Time for Christmas!

Hey Guys I'm back and have started working on my Christmas Cards.  Has anyone else started theirs? I definitely feel like my favorite types of cards to make are Christmas cards and Birthday Cards.  Today I'm going to share two cards I made using the same in laid die cutting technique that are very similar.

A2 Joy In-Laid Die Card

Joy In-laid Die Card

This was a super simple card that may soon be mass produced! :)  I used Lawn Fawn's Joy die and the in-laid die technique to fill it in with cardstock.  I also used my Wink of Stella Glitter pen to make it sparkly. :)  I then used Simon Says Stamp Hexagon Border Die on the card and then cut it again on white, red, green, and black cardstock. At this point it was time for assembly.  I used just a sheet of typing paper and put adhesive all over it and popped the top sheet on it.  I then started adding all the dies and used a quick stik to help me add in all the tiny hexagons.  I then actually made a slight error in my calculations as this green sheet was much bigger originally but I cut off too much on one side so instead of a standard A2 card like the top card it became square... In the end I think it actually looks pretty amazing though which goes to show some of the mistakes in crafting can turn out to be some of the cutest cards!  I hope you have enjoyed and I will be back with more soon as these are just a couple of the 4 I cranked out the other night. :)  Hope you enJOYed. HAHA I know I'm a goober. :)  

Scraplifted Idea for Copics from Jennifer McGuire Complete with Downloadable File

So I just signed up for a new Online Card Class for Copics for Cardmakers and in sharing one of the ways I keep what Copics I have organized I was asked to share a document I have created for such.  I use the Coin Collector Pages that you can find on Amazon for pretty cheap.  The squares are 2x2 and because I am super anal I wanted them to look uniform so I created a template that contains a circle and the name of the color and code. :)

This was an early photo because I have since slightly altered this to include the ones I DON'T have as well.  It made it easier when I went to Hobby Lobby and got them for $4.54 a piece one at a time! :)  I keep telling my hubby it's cheaper then going to Starbucks every day.  His argument is that I don't drink coffee or tea! :)  

So here is the file! :) Download to your computer and open with Excel and it should come out to 4 across and 5 down per page.  I'm not so sure about this Google Drive as it's the first time I've used this but hopefully it works.  Maybe Jennifer can help me figure out how to just put a hyperlink to an excel file someday. ;)

Copic Swatches

So now since I have blogged for the first time in FOREVER maybe this will motivate me to blog more and share more of my projects I have done in the past year which have been quite a few actually.  But then again I'm going on vacation next week so blogging will have to wait. ;)

Thanks for stopping by and if anyone has any trouble with the file let me know... this is the first time I've done something like this.

Lisa

New Dies!!!!

So since the Lawnscaping Challenge 69 is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp I decided to stray from my Lawn Fawn Stamps and use my brand new Simon Says Stamp dies!  I am SOOO excited to have gotten them in the mail tonight and they are better than I had hoped!  I used the Merry Christmas Die and the Full Card Hexagons Die.  I then cut the dies again using Lawn Fawn's Peace Joy Love 6x6 paper pad to create a very simple and easily replicable card!  I created the cards using both red and green cardstock but find after creating them that I like the red better!  

This may be one of the Christmas Cards I create in bulk and send to family and friends. 

I think the green needs one of the red patterned papers to offset all the green.  

Hope you enjoyed!

I've gone Banana's for YOU! :)

This was completely outside of my comfort zone because it uses yellow... A LOT of yellow!!!  I used more of the Mama Elephant Basic Borders stamps along with Lawn Fawn's My Silly Valentine.  This is a pretty simple card that was mostly to just challenge myself to create a monochromatic card and to use a color I RARELY use!  Overall I am happy with the results.

I also figured since I have created the card and have updated the blog I would use it for the latest Lawnscaping Challenge #69!  The challenge is all about Sentiments.  Sadly I missed the challenge using monochromatic maybe next time. :)  Hope you enjoy!

Plaid Christmas Card inspired by Kristina Werner

So I recently saw Kristina Werner create a very cool card using some masking paper and various inks and thought that is an amazing card and I wonder if I can use some of my Lawn Fawn stamps and newer Momento Luxe inks to create the same effect even though I don't have as many different stripes as she did.  Turns out... I can! :)
I used Tag, You're It for the Lawn Fawn stamps and Mama Elephant's Basic Borders for the stripes.
For the inks I used all pigment inks which included Memories Unicorn, Momento Luxe Love Letter and Pistachio.  The black is Versafine Black ink.

I love the effect of this one as much with mine as I did with Kristina Werner's! :)  You can see her's here.

I decided to use this card to play along with Lawnscaping Challenge #69 which is all about Sentiments.
I hope you enjoy and this inspires you the way Kristina's card inspired me! :)

Bear Hugs

Okay just going to pop in here with a last ditch effort to see if I can win the One Layer Card Challenge from Lawn Scaping.
Lawnscaping Challenge #63

Ever had that card that you just don't LOVE??? Well this is mine. I look at it now and see how I can take this card and create inspiration through it to create a better card. Unfortunately I'm in Australia right now and that wasn't possible. Maybe when I get back I can use it and create something much better.  This is a very cute clean and simple card but I think I could do more with it. :)  Hope you enjoy though. 

Congrats on the House

I have my second card for the LawnScaping Challenge #63.  The goal is to make it only one Layer. 

This was by FAR one of the more extensive stamping jobs I have done in a while.  I combined quite a few of my Lawn Fawn stamp sets to come up with this card.  The house is from Happy Haunting, the grass from Gnome Sweet Gnome, the tree is from Critters in the Burbs, the sidewalk is from Interlocking Backdrops, and the sentiment is from So Much to Say.  The only non Lawn Fawn stamp is the sun and it is from Hero Arts.  I thought of using the moon From Happy Haunting but it wasn't working for me. :) 

This card was super time consuming though because I had to stamp all of the images and then cut them out on scrap paper and then work on the order in which I stamped them.  After I had them ALL stamped and masked off then I used Distress Inks to create the grass and sky.  I used my Copics to color in the images. 

I would love to say that I will do more cards like this and while I love it I am not sure I have the patience to spend on a TON of these cards.  I can't wait for my next friend to buy a house because I really want to send this to them! :) 

Hope you have enjoyed and feel free to leave comments.  I love reading them! :)