Bonjour! The little one picked up a stamp at hobby crafts for Mothers day, from Craft Asylum, called Home Sweet Home. I thought it was cute!
I was instantly drawn to the houses and wanted to create a new home card. I cut some panels using the lawn fawn stitched rectangle dies, and then created a stitched curve using the Paper Smooches border dies. Then, using SSS slate ink, i stamped the houses and fussy cut them out, using a craft knife. For the greeting, i used some SSS stamps, from the Sending and Wishing stamp set – also using the SSS slate ink. I love using this grey tone instead of black – it gives a great impression, but it isn’t as harsh as a black line.
I wanted to give the back panel more interest, so i used some of the other stamps in the set to create a fun, colourful background. I added a few vellum die cut hearts and some gems as a final embellishment. I wanted these clouds to have the same dimension as the front panel (which is adhered by foam tape), so i used little circle foam pads to raise up the clouds – you might not have noticed because i hid the foam with the gems! heeheee!
Its been a while since i have blogged- a little since we have been on two trips, but mostly because my full time job has become super busy, so evenings leave little energy for creating. But it looks like we might be seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Yippeeee!
I have a video to share today, with copic markers. I am always SO VERY late to jump onto the trendy bandwagon, but never mind. 🙂 I have been having fun playing around, and love the final blended result. I am still a beginner, so not an expert by any stretch of the imagination- all tips gracefully welcome!
This card is bright, cute, and not overly girly – a perfect one for a boy i think. I didn’t have a polaroid die (although you can buy them) so i simply used the rectangle and square dies i already have to create a similar effect.
The dino stamps are from Woodware and are called Dino Friends, and i uses Milo’s ABCs stamps from Lawn Fawn to create the word Dinomite. For the rest of the greeting i used Double Sayings, Paula Pascual stamps by Personal Impressions.
Here’s the video – enjoy. And please don’t forget to give it a thumbs up if you like it. thaaaaanks!
I shared a sneak peek of this card on instagram and was amazed by the number of likes that people gave it – thank you so much for the love! Sorry its taken a while for the video to be finished- but here it is!
Of course i am using Mama Elephant up and away stamp and die sets, as well as my Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle dies, as well as the spring showers die set. The background is stamped and inked – but you can see the whole process in the video.
Enjoy the video, and if you have a moment, and like what you have seen, please hit the thumbs up button!
