Happy Easter!

 

I did some tone on tone stenciling using the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Eggs stencil and Bubblegum Pink, Peach Bellini, Lemon Drop, Applemint, Sea Glass, and Lovely Lavender inks from Gina K. I topped it with the Giant Happy Easter die from Lawn Fawn. I stacked several die cuts to give it dimension. I then trimmed it with the Large Rectangle Stackables from Lawn Fawn and attached to a mint panel from my stash with foam tape. Hard to believe Easter’s almost here!

Round and round

 

This card was made using the Gina K. Wreath Builder and images from the Pretty Pink Posh Easter Wreath. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn’s Celebration Scripty Sayings and the images were colored with Prismacolor colored pencils.

Eggstra special Easter

 I started with a panel of Lawn Fawn’s Ballet Slippers cardstock, cut with their Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables. I stamped the sentiment from Eggstra Special Easter, also by Lawn Fawn, with Versafine Onyx Black ink at the top. I stamped the bunnies and basket from the same set with Jet Black ink and colored them with Copic markers. The egg was cut from vellum with the Outside In Easter Egg Stackables. I glued the basket to the vellum and the vellum to the card, and popped the bunnies up with foam squares.

Éire go deo!

 

Which means Ireland Forever! It’s a few days early, but I wanted to share this St. Patrick’s Day card. I only used three shades of green instead of forty, but I still like the effect. Stamps are by Lawn Fawn, their Celebration Scripty Sentiments and Simply Celebrate Spring sets, along with their Noble Fir ink. The other two colors are Later Gator and Fake Plant, both by Simon Hurley for Ranger. I also used Ranger’s Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder in gold and Simon Says Stamp Gold Matte cardstock. The panels were cut with Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables, and the top panel was popped up on Altenew foam tape.

Happy Birthday!

 

Happy birthday to Lawn Fawn and me! Lawn Fawn is turning sixteen, and well, let’s just say I’m considerably older. This card uses the Giant Birthday Messages stamp & die set, as well as the birthday incentives from 2022-2025, Party Pig, Party Deer, Party Beaver, and Party Cat(Party Fox arrived too late to join in this year.) The images were colored with a mix of Copic markers and Pigma Micron pens, as well as a Pentel Sunburst Metallic Gel for the gold. The center message was mounted on gold cardstock on thin foam squares, and the animals on standard foam squares. Happy birthday to everyone who celebrates this month!

Spring love

 This happy bunny couple is ready for Easter on this sweet Lawn Fawn card. All the solid cardstock is Lawn Fawn, and I also used their patterned papers from the Spiffy Speckles, Perfectly Plaid Remix, and Flower Market collections. Build-A-Bunny and Build-A-Bunny Accessories dies were used to cut out the bunnies and their clothing and accessories. The bunnies and background were assembled with liquid glue and then the panel was popped up on foam tape.

Repetition is the key

 This card has a simple design-stamps from Lawn Fawn’s Celebration Scripty Sentiments and Hoppy Easter repeated in Gina K.’s Bubblegum Pink, Peach Bellini, Lemon Drop, Applemint, Sea Glass, and Lovely Lavender inks. The large Happy Easter is by Newton’s Nook and is mounted on a vellum shadow layer. Finally, I added sequins from Stage Lights by Trinity Stamps.

Hoppy days are here again

Hoppy Days Ahead is the name of the Simon Says Stamp set I used for the bunny and flower. I colored them both with Copic markers, although the flower didn’t dry to the shade I wanted. I used Newton’s Nook Oval Frames to cut Lawn Fawn’s Spiffy Speckled paper and inked the edges of the rectangle with their Sugarplum ink. Couldn’t find room for a sentiment, but I think the sweet bunny speaks for himself.

Hoppy Easter!

This Springtime Bunny is one of Lawn Fawn’s paper piecing sets. She was built on their double sided adhesive sheets with paper scraps from my stash. I love paper piecing-it reminds me of jigsaw puzzles, and it’s a great way to use up scraps. The eggs are in the same set, and I mounted them using foam squares on a hill cut from Lawn Fawn’s Flower Market paper with a sky from their Spiffy Speckles paper. The sentiment is from their Hoppy Easter set stamped in their Grape Soda ink.

Rainbow wishes

 For the Lawn Fawnatics challenge #215 All Things Rainbow, I created this card using the Lawn Fawn Corner Rainbow and Rainy Sky stencils, as well as cloud and sparkle stencils I got when I took one of their classes. I used Hippo, Pink Flamingo, Sunflower, Jalapeño, Peacock, and Sugarplum inks. The unicorn and sentiment are from the My Rainbow set and colored with Copic markers RV21, YR16, Y13, G05, B14, and BV 13. Crystal Stickles were applied to the unicorn’s horn and hooves, and it was popped up on a foam square.

Easter wreath

 

Colored pencils time! The stamps and dies are by Pretty Pink Posh, and they were colored with Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn’s Celebration Scripty Sentiments stamped in Picked Raspberries Distress Oxide.

