Guest Designer for Lawn Fawnatics Challenge # 18 - Emboss Resist

Hello and Welcome December!! 

I'm honored to be Guest Designing this month for the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog. I created two cards for Challenge #18 - Emboss Resist.

I love this technique - it's an easy way to add detail to a project. Here's my first card using a combination of Lawn Fawn stamps and dies.

I stamped snowflakes onto my blank card base using white embossing powder and once it was heat set I blended some Lawn Fawn inks over the background. The embossed snowflakes resist the inks and stand out on the inked background. 

Be sure to stop by the Lawn Fawnatics blog and check out all the Design Team projects for more ideas using the Emboss Resist technique.

I will be back December 13th to share my second card for this challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great week. 

Supplies Used: 

Lawn Fawn

• Critters in the Arctic Stamps & Dies
• Happy Howlidays Stamps
• Stitched Hillside Borders Dies
• Winter Village Stamps & Dies
• Lawn Fawn Inks: Merman, Peacock, Fish Tank

Other

• Memento Black Ink
• Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Copic Markers
• Misti Stamping Tool

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! Hello Crop on the Cape 2017!!

Hello! Time to dust off my blog and bring it back to life!

I'm so excited to be spending the weekend with a great group of crafty friends. This is our annual Crop on the Cape and it's a wonderful time to reconnect - good for the heart and soul!! I'm hoping to be somewhat productive - we'll see how that goes.

Since today is St. Patrick's Day I'm sharing a few cards I made awhile ago with Lawn Fawn's adorable "My Lucky Charm" stamps and dies. I used my Copics to color in the cute cat and four leaf clovers. Here's my first card. (The pics were taken at night and at work with my iphone so not the best quality)

I used some vellum to add a soft feel to the card. The title is white embossed. It was fun to use my Copic markers again.

Here's my second card.

I used darker greys for this cat and added some stars from the stamp set. Here's a close up.

Thanks for stopping by and I'm hoping it won't be another month without a blog post.

Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy Weekend!!

A Crazy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! I've been working on a little Valentine's surprise treat for my coworkers. Most of my coworkers have a dog or cat or both so I thought it would be fun to create some ATC's using Tim Holtz Sizzix "Mini Crazy Cats and Dogs" Cling Stamps and Framelits Die Set. The mini set is a "purrfect" size for ATC's and the coordinating framelits made creating 13 of these much easier! I started with a watercolor background using different shades of red and pink distress inks. I then stamped the dogs and cats with the Misti Stamping Tool. I colored the critters with Copic Markers. I stamped a quick sentiment and added some small hearts punched from the water colored paper. I colored the small hearts with a Wink of Stella brush to add an extra pop of glitter.  Each ATC looks different - that's one of the many reasons I LOVE watercoloring!! Here's a peek of them together followed by close ups of each ATC. 

I have to admit, creating 13 of these: 10 for my coworkers, 2 for friends and 1 for me, was fun!! Having the coordinating framelits and the Misti Stamping Tool made it so much faster. I'm still working on my Copic Skills so this was GREAT practice. 

Here's some close ups of the crazy critters.

I love the grey and pink combo - I used Picked Raspberry for a few of the backgrounds. 

Here's the crazy doggies.

I made a few ATC's with the dog below coloring him in different color combinations. 

Here's a lighter version of him.

I love how goofy this guy is - he's the party dog!

Here's the last pup.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a crazy, fun Valentine's Day!!