Lawn Fawn - Beautiful Wildlife - Pull Tab Card

Hello there,

Today I'm sharing with you a new interactive card featuring the pull tab die, some cute savanna critters and a vet lady from the reserve who makes sure that everyone is doing well.

As always, I first started by stamping a bunch of images on Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. I colored them using my spectrum noir markers and cut them using the coordinating dies. 

When all the elements were colored I added accessories to the lady: a hat and a pair of binoculars to help her look at the animals closely.

To create the background, I cut a 8 x 4-3/4 inches panel, a mountain border, a hill border, a pond and a grass border. All from bristol cardstock. 

I used shabby shutters and peeled paint distress inks to color the grass border, peeled paint and gathered twigs for the mountain border, and antique linen for the hill border.

Next I die cut a pond shape on the left side of the hill border. And the pond was colored using shabby shutters, broken china and a little bit of gathered twigs distress inks. I also added shadows on the hill border using gathered twigs distress ink that I blended with antique linen. And for more details I added coordinating drops on each border. For the pond I only spattered water that I dried.

The sky was created using tumbled glass distress ink and a little bit of salty ocean at the very top of the panel.

When everything was done, I attached the mountain border, I traced a pencil line right in the middle of the panel, and die cut a notch. Next I marked the top of the tree trunk, placed the top of the slot die on the tree trunk mark and along the vertical line, and run it through my die cutting machine. 

I attached the tree trunk on top of the hill border using foam adhesive squares. I die cut the pull tab from white cardstock, folded the score lines, put it through the slot from the back of the panel, and applied double sided tape on both of the small tabs. I removed the back of the tape and attached the lady. I used my powder tool to make the visible tape non sticky.

I also die cut the sleeve that I folded and attached at the back to help the pull tab go up and down straight.

Next I taped the pond and attached the hill border using two layers of foam tape. The pull tab handle was created using the die and the remaining piece of sky. All the images were attached using glue dots and foam adhesive squares. I stamped my sentiment using my misti tool and black versafine ink. 

To finish the card I simply adhered the panel on a white card base using two layers of foam tape.

VIDEO

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LAWN FAWN SUPPLIES

- So owlsome die set

- Dad & me stamp + die sets

- Beary happy holidays stamp + die sets

- Screen time stamp + die sets

- Critters on the savanna stamp + die sets

- Gleeful gardens stamp + die sets

- Mermaid for you stamp + die sets

- Toadally awesome stamp + die sets

- Year four stamp + die sets

- Critters in the jungle stamp + die sets

- Stitched mountain borders

- Stitched hillside borders

- Grassy border

- Bayou backdrop

- Let's toast pull tab add-on

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

- Distress inks: antique linen, gathered twigs, shabby shutters, peeled paint, tumbled glass, salty ocean

- Strathmore bristol smooth carstock (for the scene elements)

- Neenah solar white cardstock (for the images)

- White cardstock from HobbyCraft (for the card base)

- Memento tuxedo black ink (for the images)

- Black versafine ink (for the sentiment)

- Sakura white gel pen

- Sakura black gel pen

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #49 - Case Yourself - Rainbow Flowers

Hello there,

The new lawn fawnatics challenge is about casing ourself, it means recreating

in a new way a project or just improving it. I chose to recreate this rainbow card i made a few

months ago, but this time i used softer colors for a nice and fresh spring look.

I stamped 6 flower girls on Neenah solar white cardstock and colored them using my spectrum noir markers.

I die 3 flower pots from ground coffee cardstock and 3 from paper bag cardstock. And I used brown distress inks

to add shadows: vintage photo on the paper bag pots and ground espresso on the ground coffee pots.

Next, each flower girl was attached in a pot using liquid glue. I also die cut leaves from cilantro cardstock

and drew veins using a foam mat and a small ball tool. And like the flowers pots, I applied mowed lawn

distress inks on the leaves for more details.

For the background I cut a bristol panel measuring 8 x 4-3/4 inches. I masked the top and bottom

using painter's tape and used 6 different oxide inks that coordinated with the flower girls. From the left

to the right: spun sugar, dried marigold, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, tumbled glass and

picked raspberry. For a touch of sparkle I also splattered gold drops on the panel.

Next I stamped my sentiment using versamark ink and gold heat embossed it. I attached the images using

foam tape, trying to space them out evenly. And I also stamped a tiny black flower on each flower girl.

