Lawn Fawnatics Challenge - Something See Through using Our Friendship Grows!

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing with you my entry for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #59 Something See Through.  I have always enjoyed the look of see through cards whether it would be with the use of vellum, or acetate.  I think it gives a different look to an everyday card.  So, I thought about how I would create something for this challenge, and I immediately thought of my favorite Lawn Fawn set EVER, which is Our Friendship Grows.  I will be super sad if Lawn Fawn ever retired this set, and I would forgive them if they created a new version! HAHA  

I just love sunflowers, and the thought of my favorite stamp company no longer having a sunflower set, well, it would be a sad time in my craft room for sure!!  OK- back to the card, and how I created it.  I thought of these beautiful sunflowers and thinking how cool it would be to create for my see through element, a vellum vase or jar for my sunflowers.  So, I used the die for the vase from How You Bean and die cut a piece of vellum.  From there, I stamped out my flowers with some Copic friendly ink, and colored my sunflowers with my Copic Markers, and once I was complete, I used the matching dies to cut my flowers, and leaves.  For the stems, since they are so skinny, the easiest thing for me to do was use the lined image for the stem, stamp it down onto some light green card stock, and trim them out with my scissors.  It was actually pretty simple to do.

Next, I wanted to add the look of water to my vase/or jar, so I use two colors of blue Copic Markers and colored the back of my vellum and just moving my markers in a sweeping motion to add texture to the water.  I also added a bit of dimension around the edge of the vase/jar with a light gray Copic Marker, to add the glass look.  

To put my card together, I added a piece of Perfectly Plaid Rainbow patterned paper to the bottom of my white card base to create a ground for my arrangement of flowers, and then I added liquid adhesive to my stems after getting the placement down first of where I needed them to be.  Then, I added my vellum piece by adding a thin bead of liquid adhesive around the edges and smoothing it out with my finger, and you really can't even tell there was glue applied.  Adding that gray marker around the edges also helps to disguise the glue.  Then, I added some foam adhesive to my sunflowers to pop them off of the card and added my leaves where I thought they'd look nice.  

For some final details, I added some Wink of Stella clear glitter brush to the middle of my sunflowers, and added a hand drawn detail around the card for a frame.  I also stamped out my sentiment from the same Our Friendship Grows stamp set with Peacock Lawn Fawn ink.  

I really didn't take too long to put this card together, once I had a plan in my head.  Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to check out the latest challenge, and play along!

Kari

Holiday Card Series 2016 | Card # 12 | ( Giveaway closed) Lawn Fawn

Hello!  Today, I am sharing Card #12 in my Holiday Card Series, and I'm playing with all Lawn Fawn goodies!  I had so much fun creating this scene card using the Merry Christmouse stamp set that was a collaboration with Simon Says Stamp.  It was originally released in 2015 during the Stamptember event with Simon, and it sold out very quickly.  For a limited time, Simon opened the "vault" and brought this set back, and once again it sold out in record time!

I picked out a few images from this adorable set, and paired it with Cozy Christmas, which is an older set from Lawn Fawn.  I think it goes well with this set though.

I colored my images in very simply with Copics, and die cut them with the coordinating dies.  I did paper piece of the fireplace using a one of the pattern papers from the Snow Day 6x6 which is also one that was released last year.

I also wanted to use the chair from the Dad's Day set also from Lawn Fawn to add to my little scene.

For final touches for my card, I used the Gold Wink of Stella for the star on the cheese tree, and the clear Wink of Stella on the lights.  I love the shimmer that this pen provides!!  So fun.

What is also fun, is I am giving away one of the Merry Christmouse sets!!  Like I said, this set is sold out, and I purchased one to give away to one of YOU.  Please visit my video/Youtube channel for more details on how to enter the giveaway.  This is a giveaway only through my YT channel this time, so if you 'd like a chance to win, I invite you to watch the video!

Thanks for stopping by!!

See you soon!

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Christy Gets Crafty Video Hop Celebration | 10K Subscribers

Hi and welcome to an excited day!  We are celebration Christy from ChristyGetsCrafty as she has surpassed 10 K subscribers on her Youtube channel!  She has asked a few of us to help her celebrate this wonderful milestone, and I am so happy to be apart of this celebration today!

She has put together an awesome line up of talented card makers, and wonderful sponsors to give YOU the chance to win during the hop!

Just be sure to hop along and leave a comment on all  of the participants to be eligible to win the fabulous prizes up for grabs!  Remember - if you don't comment, you won't have the chance to win!  And, its free!  WOOT!


Christy asked us to create a celebratory card, so I did just that, and I used a lot of Lawn Fawn products as she loves Lawn Fawn as well as one other stamp set from WPlus9 whom she also loves!

I created my own custom background with the "Oh Happy Day" sentiment and stamped that onto a piece of Fog card stock from Simon Says Stamp using the Manatee ink from Lawn Fawn.  I decided I wanted to cut a circle element from my panel, so I also took a piece of Peacock card stock from Lawn Fawn and created a framed panel to allow my Fog panel to stand out more.

