Smile! It's Your Birthday! ^_^

Hello there~

Happy Tuesday!

I am here to share a birthday card I made a few days ago for my lovely sister. I created this card by using my newest Lawn Fawn goodies and with the current Lawnscaping Challenge No. 104: Sketch in mind.

My sister loves coffee so this Lawn Fawn stamp set- Love You A Latte is just perfect!! Here is the card:

The tone on tone stamping look, I believe, is quite popular. But funnily enough I think this is actually the first time I used this technique. I created my own background paper by using VersaMark ink and randomly stamped on a piece of kraft card. I also embossed the images by using clear embossing powder. I am sure you can see the shine and raised images on the card. The camera picked it up quite well this time. I like the subtle look of the background and I am certain I will use this technique again!

The dangling heart on my main image was inspired by one of the papers from Lawn Fawn's Sweater Weather paper pack. Here is an image of that paper:

I stamped the different hearts, that come in the stamp set, and drew black lines to make them look as if they were dangling from the bow on top. Lots of glitters been added around the circle frame, hearts, spoon and at the bottom of the coffee cup. I also added Glossy Accents on the coffee to make it look 'liquidy'! (Is that even a proper word? Hee hee!) The dangling heart look continues inside the card. The sentiment I used here is from Avery Elle's Cake & Candles stamp set.

I am also linking this card to the following challenges:

• Craft your passion challenge #259- Always Anything Goes
• Crafts 4 Eternity #223- Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you like this card.

    

      

A Birthday Card for Make the Day Special Stamp Store March Challenge

Hello Friends!

 

Long time no see! Life has been busy outside of the blog world but I can't resist joining in the March colour challenge at Make The Day Special Stamp Store. I believe I should just make it in time before it closes for entry. This month's challenge is to pick a minimum of 3 colours from any of the 3 options below. I have picked the first option and tried to use all the colours listed. 

 

So here is my card: 

I am trying out this new technique called Watercolour Smooshing from Make It Monday #204. I am not sure if I am doing this right but maybe I didn't add enough water to my ink so mine looks very spotty. Or, am I using the wrong type of ink for this technique? Any comments on this will be appreciated. However, as this is my first attempt, I quite like it.

I am still very much in love with this bunny from Mama Elephant's Honey Bunny set. It is just so adorable! I used Copic Ciao marker pens to colour in all my images. I also used Stickles, Glossy Accents, yellow cotton thread and sequins to decorate the card. The small cup cake image is from Lawn Fawn- Beep Boop Birthday set and the sentiment is from Avery Elle- Cake & Candles set. Here is a close up picture of the card. (It is great when the camera captures all the shine and glitter!)

I am also entering this card to Papertake Weekly Challenge where this week's theme is "Happy..... Anything".

So... this is the card and I hope you like it. I really need to find time to blog more and God knows how many times I said this. All those cards made and pictures saved on the computer, I really want to share with you all to see what you all say. Well, hope it won't be long till we meet in blog land again! Have a great weekend! See ya~ ^_^

    

      

Cute Foxy Card

Hello Peeps~

Hope you had a good start to the week! ^_^

I made this birthday card for a good friend of mine at work. It's her birthday today and the card has already been dropped off at her house yesterday! Hooray!

I really enjoy making clean and simple style cards these days and trying to learn to like the white space. But Gosh! It is not that easy. It is a torture not to add anything at the top of the card. It looks bare and I really wanted to wrap a twine around it!! I forced myself to stop right there and try to  enjoy the white area of the card. I guess it wasn't that bad after all. After staring at it for a short while, I really like how it leads your eyes to focus on the main image rather than having too many other elements to distract you.

I wanted to highlight the little fox image, which is from Lawn Fawn's Into the Woods stamp set, so I cut a circular window in my card. I also used the Grassy Border Die from Lawn Fawn to cut two different tones of green grass. One I adhered to the card base itself, the other I raised up with foam pads to give dimension.  

I used Copic Ciao marker pens to colour the image and highlighted the stamp images with Stickles glitter glue and Glossy Accents.

Inside of the card simply echoes the look and the colours from the outside. The red dotted washi tape is adhered at the same height as it  is on the outside of the card. This creates a continuous look. The sentiment is from Avery Elle:Cake & Candles set. To continue the look inside, I stamped the two little hearts in the same orange and yellow colours from the outside. I hope you like the card!

 

The following challenges inspired me to make this card:

• CAS(E) this Sketch #93 : Beautiful layout!
  
• Lawnscaping Challenge- Critters Galore: Used the little fox image from Lawn Fawn. 
  
• The Cutie Pie Challenge #78- Cute with Shades of Autumn: I used a cute fox image with autumn colours of red, yellow, orange and purple.

Love to see you here. Thanks for popping by! ^_^ 

 

Edited: I am one of the Critters Galore Honorable Gnomes at Lawnscaping Challenges.