Happy (Escape) New Job....

Hey! How are you all?

Ok.. this card will take a little bit of explaining. 

It all started as I was thinking about the Lawn Fawn Ready Set Snow Shaker die set. It's temporarily out of stock but this die will work perfectly instead.

I got thinking about snow globes in general and about the poor little people and animals who are permanently stuck inside the globe and can't get out. This led me to thinking it would be fun if they made a bid for freedom and so the 'new job...escape from the old job' idea came into being.

I was explaining the idea to one of my daughters and she looked at me and said 'Mum are you doing drugs?!!

Well I wasn't, but granted, it's a slightly 'out there' idea!

 I had so much fun creating the scene. You wouldn't believe quite how many different Lawn Fawn sets I've used...

How many can you see?

Here goes.... Milos' ABC's ( for the sentiment)

Thankyou Tags (for the diddy bird)

Joy To The Woods (for the bird, chipmunk and fox)

Hello Baby (for the little rabbit)

Happy Trails (for the trees and the landscape line)

And last.. but not least..Penelope's Blossoms

AND they're ALL in stock. Every single set!

I hope you like my little furry friends sliding down the outside of the snow globe. I had to choose the smallest critters so they'd look more in proportion with the globe!

Anyhow, enough from me.

Hope you have a lovely and sane Tuesday!

I'll be back next week with maybe something a little more sensible (although I wouldn't hold your breath!)

Keren xx

Create An Easter Card For A Guy

Hi fellow crafters! Julia here!

I don't know about you, but creating a card for a guy usually means I can't make it too cute and I can't use too many embellishments. That's quite a challenge for me, but one I was happy to face since I had the solution at hand: the incredibly cute Three Amigos stamp set by Mama Elephant is perfect if you want a wide range – from neutral to incredibly cute, everything is possible.

I stamped the fox and Copic colored him, then drew the little scene on his paper with a Memento Pen (you just need to use a pen that will not smear with Copics). The fox itself is pretty neutral and my scene just set the mood for the upcoming holiday, so nothing too cutesy here. Thanks to the die set I also stamped the crumpled paper a few times and then die cut it – I'd never have fussy cut this.

I did add some glitter washi tape to the sides. You could use patterned paper or stamp your own background. I just wanted to make sure that I had a stark contrast and a "male" color. Blacks and greys are neutral, so they work perfectly for this.

For the rest of the background, I used a few of the tiny stamps that come in the Avery Elle Storybook set and on the inside, I stamped an easter greeting that was created with the ever so useful Milo's ABC from Lawn Fawn.

Thanks for stopping by! If you want to get a look at how I made the card, you can find a video tutorial on my blog.

Cheers, Julia!

Make Your Tiny Stamps Shine with Mama Elephant and ECD Glitter

Hello fellow crafters, today I have a card and a technique for you which I hope will excite you as much as it excites me. My main focus is on coloring with a medium you might not have considered so far: Stabilo fibre tip pens. And before you groan at yet another thing to invest in, I'll stop you right here: they are super cheap (your kids might use them already for school or just plain coloring), you can buy them in packs or individually, and if you have water color paper, chances are you can achieve blending effects similar to Copic markers!

The star of today's show is the little fellow from the Mama Elephant Cosmic Stars stamp set. You can color him any way you want, but I used the Stabilo Pens I mentioned. I found that, on water color paper, they blend very nicely. Now, don't get me wrong: you won't get the same quality of blending as with Copics and these cheaper pens are better suites for smaller images, but if you are on a budget, the Stabilo Pens might be worth your consideration.

The photos don't do the coloring justice nor the super sparkly blue background behind the little crab: I used some double sided adhesive sheets to create a sticky surface and then dumped Elizabeth Craft glitter on it. Since that glitter is opaque, I did it right on the grey card stock – as you can see, you can't see any grey, the glitter covers it right up. I wish you could see this for real, it's brilliant (pun intended).

And if you wonder what's up with this 'weird' sentiment – well, I saw the little character from Mama Elephant and he reminded me of a crab. And the crab reminded me of a scene from one of my favorite TV show, 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered', from the Hallmark channel (if you are not in the US, you can grab it via iTunes). It's just a feel-good show, with some darling characters and one of them cheers up another one by telling her that while's she's soft on the inside, she's like a special breed of crabs: she has a tough outer shell that makes her unsquashable :) I thought this would be a great card for someone who needed some cheering up.

I hope you enjoyed the card and you have a great Valentine's Day! Thanks for stopping by!

Narwhal Alert!

 Hi! Hope you're ok and wahooo.. it's December.
I recently got this set, 'Critters in the Arctic'

 

Isn't it great? 

I have to admit not knowing what a Narwhal was- even though I've seen Elf. 

I immediately thought of Santa's sleigh- and imagined the Narwhals pulling it over the Arctic. 

Yes, my brain goes strange places.

See the little hat? Thought I'd give them each some warmth and a little personality. By angling the hat and placing it in different directions, you can make them look a little different.

I added a piece of red thread through their bodies (don't worry- I found a fleshy bit that didn't hurt). I gathered them together and attached them to the inside of the front cover. I've created the ocean with some vellum.
The sentiment is using the Milo's font stamp set

I just created the sky using some distress inks and made some little 'sleigh pieces' out of Snow Days paper

I have so many ideas for this set- you might find it popping up on some other Tuesdays.

