Hey friends! Today I'm sharing details of this super cute mouse filled slimline card for the which I created for Lawnfawnatics Challenge #89 'Happy Holiday Critters'.
I stamped and coloured lots of images from various sets of Lawn Fawn stamps (see below for a full list of supplies). I coloured all the mice the same colours and many of the images are coloured with same pinks and reds (all listed in the graphic) to keep the colouring quick and keep the card looking cohesive throughout.
For the background I used Distress Oxide inks in Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry, focusing the intensity of the colour at the top of the card stock. To deepen the shade further I brought in Distress Ink in Festive Berries. I added some white dots with a gel pen to create more interest and give the look of wallpaper to the scene.
The idea of the card was to create a production line so I know my oven would go in the middle of the card. I spent some time arranging the left side of the card to feature all the baking and mixing elements and on the right of the oven, I pulled together lots of images to create a feast for Santa!
I kept the sentiment simple, not least because I didn't have a great deal of room, but also wanted to keep the focus on the images. The sentiment uses two stamps from 'A Creature Was Stirring' stamp set which were white heat embossed with my favourite white embossing powder (Ranger Fine Detail) on to black card stock and cut into thin strips.
My card panel measures 8 3/8" by 3 3/8" and was secured down to a white card base measuring 8 1/2" by 3 1/2".
For a full video tutorial please view my YouTube video!
If you liked this card you might also be interested in this one too!
Here is the list of supplies I used to create this card (pssst....affiliate links are included. I appreciate any purchase made through my links - it's at no extra cost to you but helps me out so much and enables me to keep bringing you the crafty goodness 💗)
I'm back with another card for Halloween! Couldn't wait to used my new Lawn Fawn Fox Costumes stamps and make a fun fall themed card.
I started by finding an inspiration photo on Pinterest then picked out some Distress Ink and Oxide colours that I thought matched quite well.
I cut a scalloped slim panel from Strathmore Bristol Smooth card stock using Scalloped Slimline Die from Time for Tea Designs. Using an assortment of Distress Inks I ink blended the panel. The colours I used were Distress Ink in Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans & Black Soot. I also used a little Weathered Wood Distress Oxide to blend from orange to blue. To add some distressing to the panel I splattered on some rose gold metallic paint and some black paint. I set the aside to dry.
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I stamped and cut the foxes and coloured them in with alcohol markers. A list of the main colours used can be found in the colour map pictures below
The grass banks the foxes are each standing on were made from black Sparkle card from the Autumn sparkle card pack. I cut a long strip, 1/2" wide and then ran the strip through the die cutting machine with a grass border die from the Landscape Borders die set by Time for Tea designs. I cut the strips in to 2" lengths. The strips were adhered with liquid adhesive at alternate intervals down the card.
To give the strips the scalloped edges I ran the whole panel back through the die cutting machine with the same scallop slimline die.
The scallop panel was adhered to a white heavy weight card panel measuring 8 3/16" x 3 3/16" then the white panel adhered to a black slimline card base. The card base measured 8 1/4" by 7" scored at 3 1/2" to create a card front measuring 8 1/4" 3 1/2".
Scotch 3M foam tape was secured to the back of all the foxes and adhered to the card on the sparkly grass banks. The accessory images (some from Fox Costumes and some from Spooky Village stamp set) were applied using liquid adhesive.
For the sentiment I stamped 'Trick or Treat' on to treated black card stock with Versamark Ink, coated the inked piece with Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder and heat set with my heat tool. I cut the words out using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Trimmer, popped double sided adhesive on the back of each piece and secured them to the card. A T-square ruler helped to get the strips straight.
To finish off the card I added some 'BOO' and 'EEEK' all over the background with Versafind Onyx Black Ink and a few bats from Spooky Village stamp set. I applied some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen on various elements of the copic coloured images for some subtle sparkle. Lastly I added a few small dots of glue and adhered some small gold star confetti.
I really hope you enjoyed this card, I really had fun making it! Check a out the YouTube video below for a full how-to tutorial.
