Our friendship grows

Hello.

Today i have a  card that fits the current challenge theme of texture. 

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I started my card by cutting the panel and colouring with distress inks.

I used orange and yellows, so perfect for this time of year.

Then i added  a dusting of gold perfect pearls to the coloured panel and embossed it with an embossing folder.

The sunflowers from "our friendship grows" stamp set  were stamped with Black archival ink onto watercolour card  and coloured with inktense pencils and water before being die cut with the matching die set.

They were all placed on the card front with foam tape  and i added a small bow with gold lawn fawn twine.

Th sentiment was stamped on to some vellum.

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Hi There - featuring Our Friendship Grows

Hello everyone!! Kari back with you to share more on my card that I made for our newest challenge that just went up yesterday!!  We are doing a summer color combo - so one of my favorites that I thought would fit the bill is Our Friendship Grows.

I first die cut all of my frame pieces from the Hello, Sunshine 6x6 - still one of my favorite paper pads!  So happy I have a backup of this one! Then, I worked on my sunflower.  I stamped it out in Memento Tuxedo Black as I used Copic Markers to color it in.  I only used 3 colors still sticking with our color combo challenge but wanting to add definition.  I am no where near an expert when it comes to coloring with Copics - but that is just it...these markers make an amateur like me look pretty decent in my opinion.  Once I was finished coloring in my sunflower, I used the coordinating die to cut it out ( thank goodness there are dies for this set!).  I prepared my card base which is the Simon Says Stamp 120 Ultra thick white card stock and I adhered my "Hello, Sunshine" scalloped piece straight down onto my card base and then I stamped my sentiment that comes from the Simon Says Stamp Stripe Greetings set and then added some Lawn Trimmings to my blue piece and then added some foam adhesive and adhered that piece down onto my card, and then added my sunflower also with foam adhesive.  For a final touch, I added some Wink of Stella ( the clear is my favorite) and some Glossy Accents.  These two together are so fun!!

I hope you are able to join us for this newest challenge!!  Can't wait to see all the beautiful projects linked up in the gallery!!  See you all next time!!

Kari

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Using Craft Foam to Create Custom Stamps

Hi! Chrissie here and I have a fun video today, sharing how I made some stamps using Lawn Cuts (Stitched Leaves) and cheapie craft foam.

I love this technique!

Here are the finished cards:

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Dies and Stamps: Lawn Fawn (Stitched Leaves, Our Friendship Grows)
Ink: Distress Inks, Memento
Sequins: Lawn Fawn, Studio Calico
Markers: Spectrum Noir (TN4, TN6, CT4, GB4, GB6)
Other: Wink of Stella


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Sunflower Book Marks

Hi Lawnscaping fans!! Kari here with you today from the FB Inspiration Team to show you these cute book marks I made using one of my new favorite sets from Lawn Fawn - Our Friendship Grows along with the coordinating dies.

Here pictured - I made three different ones decorating them three different ways.  It is actually hard for me to pick a favorite!!

For the first one - I stamped out the smaller of the two sunflowers, and stamped it out in Black Tuxedo ink, and added some color using my Copics, and then die cut the flower out using the coordinating die, and also some of the leaves using pattern paper from the Into The Woods 6x6 paper pad.  I thought it would be cute to have this flower backed onto some burlap - so I took a piece of burlap from my DCWV 6x6 pack of burlap and die cut a circle from it!!  Love it!  I also die cut a plain white circle from some white card stock and I adhered the front panel and the back panel to the jumbo paper clip with foam adhesive.  To finish this one off - I used my Wink of Stella glitter pen to add a bit of shimmer and some silk ribbon.

Next up - I stamped out the biggest sunflower in HA's Pumpkin Pie Shadow Ink - and once I did this - I knew I had to be careful coloring it in with Copics - luckily it didn't smear or run too much!  I wasn't thinking fully when I did this - but wanted to give it a shot anyway.  It worked out though.  Then, I wanted to die cut a small heart in the middle - so I used one of my small heart dies, and then I die cut two more circles from some Circus Peanuts card stock from Bazzill and I popped up the sunflower to give it some dimension and adhered it the same way as before to the paper clip.  I also added some shine on this one using the same glitter pen.

And, finally for the third one - I stamped and die cut another big sunflower - again coloring it in with Copics, but I stamped it out in Tuxedo Black ink again.  In the middle I used a 1" circle punch - punched the middle out - and then I die cut a scalloped design circle in more papers from the same 6x6 paper pad and popped up the flower.  I wanted to add the "HI" sentiment from the same stamp set, and then I just added a lot of glossy accents for something different!  Here is a closer look at the middle of the flower.

I knew once I saw this set - it could be used for some many cute things - and I knew I wanted to use these sunflowers to make these book marks!!  Hope this has inspired you to make your own with this awesome set!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

-Kari