Decorating Doughnuts

Hello there :0)

Yesterday was my sons birthday and, as I mentioned last week, he's a bit of a doughnut connoisseur so I just had to use the Lil Inkers Doughnut die for his card.....

This fab die allows you to get creative with some toppings for your doughnuts :)
After cutting three coloured pieces of icing, I coated the brown and vanilla with Glossy Accents and added chunky white embossing powder and black seed beads to them.
For the pink doughnut I chomped a bite from the icing and base using a scalloped punch before adhering a length of brown twine in a spiral pattern to the pink card. When it was dry I used Glossy Accents again to give it a nice shine and texture :0)

The sentiment is made up from a couple of Lawn fawn sets and an alphabet.... I love the mixing up fonts :0)

                 



It's Anything Goes week over at the Paper Smooches Sparks blog and my card this week uses the new  Cute Fruit set and Sassy Script Alphabet stamp sets...

.... and don't forget our own challenge here at MtDS, they'll be another inspiration boost for you later today from the DT and only a week left for your entries... we've had some fab projects so far :0)

Jenny x

You Old Dinosaur!!!

Hello.... well what a cracking weekend of sunshine and warmth, hope you all managed to make the most of it :0)

For my card today you'll see that my teamie Lydia and I obviously had a similar train of thought when using the Critters in the Past stamp set from Lawn Fawn.... *ahem*...a great set for the older birthdays as well as the youngsters too !!!

I adore colouring Lawn Fawn critters in but with the dinosaurs you have a free rein with your choice of colours, who's going to argue with you!!!...... but I stuck with the usual green and orange :0)

I wanted the sentiment to unfold as you opened the card so on half an A4 piece of card (cut lengthways) I scored at 9cm and 18cm to make a zig zag folded card.

The sentiment on the front is from Say it All and the rest is made up from Jessie's and Milo's ABC's. Did you see how I was able to make some extra greenery to go behind the rocks by colouring and cutting up the head of the palm tree.... I also snuck in a larger rock from the Critters on the Savannah set... didn't think they'd mind :0)

To contiue the theme through to the end I used the solid footprint in SU Sahara Sand across the back of the card and added a bit of dimension with a watercolour brush and the same coloured ink.... the footprints show nicely when the card is closed too :0)

                                            

\Thanks for stopping by today :0)
Jenny x

 

Making your own washi tape is 'Squ'easy!!!

Hello and happy Saturday everyone... Jenny here :0)

I had better show you my card first this morning and then the title will make 

sense to you!! I've used Lawn Fawns small stamp set called Make Lemonade

for a sunny card on this lovely sunny day....

I hope you can forgive the pun but I thought it worked so well for lemonade :0)

Can you see the grey chevron washi tape?... it's homemade and I thought I'd show you

 how I did it with a few photos. I love the look of washi and all those coloured rolls available just

blow my mind with choices of patterns and styles!! I found a tutorial on Pinterest for making your own with double sided tape and tissue paper alongside inks and stamps of your choice so 

you can customise it to your project.

By using double-sided tape you can make your washi tape as long or as wide as you want.

Simply place the length of tape you require on the shiny side of the tissue paper...you'll

notice that tissue paper has a slight sheen on one side and the other is much 

more matt which is easier to stamp on.

Idea: With lots of colours of tissue paper available you don't have to stick with white either!!

Turn the tissue over but do not trim yet, this makes stamping on the tape easier.

I have used Lawn Fawns Chevron Backdrops and Basic Grey Ink from SU, it's a bit of trial and error when it comes to inks but most do dry on the tissue...heating with a heatgun is not advised!!

Tip: Pale inks will appear very light when you have taken the backing off the adhesive and also take 

into consideration the strength of the background colour your attaching the washi too.

Continue with the pattern until you are happy with the design and then when the ink is 

dry turn the tissue back over to trim. I have used a ruler and sharp craft knife but if you have a 

steady hand, scissors work well too as you can use the edge of the tape as a guide to

 butt the blade against.... of course you could cut it into thinner strips if you want to as well :0)

I've also shown in the photo that it is easy to tear the tape even with the backing still on the adhesive

to give another authentic washi look :0)

Now I only made a small strip for photography purposes but to save time you can 

make longer lengths and store them for future projects too :0)

Sorry for the long post but I hope you're inspired to have a go making your

own washi tape too....another perfect way to use those small stamps, you dont have 

to stick with geometric patterns :0)

Lawn Fawn stamps used: Make Lemonade,Chevron Backdrops, Dad's Day,Jessie's ABC's

Thanks for stopping by.

