Stay cool (Avery Elle)

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I have one very coooool card to share with you today!

These critters crack me up! Aren't they hilarious? They are from the new Avery Elle Stay Cool stamp set. I stamped, die-cut and colored the bear, the bunny, the speech bubble and a slew of stars. Then, I grabbed a sheet of patterned paper from The Spring Collection paper pack and die-cut into it using the Ray backdrop die. It has that gradient effect that makes it so fun!

I arranged the elements on top of the sunset paper, and mounted all of that with foam squares onto a card-sized white layer.

To finish off, I added a few accents with a white gel pen. It came together so quickly and easily but it packs a cool punch because of all of the happy color!

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

Celebrating the new Lawn Fawn release (with Simon Says Stamp)

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The new Lawn Fawn collection has hit your favorite stores, the wait is over! To celebrate, I made this fun card:

You can read more about it on the Simon Says Stamp blog this morning - CLICK!

sunshine and rainbows (Lawn Fawn inspiration and release week)

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It's the day before the new Lawn Fawn release hits the stores! Today, the team is showing off one last set, All The Clouds.

I used the images to build an all-over pattern for my card. I did a tiny bit of masking to get the sun to peek from behind the clouds, but apart from that it was all just coloring and doodling. I used a black pen to add little stripes and plaid to clouds, as well as a dot pattern for the inside of the rainbows. I used a white gel pen to add dots to the background and little triangles to a few clouds. It was fun! I could totally see this on a baby's blanket. I really love the non-traditional colors I used on the rainbows.



I added the sentiment onto a skinny strip of cardstock and called it done! I hope you like it.

There is more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

Starry night (Lawn Fawn inspiration and release week)

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We're almost to the end of Lawn Fawn's inspiration and release week, which means in 2 more sleeps you'll be able to purchase everything you've been eyeing! Today, we're showing off the Starry Sky Stencil:

My original plan was to use a white embossing paste with the stencil, but it went bad? It was all gloopy and unspreadable. I didn't even know that would happen... after like 8 years. haha. So, I used clear embossing paste instead and then went over the entire card-front with a dry-brush of white paint. I dragged my paintbrush in a circular motion around the top part of the card, trying not to get too many streak marks on the card itself. I was a bit heavy-handed in some spots, but I like how it turned out!



I added my images, from Smooth Sailing, and the school of fish below from Mermaid For You. I placed the sentiment into a Fancy Wavy Banner, and placed clouds to note the separation between water and sky.

I hope you like it!

Build-a-castle (Lawn Fawn inspiration and release week)

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Welcome back to another day of Lawn Fawn's inspiration and release week! Today, we're taking a first look at Build-A-Castle dies, and a Tiny Fairy Tale stamp set.

I die-cut the castle and used the new Brick Stencil to give it a tone-on-tone brick effect. I then placed the tiny princess at the top of a tower, and a little knight, professing his love, at the foot of the castle. A little fairy (from Unicorn Picnic) is flying overhead.

I placed the entire scene onto a Puffy Cloud Backdrop die layer. I also used a new starry night stencil that you'll see more of soon! The sentiment brings it all together.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

crazy antics (Lawn Fawn inspiration and release week)

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Welcome to another day of this month's Lawn Fawn inspiration and release week! Today, we're showing off Crazy Antics, a set that features a mouse picnic, and adds in a bunch of little ant friends.

I decided to let the ants go wild:

I stamped and colored all of the ants and food to build my scene, and set it against a cloudy-day backdrop. I cut 2 layers of rolling hills, one in a slighty darker color to give the scene some depth.



I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog today - click!

Ocean Shell-fie (Lawn Fawn inspiration and release week)

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Welcome to another day of Lawn Fawn's inspiration and new release week! Today, we're showing off Ocean Shell-fie, a super cute underwater set.

I set the camera onto a rock and had all of the sea creatures pose in front of it, including the school of fish from Mermaid For You! The sentiment also borrowed "waving hello" from that set, and it mixed in perfectly with the new Ocean Shell-fie!



I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!