See you next week,

Keren x

Dino Birthday

Hi there ! Happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing with you a card packed with lots of stampy goodness :)

I made the card base using  Lawn Fawn 'Large Stitched Journaling die', I used the die set also for the speech bubble for the sentiment. Those super cute dinos  and the super palm tree are from Lawn Fawn 'Critters From The Past'.For the tasty looking cake I used 'Bake Me A Cake' (sorry OOS).

The group of balloons are from Mama Elephant 'Up & Away' and the single is from Wplus9 'Whole Lotta Happy Dies'. For the sentiment I used a mix of Lawn Fawn 'Milo's ABCs' and Wplus9 'Strictly Sentiments 1'.

Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Hugs Lydia xxx



           

Throwback Thursday

Hello! Happy Day-After-Humpday!

Do you have a Harry Potter fan living with you?! I do! Today's card is made using Lawn Fawn Gnome Sweet Gnome and Critters in the Arctic. 

The lightning bolts are from Lil' Inkers Cut it Out Clouds dies and the sentiment is made using good 'ol Lawn Fawn Milo's ABC's

I had to reverse stamp 'Hedwig' onto 'Dumbledore',or he would have had an owl butt in his face ;-),coloured them both with Copics and fussy cut them out. I think the little gnome works pretty well as a wizard,no? 

There is still time to play with this months challenge-its a sketch one,and has lots of lovely ideas from the DT to get you cracking!

See you next week!

Lou x

Throwback Thursday

Good morning :-)

Happy near-end-of-week! You know,if Wednesday is 'Hump Day',Thursday should have some sort of special one day closer kinda name,don't you think? Suggestions on a postcard please ;-)

My card today is an actual throwback!-I used the lush Paper Smooches Chilly Chums for the main guys and the moose from Chubby Chum Pals is photobombing ;-) The photo frame is Lawn Fawn Say Cheese Die and the 'selfie' is in Lawn Fawn's Milo's ABC's.

I put Glossy Accents on Mr Walrus's glasses-hard to see in the photo,but it adds a great touch

There is still time to enter this months challenge on the blog-it is a fun sketch challenge,why not pop along and have a look? The prize is worth having a go ;-)

See you next week!

Lou x

Which Witch?

Hi there and happy Friday! Hope you have all had a good week :)

Today I'm sharing a card using the cute Halloween set from Mama Elephant 'Bootastic'.

In the set the 'Good Witch' is a little smaller than the other so I have extended her dress to make them the same size. To do this I masked off the bottom of her dress while I inked up the stamp and then drew in the the bottom afterward.

I made up the sentiment using two alphas from Lawn Fawn= Milo's ABCs and Clark's ABCs. 

Hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs Lydia xxx

  

Have A Magical Day

Yay it's Friday!!! Hope you have a great Bank Holiday Weekend planned , although it's looking like the weather isn't planning on being very sunny :-/. So it's my day today and I'm sharing with you a pretty bright card that will hopefully make you smile.

To make this......
* Cut a number (I have cut 10) of the larger borders from Lawn Fawns 'Stitched Scalloped Border Die' and add a little colour to the scalloped edge using Distress Inks ( I used Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean).
* Glue these borders together and attach to your card layer.
*Stamp the castle and unicorn from Lawn Fawn 'Critters Ever After' on to watercolour card using Archival ink. Colour using the same colour Distress Inks as before and a little water. Then fussy cut out.
* Cut a number of clouds out of vellum using Lawn Fawn 'Spring Showers Die' out of vellum and add these to the top of the scalloped borders. Then add the castle and unicorn to the scene.
* Add the sentiment using Milo's ABCs.

I totally love the freshness of these bright colours and lots of white. And what could be better than using vellum for clouds?!?!?

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Lydia xxx

 

Some of these items are out of stock again - but they will be back soon!

Just a note

Hello.

I have a simple note card for today using Lawn fawn stamps and papers.

I used Check this out Milos abc stamp sets and Into the woods papers and Quinns abc dies.

I cut the paper to the size of my card base then made an off set panel with white card and stamped the library  card in black.

Then die cut the letters from the panel and another set from patterned paper.

One they were all stuck in place i stamped the sentiment using milos abc in orange and added glossy accents.

Thanks for looking.

You Old Dinosaur!!!

Hello.... well what a cracking weekend of sunshine and warmth, hope you all managed to make the most of it :0)

For my card today you'll see that my teamie Lydia and I obviously had a similar train of thought when using the Critters in the Past stamp set from Lawn Fawn.... *ahem*...a great set for the older birthdays as well as the youngsters too !!!

I adore colouring Lawn Fawn critters in but with the dinosaurs you have a free rein with your choice of colours, who's going to argue with you!!!...... but I stuck with the usual green and orange :0)

I wanted the sentiment to unfold as you opened the card so on half an A4 piece of card (cut lengthways) I scored at 9cm and 18cm to make a zig zag folded card.

The sentiment on the front is from Say it All and the rest is made up from Jessie's and Milo's ABC's. Did you see how I was able to make some extra greenery to go behind the rocks by colouring and cutting up the head of the palm tree.... I also snuck in a larger rock from the Critters on the Savannah set... didn't think they'd mind :0)

To contiue the theme through to the end I used the solid footprint in SU Sahara Sand across the back of the card and added a bit of dimension with a watercolour brush and the same coloured ink.... the footprints show nicely when the card is closed too :0)

                                            

\Thanks for stopping by today :0)
Jenny x