Category: Lawn Fawn

Striped Alcohol Ink Background Birthday Balloon Bouquet

This is the second card I created using a more controlled application of Ranger Alcohol Inks.  This is done by using  a Ranger Felt Pad, loading it with the alcohol inks and blending solution and dragging across the Yupo Paper in a diagonal.  They are so striking that a simple die cut really make a lovely card.

Yupo Paper is usually 5″ x 7″ in size, which give you a little room to select the best section of the background to use for your card. Once it was dry it was run through the Big Shop with a My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle. Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock was cut 1/8″ larger and the two were adhered together using Be Creative Tape.

A top folding A2 cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock. Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back of the background for dimension and adhered to the cardbase with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

The Simon Says Stamp Birthday Balloon Die was cut from Mirror Cardstock and adhered directly to the alcohol inked background with Ranger Collage Medium.

The word “happy” from the Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy stamp and die and again three times from white cardstock. They were adhered together using Ranger Collage Medium. The secondary sentiment was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder directly below the “happy” die cut.

A simple card design, but with that beautiful background it is really striking.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Simon Says Stamp Balloon Bouquet Die
  • Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Die
  • Winnie & Walter Sentiment Birthday
  • Ranger Alcohol Inks: Cranberry, Sunshine Yellow, Gold Mixative
  • Ranger Yupo Paper
  • Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Golden Yellow and Coral Cardstock from Stash
  • Ranger Collage Medium
  • Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX

Striped Alcohol Background Birthday Cupcake

I have really loved experimenting with Alcohol Inks.  They make such interest and beautiful backgrounds.  Sometimes they can be more controlled by using a Ranger Felt Pad, loading it with the alcohol inks and blending solution and dragging across the Yupo Paper in a diagonal.

Yupo Paper is usually 5″ x 7″ in size, which give you a little room to select the best section of the background to use for your card.  Once it was dry it was run through the Big Shop with a My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle.  Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock was cut 1/8″ larger and the two were adhered together using Be Creative Tape.

A top folding A2 cardbase was made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back of the background for dimension and adhered to the cardbase with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

The die only from the Altenew Layered Cupcake was use to cut the shape from Mirror Cardstock.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was cut in the same shape, trimmed just a little smaller and added to the back.

The word “happy” from the Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy stamp and die and again three times from white cardstock.  They were adhered together using Ranger Collage Medium.  The secondary sentiment was stamped on a scrap of golden yellow cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  It was cut into a thin strip and narrow strip of foam was added to the back for dimension.

All elements were adhered to the card front with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.  Pretty Pink Post Metallic Gold Sequins were scatter around the cupcake and adhered with Ranger Collage Medium.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Altenew Layered Cupcake
  • Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Die
  • Winnie & Walter Sentiment Birthday
  • Ranger Alcohol Inks: Cranberry, Sunshine Yellow, Gold Mixative
  • Ranger Yupo Paper
  • Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Golden Yellow and Coral Cardstock from Stash
  • Ranger Collage Medium
  • Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Golden Yellow and Coral Cardstock from Stash
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX
  • Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins

Sweet Happy Birthday

Who doesn’t like sweet treats on your birthday.  I found this image on Pinterest from Mom Junction and really like the way it turned out.

The image was printed on Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock with a laser printer.  This ensures that the line do not bleed when colored with Copic Markers.  Colors used are: R89, R59, R37; RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10; R39, R37, R35; R46, R29, R24; YR07, YR04, YR00; Y35, Y32, R22, R21, R20; BG15, BG13, BG11; BG18, BG72, 0; YG67, YG17, YG03, YG01; BV17, BV13, BV11; V09, V06, V04, V01; Y26, Y23, Y21; YR23, Y19; YR24, YR23, YR21; YR18, YR16, YR15, YR14, YR12, G99, G94, G24; Y08, Y06, Y04, Y02.

When coloring was complete the image was cut using the Silhouette Cameo with the PIXScan Mat.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back by tracing the image with pencil and fussy cutting with scissors.

To compliment the colors used in the focal image a rectangle of Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow cardstock was cut to 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ and adhered to the front of an A2 side folding cardbase made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.  A rectangle of white cardstock was cut using a My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle and adhered to the patterned paper using Kokuyo Dotliner Adhesive.

