephant); Acetate, Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Makers and Wink of Stella.

So, there are two more of the cards which lead me to the design I used for this years card. lol I hope you enjoyed seeing some of my thought processes.

It’s Christmas Eve here so I am going to switch off the computer and settle down in front of the TV to watch “Carols by Candlelight“. It is tradition. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope you all have a wonderful time with your families and friends.

Happy Stamping!

24 December, 2014 4 comments

Cards Christmas Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Penny Black Stamping

Evolution of a Christmas card

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Yesterday I posted my Christmas card for this year and I mentioned I had a number of designs which didn’t quite work for me. I thought I would share three of the “rejected” designs. They aren’t fully polished cards as I was just playing around with different elements to see how they would work but they aren’t hideous either. lol They actually have potential so I wanted to remember the designs so they could be further developed at another time.

Here’s card one…

For this card, I had decided I was going to use the cute Starburst Cover die from Mama Elephant. I love the look of the starry background but I was a little heavy handed when spritzing water onto the sky (not a great thing to do when you aren’t using water colour paper). The horizon line is too far up the card and makes it look a little odd. lol I’m thinking it might be better to trim the design into a smaller panel. I want the dog to be framed by the stars so wouldn’t like to drop him too far down. I actually really like the colours of the sock too (and I really only moved away from this colour combination to the red and green for my final Christmas card design at the last minute).

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Dies – Starburst Cover – Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant); Project Life White Cards (Becky Higgins); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Distress Inks; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); and Wink of Stella.

Here’s card number two…

The more I look at this card, the more I think it could have been my Christmas card and that it would have taken me a fraction of the time to create compared with the design I ended up going with…I better stop looking. lol I was still playing around with the above design and I felt that moving the sentiment to the bottom of the card helped with the spacing issue. It was at this point I decided the card needed a little more dimension so the sock and the puppy dogs head were popped up. I also added a few pale snowflakes from Lawn Fawn’s Snow Day set to the greeting from Paper Smooches. I think this is such a nice touch and I carried this concept right through to my final card design.

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), Snow Day (Lawn Fawn) and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Dies – Starburst Cover – Creative Cuts (Mama Elephant); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Distress Inks; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); and Wink of Stella.

Onto card three…

For the final card I decided I was overthinking things and decided to go simple! I did pop up the sock and head again to make it look a little less flat. Unfortunately, the card just looked a little too plain and not very Christmassy. It’s nice enough but plain. I think the colour choice of the sock was to blame.

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), Snow Day (Lawn Fawn) and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Distress Inks; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); and Wink of Stella.

After playing with the above three designs, I decided to try something completely different and I will share that card tomorrow.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

23 December, 2014 4 comments

Christmas Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Penny Black Stamping

Merry Christmas (Penny Black)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Merry Christmas! I have finally finished my Christmas card creating for this year. Whilst it took me only a couple of minutes to choose the gorgeous Xmas Treat! Stamp from Penny Black to use on my card this year, it took me AGES to work out how I would like to use it. I have more than a few samples strewn across my desk! I finally settled on the design below and I am mostly very happy with it. It is rather plain and deceptively so because there is actually quite a lot of work involved. Loved every minute of it though, I must confess!

Here’s my card…

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Xmas Treat! 2230F (Penny Black), Joy to the Woods Snow Day (Lawn Fawn) and Merry Motifs (Paper Smooches); Dies – Decorative DD701 (KaiserCraft), Joy to the Woods, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn); Scan n Cut (Brother); Embossing Folder (Provo Craft); Project Life White Cards (Becky Higgins); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Copic Markers; Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favorite Things); Hero Arts Shadow Ink – Soft Pool (Hero Arts); and Wink of Stella.

I haven’t been visiting in blog land for a while now due to many reasons but I hope to catch up with you all over the Christmas holidays! I think a pyjama day surfing blogs might be on the agenda! lol

Thank you for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

22 December, 2014 6 comments

Cards Christmas Kaiser Craft Penny Black Stamping

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I have just finished making some Christmas cards so thought I would share them. I had a blast colouring in the gorgeous Penny Black image. (Unfortunately, it would seem this image has been discontinued although I am convinced I have seen it as part of a T for Transparent set. If I find it again, I will link it here). It’s possible I made the card a little more complicated than it needed to be. Was fun though. 🙂 The gold spots on the background, and the wink of stella on the ribbon shimmer so beautifully. The glossy accents on the berries finish it off so prettily. Wish the photograph could capture just how pretty the card is.

Here’s the card…

Merry Christmas
Materials used: Stamps – Christmas (KaiserCraft), Christmas Spirit 1871K (Penny Black); Cardstock – American Crafts, Unknown; Dies – DD701 (KaiserCraft); Copic Markers; Distress Ink, Colour Shine – Gold (Heidi Swapp); Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

And now I’m off to make more Christmas cards. lol

Hope you are all happy and well!

Happy Stamping!

30 November, 2014 6 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Stamping There She Goes Clear Stamps

Bite Me (TSG)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

As I still had the Hauntingly Delightful stamp set from There She Goes Clear Stamps on my desk as well as some offcuts of paper from my previous cards, I decided that I might as well make another card in this series. There She Goes Clear Stamps really did have the cutest of images. Such a shame they are no longer in business.

