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Lawn Fawn | Tri Fold Plane and Simple Scene Card

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a tri-fold card featuring the incredible Lawn Fawn Plane and Simple Stamp Set. Sometimes a standard size card front just isn't enough room for the story you want to tell and a tri-fold card is the perfect solution!

The base of the card was created from Canson Watercolor Cardstock. I trimmed the 12" long watercolor paper to 5 1/2" wide and scored it 4" from each end. This makes the card just a little narrower than a traditional A2 sized card. Color was added to the card base with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink using Ink Blending Tools. The background was spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted dry with a paper towel.

Borders were created for the bottom of the card by die cutting smooth white cardstock and vellum using the Puffy Cloud Borders Dies. A Stitched Trails Die was used on the three white cardstock cloud panels. Greetings from the Lawn Fawn Plane and Simple Stamp Set were stamped with Lawn Fawn Peacock and Blue Jay Inks.

Additional Stitched Trails Dies were used to created stitching detail on the card base itself.

Images from the Lawn Fawn Plane and Simple Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers before being die cut with the coordinating Plane and Simple Dies. Faces were added to the clouds and cheeks were stamped with Lawn Fawn Ballet Slippers Ink. The images were adhered to the card base to build a scene as shown and detail was added with a Sakura Black Glaze Pen and Glossy Accents.

The card was finished with a scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Iridescent Star Confetti.

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To watch the creation of this tri-fold plane and simple scene card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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Click codes below the thumbnails are links to where you can purchase the products shown in this post from Simon Says Stamp. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

MFT Guest Designer | Party Like A Pirate Stenciled Background Scene Card

Hello friends! I'm so excited to be guest designing for My Favorite Things today with a scene card featuring a stenciled background and the adorable images from Party Like A Pirate Stamp Set. Scene cards are some of my most favorite cards to make but sometimes building the scene creates a lot of bulk. Stencils are a fantastic way to create a background for almost any scene without the bulk of lots of die cut layers. Pirate image seem to be all the rage right now and these awesome MFT Birdie Brown images are the perfect size for coloring! I just love all the MFT Birdie Brown line of stamps!

Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink was applied to Bristol smooth cardstock before the same color was applied over the inked background with the Radiating Rays Stencil. Water droplets were added to the background with a Distress Sprayer for a fantastic oxidized effect. Along the bottom edge of the same piece of cardstock Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink was applied. I didn’t worry too much about where the inks meet since I’ll be covering up the seam with a stamped greeting banner.

Images from the Party Like A Pirate Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers. Birds were stamped directly on the background. The rest of the images were die cut with the coordinating Party Like A Pirate Dies and adhered to the background as shown. A glitter pen was applied to the coins to give them a bit of glimmer and Glossy Accents was used to add definition to the parrot’s eye. 

A greeting from the Party Like A Pirate Stamp Set was stamped on a die cut Stitched Fishtail Sentiment Strip with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The greeting strip was adhered to foam adhesive right below the die cut images to help “ground” them and give them a place to stand. The panel was adhered to a white top fold card base to finish the design.

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To watch the creation of this stenciled background scene card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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Click codes below the thumbnails are links to where you can purchase the products shown in this post from My Favorite Things, Simon Says Stamp, or Ellen Hutson. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

M O R E  P R O J E C T S

Click the links below to see more projects created with the My Favorite Things June Release products:

• "Much Appreciocean" Card with the Ocean Fun Stamps and Dies

Lawn Fawn + Tombow Blog Hop | Dual Brush Pens Colored Images and Background

Welcome to the Lawn Fawn + Tombow Blog Hop!

Today the Lawn Fawn and Tombow Design Teams are joining forces to show how well each companies products work together! For my card I'm sharing a couple of used for the Tombow Dual Brush Markers with Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. Not only are the Dual Brush Markers great for coloring images but they create fantastic watercolor backgrounds as well! Let's get started...

I decided to combine multiple fruit-related images from lots of stamp sets for this cute scene. The pineapple is from the Aloha Stamp Set, the strawberries and blueberries from the So Smooth Stamp Set, the watermelon from the Happy Summer Stamp Set, the lemonade pitcher from the Make Lemonade Stamp Set, and the apples from the Thanks a Bushel Stamp Set. The images were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock using the Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink and then colored with the Tombow Dual Brush Markers in Carmine, Orange, Process Yellow, Chartreuse, Willow, Glacier, Imperial Purple, and a Blender Pen.

Once colored sunglasses from the Aloha Stamp Set and the So Smooth Stamp Set were stamped on the pineapple and one of the apples. Faces from the Thanks a Bushel Stamp Set were stamped on the strawberries. The images were die cut with the Aloha Dies, So Smooth Dies, Happy Summer Dies, Make Lemonade Dies, and Thanks A Bushel Dies. Detail was added to the images with a black glaze pen and Glossy Accents on the lemonade pitcher.