I added white highlights on the flower pots, the leaves and the petals, and finally some matching

rainbow dots on both sides of the sentiment to finish the card.

VIDEO

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LAWN FAWN SUPPLIES

- Easter party stamp set + dies

- Just for you stamp set

- Critters in the jungle die set

- Little flowers die set

- Ground coffee cardstock

- Paper bag cardstock

- Cilantro cardstock

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Oxide inks: spun sugar, dried marigold, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, tumbled glass, picked raspberry

- Distress inks: vintage photo, ground espresso, mowed lawn

- Gold paint by Creative Expressions

- Sakura white gel pen

- Versamark ink

- Antique gold embossing powder by Simon Says Stamp

- Memento tuxedo black ink

Hello Bluebird - Noah's Ark

Hey there,

Today I'm back with a new Hello Bluebird card featuring all the critters from the Portrait Pals stamp set.

I was sad that not all of them could fit in my jungle card so for this project I used the boat from the Fishin' Hole set and customized it so there was room for everyone.

I used my alcohol markers to color the images so as always I stamped them on Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink and cut them using the coordinating dies.

To customize the boat: very simple. First I traced a pencil line, just to be sure to stamp it straight. I masked the right side of the boat and stamped it three times to get a nice impression.



I placed the critters to know where to stamp the other side of the boat and did the same thing: I masked the left side of the boat and stamped it three times.

I used a ruler and a pencil to connect both sides and used a Fabercastel pen to complete the boat. The result is not perfect but at least all the lines are connected so it won't take on water and sink ^^ And when it was done, I simply fussy cut it.



Next I played a little bit with my distress inks to create the background. I used tumbled glass for the sky and salty ocean with chipped sapphire for the ocean. I covered my watercolor paper with clear water, and then simply applied the inks that I dried between two layers.



I used my misti tool and black versafine ink to stamp my sentiment. Next I adhered my panel to a white card base and attached the images using foam adhesive squares and glue dots.

And to finish the card I simply added some drops of nuvo morning dew.

VIDEO

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HELLO BLUEBIRD SUPPLIES

- Portrait pals stamp set + dies

- Fishin' hole stamp set

- Fall friends stamp set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Distress inks: tumbled glass, salty ocean, chipped sapphire

- Morning dew Nuvo drops

- Sakura white gel pen

- Sakura black gel pen

[Part 3] Favorite Spectrum Noir Combos: browns, yellows & oranges

Hello there,

I'm sharing with you the third and last video about my favorite spectrum noir combinations: brown, yellow and orange ideas. Many browns because I like to use them a lot and they're perfect to color hair, trees or critters.

Here are the links to the other parts:

- Part 1: blues, violets, pinks & reds

- Part 2: greens, greys & skins

Of course feel welcome to take screenshots to remember the combinations.

Like I said in the previous posts, I tend to make busy cards with a lot of images so I usually use 2 markers only. I cover the area using the light marker, I draw some shadows using the dark on, next I blend using the light one, I do this process on second time, and I always like to add more shadows using the dark marker only.

I hope you found this series of videos useful. As for me, I can tell you that now i use these charts every time I create a card, I don't know why I didn't make them earlier!

If I use new combos, I certainly will share them in the future.

RECAP
- Browns: TN3 + TN5 ; TN5 + TN8 ; TN8 + EB8 ; TN4 + TN6 ; TN6 + TN9 ; GY5 + TN7 ; GB8 + GB9 ; EB1 + MB1
BG2 + BG4 ; BG4 + BG7 ; BG7 + BG10 ; MB2 + RB2 ; RB3 + EB5 ; RB2 + TN8 ; RB1 + RB2 ; EB3 + EB5
- Yellow & Oranges: CT1 + CT3 ; CT4 + GY4 ; OR1 + BO3 ; OR2 + CR10 ; GY1 + GY2 + GY5 ; GB2 + TN3 ; B01 + B02 ; GY2 + GY5

VIDEO

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SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Neenah solar white cardstock

- Memento tuxedo black ink

- So jelly stamp set by Lawn Fawn

Lawn Fawn - Fishing in the pond - Double Slider Surprise

Hey there,

Today's project was inspired by the fishing pond card I made a few weeks ago using Hello Bluebird supplies. I had a great time making it so I thought it would be fun to try to recreate it using another brand.



