Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #87 - Card Sketch Part 2

 Hi All!

Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge #87 is called Card Sketch.

For this challenge I couldn't decide between two stamp sets so I created two cards. One is a cute fall card using the Let's Go Nuts stamp set (which is posted in the part 1 post) and the second is a cute winter card using the Snow Bunnies stamp set.

I love the 2019 STAMPtember Snow Bunnies for Lawn Fawn stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. This is the first stamp I ever bought from the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember event. All the elements of this stamp set are super adorable, so much so that most of my Christmas cards last year had cute bunnies on them. I again wanted to create a circle scene in the center of the card but for this card I also added the metal topper and the string so that the circle scene became an ornament to hang in the middle of the card. I thought that the vellum circle around the circle scene helps to give the illusion of a glass ornament with the scene inside.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, Silver Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamp (Snow Bunnies for Lawn Fawn), Lawn Fawn Paper - Let It Shine (red & white stripes) - White Sparkle Paper, Lawn Fawn Die (Forest Border), Lawn Fawn Ink (Yeti), Lawn Fawn Stencil (Snowflake Trio), Circle Die (2), Vellum Paper, Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots, Black Pen

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #87 - Card Sketch

 Hi All!

Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge #87 is called Card Sketch.

For this challenge I couldn't decide between two stamp sets so I created two cards. One is a cute fall card using the Let's Go Nuts stamp set and the second is a cute winter card using the Snow Bunnies stamp set, (which is posted in the part 2 post).

I love the new Let's Go Nuts stamp set from Lawn Fawn. The little squirrels are soooo adorable. I created this little scene in the centre of the card using a squirrel pulling a little wagon, pile of nuts and baby squirrel. I love the look of colour on colour backgrounds but I didn't have the same colour of brown to look good on kraft cardstock so I used white ink to stamp 3 other squirrels, the little nut and the little rake from the stamp set to create the background. I also used the little leaves pattern paper from the Into The Woods Remix to round out the design of the card. 

Supplies: White Cardstock, Green Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamp (Let's Go Nuts), Lawn Fawn Paper - Into The Woods Remix (leaves), Lawn Fawn Die (Forest Border), Lawn Fawn Ink (Yeti), Circle Die Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots

 

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #85 - Awesome Autumn

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge #85 is called Awesome Autumn.

For this challenge I wanted to create a scene with a the new Let's Go Nuts stamp set. I love the little squirrels so I created a scene with the leaf pile, the napping squirrel and the squirrel throwing his arms up. The squirrel napping and the squirrel throwing leaves onto of the leaf pile really show two ways to enjoy the fall/autumn season. I popped all the leaves in the air and the leaf pile up while leaving the squirrels flat.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Green Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamp (Let's Go Nuts), Lawn Fawn Paper - Into The Woods Remix (leaves) & Orange Plaid Paper, Lawn Fawn Die (Stitched Hillside Borders), YNS Enamel Dots (Sunset Sparkle), Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #84 - Back To School

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge #84 is called Back To School.

For this challenge I wanted to create a thank you card that could be sent out to a teacher to thank them for all the hard work they have put in not just when the world was normal but now in pandemic times. I know that life has turned upside down for all the kids of the world as one day they were going to school and seeing/playing with their friends then the next day they are staying home and learning through a virtual platform. Throughout all of this teachers have had to learn new technology, new teaching techniques and still make sure that all the kids can get the help they need in class. 

For that I want to say thank you to all the teachers out there for all their hard work and dedication!

Supplies: White Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamp (Thanks A Bushel), Lawn Fawn Paper - White Woodgrain Texture Paper, Carta Bella Stencil (Autumn Leaves), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Vintage Photo), Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots, Yellow Polka Dot Scrap Paper

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 504

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 504.

For this challenge I decided to create a cute thinking of you card with a jar of jellybeans. I wanted to create a cute picnic scene with the woodgrain of a picnic table, red buffalo plaid of a tablecloth with the blue strips to create a sky. 

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, MFT Paper (Buffalo Brights - Red, Woodgrain Whimsy - Light Brown), Lawn Fawn Stamp (How You Bean?, Say What? Pets), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 503

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 503.

For this challenge I decided to create an anniversary card. I used the new Crazy Antics stamp set from Lawn Fawn to create a cute picnic scene with the ants stealing some of the food. 

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, Green Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamp (Crazy Antics), Lawn Fawn Die (Stitched Hillside Borders), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 502

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 502.

For this challenge I decided to create a card that will hopefully make someone smile or brighten their day. I have been working on some cards that can make someone smile, brighten their day or just let them know you are thinking of them during this time. I loved the idea of the leaves falling away from the sunflower as to make it stand out in the design. 

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, MFT Die-namics (Double The Smiles), MFT Paper (Buffalo Brights - Teal Buffalo Plaid, Party Patterns - Green Dot), Lawn Fawn Stamp (Our Friendship Grows), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #82 - Colour Inspiration

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge # 82 is called Colour Inspiration.