The frame was created by die cutting Canson Watercolor Paper with two of the Outside In Stitched Rectangles. For the watercolor effect that matches the stamped and colored images, I scribbled the Tombow Dual Brush Markers on a kraft mat, spritzed them with water from a Distress Sprayer and pressed the frame and insert into the ink to add color. I dried the background with a heat tool and then spritzed the background again with water. The water droplets wicked away part of the ink, adding even more distressing to the background.

Once dry, greetings from the Happy Happy Happy Stamp Set were stamped under the frame opening using Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Ink. The large word "Happy" was stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored in with the same Tombow Dual Brush Markers as the other images before being die cut with the Happy Happy Happy Die and adhered between the two stamped phrases to finish the greeting.

The images were adhered along the bottom edge of the frame opening and hearts from the Thanks a Bushel Stamp Set were stamped and colored in with Tombow Dual Brush Markers to finish the scene.

The whole panel was adhered to a top fold card base with foam adhesive.

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To watch the creation of this watercolored fruit birthday card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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Click codes below the thumbnails are links to where you can purchase the products shown in this post from Simon Says Stamp or Ellen Hutson. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

K E E P  H O P P I N G

Your next stop on the hop is the incredible Chari!

 

 

Starry Night Marble Galaxy Card

Happy Thursday! Today I'm sharing an almost single layer card featuring Waffle Flower Stamps and Simon Says Stamp dye inks. The Layering Marble Stamp Set is great for creating all kinds of backgrounds and today I thought it would make an awesome galaxy! The Starry Night Stamp Set layered on top of the marble background is perfect for this encouragement card.

I used Simon Says Stamp Dye Inks in Barely Blue, Caribbean Blue, and Soft Navy with the Layering Marble Stamp Set for the galaxy background. The MISTI makes lining up the layering images easy peasy!

The moon, stars, and constellations from the Starry Night Stamp Set were stamped over the background using Soft Navy dye ink. A Stardust Glitter Pen was used over the stars and constellations. Nuvo Crystal Drops in Silver Lining and Liquid Mercury were added to the galaxy for a bit of dimension and Glossy Accents was added to the moon/greeting to draw attention to the greeting/focal point of the design.

The single layer panel was adhered to a white top fold card base and I finished the card by rounding the corners with a 1/2" corner rounder.

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To watch the creation of this starry night marble galaxy background card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below: 

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Click the thumbnails below to purchase the products shown in this post from Simon Says Stamp. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support! 

 

MFT Guest Designer | Rock 'n Roll Technique with Ocean Fun & Distress Oxide Inks

Hello friends! I'm so excited to be guest designing for My Favorite Things today with one of my favorite techniques to use with pigment inks.The Rock ’n Roll technique is fantastic to use with solid images like these fantastic ocean creatures from the Ocean Fun Stamp Set! This technique gives solid images a multi-colored look easily and the Distress Oxide Inks are the perfect inks for this fun technique.

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I combined two colors of Distress Oxide Ink per image for multicolored underwater creatures! Starting with the lightest color first, I inked up an image and then gently rolled on the darker color along the bottom edge before stamping the image on smooth white cardstock. Here are the Distress Oxide color combinations I used for the sea creatures:

Red Fish: Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick

Jellyfish: Wilted Violet, Worn Lipstick

Yellow/Green Fish: Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint

Yellow/Orange Fish: Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade

Crab: Fired Brick, Vintage Photo

The background was created by combining Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide inks on Bristol Smooth Cardstock and then layering with stamped waves and bubbles from the Ocean Fun Stamp Set.

The sea creatures were die cut using the coordinating Ocean Fun Dies and adhered to the background as shown. Glossy Accents was applied to some of the bubbles and the eyes of the fish. A bit of water spritzed over the background with a Distress Sprayer adds additional distressing. The die cut Ocean Fun images were adhered to the background and a torn piece of Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inked cardstock was adhered along the bottom of the scene to finish the scene. A greeting from Ocean Fun was stamped along the bottom edge of the card to complete the design.

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To watch the creation of this underwater ocean scene card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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Click codes below the thumbnails are links to where you can purchase the products shown in this post from My Favorite Things, Simon Says Stamp, or Ellen Hutson. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

Ellen Hutson + Lawn Fawn United We Flourish Collaboration | Love Ya Bunches Card

Hello friends! I'm so excited to share a card featuring the exclusive collaboration from Lawn Fawn and Ellen Hutson, Love Ya Bunches!

Last November Ellen Hutson began celebrating their 10th anniversary with their United We Flourish theme. Here's a little bit more about this special collaboration:

"We would not be here without the amazing companies we work with, the designers who create stunning projects showcasing the amazing products being created AND you our fabulous customers! YOU are such a vital part of our creative community - you inspire & encourage us! Your response to United We Flourish was overwhelming and heart-warming. We heard repeatedly from you that you appreciate how our little company works together with the other manufacturers we carry to bring you their products and education showing how to use those products. To thank you for your constant support and encouragement, we have something incredibly special we began working on shortly after that anniversary.

