You're Swell Card

Hi guys,

Well I'm on a bit of a roll now I'm back to crafting and I just loved making this nautical-themed card. I used one of my favourite stamp sets from Paper Smooches - Surf n' Turf - as well as lots of twine and eyelets. Hope you like it. Please let me know what you think, I love reading your comments:

I used Ranger watercolour cardstock as my card base. I created the background with Peacock Feathers and Festive Berries Distress inks. I stamped the whale image from the Surf n' Turf stamp set onto some more watercolour cardstock and coloured this with Salty Ocean Distress ink. I fussy cut the image and adhered it to my card with foam squares. I also stamped the "you're swell" sentiment from the same stamp set. I used a white gel pen to add interest to my card.

I used Lawn Fawn natural twine to create a pattern on my card and outlined this with Peppermint twine, also from Lawn Fawn. I also used the peppermint twine to add a bow to my card.

I added gold detail to my card firstly using my Crop-a-dile and some eyelets. I also stamped the tiny anchor image from the Newton's Nook SEAsons Greetings stamp set onto my card using Versamark ink. I then sprinkled over Papermania gold emboccing powder and heat set this. I completed my card by rounding two of the corners with my corner chomper to create an asymetrical look.

Happy Winter Acetate Card

Hi Guys,

I had so much fun creating this critter-ful winter scene for the Lawnscaping Challenge no. 90: Critters Galore this week. It feels a bit wrong making Christmas cards in September but I've decided to go with individually designed cards for my closest friends and family this year so I've got to start pretty early! I used some of my favourite cute critters from the Critters in the Snow and Critters in the Arctic stamp sets from Lawn Fawn. I decided to make the card using acetate to keep things interesting and give a icing feel to my design. 

Hope you enjoy looking at what I've created xx

As I've already said, I used acetate as the base of my card. I created the look of falling snow by flicking Windsor and Newton white ink onto it using the end of a paintbrush. I created snow drifts on the front of my card using the Mama Elephant Landscape Trio dies and Neenah Solar White Cardstock. I took advantage of the transparent acetate and used the Lawn Fawn Forest Border die to cut a background which I adhered to the back of the card, for extra dimension. 

Next I stamped images from several Lawn Fawn stamp sets onto more Solar White cardstock using My Favorite Things Black Licorice Hybrid Ink. I used the moose image from the Critters in the Arctic set, the polar bear, penguin and seal images from the Critters in the Snow set and the gingerbread house, lollipop and candy cane images from the Sweet Christmas set. Next I coloured them with Spectrum Noir pencils and blending solution. I added freckles and highlights using a Uniball white gel pen. I added the look of snow to the roof of the house and several of the sweets using WOW! White Puff embossing powder. I adhered the images to my card using a mixture of foam squares and silicone glue to add plenty of dimension to my design.

I used Peppermint Twine from Lawn Fawn to add interest to the top of my card. I die cut a banner from Lawn Fawn Snow Day patterned paper using one of the Dotted Ellements dies from Avery Elle. I stamped one of the sentiments, also from the Critters in the Arctic stamp set onto the banner and adhered to my card with more silicone glue. I completed my card with a peppermint twine bow and a wood veneer snow flake (this one's for you MC!) from my stash!

This close up shows that great embossing powder from WOW! - it puffs up when you heat it rather than just melting and going smooth which I thought was perfect for adding a light dusting of snow to my scene.

Clicking on the image below will take you to the Lawnscaping Challenge post, including all the other great entries and DT inspiration: