Card Making Galore!

I was lucky enough to take a Lawn Fawn specific card making class with Jenn from Shurkus.com on Saturday at a local scrapbook store and afterward I was incredibly inspired! I learned some new techniques that I am psyched to try out soon, mostly copics. I finally got to play around with them and I'm in love! They are so easy to use but boy oh boy they are expensive. That is going to be an investment that I'm going to have to talk my husband into letting me purchase. For now I will settle for my prisma colored pencils and gamesol.

So after class I did a wee bit of shopping from some old and new Lawn Fawn products. The older things I picked up were the Let's Polka 6x6 paper pad, Stitched Journaling Card die set, and Speech Bubble Border die. From the new release I picked up the Beep Boop Birthday stamp set and matching lawn cuts. I am pretty sure I'm going back to get Chit Chat stamp set and matching lawn cuts, I was eyeing it and totally regret not purchasing it! And of course onto the cards I put together using my new goodies...

 Supplies:

• Beep Boop Birthday Stamp Set and Die Cuts (Lawn Fawn)
• Let's Polka 6x6 Paper Pad (Lawn Fawn)
• Prisma Colored Pencils & Gamesol
• Speech Bubble Die (Lawn Fawn)
• Stitched Journaling Card Die (Lawn Fawn)

Supplies:

• Beep Boop Birthday Stamp Set and Die Cuts (Lawn Fawn)
• Let's Polka 6x6 Paper Pad (Lawn Fawn)
• Prisma Colored Pencils & Gamesol
• Simon Says Stamp Love This Clear Stamps (SSS)
• Stitched Journaling Card Die (Lawn Fawn)
• Twine in Tangerine (Doodlebug)

I also used some non new goodies to work up one out of 3 Father's Day cards I needed to make. I'm terrible at masculine cards! They are always so difficult since I am in love with all things pinky and girly but I think I did alright for my first try. It's always fun to break out old products and use them in new ways. This was also my first time embossing an image on watercolor paper and then using distress inks on top to do a watercolor resist effect, this is probably my favorite technique so far and I really love the look of it, perfect for a manly card using darker colors!

Supplies:

• Chevron Background Stamp (Hero Arts)
• Enamel Dots (My Mind's Eye)
• Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers (Tim Holtz)
• Simon Says Stamp Love This Clear Stamps (SSS)
• Watercolor Paper (Ranger)
• White Embossing and Gold Embossing Powder (Stampendous) 

Hershey Kiss Stickers

While planning a baby shower I thought it would be cute to do the Hershey Kiss stickers you see all over pinterest/etsy as part of the table decorations. You will need to create 3/4" diameter stickers for these. I believe Avery makes labels in a size that will work but I used my Silhouette Cameo and regular sticker paper to do this project. It was super simple to create images in the Silhouette program using the same graphics I used on the rest of the baby shower projects I did. I got 40 stickers per sheet. I might have been able to get more done but my printer is extremely fussy and if I take up too much of the print and cut area it will completely cut off my project during printing! I was too afraid of wasting ink and sticker paper to see just how many I could get out of there.

I am going to try and do a video tutorial soon on these since they were so cute and such a hit I'm going to make them for Landon's 5th birthday. Yes, I am THAT mother that is already planning her child's birthday when he still has 7 months until then...

Simon Says Stamp June Card Kit 2014

I really adored this month's card kit, believe or not I think this is my first flower stamp set! I just adore the two tone effect you can get with the flowers but it did make me realize I really need more ink pads and colors! I ordered a Simon Says Stamp Lavender stamp pad last month to test out and I am digging it, I think I might order some more colors. I'm also excited to try out the resist embossing and water color technique I've been seeing all over Youtube lately with these flowers.

Supplies Used:

• My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots (SSS June Card Kit)
• SSS Favorite Flowers Stamp Set (SSS June Card Kit)
• SSS Watt's Up Stamp Set (SSS)
• SSS Slate Cardstock (SSS June Card Kit)
• White, Purple, and Pink Cardstock (Michael's Craft Stores)
• Stampendous White Embossing Powder and Versamark
• Hero Arts Ink: Soft Pool, Soft Vanilla, Pale Tomato, Field Greens, Soft Cantaloupe, Pool, Soft Olive, Red Royal 
• Heidi Swapp Ink: Navy Blue
• SSS Ink: Lavender