We have partnered with some of our friends to offer exclusive limited edition stamp & die sets!!! These sets will be available for a limited time (most likely 3-6 months) after each release, depending on how quickly you snap them up. The theme of these stamp sets are uplifting and fun.

We are thrilled to present the first one to you... Love Ya Bunches by Lawn Fawn exclusively for Ellen Hutson LLC. United We Flourish, because we’re better together!"

Images from the Love Ya Bunches Stamp Set were stamped on smooth white cardstock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink. The images were die cut with the coordinating Love Ya Bunches Dies.

For the background, a rectangle was die cut from Bristol Smooth Cardstock using a Small Dotted Rectangle Die. A scripty greeting from the Love Ya Bunches Stamp Set was stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Twisted Citron and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks were applied to the center of the panel for embossed resist. The ink was spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted dry with a paper towel. Additional greetings from the stamp set were stamped with Lawn Fawn Freshly Cut Grass Ink and Lobster Ink. The greetings work together so well and I couldn't choose just one! ;)

The images were adhered to the panel as shown to create the scene. The panel was matted on another rectangle die cut from Cilantro Cardstock using a Large Dotted Rectangle Die. 

The design was finished with a layer of Glossy Accents over the hearts.

 

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To watch the creation of this Lawn Fawn and Ellen Hutson collaboration card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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Mama Elephant Designer Series | Mermaid Kisses Shaker Card

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing a Designer Series card featuring the brand new Mermaid Kisses Stamps and coordinating dies. These awesome images make the most amazing underwater scenes and when paired with my favorite new Tri Window Die and some foam adhesive, that underwater scene becomes an underwater shaker scene!

A frame was die cut from Canson Watercolor Cardstock using the Tri Window Die and then the frame and an A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") background were pressed into Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Inks that had been sprayed with water. I messed with the backgrounds by spritzing with additional water for distressing. On the solid background the Simon Says Stamp Waves Stencil was used for added interest. The same colors of Distress Oxide Ink were used for tone-on-tone. Distress Paint splatters were added to the background with Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Picket Fence Distress Paint.

The images from Mermaid Kisses were stamped on Neenah Smooth White Cardsock using a black ink for Copic Coloring. Multiple images of the fish and seaweed were stamped to fill in the underwater scene. Once the images were colored, I die cut them with the coordinating Mermaid Kisses Dies and adhered them to the background of the scene.

Acetate was adhered to the back of the Tri Window frame and a greeting from Mermaid Kisses was stamped in the top window using Jet Black StazOn Ink. Two layers of foam adhesive were adhered to the back of the frame and the shaker "wells" were filled with micro beads and seed beads before the back of the shaker was adhered. The shaker was adhered to a white top fold card base to finish the design.

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To watch the creation of this underwater mermaid shaker scene card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

S U P P L I E S

Click codes below the thumbnails are links to where you can purchase the products shown in this post from Simon Says Stamp (SSS) or Ellen Hutson (EH). Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

S H O P P I N G

Click SSS (Simon Says Stamp), EH (Ellen Hutson) or ME (Mama Elephant) under the thumbnails to shop the entire June Mama Elephant Release:

M O R E  P R O J E C T S

Click the links below to see more projects created with the Mama Elephant June 2017 Release:

• "Hello Friend" Card featuring Fish Tank and Favor Bag Add On Cat dies 
• "Hugs I Like The Way You Roll" Card featuring Dim Sum Fun + Tri Window Dies
• "Thank You" Card with Rainbow Background featuring Little Girl Agenda, Little Boy Agenda, and Tri Window Die

Lawn Fawn + Ellen Hutson Collaboration | Love Ya Bunches NOW AVAILABLE

Just popping in here this morning to let you know about an awesome limited edition collaboration stamp and die set from Lawn Fawn available exclusively from Ellen Hutson! You're going to want to snatch up this Love Ya Bunches Set quick!

Last November Ellen Hutson began celebrating their 10th anniversary with their United We Flourish theme. Here's a little bit more about this special collaboration:

"We would not be here without the amazing companies we work with, the designers who create stunning projects showcasing the amazing products being created AND you our fabulous customers! YOU are such a vital part of our creative community - you inspire & encourage us! Your response to United We Flourish was overwhelming and heart-warming. We heard repeatedly from you that you appreciate how our little company works together with the other manufacturers we carry to bring you their products and education showing how to use those products. To thank you for your constant support and encouragement, we have something incredibly special we began working on shortly after that anniversary.

