Lawn Fawn's Ugly And Bright Card Series- Shaker Ornament/Card- Crescent Creations DT- Holiday Wishes

 Oh I just love how this one turned out.  We all know how much time and effort goes into cardmaking if you've done it before and to be able to turn it into a keepsake for years to come just makes it all a bit sweeter.  I'm excited to get this one in the mail early this year...I know very rare for me to beat the holiday.  

I included the Ohuhu colors in 320 Fine Nib/ 200 Fine Nib/ 72 or pastel Brush Nib when available. I used my color swatches to match those colors to my Copics that I have on hand.  Those are my best matches so make sure to check the blends before you fully commit. Keep in mind that you don't need the full list of colors and could totally get away with a single marker and using layers to add extra color where you want the shadows. 

Brown (Deer Body) E342/92, E460, E557/102/BR1, E763/103/BR2

(Copic Equivalents- E49, E77, E47 or E59, E15 or E37)

Light Brown (Deer Face) E286, E293/130

(Copic Equivalents-E21, E51

Red- R865/15/R8, R687/14/R2, R393/16/R1

Green- G345/43/GY43, G483/47/GY2, G289/48/GY4

Blue- B883/63/PB8, B289/67/BP7  

 ( Hot tip for Ohuhu marker users- print out the color charts for the markers you have and the other 320 set and you can name match for the most part to get the same color with the sets you have.  It's how I've matched mine. Just keep in mind it might not be 100% right.)

Visit the Crescent Creation shop for all your shaker fillings needs and Lawn Fawn, too!  There are lots of Lawn Fawn Sets on Sale, Plus free shipping after $40 US for the US or $7 shipping to Canada and India after $150 US.

Products Used-

Lawn Fawn Ugly and Bright Stamps and Die-cuts

LF Say What Christmas Stamps

LF Cheery Christmas (little reindeer hat)

LF insideout Stitched circle dies (largest)

LF Stitched Circle Frames (largest)

LF Snowy Sky Stencil

Crescent Creations Holographic Cardstock

CC Holiday Glitter Stock

CC Winter Clay Bits Mix

Clear Seed Beads

Chunky Glitter

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

LF Jet Black Ink

Hero Arts Unicorn Ink

White Embossing Powder, Clear Embossing Powder

Black Gelly Glaze Pen, White Gelly Roll Pen

Xpress It Cardstock

Ohuhu Bullet Nib 320 Markers - A lot of the sets are currently on sale!

LF Twine

Seam Binding Ribbon with Distress Mica Spray Stain and Candy Apple Stain

Glitter Art Glue

Acetate

LF Pearlescent Vellum

Thanks for watching and keep getting Inky,

Jaime

Getting a New Look with Old Die-cuts

Let's be honest, we can't afford or store every new crafty thing that comes out.  I try to make purchases that I'm going to get more bang with for my buck.  Things like stand alone dies that I can use for more than a few cards or occasions are always a plus.  But do we need all the new things, if we can shop our personal stash to get a similar look?  

I love finding more uses for what I have. I'm all about recycling...Reducing the bill at the craft store and Reusing what I already have to.  I shop my stash for card ideas I see with die-cuts all the time.  And I always feel excited when I don't have to wait to try something because I don't have a particular set.  I was totally inspired by all the new cards everyone is sharing in Lawn Fawnatics with LF's new Strawberry Patch stand alone dies.  But I can't get everything, and when I remembered the strawberry die from LF's Build a Cupcake set....Eureka! I can figure it out with what I have on hand.

I love how this one turned out.  And those berry tops on the letters are so Strawberry Shortcake-esque, I will be doing that again for sure.  I can smell that Strawberry doll from the 80s from here.

Shopped from my stash... Strawberry from Build-A-Cupcake LF, Fruit Basket, Flower, and "Vine" from LF Build-A-Basket, and the leaf is from LF Stitched Pumpkin Outline.  