Supplies used:
Fox Costumes Before 'n Afters – Lawn Fawn Spooky Village – Lawn Fawn Scalloped Slimline Die – Time For Tea Designs ** Landscape Border Dies – Time for Tea Designs **
Look forward to seeing you back here again soon for card #7 in the Halloween series!
Elaine xx
* some of the products used on this card were gifted (as part of work on other design team work). I am not obliged to use these products on non-design team work, I do so because I love them :)
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Hello everyone! Today I'm back with card number 5 in my Halloween card series for 2020! I hope you like it, I've really loved seeing other crafters' green Halloween cards so I'm having a go at creating my own! In this card I used Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint and Black Soot. I concentrated the darkest colours around the edge of the card and on top of the grassy borders
I used the Slim Window Dressing Creative Cuts from Mama Elephant for the base of the card. I cut the panel 3 times. I kept 1 panel whole and then used the grassy border dies in the set to cut the two more grassy banks. This will help give the card some dimension and more spaces to add in my mummies!
For the Mummies I used the Little Mummy Agenda stamps set and stamped them on to Strathmore Bristol Smooth card stock. The mummies were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
I coloured the mummies in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I used the darkest shades in the areas I wanted to create shadow and then pulled the colour out with lighter colors. Here are the colours I used:
To created the large letter sentiment on the card I used the Whimsy Alphas. I cut them out on the largest panel and again from some black cardstock. I attached the largest panel to a 3.5"x8.5" black cardbase and then adhered the other grassy panels on top. The black letter die cuts were glued in to the negative letter spaces and the green letters were adhered on the corresponding letter but was offset a little to help make them pop. To add more dimension I covered all the letters in Glossy Accents.
To add to the sentiment I heat embossed in white embossing powder the word 'wishes' from the Sincerely Yours stamp set on to black card. I trimmed this down and adhered it to the middle of the die cut letters.
Once the mummies were stuck to the front of the card I popped on some pretty Peacock Feather jewels and stamped the spider few times around the card using Versafine Onyx Black Ink.
If you would like a start to finish tutorial of this card then please see the YouTube video I created below:
Here is a list of all the supplies used in this card:
Little Mummy Agenda - Mama Elephant
Slim Window Dressing Creative Cuts - Mama Elephant
Whimsy Alphas Creative Cuts - Mama Elephant
Sincerely Yours - Mama Elephant
Distress Ink - Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Black Soot
Black Paint - Gansai Tambi Watercolor 36 pan
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versamark Ink
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Card
Black Card - Creative Expressions 220gsm
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers
Super Fine White Embossing Powder - Ranger
Misti Stamping Tool
Embossing Buddy
Heat Tool
Thank you so much for joining me! Come back soon for card number 6!
Hello wonderful crafty friends! I'm so excited to share these projects for Mama Elephants 8th Anniversary release!! Mama Elephant kindly sent me some goodies to play with and create some projects for you to get you all excited and inspired for all the newness coming on 15th September (release is available at 12am EST)!
My first project(s) are a card and tag using Toasty Friends(*) stamp set.
How cute are these little critters huddled up around the fire with hot chocolate and marshmallows?! I can't cope with the cuteness and those heart thought bubbles? I just had to put as many as I could on the card!
The soft ink blending on the background was achieved by using Strathmore Bristol Smooth card stock (so easy and soft to blend on) along with Distress Oxides in Victorian Velvet and Weathered Wood with some soft blending brushes. To add extra interest I splattered on some gold paint from my 36 pan Gansai Tambi watercolour pallet.
The images were stamped on copic friendly card with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The images were colored in Copic Markers. I used a lot of colours and I have listed them all on this colour map:
The A2 card base is made from Simon Says Stamp 'Fog' card stock. I trimmed the scene card panel to 5" by 3 3/4"" so that I had a nice 1/4" border around the edge, This helped to frame my scene.
For the tag I used Mama Elephant Framed Tags Madison Avenue Creative Cuts with a left over piece of Bristol Smooth card stock. I used the bunny and heart thought bubbles again from the Toasty Friends(*) stamp set. I also used a sentiment from the new Mixed Holiday Greetings(*) stamp set. To finish the tag off I added a small piece of silver thread and a crisp white satin bow.
If you would like to see a more in-depth video of the making of these projects be sure to check out the video below:
Here is a list of the rest of all the products used:
- Toasty Friends stamps & dies - Mama Elephant (*)
- Mixed Holiday Greetings - Mama Elephant (*)
- Framed Tags Madison Avenue CC - Mama Elephant
- Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock
- Fog cardstock - Simon Says Stamp
- Distress Oxide - Victorian Velvet
- Distress Oxide - Weathered Wood
- Gold Paint - Gansai Tambi 36 pan watercolour set
The Mama Elephant release will be available to purchase on 15th September at 12am EST.
Elaine xxx
Disclaimer: Some items in this blog post have been gifted for design team purposes. Items which have been gifted are identified with an (*). All other items in the creation of these projects was purchased by me.
Today I'm sharing (I've already shared on Instagram!) on my blog and YouTube channel this adorable Halloween card using the Little Ghost Agenda stamps by Mama Elephant.
For the main panel of the card I used a medium weight piece of raspberry cardstock and cut it slightly larger than an A2 size. I used Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot to build up colour around the edges of the cardstock to create a gradient from darker on the outside to lighter at the centre of the card.
I added some black and white splatters to add interest and texture to the cardstock. Once the panel was dry I used the Mama Elephant Star Grid Cover Plate on the ink blended card.
I raided my patterned paper stash and picked out a number of pretty papers which I thought matched my colour pallet and cut out some stars using the same Star Grid Cover Plate.
Before adhering my ink blended panel to a black A2 sized cardbase I trimmed down the edges along the stitched frame using my guillotine trimmer.
The panel was adhered to the card base using liquid adhesive and the decorative patterned paper stars were also adhered.
I stamped the ghost images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and coloured them with the following markers:
Ghosts
B01, B00, BG0000, 0, RV10
Accessories
C10, C7, C5 (hat)
YR27, YR15, Y15, YR02, YG65, E15 (pumpkin)
RV19, RV17, RV13 (lollipop)
E44, E43, E57, E55, E53 (broomstick)
E44, E43, E57, E55, E53 (sweet)
I heat embossed the 'happy Halloween to you' stamp from Pretty Pink Posh 'BOO' stamp set on to black cardstock with white embossing powder. I trimmed it with my guillotine and adhered it to the front of the card with double sided tape.
The ghosts were adhered with liquid adhesive along with some ebony jewels scattered around too.
Click below to watch the YouTube video
Here are all the supplies used for this card:
Little Ghost Agenda stamps (Mama Elephant)
Star Grid Cover Plate die (Mama Elephant)
BOO stamps (Pretty Pink Posh)
Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Black Soot
Copic Markers (colours listed above)
Copic Opaque White
Raspberry Cardstock
Copic friendly cardstock (Marker Geek)
Assortment of patterned papers
Black Cardstock (Creative Expressions)
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Super Fine White Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Liquid adhesive (Gina K Connect glue)
Guillotine (Tonic)
Ebony Jewels (Lucy's Little Things)
Clear Sparkle Pen (Spectrum Noir)
I hope you enjoyed this card! I have lots more Halloween cards planned so stay tuned and be sure to follow me so you don't miss any projects :)
Have a good day and thank you for joining me! xxx
Disclaimer: all of the supplies used in the making of this card were purchased by myself.
Welcome to a super fun and cute Halloween card tutorial! I absolutely love making Halloween cards and think its a great chance to explore vibrant and colours. For this card I used Mama Elephant Little Mummy Agenda stamps along with the slim card basics dies from Mama Elephant. A full list of supplies can be found towards the end of the post.
I created lots of grassy layers for my cute Mummy's to stand in and I think it just looks adorable!
The finished card measures 8.5" x 3.5", heres a diagram to help....
The distress inks I used for this card were:
Tumbled Glass
Peacock Feathers
Blueprint Sketch
Chipped Sapphire
Black Soot
Check out the video for a full tutorial on this card...there were quite a few steps but I think it was worth it!
Today I'm excited to be sharing another card featuring stamp images from the August 2018 release. Rich coloured crisp leaves, fall friends and more make this release absolutely precious! Once you've hopped all the way along, head over to the Craftin Desert Divas shop to snag your special discount - 5% off through 8/19.
In today's card I have used the new stamp set, Dam Shame, along with the new Leafy Background stamp and I think it turned out just darling!
For this card I stamped and heat embossed the leafy background on to some Bristol Smooth Cardstock with clear embossing powder. I used my new favourite distress inks for fall - Aged Mahogany, Victorian Velvet & Tattered Rose.
I placed a small amount of distress ink on to an acrylic block and then used my water brush to place most of the colour at the base of the leaf and pull it out to fade the colour and create a subtle gradient effect.
For the outside of the leaves I used the gold paint from my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor set.
The beaver image was coloured using my copic markers and I fussy cut out my image. I then cut a circle from white cardstock using the Stitched In Circle Dies. I used some tumbled glass distress ink to create some fluffy clouds using the new Hill Scene 2 stencil. I used blueprint sketch to gently blend on some ink to create the look of water. I then glued all my layers together and secured to a white cardbase.
I hope you enjoyed this card and how it was created! Next on the hop is Maaike but in case you got lost here is the full hop list:
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Thank you for joining me on my blog! Today I have this super adorable card to share with you using theGnomie stamp set! I'm sure this card would put a smile on someone's face because those images are just the cutest!
I had these super sweet images already coloured in my stash (they were coloured with copic markers) so I pulled them out and created a cute scene for them.
I used distress inks in
* Chipped Sapphire
* Blueprint Sketch
* Shaded Lilac
to shade the sky in a gradual gradient (darker at the top, lighter toward the ground). Once the background was dry I then used the Star Galaxy Stencil and spread some Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone over the top to add depth and glitz to the sky. I left the glitter paste to dry overnight.
My grassy border was cut using the die from Outdoor Landscapes 2 from some plain white cardstock and inked up with Evergreen Bough distress ink.
Once I had all my pieces ready I decided to cut a frame using the largest frame from the Inside Scalloped Rectangle Dies. I placed my grassy border behind the frame with Nuvo Glue and then adhered the frame to my background panel. I then used the same glue to adhere my coloured images and secure the whole panel to an A2 white cardbase.
I used a sentiment from the Stars and Wishes stamp set and I stamped this in Onyx Black Versamark Ink.
I hope you enjoyed my card today and that it put a smile on your face! Have a wonderful day! xoxo
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A close friend of mine asked me to make a card with unicorns, rainbows and if possible, the birthday girls name.....so this is what I created!
Here are all the products I used:
Magical Unicorns - Craftin Desert Divas - https://bit.ly/2JhORFB
Rainbow Die - Craftin Desert Divas - https://bit.ly/2NLDRDN
Fancy Frames Dies - Craftin Desert Divas - https://bit.ly/2JhCw41
Antistatic Powder Bag - https://bit.ly/2KGWmvb
Versamark Ink - https://bit.ly/2zHz0jO
Twinkle Twinkle Background Stamp - Taylored Expressions
Holographic Embossing Powder - Papermania
Heat Tool
Alphabet Banner Dies - MFT
Bundle of Baby Clothes - MFT
Heart & Bow Dies - Bundle of Baby Clothes - MFT
Distress Inks
- Picked Raspberry
- Spiced Marmalade
- Squeezed Lemonade
- Cracked Pistachio
- Blueprint Sketch
- Wilted Violet
Copic Markers
Silver Glitter Cardstock - Hobbycraft
Thanks for stopping by! xoxo
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