We have partnered with some of our friends to offer exclusive limited edition stamp & die sets!!! These sets will be available for a limited time (most likely 3-6 months) after each release, depending on how quickly you snap them up. The theme of these stamp sets are uplifting and fun.

We are thrilled to present the first one to you... Love Ya Bunches by Lawn Fawn exclusively for Ellen Hutson LLC. United We Flourish, because we’re better together!"

Pick up your Love Ya Bunches Stamp and Die Set HERE!

Please be sure to swing by on Tuesday, June 27th, to see what the Lawn Fawn Design Team created with this fantastic collaboration! It's very apeeling and you're going to love it bunches!

Simon Says Stamp One Of A Kind Blog Hop | Fingerprint Doodles Cards + GIVEAWAY

Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp One Of A Kind Release!

The release has stamps, dies, a cool embossing plate, and even ink. Check out the whole release HERE or click the links below. Today I paired the adorable new Fingerprint Doodles Stamp Set with the Big Greetings Stamp Set from the new release and the Wave Stencil and Irregular Dots Stencil from previous releases. Simon Says Stamp dye inks were used for all the solid stamping and even used with an Ink Dusting Tool and the stencils for the backgrounds.

On smooth white cardstock trimmed down to 4" x 5 1/4". The fish shape from the Fingerprint Doodles Stamp Set and greetings from the Big Greetings Stamp Set and Fingerprint Doodles Stamp Set were stamped using Simon Says Stamp Black Ink. Simon Says Stamp dye inks in Hollyhock, Hot Lips, Clementine, Duckling, Green Apple, Scuba, Blue Jay, and Lavender were used to stamp the fingerprint images from the Fingerprint Doodles Stamp Set.

To give the illusion of fish in water, the Wave Stencil was placed over the scene and Maliblue Ink was applied using an Ink Dusting Tool. I've found that I get a much more even application of dye ink when I use an ink duster rather than a foam tool. The subtle waves are the perfect background to these cute fingerprint fish!

The word "congrats" was colored in with Copic Markers in rainbow color to match the design of the card.

On another piece of smooth white cardstock trimmed down to 4" x 5 1/4", the Irregular Dots Stencil was used to create the look of "cheese" using Duckling ink with the Ink Dusting Tool. Greetings from the Big Greetings Stamp Set and Fingerprint Doodles Stamp Set were stamped using Simon Says Stamp Black Ink and colored in like the greeting from the first card.

Mice images from the Fingerprint Doodles Stamp Set were stamped with Simon Says Stamp Black Ink  and Stone Ink was used to stamped the fingerprint part of the image. A pink Copic marker was used to color in the ears.

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To watch the creation of these fingerprint doodles cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below: 

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Click the thumbnails below to purchase the products shown in this post from Simon Says Stamp. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support! 

S H O P P I N G

Shop the entire Simon Says Stamp One Of A Kind Release below:

G I V E A W A Y

We are giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop from your blog comment section. Winners will be chosen over the weekend and posted on the Simon Says Stamp store blog on Tuesday.  Winners can email SSS to claim his/her prize.

K E E P  H O P P I N G

Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Jessica Frost-Ballas.

Mama Elephant | Tri Window Rainbow Little Girl & Boy Agenda Thank You Card

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing this rainbow card featuring the brand new adorable Little Girl Agenda and Little Boy Agenda stamps with the fantastic Tri Window Die. These adorable stamp sets work perfectly together to create fantastic cards. The little girls and boys were colored with rainbow outfits to match the colors used in the background. The windows are the perfect way to frame little images.

The boys and girls from the Little Boy Agenda and Little Girl Agenda stamp sets were stamped on Neenah Smooth White Cardstock with Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers. The images were die cut with the coordinating Little Boy Dies and Little Girl Dies. The little signs that some of the images are holding were customized with tiny greetings from the stamp sets. I love that you can customize them with just the right greetings. The signs, balloons, and arrows were coated with a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen and then coated with Glossy Accents.

The background was created by die cutting the Tri Window Die from Bristol Smooth Cardstock. The inserts and frame were inked with Spun Sugar, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, and Salty Ocean Distress Inks. The inked background was spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer and blotted dry with a paper towel.

Greetings from the Pix's Favorites Stamp Set and Thank You Wishes Stamp Set were stamped in the top "window" using Lawn Fawn Lobster Ink and Simon Says Stamp Black Ink. I was looking for thank you images that fit the window/design of the card. These greetings were the last thing I chose for the card as I laid out all the other elements and then found thank you greetings to fit the design. I picked sentiments from two different stamp sets as I picked the phrase first and then went and searched for a scripty style "thank you" approximately the same size as the phrase.

The images were secured to the background as shown and the design was finished with a scattering of colorful Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

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To watch the creation of this rainbow thank you card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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Click the thumbnails below to purchase the products shown in this post from Simon Says Stamp. Where available I use compensated affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!