Hey guys,
Friday’s CCWM LIVE stream was a hoot! And I well and truly got my Autumnal vibes on the go! I made two cards – one of which incorporates the Chibitronics LEDS.
To start, I made this sweet Fall card – with lots of distress ink blending in the background. I die cut some leaf shapes onto the top panel using some coordinating dies, so that it peeked through the the layer underneath. I often come back to this fun technique – i like the contrast between the white top layer and the rich tones underneath.
For the main image, I decided to use the deer from the Forest Friends set from MFT stamps, along with one of the tree images. They are super cute! I added some purple tones behind him, although its hard to see when the stamped images are stuck on top. I used my copics to colour them in.
For my greeting, I used the same purple distress inks to colour some white card and then die cut this using a HAPPY die. To complete the greeting, I white heat embossed a partial sentiment from a clearly besotted stamp set on top of an orange ink blended background.
TA-DA! And a little sprinkle of sequins to finish!
For the next card, I asked the viewers what they wanted to see, and someone suggested a light up pumpkin! Even though I LOVE pumpkins, and I love pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin pies — I have very few pumpkin stamps! Can you believe it! BUT, I am never one to shy away from the challenge!
Here’s the finished card!What a cutie, huh?! I used a pierced circle die from Studio Katia to make the circular areas of my pumpkin, and coloured these with some distress inks. I also dug out a die that came free with a magazine which had a flourish – so I used this for some greenery around my pumpkin.
The background looks simple – I wanted a spooky effect, so i added colours with distress inks and then covered it with chipped sapphire and black soot – this is the same way that i create a galaxy effect background, except i didn’t add specks of white for stars this time.
The real magic is of course the light up LED! I used orange lights from the tropics LED set, and put the battery at the top right corner of my card.
I added a greeting using Lawn Fawn’s Milo’s ABCs and also the Monster Mash stamp set – and white heat embossed on top of my black background. I also wanted a small image where the battery lies- and this little spider was perfect. He is a wooden stamp that I have had in my stash for several years – but i think he is super cute!
Thanks for stopping by, and this Friday there will be another LIVE crafting video over on my YouTube. Hope to see you there!
Happy Crafting
I inked the background (outside in scalloped rectangle by Lawn Fawn) with dye ink (Audrey blue by SSS and Butter by Lawn Fawn) and stuck the frame on top, before then die cutting the word happy with a Mama Elephant die. I wanted to do an inlaid technique so i could stamp the work Birthday on top of a flat surface. To match the red hearts, I scribbled some copic markers on to some offcuts of card and die cut the Hello again, ready to inlay. I put some Stick It adhesive onto the card base to help me cover this whole area behind the die cut with adhesive.
