Christmas tree shakers (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

Hi there!

Welcome back to another day of this month's Lawn Fawn inspiration week! Today, we're showing off the Outside In Stitched Christmas Tree Stackables as well as the Stitched Christmas Tree Frames.

I've used them both on this card:

I created 2 Christmas tree shakers, and fit them into a layer of woodgrain patterned paper. I wanted everything to have dimension, but still lay pretty flat on the card.

The Christmas trees were filled with matching green sequins, and given little pops of color through the yellow stars and scarf and red heart (from Woodland Critter Huggers Winter Add-On.) 



In lieu of a stamped sentiment, I opted for the Scripty Joy die. It's not obvious in the pictures, but I really wanted it to stand out, so I layered 3 die-cuts on top of each other. It helped give the die-cut a bit of dimension and clarity.

I hope you like it! If you'd like more details on this card, and to see it re-created from start to finish, head over to the Lawn Fawn blog and watch Kelly's video - she's made a version of this card today.

♥.

skating with joy {lawn fawn october inspiration week}

Welcome back to another day of lawn fawn's october inspiration week! We're all skating around with winter penguin and the scripty joy die.

I combined both on the same card for you today:

I did some fancy die-cutting, so that the scripty joy could have a longer tail end that connects with the penguin's skates. It's all one piece, people! And it wasn't that hard to do. I've been bitten by the partial die-cut bug. If you want a great lesson, check out Pamela's video *here.*



What I did: I die-cut "joy" first, but stopped the die-cutting right after the "y." I didn't follow through to the end. Then, I drew pencil lines of where I wanted the script to go, and stamped the penguin right there at the end. The fussy part was die-cutting the penguin. I sent it through the machine a few times, at different angles, to cut everything but around his left skate. Whatever the machine couldn't get to, I cut out with scissors.

When the entire thing was cut out, I propped it up on foam squares. You know, to show off my careful work to the full! And, for added drama, I placed it all onto a siren-red backdrop.

I hope you like it!  Check out what the other design team members made using winter penguin and the scripty joy die - click!

♥.