So once again I searched my entire Lawn Fawn collection looking for the images that could match the theme, stamped them on Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink and colored them using my Spectrum Noir markers.



I die cut 2 pocket panels, 2 small panels, and a track piece, all from bristol cardstock.  And I applied double sided tape on the thin tabs of the pocket panels and the track piece. I folded the score lines on both pocket pieces and used my bone folder to get sharp edges.



Next I cut a strip of plastic bag that measures 2-1/4 inches and attached it around the track piece. I placed the seam of the plastic strip on the left side of the track piece and applied double sided tape. I did the same thing at the back but on the opposite side. 

I die one more pocket piece and one more panel piece from bristol cardstock and used them to die cut grass borders and hill borders. This way all the elements will have stitched details.



I also die cut a bunch of trees from the pivot pop up die set that I placed along the grass borders.



The background elements were colored using shabby shutters and peeled paint for the grass borders and the foliage, shabby shutters and broken china for the hill borders that will be used as a pond, and gathered twigs for the tree trunks.



I also created the sky on both panel pieces and one pocket piece using tumbled glass. The white pocket piece will be at the back so no need to color it.

I started to assemble everything by attaching the borders on the panels. I also die cut the notches off camera. Next I took the track piece, aligned the right side on my grid mat, and attached the right panel, making sure it was aligned with the grid mat too. I turned the track piece over and did the same thing with the other panel.



Next I attached both pocket pieces together, attached the track piece inside, and closed the pocket. I attached all the trees using liquid glue. I white heat embossed my sentiment, applied tumbled glass distress ink on top of it to match the sky, and cut it using the coordinating die.



I attached different papers on a kraft card base, and stuck my double slider down on top. I added white stitches on the kraft card base and cut all the images using the coordinating dies. And finally I adhered everything using glue dots.

VIDEO

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LAWN FAWN SUPPLIES

- Double slider surprise die set

- Pivot pop-up die set

- Grassy border die set

- Simple grassy hillside die set

- Simple stitched hillside border die set

- Bicycle built for you stamp set + dies

- Rub a dub dub stamp set + dies

- Toadally awesome stamp set + dies

- Critters in the forest stamp set + dies

- Beary happy holidays stamp set + dies

- Critters in the arctic stamp set + dies

- Yay, kites stamp set + dies

- Hay there stamp set + dies

- Lily of the valley paper from the Perfectly Plaid Spring 6x6 paper pack

- Cosy cardigan paper from the Knit Picky Fall 6x6 paper pack

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Distress inks: shabby shutters, peeled paint, broken china, tumbled glass, gathered twigs

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock

- Neenah solar white cardstock

- Neenah desert storm cardstock

- Dark kraft cardstock from my stash

- Versamark ink

- White embossing powder by Aladine

- Sakura white gel pen

- Sakura black gel pen

- Memento tuxedo black ink

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #48 || Inspired by a book, movie or song || Let's go fly a kite

Hello there,

Today's card was inspired by one of my all time favorite movie and a beautiful song from it: "Let's go fly a kite" in Mary Poppins.

There is quite a lot of things on this card: I used the pull tab add-on for the time, I did some masking to make Jane and Michael stand on their feet, I used oxide inks and of course I did some spectrum noir coloring. So it took me some time to create it but I just love the whole final scene so it was totally worth it.



I stamped my images on Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. Like I said before I wanted to make Jane and Michael stand on their feet. So for Jane I masked the bottom of her body and stamped the top only. Next I drew her dress. And used the same stamp again for the legs.

I mirror stamped Michael because I wanted him to face his sister. So I masked the bottom of his body and stamped the top on acetate. I turned the acetate over and applied it on the paper. Next I drew his short pants. And I made his legs from Jane's using tracing paper.



All the images were colored using my alcohol markers. When Jane and Michael were done I outlined them using a fabercastel pen. I cut all the images using the coordinating dies, fussy cut Jane and Michael, as well as Mary Poppins hair to make them shorter.



I cut a long panel and a cloud border from bristol cardstock, and a fence border from wood textured paper.

