Mojo Muse

I've used Mojo Monday 300 sketch as a base for my card and taken my inspiration for the colours & textures on my card from the Muse Card Club Challenge #24, Monday Muse: Laurie Willison.

Laurie's colour scheme: green, black and beige/kraft. I scoured my digi papers until I found just the right tones to reflect the Muse card. I inked my stamps simultaneously with black & brown inks and distressed my papers with Antique Linen & Walnut Stain.

Laurie's textures: buttons, thread, woodgrain. I combined two of these by using a button with a woodgrain appearance. I've used my thread is au naturel and died with the brown & black inks.

Laurie's sentiment: hello. My sentiment is in the same vein: thinking of you.

Challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge R#131: Sewing Room  [Real Stitches]
Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge 300 Celebration
Muse Challenge #24

Supplies

Stamps: Wplus9 Love Birds

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mowed Lawn, Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Dies & Punches etc: Wplus9 Love Birds Designer Die, Xcut die Square, Lawn Fawn Circle Stackables

Paper: White card from stash, Sweet Digi Scraps SDS_PerfectU_Paper4, SDS_PerfectU_Paper5, Bella Gypsy Designs bellagypsy_cozyup_pattern10

Highlights: Button, thread used with Sew Easy piercer

Hope you've enjoyed your visit & see you soon.

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Home Sweet Home

Great fun playing with my Lawn Cuts & woodgrain embossing folder. Lots of dimension, promarkers and distress inks. Hopefully I'll have more time to play with these stamps and the Spring/Summer promarker colours in the near future!

 

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #60: Dimension

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything goes

7 or Less

I've been intrigued with Marie's 7 or Less Cardmaking Challenge. I usually use lots of Promarkers, glossy accents and glitter glue, so 7 or less items seemed a little impossible. I used Sketch Saturday #254 for the layout. I've improvised a speech bubble from Paisley die cut (solid shape) and stamped with distress stain on Island Lagoon Promarker solid background. If I hadn't been limited, I would have heat embossed the sentiment.

Challenges:
7 or Less Challenge #4 Optional Theme: Solid Shapes
Sketch Saturday #264: Your Favourite Sketch since Jen Started (#254)


Hope I make Marie's deadline, I've left this post until the last minute!

Mo Baby!

Dimension is what makes an easel card tick, so perfect for Lawnscaping Challenge #60. I used lots of layers raised up on foam dots for my central image and my easel stopper/main sentiment. Lawn Fawn's Quinn's ABC dies were also essential kit! I love colouring these, and now with the dies they're so easy to cut out and the foam dots fit perfectly.

I've been admiring this Mo image for ages, so with a christening reminder to be made, I had to get it! I also gave some of the new bright Spring/Summer Promarker colours a whirl.

Challenges:
I ♥ Promarkers Challenge #173: Anything Goes
Lawnscaping Challenge #60: Dimension
Mo's Challenge Blog #190: Bright Colours

Supplies

Stamps: Mo Manning Baby Girl, Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs, Quinn's ABCs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies & Punches etc: Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs- Lawn Cuts, Label Die

Paper: White & silver card from stash, Dovecraft Back to Basics III

Colouring: Promarkers

Hope you enjoyed your visit and see you again soon!

Frog Prince

A fun birthday card for a little prince! I love how the googly eyes change the frog's expression.

The girls at Lawnscaping Challenge Blog have set the task of colouring, oh such a chore ;) I enjoyed this so much I've used two media: I've coloured the frog using promarkers & the lily pad with distress inks. My lily was constructed using different sizes of daisy punches for the petals & stamen, then coloured with Tim Holtz distress inks & glittered. The heart die cut was folded in half, drenched in lots of green distress inks, shaped & raised on pop dots. I followed an old Sketch Saturdays sketch #251. It reminds me of a pond & there is a lovely royal banner that is perfect for Casual Fridays Challenge #104.  I love these two Lawn Fawn patterned papers (Bright Side collection) used together & all hidden flowers on a masculine card.

Challenges:
Casual Fridays Challenge CFC#104: Banners and/or Flags
Lawncsaping Challenge #59: Colouring
Simon Says Stamp: Masculine/Father's Day

 

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Critters Ever After, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade

Paper: White card from stash, Lawn Fawn Bright Side Petite Paper Pack

Highlights: Stickles, googly eyes

Dies, et al: Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals, Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls, Xcut Heart dies, Daisy punches

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Distress inks

Hope you've enjoyed your visit!

Sequins

CAS Lawn Fawn Engagement card with sequins.

As soon as I saw Pinspired Challenge #9, I wanted to use my pink sequins laid out in rows. Just as we get a peek through the curtains, at the pink delights inside, I've cut a heart aperture to frame my glittery treasure. I wanted to keep the rest of the card nice and simple so the sequins shine.

Challenges:

Lawnscaping Challenge #58: Clean & Simple

Pinspired Challenge #9

The ABC Challenge: N for Not Just One  [lots & lots of sequins]

Thanks for visiting and hope to see you again soon!

Baby Laurence

A CAS card to welcome baby Laurence to the family. He's a much sought after cousin by my lot, they've been asking for a cousin since their uncle's wedding! Plenty of blue for the new little boy & some of my favourite Lawn Fawn stamps. I've white embossed Quinn's ABCs and filled them with Stickles so they stand out on the DP. Shaded Lilac Distress Ink on the edges & my first go of a gradient fill with some red Promarkers for a little pop of colour.

Challenges:
Allsorts Challenge Week #207: True Blue
CAS-ual Fridays CFC101: Stamp on DP
Lawnscaping Challenge #58: Clean & Simple

Supplies

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABCs, Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Shaded Lilac

Paper: White card from stash, Dovecraft Back To Basics II

Highlights: Glossy Accents, Stickles, white embossing powder, white gel pen

Dies, et al: Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacy Circles, Xcut Shape Cutter system

Colouring: Promarkers, Flexmarkers

Thanks for stopping by.