 Products Used-

• LF Build-A-Cupcake
• LF Build-A-Basket
• LF Stitched Pumpkin Outline
• LF Oliver's Stitched Alphabet dies
• MFT Sugar Coated Sentiments 
• LF Berry Special 
• Distress Oxide Inks- Speckled Egg, Evergreen Bough, Stormy Sky, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Hickory Smoke
• Distress Mica Spray Peppermint Stick
• Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigment in Blue Frost
• BM Alabaster Embossing Powder, TH Fired Brick Distress Glaze
• CTMH Tulip Ink
• Nuvo Glitter drops in Gold 
• Patterned Paper from Jillibean Soup

 Keep Getting Inky,

Jaime

Sweet as Honey

I love all things sweet and honey is always on the list.  I love the look of all things bees, too, but often struggle with how to incorporate those bzzzing creatures onto a card.  This one just kinda popped up on my feed last Sunday.  It was a suncatcher for sale on Facebook Marketplace.  I don't even do Marketplace...it's just not my thing.  But alas it was there with another ad for a swear jar...yes I have an idea with that one too. So like all good artist I took a mental screenshot and the wheels started turning.

I had all the things in my stash on hand, it was just a matter of pulling them together and finding the time to put them together.  

Diecutting took the longest as I had one die cut and well one at a time can take forever. I did pull out my Sizzix Sidekick and it went a lot faster.  Granted if I'd have bought the Tim Holtz nested hexagons it would have gone 5 times faster, but I can't justify buying them when I have the stack of Nested Hexagons from Wallflower.  

I do love how this one turned out. The pictures and video just don't do those sparkly hexes justice. It's so much prettier in real life.  And those bees from Honey Bee Stamps are perfect. 

And what's even better is a bonus card from all those extra die-cut pieces.  I was cleaning up and thought there should be enough for a clean and simple card.  Normally I would have backed them with the stamps and moved on to my next card, but I'm trying to get better about finishing all the things.  So I did just that.  This one came together super fast and probably took more time figuring out where and what the sentiment was going to be and coloring the stamped image. I resisted the urge to add more bling and just let the glitter and dimension steal the show on both of these.  

Products used-

WaffleFlower Nested Hexagon Dies

Tim Holtz Sizzix Drip Edge Die

Honey Bee Stamps and Dies- Just Beecause

Colorado Craft Company Bee You Mini stamp and die (2nd card image)

Inks- VersaFine Onyx Black, Lawn Fawn Jet Black

Copic Markers- Y38,Y35,Y18,Y15,YR24, C1, C00

Ohuhu Markers- W8,W5,W4, B220, 0

Spectrum Noir Sparkle Crystal Clear Brush Pen

Glossy Accents

Glitter Art Glue, Foam Squares, Big Momma Foam Tape

Various paper scraps

Keep Getting Inky,

Jaime

 

No Line Watercoloring a Scene with 2 Completed Cards Using Lawn Fawn's You Goat This

 We all have a skill we want to master. I have always loved the look of no line watercolor, so I did my first one about a year ago with Zig's. It was far from perfect, but I loved the look. I can't say I've practiced it much and this is my first try with Distress Ink and Ink on 3. Slow and steady wins the race when it comes to watercolor. I picked up watercolor in my teens and loved the look, but those were hand drawn and then painted photo renderings. I still have them here somewhere. But that was a lot of years ago.

I fell in love with the sentiment from Colorado Craft Company...maybe it's a strange baby sentiment. But I think when I first got a glimpse of our son on that Ultrasound after our first one miscarried and I just knew this one was gonna be okay. He was the one that was the one...the one that healed my broken heart and salved over that wound in my soul. I think it evokes that feeling like no other sentiment could. So I love it and that's all that matters. Plus wouldn't that be an amazing sentiment for an adoption?!

So if you like listening to me butcher voice overs....they make me almost as nervous as speaking in front of class back in high school...shutters...have a watch. If my voice overs bug you as much as they bug me just turn the volume to mute and find some music to listen to. LOL.  

Products used... Lawn Fawn You Goat this Stamp Set Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Dies Distress Reinkers- Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Stormy Sky, Spun Sugar, Forest Moss Distress Ink Cube- Lucky Clover Paint Brushes- Various sizes and brands (nothing too expensive) Canson XL Watercolor Paper Sentiment stamps from... Colorado Craft Company Love Quotes, CTMH, and Taylored Expressions Itty Bitty Sentiments, Lawn Fawn Rub-A-Dub-Dub Inks- VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark, and Ink on 3 Fade Out Embossing Powders in Clear Fine Detail and Distress Hickory Smoke Glaze Embellishments- Trinity Stamps and Etsy (Julie's??If you really want to know leave a comment and I will search it out.)

Thanks for watching, Jaime