For this challenge I wanted to create an adorable sky scene with the stamps for the new Unicorn Picnic stamp set. I used the the unicorn on the cloud and the unicorn that was sitting down as to have them look like they are playing/enjoying the clouds. I created the background with the wilted violet and chipped sapphire distress ink before using the lawn fawn white ink and the starry sky stencil.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Lawn Fawn stamps (Unicorn Picnic), Lawn Fawn Ink (White), Lawn Fawn Stencil (Starry Sky), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Wilted Violet, Chipped Sapphire), Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 501

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 501.

For this challenge I decided to create a cute birthday card. I wanted to create a cute sky scene with the cloud stencil and the magical dragons stamp set. I used the clouds stencil to create a cloud edge as well as using hickory smoke distress ink to stencil clouds onto the white cardstock.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, MFT Stamp (Magical Dragons), MFT Stencil (Clouds), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 500

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 500.

For this challenge I decided to create a cute birthday card with the You Take The Cake die-namic. I wanted to use the little hippo with a cupcake as the "o"in the sentiment. I also used more monochromatic pattern paper to have more pattern in the card.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Doodlebug Paper - Hey Cupcake (Cupcakes, Pink Confetti, Blue Stripes), MFT Stamp (BB Happy Hippos), MFT Die-namics (You Take The Cake), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #81 - Summertime Fun

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge # 81 is called Summertime Fun.

For this challenge I wanted to create some sunny summer cards. For my first card I created a nice sunny rainbow scene with the new All The Clouds stamp set. I love the stamps in this set as there are so many options to create cards for different occasions. For my second card I created a cool ice cream card. I love a nice cold ice cream cone or bowl of ice cream on a hot summer day.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamps (All The Clouds), Lawn Fawn Paper - Really Rainbow (Ruby Red), Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers), Memento Black Ink, Water, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots

Supplies: White Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamps (Sweetest Flavor, All The Clouds), Lawn Fawn Paper - Really Rainbow (Purple Poises), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Mustard Seed), Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 499

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 499.

For this challenge I decided to create a cute pirate card. I love the Part Like A Pirate stamp set so I thought that the sentiment "May Your Day Be Filled With Adventure" would go nicely with it.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Echo Park Paper - Pirate's Life (Pirate Stripes), MFT Stamp (Party Like A Pirate), MFT Stencil (Drifts & Hills), Lawn Fawn Stamp (Little Dragon), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 498

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 498.

For this challenge I decided to create a card with the Magical Dragons stamp set. The dragons in this stamp set are adorable and can work for a variety of themes such as thinking of you or birthday. I thought the sentiment of "May your day be filled with adventure" paired with the dragons would be a nice thinking of you card for a family.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Blue Cardstock, MFT Paper - Party Patterns (Green with White Dots), MFT Stamp (Magical Dragons), Lawn Fawn Stamp (Little Dragon), Circle Dies, Sparkle Green Your Next Stamp Gumdrops, Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #80 - Fun with Food

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge # 80 is called Fun with Food.

For this challenge I wanted to create a fun and tasty thinking of you card. I love using the s'mores stamp out of the Sweet Friends stamp set as it is such a fun and delicious treat. It also reminds me of camp with my friends around the campfire.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamps (Sweet Friends), Lawn Fawn Paper - Perfectly Plaid Rainbow (Candy Buttons), Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Hickory Smoke), Memento Black Ink, Water, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 497

Hi All!

Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 497.

For this challenge I decided to create a cute and fun thinking of you card. I really like the little toads sitting on a log together like friends would sit on a bench. I picked the rainbow stripes pattern paper for the background as it brought some colour to the card but it didn't take away from the toad picture. I really wanted this card to be a cute and fun card to help brighten someone's day in this uncertain time.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, MFT Paper - Sweet Celebration (Rainbow Stripes), Lawn Fawn Stamps (Toadally Awesome, Simply Sentiments), Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 495

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 495.

For this challenge I decided to use my new My Favorite Things Die-namics. This die-namic came out in February and it is an awesome sentiment. I really wanted the sentiment to be the star of the card so I used a more calm/neutral pattern as the main strip. For the mini strips I used some of the icon strips to create a bit more pattern on the card. I also inked the back of the card with some green ink to make the mini strips pop off the base of the card.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, MFT Die-namics (You Take The Cake), Doodlebug Paper - Party Time (icons, strips, confetti), Distress Ink (Twisted Citron), Lawn Fawn Glue Tube

Thanks Laurie

Mother's & Father's Day Cards

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Since the stay-at-home orders really came into effect I have been using the time to create lots of cards. I have sent out a lot of the cards to family and friends but two of them were for special occasions in my family - Mother's Day and Father's Day.

Mom really likes the hearts entwined dienamic from My Favorite Things so I decided to use that as the center piece to the card. I diecut it out of three different pattern paper and black cardstock so that I could piece it back to together with cute little patterns as the inlays in the hearts.