For the ground I first applied scattered straw oxide ink. And next I created a tile texture using a stencil and vintage photo oxide ink that I applied with a very light hand. I used shabby shutters and mowed lawn oxide inks to color the cloud border. The fence was a little too flat so I added vintage photo for more texture. And the sky was simply made using tumbled glass and salty ocean oxide inks.



To create the pull tab mechanism, I first started by tracing a vertical pencil line right in the middle of the panel. Next I die cut a notch. I took the largest cloud die, marked the top of it, put the top of the slot die on the pencil mark and along the vertical mark and die cut the slot.

Next i die cut the pull tab. I folded the score lines, erased the pencil lines, and put it through the slot from the back of the panel. I put double sided tape on both of the small tabs and attached a cloud that will be behind Mary Poppins.

I die cut the sleeve, folded the score lines, and attached it at the back of the panel to help the tab go up and down straight. 



Mary poppins was glued on the cloud, I added a small one just below her and attached the main cloud using foam adhesive squares.

Next I worked on the bottom part by attaching the elements. I added more clouds and attached Jane and Michael using several layers of foam adhesive squares.

I created the card base by attaching together two long pieces of white cardstock. And attached my panel using two layers of foam tape. I made sure to avoid the pull tab to let it work correctly.

Finally I stamped my sentiment on the largest cloud, gold heat embossed the word hello and cut it using the coordinating die.

VIDEO

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LAWN FAWN SUPPLIES

- Let's play stamp set + dies

- Yay, kites stamp set + dies

- Bicycle built for you stamp set + dies

- Some bunny stamp set + dies

- Screen time stamp set + dies

- Flamingo together stamp set + dies

- Baaah humbug stamp set + dies

- Here we go a-waddling stamp set + dies

- Picket fence border

- Simple puffy clouds

- Puffy cloud border

- Let's toast pull tab add-on

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Oxide inks: scattered straw, vintage photo, shabby shutters, mowed lawn, tumbled glass, salty ocean

- Neenah solar white cardstock (for the images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (for the background)

- White cardstock by HobbyCraft (for the card base)

- Memento tuxedo black ink

- Versamark ink

- Gold embossing powder by Aladine

- Stencil from my stash

Hello Bluebird - In The Jungle

Hello there,

 Today I'm back with a new card featuring some Hello Bluebird stamps and dies. I combined several sets to build this card, incuding those adorable new Portrait Pals.

I first started by picking three distress inks: lucky clover, evergreen bough and cracked pistachio. I wanted to create a textured background so I applied cracked pistachio all over a Strathmore bristol panel.

Next I applied the two other inks here and there. For some texture I applied the inks on a piece of acetate, added water, and then applied the acetate on my panel. I dried the panel using my heat tool and did this process two more times. More texture was added by making drops using the same inks. And for a touch of sparkle I also splattered gold drops.

When the panel was dry I positioned all the leaf dies and run them through my die cutting machine.

I applied cracked pistachio and lucky clover distress inks on the long edges of a 5,5 x 4,25 inches watercolor panel.

The images were stamped on Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink, and colored using my alcohol markers. I white heat embossed my sentiment on black cardstock, and to add a pop of color I die cut some flowers and colored them using spun sugar and festive berries distress inks.

Next I attached everything on my panel: the leaves using liquid glue, and the images and the sentiment using foam adhesive squares and glue dots. I formed the flowers in the palm of my hand and attached them using liquid glue. For more sparkles I added clear sequins, and finally I applied white nuvo drops in the center of each flower.

VIDEO

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HELLO BLUEBIRD SUPPLIES

- Portrait pals stamp set + dies

- Tropical foliage die set

- Vertical banner die set (for the flowers)

- Jungle littles stamp set (for the sentiment)

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Distress inks: cracked pistachio, evergreen bough, lucky clover, spun sugar, festive berries

- Metallic watercolors by Creative Expressions

- Neenah solar white cardstock (for the images)

- Watercolor paper by Canson (for the background panel)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (for the leaves)

- Black cardstock by Simon Says Stamp

- Sakura white gel pen

- Sakura black gel pen

- White nuvo drops by Tonic

- Clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh

- Memento tuxedo black ink (for the images)

- Versamark ink

- White embossing powder by Hero Arts

[Part 2] Favorite Spectrum Noir Combos: Greens, greys & skins

Hey there,

Today I'm back with my second favorite spectrum noir combos video that will about greens, greys and skins colors.

