LAWN FAWN | "You Are The Apple of My Eye" Card (video)

***This is 1 of 2 posts today. For the Mama Elephant Designer Series post featuring the Stitched Sky Creative Cuts, click HERE.***

Today I have a fun Valentine's-themed card perfect for a teacher!

To create my card, I stamped the chalkboard from the A Good Apple Stamp Set on smooth white cardstock. I stamped the apple from the My Silly Valentine Stamp Set, masked off the apple with masking paper and then stamped the apple from A Good Apple Stamp Set to give the illusion that the smaller apple is slightly behind the larger one. I stamped the eraser from the A Good Apple Stamp Set and then colored in the images with Copic Markers (the individual marker colors are listed and linked below in supplies). To make the chalkboard appear to have been erased I used the chisel tip on the warm gray Copic markers to draw lines back and forth to fill in the image. I used the W00 warm gray marker to add dots of "color". Because the lighter color contains more of the blending solution it "wicks away" the darker color leaving little splotches across the chalkboard. I love the realistic look these two techniques give to the design.

I stamped the greeting from the My Silly Valentine Stamp Set with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with the Simon Says Stamp Fine Detail White Embossing Powder.

I die cut the stamped and colored image using one of the Large Stitched Rectangle dies and matted the panel on black cardstock die cut with one of the Small Stitched Rectangle dies.

I adhered the stitched rectangles to a white card base and finished the design by die cutting hearts from SSS Schoolhouse Red Cardstock using the Heart dies. I added Glossy Accents to the hearts for subtle dimension and a layer of shine!

To see how I created this card, watch the video below or view on youtube HERE:

(Click SSS = to purchase from Simon Says Stamp, EH = to purchase from Ellen Hutson, SB.COM = to purchase from scrapbook.com, AZ = to purchase from Amazon)

Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps, A Good Apple @ellen Lawn Fawn A GOOD APPLE Clear Stamps @simon Lawn Fawn MY SILLY VALENTINE Clear Stamps Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps, My Silly Valentine Versamark Ink Pad VersaMark Ink Pad Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail WhiteEP2 Stamptember SSS Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Copic Sketch Marker R22 LIGHT PRAWN Peachy Pink Bold R22 Light Prawn R27 Cadmium Red Copic Sketch MARKER R27 CADMIUM RED Ladybug R39 Garnet Copic Sketch Marker R39 GARNET Dark Red Copic Sketch Marker R46 STRONG RED Bright Bold R46 Strong Red COPIC Sketch Marker Y21, Buttercup Yellow Y21 Buttercup Yellow YG25 Celadon Green Copic Sketch Marker YG25 CELADON GREEN Medium Bold Copic Sketch Marker YG17 GRASS GREEN Bold YG17 Grass Green COPIC Sketch Marker G29, Pine Tree Green Copic Sketch Marker G29 PINE TREE GREEN E55 Light Camel COPIC Sketch Marker E55, Light Camel COPIC Sketch Marker E57, Light Walnut E57 Light Walnut Copic Sketch Marker W00 Warm Gray Grey W00 Warm Gray W6 Warm Gray COPIC Sketch Marker W6, Warm Gray No. 6 COPIC Sketch Marker W9, Warm Gray No. 9 Copic Sketch Marker W9 WARM GRAY NO.9 Dark Blend Blending Sakura WHITE OPAQUE GLAZE GEL PENS Glaze Pen, White, 2 pk Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SCHOOLHOUSE RED SR1 Simon Says Stamp Card Stock Neenah Solar White Cardstock Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk Sizzix Big Shot Cutting and Embossing Die-Cut Machine Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Powder Blue & Teal @simon PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn LARGE STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies Lawn Cuts Dies, Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn SMALL STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies Lawn Cuts Dies, Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables Lawn Fawn HEARTS Lawn Cuts Dies Lawn Cuts Dies, Hearts Milwaukee Model 1400 Heat Gun Hero Arts Heat Tool Inkadinkado Embossing Magic Powder Bag Judikins Eclipse Art Masking Tape Roll @simon Eclipse Tape Glossy Accents Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent 3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape

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