2 Birthday Cards

Hi there.  I've got two birthday cards to share today.  First up is a card using some of my very favorite Lawn Fawn critters.  Almost all of my Lawn Fawn sets have animals in them, but I keep coming back to this adorable hippo and his birdie friend.  The patterned papers are Lawn Fawn, too.

I am entering this card at Lawnscaping #107 Calling All Critters, Addicted to CAS #64 Animal, Less is More #226 2 or 4 legs, Seize the Birthday where the toppings option is animals, Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #271 and Just Us Girls #295 Paper Piecing.

My next card is inspired by the June sketch at Happy Little Stampers and uses the colors from ColourQ #293.    I changed things up just a little bit--rather than a relaxing beach scene with a hammock, I created a festive party on a card with streamers.  My palm trees are the card borders and my setting sun is confetti starburst.  

I am also entering this at Simon Says Wednesday where the challenge this week is Make it Masculine.

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CASology Week 135: Mini

Happy Tuesday everyone.  It's time for a new challenge at CASology.  This week, our cue word is MINI.  Think small, my friends, and see where this cue word will take you.

I made a little mini card, with a mini stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  My idea got started when I found this mini kraft polka dotted bag, and I thought it would be fun to make a little mini gift enclosure card.  I paper pieced all the images using some Doodlebug papers.

I am joining in the celebration at Lawnscaping, where they are celebrating their 100th challenge. Congratulations, Lawnscaping!!

I hope you will play along with us this week, and show us how you are inspired by the word MINI.

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross
Hazel Hodgkins

Jen Wills

Joyce Mehrberg (that's me)

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener
Kymona Tracey

May Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely 

Guest Designer: Ksenija

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Make it Monday, Colour Me, Lawnscaping and More

I am trying to get caught up from my trip, and finally had a bit of time over the past few days to make a few cards.

First up are two cards I made using the technique at Make it Monday #161:  Watercolor Splats using the colors from Colour Me #17.   After applying my inks using my mini ink daubers, I painted water spots all over the paper.  I was too impatient to wait for it to dry, so used my heat gun to speed up the process.  I cut the Memory Box Prim Poppy out of the panel, and then filled the space in with a white die cut that I had completely coated with Wink of Stella.  My sentiment is from Verve, and I put a tiny rhinestone inside the flower that is the 'o' in Mother.

OK, can  you see where this is going....What to do with the poppie die cut from my water splatted base?  Yes, you are right--I just made another card that is the opposite of the first card.  I added a bunch more tiny little water splats just on the flowers.  My sentiment is stamped with Brilliance Lightning Black--one of my favorite specialty black inks--I just love how muted and shimmery it is.   I am linking this card up at this week's Simon Says Wednesday Keep it Clean and Simple.

I'll be linking both cards up at Make it Monday and Colour Me.

The challenge this week at Lawnscaping #80 is Mini.  How fun is that?  I love mini things.  I've got two mini projects to link up today.  First up is this little mini birthday card, that I am also linking up at this week's Seize the Birthday Anything Goes. 

I made a little envelope using my Envelope Punch Board and paper from MME Happy Day.  I used the same papers to paper piece a mini birthday card using  the Hippo Birdie.  I'm so in love with this little mini card and envelope, I don't know if I will ever be able to use it.

I have another mini project for Lawnscaping #80--a mini paper cube.  Hard to tell in this close up photo, but this cube is 2" by 2" by 2", and I bought it at Impress.

I stamped three sides with flowers from Penelope's Garden.

Last up is a card I started making last week for Make it Monday, but did not finish it in time to enter.  I used the stamping and embossing on die cuts technique show in the video here.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Keep it Clean and Simple and Simply Create Too Challenge #60:  Stack em Up.  I stamped and embossed the flowers from In Bloom before die cutting them.  It did make it much easier to emboss.  I used my new Background Basics Art Deco in Soft Stone and Spring Moss for the background.  That stamp is really easy to line up.

Well, that's it for me today.  

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