The focal image was place on the white rectangle to determine where to place the sentiment.  One of the “happy” words from Lawn Fawns Happy Happy Happy stamp and die from Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock and adhered in the upper right of the rectangle.  The secondary sentiment was stamped with Distress Oxide Candied Apple Ink.  The focal image was then adhered to the rectangle with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

For embellishment and enhance the sweet treat images Nuvo Crystal Drops in Carnation Pink, Red Berry, Dandelion Yellow, Ripened Pumpkin, Crushed Grape, Caribbean Ocean were added strategically.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Cupcakes Mom Junction Digi Stamp (Pinterest)
  • Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy
  • Winnie & Walter Sentimental Birthday
  • Copic Markers: R89, R59, R37; RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10; R39, R37, R35; R46, R29, R24; YR07, YR04, YR00; Y35, Y32, R22, R21, R20; BG15, BG13, BG11; BG18, BG72, 0; YG67, YG17, YG03, YG01; BV17, BV13, BV11; V09, V06, V04, V01; Y26, Y23, Y21; YR23, Y19; YR24, YR23, YR21; YR18, YR16, YR15, YR14, YR12, G99, G94, G24; Y08, Y06, Y04, Y02
  • Nuvo Crystal Drops: Carnation Pink, Red Berry, Dandelion Yellow, Ripened Pumpkin, Crushed Grape, Caribbean Ocean
  • Ranger Glossy Accents
  • Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow 6” x 6” Paper Pad
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs Bubblegum Pink Ink
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Kokuyo Dotliner Adhesive

Hooray! It’s Your Birthday

This is another image from Art Impressions that makes a great masculine card.  I used it this time for a birthday card, but I’ve used it for an invitation for a backyard barbecue that was really cute as well.

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto some Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock and colored it with Copic Markers (E19, E08, E07; YG97, YG95, YG93; E35, E33, E31; E49, E47; W9, W7, W5; C2, C1, C0).

To create the scene I die cut two rectangles using a My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle, once for the sky background, and another to create the grass, which was created using a Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Border.  Fluffy clouds were cut using Avery Elle’s Pierced Clouds dies.

The sky rectangle was ink blended using Distress Inks Tumbled Glass and Broken China using a Ranger Mini Blending Tool.  The grass was ink blended with Distress Inks Mowed Lawn and Peeled Paint.  The two were adhered together using Kokuyo Dotliner Adhesive.  To add more interest, little tufts of grass were added with Copic Markers.

The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark Ink onto the grass and heat embossed using Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder.  Before doing this ensure that the ink has completely dried so the embossing powder only sticks to the sentiment.

The focal image was die cut using the PIXScan Mat and the Silhouette Cameo.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was added by tracing around the image with a pencil and fussy cutting it with scissors.  The clouds were adhered to the sky portion of the rectangle, one with 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape and the other directly to the rectangle with Kokuyo Dotliner Adhesive.  The focal image was adhered using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Art Impression Grill Father
  • My Favorite Things Birthday Greetings
  • Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder
  • Copic Markers: E19, E08, E07; YG97, YG95, YG93; E35, E33, E31; E49, E47; W9, W7, W5; C2, C1, C0
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, and Mini Ink Blending Tool Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Border Die
  • Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Border Die
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX
  • Avery Elle Pierced Clouds Die
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Let’s Par-Tee

I have some friend who are real golf enthusiast.  When I saw the Art Impressions Par-Tee Golfers stamp set I knew it would make great birthday cards.  For this card I used the gentleman golfer in his little golf cart.  It turned out great!

I stamped the image Memento London Fog Ink onto Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock and colored it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers 034 Dull Blue, 030 Blue, 036 Light Blue, 031 Cobalt Blue, 081 Light Violet, 080 Violet, 071 Flesh, 064 Oatmeal, 028 Light Pink, 091 Light Gray, 092 Blue Gray, 096 Mid Gray, 090 Gray, 010 Black.

Once the image was dry I cut around it using the PIXScan Mat and the Silhouette Cameo.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back by tracing around the image with a pencil and fussy cutting the foam with a scissor.

Two Rectangles were cut from some more Bristol Smooth Cardstock and die cut using a My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX die.  The first rectangle was blended with Distress Tumbled Glass Ink to create the sky for the scene.  The second rectangle was cut again using a Lawn Fawn Simple Stitched Hillside Border die and then ink blended with Distress Mowed Lawn.  The two were adhered together using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

The golfer was placed on the rectangle to determine where to stamp the sentiment from the same stamp set.  Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch was used for stamping.  The golfer was added to the scene by adding Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to the foam backing.  Little golf balls were added by using Queen  & Co. Pearls.

Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the focal image rectangle and it was adhered to a side folding A2 cardbase made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Art Impressions Par-Tee Golfers
  • ZIG Clean Real Brush Markers: 034 Dull Blue, 030 Blue, 036 Light Blue, 031 Cobalt Blue, 081 Light Violet, 080 Violet, 071 Flesh, 064 Oatmeal, 028 Light Pink, 091 Light Gray, 092 Blue Gray, 096 Mid Gray, 090 Gray, 010 Black
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX
  • Distress Tumbled Glass Ink, Mowed Lawn and Ink Blending Tool
  • Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock

Happy Birthday Cupcake

I decided that I wanted to used the Altenew Layered Plaid A for a subtle background to a masculine card and love the way it turned out.  The blue and grey color pallet is really pretty against the white.

I created a top folding A2 cardbase from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock.  I cut the Altenew Layered Plaid A die from Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock and sprayed the back with Elmer’s Craft Bond Spray Adhesive.  I really works well when you have delicate die cuts.

I stamped the Avery Elle Cupcakes with Distress Oxide Broken China and Hickory Smoke.  I enhanced shadows and the flame with Copic Markers.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back for dimension and adhered to the lower left of the card with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

The sentiment combines a die cut word from Lawn Fawn’s Happy Happy Happy, cut from Silver Mirror Cardstock, and another three times from gray cardstock, adhered together with Ranger Collage Medium.  The secondary greeting was from Winnie & Walter’s Sentimental Birthday was stamped on a scrap of gray cardstock with Distress Oxide Broken China and cut into a thin strip with an angled end.  A thin strip 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape was added to the back and then it was adhered below the “happy” die cut word.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Avery Elle Cupcakes
  • Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy
  • Winnie & Walter Sentimental Birthday
  • Altenew Layered Plaid A
  • Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China and Hickory Smoke
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • 3M ½” Foam Tape
  • Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock
  • Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
  • Paper Accents Silver Mirror Cardstock
  • Scrap Gray Cardstock
  • Ranger Collage Medium
  • Clear Wink of Stella

 

Starry Night Happy Birthday

I needed a masculine birthday card and decided to use a star theme.  I pulled out my Memory Box Starry Night Background die and cut it from Gina K. Designs Base Weight Onyx Black Cardstock cut to 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.  I backed it with a rectangle of Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock and adhered them together with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.  The panel was adhered to a top folding A2 cardbase made from the same black cardstock.

For the focal image I die cut the largest Spellbinders Star Five die from the same mirror cardstock.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was cut with the same die and trimmed with scissors to be just smaller and was adhered to the back and then adhered to the background with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

For the sentiment I die cut one of the “Happy” words from the Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy stamp and die set from black cardstock and adhered it to the center of the large star with Ranger Collage Medium.  The secondary sentiment was stamped on a scrap of black cardstock with VersaMark Ink and embossed with Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  It was cut into a thin strip with an angled end and adhered to the large star with the same Collage Medium.  I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the Happy word and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Stamp and Die
  • Spellbinders Star Five Die
  • Memory Box Starry Night Background Die
  • Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
  • VersaMark Ink
  • Gina K. Designs 120# Base Weight Black Cardstock
  • Paper Accents Gold Mirror Cardstock
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Ranger Collage Medium
  • Darcie Sticky Back Foam
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX (Embossed)

 

Dresden China Birthday Cards

These are the last two cards that I made with the Jillian Vance Dresden China Quilt Die.  This time I decided to stamp my own patterned paper using the Simon Says Stamp Kaleidoscope Leaves Background Die.  One was stamped with Simon Fog Ink and the other with Memento Summer Sky.

These were very easy cards to make.  I stamped the background and then die cut the images using an A2 My Favorite Things Stitched Rectange STAX die.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was cut 1/8″ smaller and adhered to the back.  I die cut the quilt from colored cardstock that was backed with Be Creative Tape and then removed the backing and adhered it to the card front.  For one of the cards I used a die cut sentiment and for the other I stamped it on the same colored cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder.

