High Five's

I finally got around to making a card with this fun Lawn Fawn set! Love the jumping critters and the floating in the sky on a balloon! So much fun for a birthday! 

This card has been entered into the Lawn Fawnatics 'Create a scene' Challenge. 

 

Rainbow Burst Condolence

Getting back into the crafty saddle here after a two year hiatus! You would have thought with Covid pandemic going on I would have had more time to make cards but SURPRISE, we had twins. So I was very busy getting ready for two babies and then once they arrived I have been so so busy! 

We are finally into a routine and I feel like I can give myself an hour every once in a while to make something pretty. 

Here I have made a condolence card for a beloved cat. I love that it is a bright and beautiful card to represent the beloved pet has gone on to a better place, across the rainbow bridge.. so they say. 

Supplies used:

Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolors

Waffle Flower Rainbow Bridge Stamp set

Waffle Flower Rainbow Bridge die

This card is being entered into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 'Anything Goes'.

Unforgettable Birthday Card

I just love the trend lately of the long skinny cards that fit into the standard size business envelopes. Especially for scenes like this one today, because it allows for the background of clouds to blend more gradually. 

To create my cloud background I used a Lawn Fawn puffy cloud die to cut out a few different sizes of cloud borders and then used it as a stencil to blend my distress oxide inks over, starting with a light colour at the bottom and working my way up with a darker colour. 

My sightseeing monkey in the air balloon is from Mama Elephant 'Mini Monkey Agenda' and the air balloon is from WPlus9 'Up in the Air'. My sentiment is from WPlus9 'unforgettable' stamp set. 

This card is being entered into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge 'Bright & Cheerful'. 

When I see an Elephant fly

This card is too funny, with the poor elephant flying through the air all bug-eyed! I tried a few different things out with this card and will admit I don't think all of the features belong together. 

My background was created using Distress Oxide Inks and a stencil cloud border created with Lawn Fawn cloud die. My balloons are also from Lawn Fawn and are in the 'party balloon' die set. My first mistake was the water colouring of the balloons for this card. The colours are not as vibrant as the background and visibly just do not belong. 

My elephant is from WPlus9 ' unforgettable' stamp set and I also water coloured him. The watercolour just doesn't belong here on this card, but maybe on a more soft toned background. 

Well, you always have to learn new things, so I think I learned my lesson on this one! 

I used my Cricut machine to cut out the Happy Birthday sentiment out of white cardstock, and the stamped sentiment is from WPlus9 stamp set 'unforgettable'.

This card is being entered in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'Anything Goes' Challenge.

Purrfect Purrthday

Celebrating a very happy purrthday with the kitties during this lockdown. I will always have my furry friends to celebrate with even though it may seem lonely.

Here is my card using a Mama Elephant stamp set and a fun paper design. 

Stay safe and healthy out there!

This card is being entered in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 'Anything Goes' Challenge.

Sweet little baby card

This sweet baby card was made for the Lawn Fawnatics challenge 'Oh baby'. 

The Lawn Fawn products used in this card are the Balloon die cuts, called 'birthday balloons', and the cloud dies 'simple puffy clouds', and the stitched cloud border, which was also used to stencil the background. The sentiment is from Altenew 'baby zoo' and the Elephant is from Wplus9 ' unforgettable'.

For a Friend

Here is a lovely card I made just to send to someone ' Just because'. I used a great cat image for the kitty in the window from Newtons Nook set called 'Furr-ever Friends'. 

The window die set is from My Favorite Things, and the stencil is as well. 

For the curtains and the wall paper on the inside of the window i used some coral and mint papers that I had around the house to fit with the Netwon's Nook challenge theme this week. 

This card is being entered into the Inky Paws Colour Challenge.