Jenny x

A Lightbulb Moment!!

It's the start of the weekend and it looks like it's going to be a hot and sunny one here in the UK.... yippeee :0)

It's also exam season and with my daughter starting her A levels this week I thought I would make a card for her just to show how much we care and believe in her ability to get the grades she needs for uni :0)

I have gone back to one of my favourites again...Lawn Fawn, and used the lightbulb image from 'How Delightful' to make a 'punny' encouragement card....

With clear powder and Versamark  ink, I embossed a row of clear bulbs on white card and then used the emboss resist technique on a scrap of yellow card to get the bright bulb in the dark by using black ink.

You can just about make out I've used School House Backdrops to give a lined paper effect to go with the notebook top to the panel.

You can see the subtle shine to the embossed lightbulbs when they catch the light :0

I continued the message and theme inside using Jessie's ABC's and the lightbulb image again.

The Lawn Fawn sets used are: Schoolhouse Backdrops, How Delightful, Lunar Lights and Jessie's ABCs

Thanks for you patience whilst Emily re-vamps the store website, for news of it's re-opening please keep an eye the Facebook page or here, on the blog :0)

So glad you could drop by

Jenny x

A Moooving Card!!

Good Morning and hooray for the weekend :0)

My card to share with you today is an idea I've had kicking around for a while in my head and now I need to send a 'moving home' card, I just had make it.

You probably know by now I have a minor obsession with Lawn Fawn stamps so you wont be surprised to see I've used them again today, I also have a love of punny sentiments and I've used of of those as well.....

I love creating scenes with the critters sets and thought a herd of cows to be quite appropriate for a moooving home card. Rather than masking and stamping them I decided to stamp, colour and cut them out to arrange them in the oval frame. The green grass and yellow sun are cut from the Lawn Fawn Bright Side 6x6 paper pad.

Top Tip : When using cut out images that have a solid black line around them the white card shows on the edge so I like to conceal it with a black Memento marker so it just neatens up the edges and gives a more professional look...it also hides any wiggly cut lines *wink*..... I also find it better to hold the pen from the back of the image just in case it slips (ask me how I know that!!!)

I have decorated the inside too with  Lawn Fawn papers and finished the sentiment off...

The Stamp sets used are : Critters on the Farm,  Claire's ABC's,  Jessie's ABC's

Hope this inspires you to get crafty this weekend... now I need to get this in the post :0)

Have a great weekend.
Jenny x

A Genuine Genius

Today's teeny tiny card is a little congratulations card with a bit of a difference - I wanted something simple but sweet to tell someone special that I'm proud of them. (You know who you are! Clever clogs!)


I just love this cute label stamp from Unity's Garden Variety set - which is part of Make The Day Special's Amazing August Sale. The label can be stamped with or without the 'Genuine' sentiment, but I left it in and then squeezed in some extra alphas from Lawn Fawn's Jessie's ABCs.

Using a little alpha set and this cute little label, there's plenty of ways you can create your own simple sentiments. So, check out the sale and start making your own genius creations.

Loving My Lawn Fawn's

As you have all probably realised by now - I love my Lawn Fawn! This bright and beautiful card uses three of Lawn Fawn's most popular stamp sets - Jessie's ABCs, Blissful Botanicals and Bon Voyage.



Jessie's ABCs is a super set full of letters - upper and lower case - along with numbers and punctuation. It even includes multiples of some letters, making longer words and phrases easy and quick to stamp. I can now stamp my own sentiments whenever I like - versatile and easy on the pocket!



So, to use the sentiment I'd stamped, I then created a card to showcase it a little. The background is created using one of the stamps from BLissful Botanicals - stamped in the 'sing along' colours of the rainbow - and the clouds are from Bon Voyage.

Can you see why I love my Lawn Fawn?