Anyway, today’s card is a hybrid of the previous two cards I have shared (see here and here). Super simple. I didn’t want the sentiment to stand out too much as some people might take offence. I see it as a bit of fun and would pick my recipient very carefully. lol

Here it is…

Bite Me
Materials used: Stamps – Hauntingly Delightful (There She Goes Clear Stamps), Happy Haunting (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Circle (Sizzix), Spooky Trail, Spooky Tree (Silhouette); Cardstock – American Crafts, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – The Bewitched Stack (DCWV); Distress Inks; and Copic Markers.

It has turned cold here today (we had 31°C on Friday and then storms with hail yesterday. It’s only 10°C today and should only reach 16°C as a maximum. Typical Melbourne weather!). I’m forgoing my planned drive to the beach and think I might stay tucked up inside…and maybe, just maybe, do some creating! 🙂

Whatever you are doing today, I hope you are staying safe and having fun!

Happy Stamping!

2 November, 2014 4 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Silhouette Stamping There She Goes Clear Stamps

Don’t Worry, they only want those with brains (TSG)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

While Halloween is over now, I’m not ready to stop playing with these cute “spooky” stamps. I’ve decided that if I don’t use sentiments which specifically refer to Halloween then there is no reason why I can’t keep using Halloween type images. lol I do have a few more images stamped up but – maybe it is time to turn my thoughts to other creations – I don’t know. Will see where the mojo leads.

For today’s card, I created another little scene. lol How I love them! As I really don’t have a lot of spooky themed stamps, I took the opportunity to play with my Silhouette Cameo which has, unfortunately, been sitting there gathering dust in recent months. I don’t have the space to keep it out at all times so it is a bit of a chore to get it out…but it is SO worth it! I reallllly needed this card to have a spooky tree and a rickety fence and the Silhouette store did not disappoint with the Spooky Trail die. In the end, the card came together quite easily and I really quite like it.

Here’s the card…

Don’t worry, they only want those with brains
Material used: Stamps – Hauntingly Delightful (There She Goes Clear Stamps); Dies – Spring Showers, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn), Circles (Sizzix), Die-namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things), Spooky Trail (Silhouette); Cardstock – American Crafts, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – The Bewitched Bundle (DCWV); Distress Inks; Copic Markers; Pearls – Yellow (KaiserCraft) and Wink of Stella.

If you celebrate Halloween, I hope you had a fantastic time! I’m off to tidy my craft table and then hopefully create something else.

Happy Stamping!

1 November, 2014 4 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Stamping

I Ruff You (Lawn Fawn)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Wow, that was an unintended and long break. Some days pass by so slowly but somehow the time still marches by rapidly. It’s a strange enigma.

When I sat at my craft table today, everything was (unsurprisingly) just as I had left it. lol I wondered why I hadn’t actually finished my card as it was pretty close to completion. Although having said that it still took me a while to put it all together. I really struggled over where to put the sentiment. In the end I just kept it super simple and I like how it fitted into the scene. I think the other ideas I had been toying with would have over-powered an already busy scene. It’s not the card I pictured in my imagination and I don’t love it at the moment but I am hoping that when I look at it in another day or so I will have a new appreciation for it.

Here’s the card…

I Ruff You
Materials used: Stamps – Critters at the Dog Park, Critters on the Farm (Lawn Fawn); Dies – Chit Chat Dies, Grassy Borders. Spring Showers, Stitched Hillside Borders, Sweater Weather (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts, Doodlebug Design; Designer Paper – Birthday Mood Rings (KI Memories), Hello Sunshine (Kaiser Craft), Copic Makers, Glossy Accents and Wink of Stella.

I *love* Lawn Fawn stamps and I just adore creating little scenes with them. I love how each of the sets can work on their own but they can also mix and match so well too. It just extends the possibilities and that is such a good thing. More value for money, and who doesn’t love that!

Okay, I better go and try and finish the other partially completed card which is pushed off to the side of my desk. Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

26 October, 2014 6 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Stamping

Happy Fall

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Occasionally ideas come at the strangest of times or places. During the week, I was almost asleep when an idea struck me. I grabbed my iPad, opened the app “Penultimate“, sketched my idea and then went to sleep.

Fast forward to today, I had time to create and remembered I had an idea sketched out. I took out the iPad, opened the app and burst out laughing. Here’s why….

Sketch Idea using Penultimate app.

Oh my! I couldn’t even decipher my own writing! I finally worked it out but it took me longer than I expected. Decided to share it with you so you can have a giggle too. Have you worked it out?

Here’s the card…

Happy Fall
Materials used: Stamps – Snow Day, Sweater Weather (Lawn Fawn); Die – Die-namics Blueprints 5 (My Favourite Things); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Designer Paper – DIY Shop (Crate Paper); Ink – ColorBox Petal Point – Enchantment, Provence, and Tuscany (ColorBox) Hybrid Ink – Black Licorice (My Favourite Things); Vellum; Copic Markers; Linen Thread (Stampin’ Up!) and Wink of Stella.

Yes, that sketch represented two little bunnies (from the Snow Day set from Lawn Fawn) playing in a pile of autumn leaves (from Lawn Fawn’s Sweater Weather set). I wished I had the die set for both stamp sets as it was very fiddly fussy cutting those leaves and the trees but I really like how it turned out. I want to work on that scene a little more. I’ve a few more ideas just for this sketch. I do think I might need the coordinating dies though… time to shop first? lol

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you are having an amazing day!

Happy Stamping!

28 September, 2014 4 comments

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