I stamped out one of my favorite bird images from Lawn Fawn, and did some very simple coloring with a few Copic markers, and then die cut him out using the coordinating die.  I also used the Scripty Congrats Die from Lawn Fawn and used the same Peacock card stock and well as a piece of black card stock as I will adhere both of these die cuts together, and the black with create a drop shadow effect.  I did add some shimmer to the die cuts before adhering them together as that was easier.

Then I just put all of my elements together onto my white card base which is an A2 size card - 4.25 x 5.5

I am the last stop on today's hop, so be sure to find out more details about the hop, including the sponsors and prizes up for grabs, be sure to head over to Christy's blog!!

Congratulations again Christy!  You deserve 10K and more!

Hop order:

Christy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYxpsyLFV8

Laurel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13jdSCI453Y&feature=youtu.be

Kelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSz8kyjGFNc&feature=youtu.be

Chari: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_-OEh_w8LU

GIVEAWAY WINNER ANNOUNCED | Lawn Fawn Cutie Pie

Happy Sat!!  I am popping in real quickly to announce my giveaway winner of the Lawn Fawn set I am giving away!!  Congratulations to my winner!!  The winner was chosen through RANDOM.org

You'll have to watch the video to find out who it is!!  *GRIN*

Thank you all that entered!!  I will do another mini giveaway soon!!

National Craft Month Celebration Blog Hop

Hello my friends!!  Welcome to a fun blog hop celebrating National Craft Month!  All month long, crafters are taking pride that a whole month is dedicated to a hobby we love!  We all craft in different ways, and this blog hop is showcasing some of those fun creations!  I am thrilled to be taking part in this fun blog hop headed up by the fabulous Nicole of the Right At Home Shop.  

For this blog hop, we are inspired to use what ever supplies we are loving, and my first love in card making is anything Lawn Fawn!  They are my tried and true stamp company!  I also know that Easter is coming up at the end of the month, so I thought it would be fun to create a fun springy-easter card 

( no pun intended) teehee!  I usually don't make Easter cards, as I really don't have anyone to give them to, but I couldn't resist using the Lawn Fawn inks to create this fun jelly beans and to pair it up with the yummy new papers that Lawn Fawn has released in their Perfectly Plaid 6x6 papers!

For the jelly beans I used - Plastic Flamingo, Carrot, Juice Box, Sunflower, Jalapeno, Celery Stick, Butter and Merman! I die cut a piece of my favorite white card stock from the scallop rectangles dies from Lawn Fawn ( they are my favorite at the moment) as well as a piece of the plaid pattern paper that went SO well with the jelly bean background!  

I took a piece of scrap white card stock and die cut a stitched circle, and also used some of the new Jalapeno card stock from LF, and die cut some grass using the grassy border die and then took that same stitched circle and die the grass as the bottom to fit my circle perfectly.  I took some Tumbled Glass distress ink and blended that onto the top portion of my circle to give it a sky look.  

I, then stamped my hopping bunny and added a little color to him with C1, R20 and my colorless blender. I used the coordinating die to die cut him out and added some foam tape to the back.  I put all the elements together onto an A2 top fold Merman card base.  For my sentiment, I die cut a banner from the Large Journaling Card die set and stamped the "Happy Easter" sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and for some final touches, I added some Wink of Stella to a few of the jelly beans.

Isn't fun and colorful!!  Well, of course this is a celebration, and with a celebration, comes prizes!  You will have a chance to win some fun goodies by heading over the the RAH Blog!  This will take you directly to the blog post to enter!  

Next up is my friend Laurel!  I am sure she has something fun to feast your eyes on as well!!  Have fun on the rest of the hop!  And, Happy National Craft Month!

-Kari

2000 SUBSCRIBER VIDEO HOP| **WINNERS**

Hi!!  I am just popping in to announce the winners of my 200 subscriber video hop!!  Thank you all again for your support, and leaving such sweet comments, and also subscribing to my channel!!  I really appreciate all of you!!  

Also - thank you once again to my sweet friends Michelle, Carissa, Stephanie, Christy, Tracy, and Amy for helping me celebrate and making such fabulous cards!!  And, I can't forget to thank my wonderful sponsors Lawn Fawn, Butterfly Reflections Ink and Mint Owl Studio!!  

All of the winners have been contacted - but here's the video doing this official announcement! 

See you back here at the blog soon!

Kari

Bright Spot In My Day featuring Lawn Fawn

Good Afternoon!
Today I am sharing this card I made using the Lawn Fawn set You Turn Me On.  This is such an adorable set.  It was released for their Valentine's Day release and I hadn't played with it yet since purchasing it, so I wanted to play with it today.

The design is relatively simple.  I wanted to combine some soft colors with a little bright - which the Plastic Flamingo Ink helps achieve that!!

As always I have a video below showing you my process!  And all of the supplies are listed and linked below for you.

Have a great weekend!

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