A Special Anniversary Card!

Hi, everybody! Suzanne here, and today I have a special card to share with you! My husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary two weeks ago, so I wanted to make him a special card. 

One of our first vacations was a week-long trip to New Orleans. He would walk down to the Cafe' du Monde every morning and bring back beignets and coffee for breakfast. 

So, I put together this scene for the card front with two of the pups (and the speech bubble) from the limited edition "Happy Howlidays" Lawn Fawn Stamptember set. 

The beignets are actually rocks from Lawn Fawn's "Critters from the Past" stamp set. I stamped them in brown ink on kraft cardstock and used a white gel pen to make them look like they have powdered sugar on top.

Here's a close up of the card front:

The bows are from the "Critters at the Dog Park" set, and the plate is from the "Milk and Cookies" set. I made the floor with a strip of wood paper tape. The sentiment is from the "Sophie's Sentiments" set and I stamped it on paper from the "Let's Polka Mon Amie" petite paper pack.

I hope you enjoyed today's card! We'll have a new Lawnscaping challenge starting on Monday morning, and I hope you'll join us! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Make a Scene!

Hello!!

Melissa here today with a non-Holiday card! What was I thinking? Well, every once in a while my eyes need a break from all the lovely Holiday festivities!

I recently bought a set of American Crafts Chromatix alcohol markers and I love them (like Copics but WAY cheaper)! I have all of the Critter sets but rarely use them because I couldn't figure out a way to color that I liked! Well, finally, I've made a scene!

This is a special card for a little 6 year old boy, Sebastian. He needs some happy cards so I thought this would cheer him up! He has a surgery coming up and some happy cards will hopefully help heal him faster. Or least help heal his little heart :)

A few scene making tips (other than jumping up and down screaming in the middle of the grocery store!):

--Use dimension! Foam adhesive is your friend! You can double up on foam to get additional layers.

--Make something to ground the Critter's on like a grassy hill or a snowy hill or a log, etc.

--Cluster elements together so it doesn't look like you just sneezed all your pretties onto the card.

--Add special touches with glitter, glossy accents, googly eyes (perfect for all the Critter sets!).
--If you can't/don't like to color, paper piece!
--Take a black marker to the edges of cut out pieces to hide any cutting imperfections and to really finish off the piece.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a great week!

You still have until Wednesday, December 12th to play in our current color challenge! Simon Says Stamp is offering a gift card to the winner! Whoot!!

Melissa