Hello Foxy

While I was going through my Lawn Fawn stamps trying to decide which one to use for this latest challenge over at Lawnscaping (you can see my cards for that here), I decided to play with Critters in the Forest too. I started going super CAS but it just wasn't working for me. When that happens I tend to go the create a scene route. Still CAS in that I don't use many (if any) embellishments but a little less of the white space. (Really, I am learning that my style is CAS but that it doesn't always mean lots of white space if I don't want it to be that, clear as mud?) The Lawnscaping challenge blog is also holding a DT call that I am throwing my hat into the ring for.

LOTS of Distress Inks were used on this card. The sky was created with Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Broken China while the grass used Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, and Peeled Paint. I stamped the tree four times so that I could get the depth (as seen in the first photo). The bottom layer with the trunk is sponged with Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, and Walnut Stain while the tree tops were sponged with Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, and Forest Moss (this was used for shadow mostly). The log was only stamped once but popped up with some foam. I used Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy, and Vintage Photo for it too as well as Shabby Shutter and Mowed Lawn for the two leaves. The fox (my favorite part) was stamped three times so that I could get the depth again with her. I used a photo of a real fox to help me decided how she should be colored. The same colors were used for all layers. I first lightly sponged Wild Honey over her leaving just the tip of the tail white. Then I masked off the tail and added another coat of Wild Honey till I was happy. Leaving the mask on, I went over the images with Rusty Hinge to give some shading. For the final touch I sponged the tips of her ears, her nose, and the paws black. I was so tickled to see her looking very similar to the photo. The second layer had the tail cut slightly so that when I glued it to the first layer I could use a pop dot to give the tail a little bit of depth to go with the head that was popped up. No forest scene could be complete without some clouds cut from vellum. I used one of them to hold the sentiment. I had lots of fun creating this little card.

His and Her Day

I had so much fun this weekend creating His and Her cards with Paper Smooches that I just had to try it out again. This time I used Lawn Fawn's Dad's Day. these came together just as easily too. Since I wanted to play with this fun tiny stamp set, I decided to play along with Lawnscaping Challenge too: Clean & Simple. Some days I struggle with the white-space CAS cards and other days it comes a little easier. No matter what, I do seem to gravitate towards them, lol.


Her card (because it's ladies first don't 'cha know, lol)

One thing I love about this set is how easy it is to cute out the images. I wanted a nice cool and relaxing color scheme for this card and thought blue and grey would be perfect. I stamped the chair on some white c/s and then cut it out and put foam tape on the back. Before I taped it down I placed it to see where I wanted the grey shadow/rug to go. Once I figured that out I simply shaded with my copics and then taped the chair down. The upper corner was put together with washi tape and one of the sentiments from the set stamped onto a vellum banner. I used the washi tape to "tape down" the banner. To bring it just a hint of girly I simply added some bling...still trying to perfect that whole random bling thing.


His card (because he's a gentleman and let the lady go first):

Another CAS one. This time I used kraft and vanilla with a touch of blue. This one used the other sentiment, the mustache, and the tie. Again, these images were so easy to cut out (LOVE that). To give this CAS card a little umph but not be busy or girly I simple popped up the images like I did with the chair in the above card. I also added some brown stitching around the vanilla base to help frame it. As a bonus, I now have a father's day card done (one down and three more to go).

World Making Card Day 2012

Yesterday I wasn't able to play along, but I found sometime today. School work is still taking over most of my time, so I had to do some work yesterday. As a reward for my hard work I did get to celebrate my 11 yr annv with my amazing DH. Actually, we celebrated Friday by going to a Love Worth Fighting Fo marriage conference. Last night we took our oldest to a Toby Mac Concert. It was so much fun getting to hear one of my favorite Christian artists sing songs that I love live. Opening for him were Jamie Grace and Christ August; both of which were equally amazing. A loved it so much that he "taught" his younger brother how to put on a Toby Mac concert this morning. While they did that, I decided to create a few cards. Up first is the Ellen Hutson and Lawnscaping challenge. It was an inspiration challenge. Here is the picture:

My take on it was to focus on the wood and texture I saw in the pictures. I embossed my card base with a woodgrain impression plate, but first I lightly coated the plate with a light tan color to highlight the grain and then sponged with edges with Antique Linen and Old Paper distress inks. To add more texture I wraped some twine around the top. For my little scene I used LawnFawn's Say Cheese for the amazing picture frame, Say Cheese 2 for the sentiment (love how the sentiment works well for cooler weather), and the picture itself was created with Critters in the Forest. I sponged the background of the picture and then used a PTI cloud stamp in Vintage Cream to complete the sky. Nothing too fancy, but I love it none the less.

Just my type

I have only now gotten on the typewriter bandwagon and the set I went with is the Lawn Fawn's Just My Type. It really is a cute little set and I had so much fun making this card. This card was inspired by Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger: Type Hype! I loved the bright colors on the keys and the touch of metal. Lots of paper pieceing went in on this card. I stamped and embossed the image three times in black onto watercolor paper. Because I wanted color without having to color, lol. Instead of a black typewritter, lets try it out in a pretty blue color. Since the typewritter was blue I went with the keys being black. And what is a typewritter without a little message coming out of it right? This message was going to be fun because it is going on tye-dyed paper. The idea for the paper came from those amazing colors they keys were made with in the paper Cathy used for the trigger. I did the wrinkle free distress ink technique to create the tye-dyed look. Once it was really dried I embossed in black the sentiment. On the third image I used the direct to paper techn and covered it in pumice stone and then sprayed it down with perfect pearl's perfect pearl to give it a more metal look. The layout is frome CPS's current sketch challenge.