PRODUCTS USED CARD #1:

  • Jillian Vance Dresden China Quilt Block
  • Simon Says Stamp Kaleidoscope Leaves Background Stamp
  • Simon Say Stamp Fog Ink
  • Gina K. Designs 80# and 120# Ivory Cardstock
  • BasicGrey Knee High Cat’s Cradle Cardstock
  • Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday Border
  • Spectrum Noir Crystal Clear Sparkle Pen
  • Pretty Pink Post Clear Droplets
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Elizabeth Craft Design 6 X 6 Double Sided Tape

PRODUCTS USED CARD #2

  • Jillian Vance Dresden China Quilt Block
  • Simon Says Stamp Kaleidoscope Leaves Background Stamp
  • Memento Summer Sky Ink
  • Sugarpea Designs Celebrate All The Things
  • Gina K. Designs 80# and 120# Ivory Cardstock
  • My Mind’s Eye Wild Asparagus Baby Boy Circles/Blue Cardstock
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Elizabeth Craft Design 6 X 6 Double Sided Tape
  • Ranger Multi Medium Matte
  • My Favorite Things Sentiment Die
  • Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder

Watercolored Mother’s Day Card 3

I was asked to help the 12 and 13 year-old girls in my church make cards for the mothers.  I decided to use a watercolor medium.  I stamped the images on Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Paper with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and then embossed it with Hero Arts Fine Detail Clear Embossing Powder.  This creates wells where they could only watercolor a small portion of the image at a time and it wouldn’t run into another section of the flower or leaves.  I created several card as example so they could make a selection on what they wanted to use for their mothers.  There are two cards using this stamp from Simon Says Stamp called Bouquet of Thanks, how appropriate for Mother’s Day.  These are the third example cards.

CARD 1:  I added some color at the base of a petal with a ZIG Clean Real Brush Markers 024 Wine, 044 Deep Green, 036 Light Blue and then pulled the color throughout using a watercolor brush and water. Once the watercoloring was dry I ran it through the Big Shot with the Pretty Pink Posh Winnie & Walter Audrey Essentials Rectangle Die.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back for added dimension.

The sentiment is a combination of stamping and die cutting. The stamped sentiment from Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves was stamped on a scrap of pink cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Gina K. Designs Detail White Embossing Powder using Marvy Embossing Tool. It was cut into a then strip and 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape. The Mom word was cut from mirror cardstock using the Lawn Fawn Cole’s ABC Die and adhered to the lower left of the card and the sentiment was adhered above.

A side folding cardbase was made from pink cardstock in my stash. The focal image was adhered to the front with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.  Raspberry Sequins were added to the font with Ranger Multi Medium Matte and the card was done.

CARD 2:  This card was essentially the same with a little different because Distress Inks  Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Broken China were used for watercoloring and the Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Die was used to cut the image.  Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets were added for visual interest and the card was done.

PRODUCTS USED CARD 1:

  • Simon Says Stamp Bouquet of Thanks
  • Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
  • SugarPea Designs Mom Words Die
  • ZIG Clean Brush Markers: 024 Wine, 044 Deep Green, 036 Light Blue
  • Pretty Pink Posh Watermelon and Sweetheart Mix Sequins
  • Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
  • Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • Ranger Multi Medium Matte
  • Winnie & Walter Audrey Essentials Die

PRODUCTS USED CARD 2:

  • Simon Says Stamp Bouquet of Thanks
  • Gina K. Designs Stitched Leaves
  • Lawn Fawn Cole’s ABC Dies
  • Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Mowed Lawn, Broken China
  • Pretty Pink Posh Clear Droplets
  • Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock
  • Canson XL 140# Cold Press Watercolor Cardstock
  • Pink Cardstock from Stash
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

 

Industrial Tarnished Silver Birthday Card

I love the new Ranger 3-D embossing folders.  They give such a deep impression and a couple of them make great masculine birthday card.  This card using the Ranger 3-D Foundry Embossing Folder and Paper Accents Silver Mirror Cardstock.  Once it was embossed it was distressed or tarnished by running StazOn Jet Black Ink lightly over the surface, which really highlighted all the rivets in the design.

For the sentiment the word “birthday” was stamped on black cardstock with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Silver Embossing Powder.  The word “happy” was die from the same mirror cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy die and adhered above the embossed sentiment.  In keeping with the industrial feel, the sentiment was adhered to the front of the dry embossed panel using silver wire.  Darice Sticky Back Foam was added to the back of the panel and then it was adhered to a top folding A2 cardbase made from Gina K. Designs Onyx Black Base Weight Cardstock.

PRODUCTS USED:

  • Ranger 3D Foundry Embossing Folder
  • Lawn Fawn Happy Happy Happy Die
  • Winnie & Walter Sentimental Birthday
  • Paper Accents Silver Mirror Cardstock
  • Gina K. Designs Black Onyx Base Weight Cardstock
  • Ranger Fine Detail Silver Embossing Powder
  • VersaMark Ink
  • StazOn Jet Black Ink
  • Bead Landing Stringing 24-Gauge Beading Wire
  • Darice Sticky Back Foam
  • My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX
  • Ranger Multi Medium Matte
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive