Hi everyone! It’s time for a new Challenge at SSS Wednesday today! The company we’re featuring on our blogs is Lawn Fawn and the theme is ‘whatever the weather’! So fun! It’s a pretty, sunny day on my card today!
I made a short video so you can see the action…
I used the new Magic Iris dies, Dandy Day stamp set, Reveal Wheel Circle Sentiments, Simple Grassy Hillsides dies and Stitched Rectangles dies.
Here it is closed…
Here it is open…
Aren’t they cute?! ❤
Distress Oxides for the background. Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn and ink blending brushes. I did some water drop spattering on the yellow and green spatters on the grass pieces.
Closed again…
Open again…
These dies are an investment but I can see myself using them over and over again. Two of our grandsons have made cards with them so far. They really enjoyed it too! 😀
I hope you’ll be able to join us and link up your creation for this week’s challenge!
The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this weeks prompt and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of the challenge blog post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!
Thank you for visiting my blog today! Hope I made you smile!
Products I used from the SSS store – coupon code for $5 off is HP2T9, good until May 30th…
Hi everyone! Here’s what I’ve been doing so far this week. The new dies from Memory Box arrived and I got busy!
I’ve always liked sunflowers and holly hocks. I suppose because they look free spirited! haha
For this card, I used the NEW Brilliant Sunflower and added the square frame from the Splendid Rose Frame from this year’s earlier release. I LOVE how these mix and match!
I made a short video of how I emboss the detail in the sunflower head…watch it here or on You Tube.
I really like how embossing deepens the detail.
I inked edges with a little Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and the mini round ink blending tools.
I colored the center of the embossed yellow piece with color pencil and added white dots with a white gel pen.
Some quick die piecing in the corners….heat embossed sentiment is from the NEW Memory Box Big and Little Words clear stamp set. It’s made to coordinate with some of the other new dies too so you’ll be seeing it used a lot! yay!
Stamped with Versamark, in the MISTI stamping tool.
You brighten my day! It’s true!
I used the NEW Misti Cut Align tool to cut the sentiment strip… I REALLY like having that tool! Tools are everything!
Some enamel dots…
So then, cuz I had experimented and cut so many sunflowers in different colors, I decided to use the white cut!
I dry embossed the yellow flower head that’s behind the white outline die… I love how it looks, it just gives it a little roundness. I glue it just in the center so the petals can kinda look free-ish.
A Distress Oxide background in Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint using the cheap make up brushes to blend it on the card-base. I’ll link to the ones the stamp company is selling but I’m using the cheap ones and love them!
A happy, cute card! 😀 We all need a little sunshine in-between rains these days!
The sentiment is from the same NEW set as above… I am loving this set! I had fun making these two cards!
Both cards are 4 ½ inches square. You could mail this size in an A6 envelope or a 5 inch square one.
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you’re enjoying the flowers in paper or in dirt!
Here’s the products I used to make these two cards…
Hi you guys! I wish you could come over and see this card in real life!!! I’m so excited to share it with you!
I made a video so I’m not going to cover every detail with text here…
I forgot to say in the video though, that I did a Distress Oxide ink background with Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet and Black Soot on the mail card-base. Water Splatters and Frost Shimmer Spray splatters on it too! I love it so much! lol
I used several dies and I cover that in the video and links below because yes, you do need these! I use these dies over and over… for timeless creations. hehe
LOOK!!! It folds flat to fit in an A-2 envelope! So awesome and you don’t really need any embellishing because it’s so stunning on it’s own!
I added sparkle to the roof, trees and flakes but it’s still hard to see. I used a Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter brush pen.
This last picture is with my iPhone…at night under the Ott lite but oops…photo bombing stuff all around! lol I love how you can see that one frost circle that looks like a moon?!
thank you ladies for choosing my card as your challenge winner!
Sigh, this just makes me happy and I want to make more! I hope you enjoy it too and are inspired! Holler if you have any questions! Thank you for your wonderful comments and encouraging words! They always make my day!
Dies, products and tools I used to make this card…thx for shopping through my links! I appreciate it so much! (STR takes you to Starlitstudio, SSS to Simon Says Stamp, SBC to scrapbook.com and Blic to Dick Blick)
In case you’re curious how I made the poppystamps Grand Hour Glass Shaker card last week, here’s a video. There is a super cute little Small Hour Glass die also! So fun to get creative with dies! The Balloon Shaker card was made the same way. Scroll down or click HERE for the card photos. TFL!
This turned out so fun! I used the poppystamps Grand Hour Glass die for this shaker card. The sentiment is from the poppystamps Hope and Thanks stamp set. (there is a small hour glass too!) Oh and I die cut the Banner Sash die right over the top, after I die cut the hour glass.
Here’s a short video to see the action…
And HERE‘s a video tutorial on how to make the Hour Glass Shaker card.
For this Happy 29th birthday shaker I used the Memory Box Grand Voyage Balloon. I think I’ll stamp AGAIN real big on the inside. hehe
Here’s a short video showing the shaking sequins in the balloon…
I colored the card with Distress inks and the ink blending tools. Mowed Lawn, Festive Berries and Salty Ocean. The sky is Tumbled Glass.
I used the MISTI to stamp the sentiments on both cards. I used a fine line pen to trace the embossed line in the balloon basket so it’d show up more. Easy to stay in the line…well, go over it more than once! lol
Have fun! Hope I inspired you to make something today! Stamp club here tomorrow and I have to get ready for it next! yay!
Thanks for stopping by! ‘preciate it so much! It’s always encouraging to hear from you!
Here’s the shopping links to what I used today… and if you get to shop at a local store, I’m jealous! Not really but you are fortunate!
Are you wondering about the NEW Detail Plates from Memory Box? I showed a Christmas card last year with the Elliana set… so pretty but this January 2015 release has several more! More toys! YAY!
I made a video over the weekend because so many have questions about how to use them. I hope this helps… it’s basically just embossing.
Here’s the video… be sure to click the gear after you hit play and switch to HD… the picture is so much sharper and click the frame to watch it big… easier to see the action and results!
Let me know if you have any questions…
I have a card for the Memory Box Blog Blitz that started today. Click over to the Memory Box blog HERE and while you’re at it, check out the poppystamps blog HERE too! They both have a blitz going on with a chance to win a die in each post… so comment on all the posts through Sunday!
I LOVE all the heart dies in this release! I used the Loving Hearts Archand the Heart Waterfallfor the heart between the two Love words. The LOVE words are from the NEW Open Studio Line, the die set called All About Love.
I kept the leftover stenciled piece from die cutting the rectange on the card in this post, HERE, and trimmed off a sliver to glue on to the left side of my top fold A2 card base.
I die cut the Loving Hearts Arch twice, once in white and once in red. I glued the white arch to the kraft card base and then glued in the red hearts with Tombow Mono Multi glue.
A sliver of red cardstock over where the arch and dot strip meet. Easy to trim a strip on your paper trimmer and glue it on with a thin line of the same glue.
Then some red/white twine tied in a knot across the top fold! All my favorite colors and things!
