Happy birthday to you

Hello.

I'm so looking forward to spring and seeing lots of colourful flowers.

That's my inspiration for today's card.

I absolutely love the Gleeful gardens stamp set and I don't think I've shown it enough ink yet lol.

To start I stamped lots of images in black archival ink into water colour card and then coloured with Inktense pencils and a water brush.

I tend to add small amounts of pencil as the pencils hold a lot of colour then once it dries you can add more if needed.

Once everything was coloured and dry I die cut all the images. 

My card base was coloured with a few different distress inks and a blender tool then i splashed some turquoise perfect pearls and water over it.

This makes a beautiful sparkle in real life.

I adhered all of the images to my card base and then added the scalloped stitched border and a white stripe of card with the birthday border.

To finish I added some sequins.

Thanks for looking.

Oldies and Goodies

Hi everyone!

Lexa here today, I'm going to share the card I made using some Lawn Fawn oldies called Love n' Breakfast and mix it with Owen's ABC which is newer. I really love this old stamp set from Lawn Fawn, the popping toasts are really cute, it's been a while since the last time I used it.

 While I made this card I just realized that Lawn Fawn's dye inks colors match their petite paper pads.

For this card I match the "thanks" sentiment with the polkadot from Beachside pinted paper pad, Mermaid, Lobster, Deep Sea, Wild Rose, Fake Tan, Fish Tank. And I'm so happy to find out that!

Or maybe some of you already knew it. Hehehe. :)

I love to keep the white background to pop out the sentiment which is already colorful.

I dies out the tiny hearts using pink foam sheet for some dimension.

I hope you enjoy today's card and thinking to clean up your stash while try to use some Lawn Fawn oldies stamp sets, I believe they are not less cute than new ones. Heehee.

Have a crafty day, friends!

Post-it Note Holders using Plastic Frames

Hello everyone!  Kari from the Inspiration Team back with you to share a fun project!  You can get really creative with making these Post-it notes holders.

These are made from inexpensive plastic frames that you just slip a picture in on the side.  Instead of using the frame of how it was intended when standing up, the base of the frame is at the top when laid flat.

One is a 4x6 frame and the other is a 3.5x5 frame.  I just cut my pattern paper to size and slip it inside the frame like I would a picture. And, then the fun begins with decorating it how ever you choose.  I chose for my 4x6 frame papers from the Dewey Decimal 6x6 paper pad.  I also chose the stamp set Science of Love.  

I adhered my Post-it notes to my frame with regular adhesive( I use PLUS adhesive).  I, then cut down a piece of Audrey Blue card stock from SSS and I used the Scalloped Stitched Border Dies, to give my card stock a bit of decoration.  I, then stamped out my sentiment from the same stamp set in HA Cup O' Joe ink. I also added some Coral Lawn Trimmings.

For my smaller frame - I did basically the same thing, except for my papers I used the Hello Sunshine 6x6 paper pad, and I used the Speech Bubble Border die as well as the Scripty Hello die.  I added some shimmer using the Wink of Stella Clear Brush Marker, and added faux stitching around the speech bubble die cut to make it stand out.

These would make fun gifts for teachers, friends, co-workers, or just because for anyone! They are easy to make and you could get your kids in on the fun!!

Thanks for stopping by today, and hope you are able to join us for our newest challenge going on now :)

See you soon!

Kari