Green is a color I've been using quite a lot lately. Khaki greens and bright greens to help me build my scenes. They're just perfect for grass, trees and leaves, and with spring and Easter coming, I will definitely use them more.

Here is a link to the first part of my favorite spectrum noir combos, and a recap of today's combinations:

- Greens: YG1 + YG3 ; YG3 + DG4 ; CG2 + CG4 ; CG1 + CG2

LG4 + LG5 ; LG2 + LG3 ; LG5 + JG7 ; AG1 + AG3 ; AG2 + AG4 ; AG5 + JG6

- Greys: IG6 + IG9 ; IG3 + IG5 ; BGR1 + IG4

- Skins: FS4 + FS9 ; TN5 + EB6 ; TN2 + GY2 ; GY2 + TN3

Next Wednesday I will share brown, yellow and orange combinations.

VIDEO

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SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Neenah solar white cardstock

- Memento tuxedo black ink

- So jelly stamp set by Lawn Fawn

Lawn Fawn - Spatial Magic Picture Changer

Hey there,

Today I'm back with a magic picture changer card. This new die is really amazing and super easy to use. This card features some cute aliens but I've already finished another one for my new tale series and I will share it soon.

I first started by cutting a long piece of cardstock and used the large pocket piece and a pencil to mark where I needed to stamp my images.

I stamped a planet and a spaceship using Memento tuxedo black ink and my Misti tool. I wanted to blend some distress inks to create a galaxy so I chose to use Strathmore bristol cardstock. This paper helps to create a nice blending and it works very well with alcohol markers too.

I also stamped the images on masking paper that I fussy cut and then attached to the bristol panel.

Next I took another piece of bristol cardstock and used the small moving piece and a pencil to mark where I needed to stamp my images, just like before.

I took the same stamps, placed them so they would pretty much match the others and stamped them using the same black ink. I also masked them, and this time I added an alien into the spaceship. I stamped this little guy, and masked him.

For the background I die cut a stitched rectangle from bristol cardstock and used several distress inks to create the galaxy. I first applied pink raspberry, peacock feathers and wilted violet, next I applied chipped sapphire all over the panel, I also added black soot, and then I repeated this process until I was happy with the result. And I did the same thing on my stamped panels.

I also die cut a hill border that I colored using chipped sapphire and black soot distress inks. And to give it more texture I splattered drops of the same inks on top of it using a small brush.

Next I splattered water on the large galaxy panel using large and small brushes and also a tooth brush to add teeny tiny drops. And of course I did the same thing on the other panels and removed the masks so I could color the images using my spectrum noir markers.

When the coloring was done I die cut the large pocket piece and the small moving piece. I applied double sided tape on the thin tabs front and back, and folded the score lines. On the back side I removed the back of the tape and stuck the tabs down.

Next I applied powder along the tabs and on the die cut areas to help the mechanism work easily. I put the large tab into the large pocket slot. Next I put each tab through a slot and pulled the large tab to assemble and interlock everything.  Next I removed the back of the tape at the back of the pocket piece, closed it and run the mechanism a few times to make sure it was working well.

I took my galaxy background, die cut a large frame from the add-on set, and attached it on the pocket. Double sided tape in the corners and shorter sides to avoid any glue on the picture changer mechanism. Before attaching it I made sure to align the large tab with the notch on the galaxy frame.

To complete this magic picture changer I die cut a pull tab from a piece of galaxy background I had left and also a small violet glitter tab that I attached on the white tab. And next I attached the pull tab.

On a black card base, I attached the galaxy frame I had left, next the picture changer pocket using two layers of foam tape, I stamped my sentiment and then I stuck the hill border down using a bunch of adhesive squares in three layers.

I stamped additional images that I colored using the same markers as the ones used on the spaceship and attached them on the panel. And as a final touch I added some shooting stars and some stars using a white gel pen.

VIDEO

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LAWN FAWN SUPPLIES

- Out of this world stamp set + dies

- Beam me up stamp set + dies

- Large stitched 4 bar rectangles

- Stitched hillside borders

- Magic picture changer die set + add-on

- Black licorice cardstock

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir markers

- Distress inks: picked raspberry, peacock feathers, wilted violet, chipped sapphire, black soot

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock

- Sakura white gel pen

- Sakura black gel pen

- Violet glitter paper from my stash