Supplies used: White Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, MFT Dienamics (Hearts Entwined), MFT Paper - Sweet Celebration (Plaid, Dots, Pink Chevron), MFT Stamps (All About You),  Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Spun Sugar), Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Memento Black Ink

For Dad's card I really wanted to use the One in a Chameleon stamp set and the Doodlebug birthday boy paper collection. I wanted the chameleon to really be the center piece on the card so I used a lot of cardstock to create neutral spaces and only a few pattern papers.

Supplies Used: White Cardstock, Lawn Fawn Stamp (One In A Chameleon), Doodlebug Paper - Party Time (Streamers, Icons), MFT Paper - Whimsy Woodgrain (Green), Cardstock (Silver, Yellow, Orange), Memento Black Ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Peacock Feathers),Various Copics, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Pop Dots

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 493

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 493.

For this challenge I decided to create a fishy birthday card. I've had this set for a while and sometimes have a hard time creating a card using them. I wanted to create the inside of a fish tank as it helped to create this community scene with the fish and the wavy lines.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, MFT Stamp (BB Gill Friends), MFT Stencil (Drifts & Hills), Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Crushed Olive, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Lawn Fawn Glue Tube

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #78 - Create A Scene

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge # 78 is called Create A Scene.

For this challenge I wanted to create a space themed card. It's been a while since I've created a galaxy background with Distress Ink as I had the instructions written on a little scrap piece of paper that got lost in one of my moves from the past few years. So it was nice to experiment with ink to create the background.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Lawn Fawn stamps (Out of this World, Really High Five), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Mustard Seed, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin, Blueprint Sketch, Black Soot), Memento Black Ink, White Ink, Water, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Various Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 491

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 491.

For this challenge I decided to create a more general card that could be used for a few different types of occasions. This is another stamp set I don't get the chance to work with very often so this was a fun card to create. I saw a new technique that uses a stencil to create a border edge so I decided to use the cloud stencil to create the large circle edge in the sketch.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Blue Smooth Cardstock, MFT Stamp (BB Up In The Air), MFT Stencil (Clouds), Lawn Fawn Stamp (Out Of This World), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 490

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 490.

For this challenge I decided to create a card with a dragon. This is a stamp set I don't get a chance to use very often so I wanted to try to create a card with it. I think this card could be used for Mother's Day or Father's Day or just as a general thank you for someone that inspires you.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Purple Cardstock, MFT Stamp (BB Magical Dragons), MFT Paper (Whimsy Woodgrain - Grey), MFT Stencil (Mini Clouds, Clouds), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers), Memento Black Ink, Purple Copics, Pop Dots, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter)

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 489

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 489.

For this challenge I decided to rotate the sketch around to have the strip on the right. I wanted to create a more masculine card with this stamped image so I used paper from the Pirate Tales collection from Echo Park to help highlight the pirate and his treasure chest. I added a little sparkle to the gold on the chest and his sword. I love having the browns throughout the card with the card base, twine, treasure chest, his hat, sword handle and pants as this is colour you see a lot of in pirate movies.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Kraft Cardstock, MFT Stamp (Party Like A Pirate), Echo Park Paper - Pirate Tales (Sea Monsters, Constellations, Shark Bait), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Twine

Thanks Laurie

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 487

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Every Wednesday on the My Favorite Things blog they post a new sketch challenge. This week's challenge was to use Sketch 487.

For this challenge I decided to do a birthday card with a bear peeking out of the present. I love to have a rainbow of colours in birthday cards to brighten up the card. I created the background with the Sunkissed Spots stencil from Echo Park Paper and various Distress Ink colours to create a fun, bright background.

Supplies Used: White Smooth Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Echo Park Paper Stencil (Sunkissed Spots), MFT Stamp (BB Beary Special Birthday),  Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Candied Apple, Mustard Seed, Peacock Fathers, Wilted Violet, Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron), Memento Black Ink, Various Copics, Pop Dots, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Circle Die

Thanks Laurie

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #75 - Spectacular Skies

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Lawn Fawn has this challenge blog where usually every two weeks a new challenge is posted.  Challenge # 75 is called Spectacular Skies - where the main focus is on the sky.

For this challenge I decided to use one of Lawn Fawn's older sets. This is one of the first sets I bought from Lawn Fawn when I first discovered their existence. I haven't gotten the chance to use this set very often but I thought it would be perfect for the Spectacular Skies challenge. Since the Stay At Home order really came into effect, I have been making some thinking of you cards to send to family and friends to show them that my family is still thinking of them in this difficult time.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, Lawn Fawn stamps (Hello Sunshine), Lawn Fawn Paper (Birthday Candles, Carnation), Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Mermaid Lagoon, Squeezed Lemonade), Memento Black Ink, Wink of Stella (Clear Glitter), Yellow Copics, Lawn Fawn Glue Tube, Pop Dots, Doodlebug Hello Assortment Glitter Sprinkles (Yellow) 

Thanks Laurie