Month: September 2021

Caly’s Starry Sky Swish n’ Pop Inspiration

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

Hi Friends! It’s Caly with you today, sharing an interactive card for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge!  The current theme uses the photo below as inspiration. This theme runs through Sunday September 19th at 11:59pm PT. We hope you’ll get the chance to participate before it’s over!

I was inspired by the image to create a sky scene.  So I water-colored a background to replicate the inspiration board using Daniel Smith watercolors.  Once it was dry, I splattered the panel with white paint to give it more interest to imitate stars.

While my background was drying, I stamped and colored images from the Super Star and Upon A Star sets.  I used Copic markers to color my images before die-cutting them out to begin my interactive mechanism for this card.

        Fox:  E11, E13, E15

        Mouse:  W0, W2, W4

        Bunny:  E40, E41, E42, E43

        Telescope:  C0, C3, C6

        Star:  Y00, Y15, YR23

        Blush: R30

I die-cut clouds using the Puffy Cloud Borders in both white cardstock and vellum to layer them for interest and to hide my Swish n’ Pop Pull-Tab mechanism.  Be sure to check out the Lawn Fawn YouTube channel to see how the mechanism is put together – it’s really easy!

I used a shooting star for my moving image and embossed the tail lines on vellum using white embossing powder.  Once my mechanism was put together, I attached my images to create my scene.

I finished today’s card by embossing a sentiment in white over black cardstock.  I love interactive cards and hope you like this one!  Thanks so much for visiting!  You still have a few days to participate and I hope you will make some time to create!

Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful inspiration, Caly!

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Happy crafting, friends!

Samantha’s Magical Fairy Friends Card

- Nancy Krueger 3 Comments

Our new Inspiration Photo challenge is under way and we are looking forward to seeing how this fun image will inspire you! Click HERE for all the details about this challenge that will be open until Sunday, September 18 at 11:59PM ET.

Samantha joins us today with a whimsically adorable Fairy Friends card! She was inspired by the photo to create a magical scene!

This pretty scene starts with a Meadow Backdrop: Portrait in Peacock cardstock. Samantha layered this over a Blue Jay panel which she inked with Salvaged Patina and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink to mimic the look of the inspiration photo.

She added the cute fairies in shades of blue and green, along with stars and grass cut from sparkle cardstock to create this magical scene!

Thank you so much for this delightful inspiration, Samantha!

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Have an amazing weekend!
Thanks for stopping by!

Samantha’s Manatee-rific Inspiration

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments

Our new Inspiration Photo challenge is under way and we are looking forward to seeing how this fun image will inspire you! Click HERE for all the details about this challenge that will be open until Sunday, September 18 at 11:59PM ET.

Samantha Mann joins us here today to share a delightful card inspired by the new challenge!

Samantha created a Manatee-rific card featuring the adorable critters! She used alcohol inks to recreate the look of the inspiration photo in the background! Using Zig markers, Samantha gave the manatees, shells and seaweed amazing color!

I love how she used vellum, cut with Stitched Wave Borders to add a layer of dimension to her happy little scene!

Thanks so much for this sweet inspiration, Samantha!

Let’s see how the colors and movement of the Inspiration Photo will inspire you! Click HERE to add your project to the challenge gallery!

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