Fishy Ornaments

Hello! I have my last post for my DT term up on the Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog today. It's been so fun to bring you projects each week! I have so many photos of today's project on the BRI blog, so make sure you head over there!

I have a set of tag ornaments that I made to give to my brother as a gift at Christmas. He loves fish and mermaids and everything ocean! I know he will love these!

So cute, right! Head over to the Butterfly Reflections, Ink blog to see more photos! Have a merry Christmas, everyone! Talk soon!

Lawnscaping Challenge : Distress Maniacs!

Hello, all!! The Lawnscaping challenge blog has always been one of my favorites, so I've decided to join in this week and use some Distress products on my cards!!

Be sure to head over to the blog and link up your own creations! Here's mine!

I made two cards using the Lawn Fawn Wheelie Like You stamp set. I water colored a couple of images from the set with Distress inks and covered them with Wink of Stella for some shimmer. 

I I mixed up some more colors of Distress Ink with some Perfect Pearls and water colored some stripes onto cardstock. I used my stitched rectangles to frame them. And that's it! So quick and easy! I was done before the baby woke up from a nap!! 

See you all next time!

Sentiments Lawnscaping Challenge

Hey, everyone! Today I have a card that I made for the current Lawnscaping challenge which focuses on sentiments! I will also be uploading my card to the MarkerPOP blog for their anything goes challenge.

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Okay, so here we go!

I started by cutting a piece of cardstock with a pierced edge die from Winnie & Walter's Katharine Cutaways. Then I sponged on just about every brown Distress Ink I own. I wanted to have a background where you could really see some color development.

Next I used the sentiment from the Oh Snap Lawn Fawn set and stamped it multiple times in Versamark ink. I embossed with Zing! white embossing powder.

I stamped a few gingerbreadmen from the Lawn Fawn Oh Snap set with Memento ink and colored them in with my Copic markers. I fussy cut them and popped them up on my card. Then I covered them in clear Wink of Stella.

That's it! I'll be back Thursday with another card!

Lawnscaping One Layer Challenge

Hey everyone! Today I am bringing you a card for the current one layer Lawnscaping Challenge. It was a struggle for me! I love my foam tape!

Here is my card! I used the Lawn Fawn Fantastic Friends set and my alcohol markers - both Copic and Spectrum Noir - to color my image.

I started by stamping my sentiment at the bottom of my card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. From there I went on to stamp my fish bowl and all the little decorations and the fishy inside.

Once everything was stamped out I colored the images with my Copics. I thought it looked like the fish tank was just floating, so I used some cool gray markers to add some shading.

After everything was colored I added some clear Wink of Stella and a coat of Glossy Accents over the water. And that's it! I did get a little outside of the lines in places...but everyone I send my cards to knows I make them by hand, so it's okay!

Come back tomorrow for another card project!!

Lawnscaping Rainbow Challenge - Stripey Monsters



Hello! Welcome back to my blog for another card - or two in this case! I made these cards for the Lawnscaping rainbow challenge. I never liked rainbows, but now that I've made a few cards for this challenge I think I will continue! Follow the link below the image to join into the challenge yourself!

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As I said before, I have two cards to share with you. Here's the first one!





I just love this one! I think it came out so cute! Probably one of my favorites! I started by using some washi tape to mask off horizontal stripes so that I could do some Distress Inking. I used Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, and Seedless Preserves. It was like a magic show when I peeled back the tape to reveal the stripes! I did a little happy dance!!

I actually all ready had the little monsters colored. I did a bunch of Copic and Spectrum Noir coloring for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge last month and I am still working through my stash of colored images. It does make putting a card together so much easier! I added some white dot detail to my monsters, stamped a sentiment, and added some fun foam behind my inked panel and that was it! So cute and easy!

Here's my second card!

I made this card as a thank you for a friend of mine! I started by adding some splotches of Distress Inks (see above for the exact colors) and then I used Pumice Stone to add the background. I dried my panel and then went back in with more colors to get that splotchy watercolor look.

I used my Memento ink to stamp the cupcakes, sentiment, and a bunch of little hearts and that was it! I love the way this one turned out, too!

I hope you guys enjoyed! See you soon!

Lawnscaping Rainbow Inspiration

Hello! I have something a little different today. I'm participating in the Lawnscaping challenge! I've wanted to participate for a while, but I've been so nervous! Today I will throw my card into the ring! The challenge is to use the rainbow as inspiration! Click the link below the photo if you want to participate as well!

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So that's my card! I started by watercoloring with some Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink. I just basically painted a blob onto my paper. Then I used a stencil from Studio Calico and applied some embossing paste over the watercoloring. I sprinkled some glittery embossing powder onto the wet paste and heat set it after the paste was dry.

Next I grabbed the Lawn Fawn Baked With Love stamp set and stamped my image. I started with the top cupcake and used masking to stamp the tower of cakes and the table. I used Colic and Spectrum Noir markers to color them and then fussy cut my scene. I stamped my sentiment and trimmed the paper to banner edges.

All that was left was to add a heavy coat of Wink of Stella clear glitter and apply some Glossy Accents.

That's it! I hope you enjoy and that my card inspires you! I'll be back later with more cards!