A tisket, a tasket

 

This card combines stenciling with paper piecing to convey the season without words. I stenciled the sky using Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Lawn Fawn’s Cloudy stencil, then trimmed it with Lawn Fawn’s largest Stitched Rectangle.I then inked a panel with Distress Ink in Evergreen Bough and trimmed it with the largest Stitched Rectangle and a Grassy Hillside Border. The basket is also by Lawn Fawn, their Eggcellent Easter Basket. I cut the outline from white and filled it in with the different colors. The large eggs are the Mini Egg set by Waffle Flower.

Chunky hearts

 A simple, graphic card for my final valentine of the year. The die I used is the CZ Designs Chunky Hearts Die by Simon Says Stamp. I cut the shadow out of vellum and the red and purple hearts from paper in my stash. The center shape is out of Lawn Fawn’s Pixie Dust cardstock and the frame is Simon Says Stamp Matte Silver cardstock. I then mounted the design on a pink A2 card from my stash using foam squares. Happy Valentine’s Day to all who celebrate!

L-O-V-E!

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A simple, yet bold sentiment on a stenciled background. The letters are from a die by Scrapbook.com out of Simon Says Stamp’s Matte Silver cardstock and the stencil is the Lots of Hearts Background stencil by Lawn Fawn. The pink hearts were stenciled with Lawn Fawn’s Plastic Flamingo ink and the silver hearts with Simon Hurley’s Lunar Paste in Silver Lining. The pink papers are from my stash.

Watching the tide roll away

 This card is an entry into the Lawn Fawnatics challenge #214-Inspired by a book, movie, or song. I chose the song “The Dock of the Bay” and ink blended a sunset and its reflection using No. 2 Pencil, Fake Tan, Chili Pepper, Sugarplum, Blue Jay, and Black Licorice inks. I cut a piece of Light Brown Woodgrain cardstock for the dock, and used the Friends Furever incentive stamp set for the cats, sun, and birds. A few tiny stars from my stash finished the scene. A peaceful scene in this hectic world.

Love you lots!

 This card was inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics challenge, Lots of Heart! I used the Valentines Hearts Border die set with Peacock, Blue Jay, Raspberry, Chili Pepper, Fake Tan, Sunflower, Noble Fir, and white cardstock, then mounted the rows of hearts on Licorice cardstock. The sentiment is from Wavy Sayings, stamped in Jet Black ink and cut out with a Simple Wavy Banners die. Some of the hearts were accented with Crystal Stickles.

Out of This World!

 This week's cards are gifts for two of my nephews. Their mom says they are always excited to see what my cards do, so I made them special slider cards with their interests. The younger one likes mythology and the older one likes space. I also made my granddaughter a space card, since that's what she's into. Hers has a rocket ship that takes off from the moon when you pull a tab. All of the interactive designs and stamp sets are from Lawn Fawn, and were colored with Copic markers. The clouds behind the dragon were done in Gina K. inks and the galaxy with Distress Inks and Oxides. I hope they like them!

Never too early for Christmas cookies!

 An entry for the Lawn Fawnatics Christmas in July challenge. Using Lawn Fawn's Platform Pop-up die, How You Bean and the Christmas Cookie add on stamps and dies, and their Stripes and Sprinkles paper. The sentiment is from the Simply Winter Sentiments, stamped in Noble Fir ink. The other images are stamped in Jet Black ink and colored with Copic markers.

Birthday Background

 This card uses Taylored Expressions Party Vibes Background, stamped and heat embossed with Ranger Fine Detail White embossing powder. I then blended Bubblegum, Lemonade, Mermaid, and Grape Soda Lawn Fawn inks across it. I cut it down using a Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangles die. I used a CZ Design by Simon Says Stamp happy birthday die. I colored the letters with the same Bubblegum ink I used for the blending. I mounted it on a 4.25x5.5 top folding notecard. I then finished it off with a few iridescent sequins.

It's May!

 This card was done while playing Craft Roulette, which is a YouTube show on Friday nights. I'd actually never seen it before because I have a standing date with my daughter on Fridays, but she was sick so I happened to see this one. In Craft Roulette, you have to make a project that incorporates four elements that are spun for on a wheel. Last night the elements were: 3 tags, rose colors, May, and masking. I immediately thought of the song from the musical Camelot, where the court goes a-Maying. They sing, of course, this being a musical, and the beginning of the song is, "Tra-la, it's May..." If you want to know the rest of the song, I suggest you search it on the web. My mother's favorite flowers were yellow roses, and it being ten years since we lost her, I decided I wanted to use yellow as one of my rose colors. I picked peach to go with it because we had a peach rosebush in front of the house I used to live in and I always liked it. I masked off the checkerboard design on the tags with Gina K. Masking Magic Strips. The letters in May are cut with Henry's ABCs from Lawn Fawn, and the stamped letters are from a Hero Arts set. The tags are all dies from Sizzix, and the flower buds are Taylored Expressions Buds and Blossoms set. The tra la is stamped in Concord & 9th Grapefruit.