Patterned Papered Dreams

Think Pink

¡Hola! Well, first of all thank you so much for all the wonderful comments you've left me here and in the Moxie Fab World about being Moxie Fabber of the Week. I'm going to bookmark those pages to read them every time I'm feeling down or my mojo has left me ;) No, I mean it, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

And now, a card! I made this one for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge. It's a sketchy one this time!

Stamps are Lawn Fawn (Critters on the Farm and Sally's ABC's which is my ultimate favorite alpha set!!!), papers are Basic Grey.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Memento; Paper: Basic Grey; Die: (grass) My Favorite Things; Marker: (pink) Stabillo; Other: Googly eyes.

 

 

Card Ideas for Paper Crafters

Hello, friends! Have you heard the news? Paper Crafts Magazine newest special issue has seen the light! It's called Card Ideas for Paper Crafters (formerly known as Sketches to Go for Cardmakers) and it's completely full of inspiration with 288 amazing cards! You can buy your copy here. It's incredible the different takes that can be found out of the same sketch. Here's one of my two projects in this issue, it's in page 107:

I also have a little anecdote. When I sent my selected cards to be photographed for the issue, they were held by the US Customs like forever. Seriously, Custom folks, was that necessary? My little harmless cards! Lol, thankfully they made it on time but the whole issue almost wrecked my nerves! You can find the other card in page 91.

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to get a copy of this great issue. It's an amazing resource for inspiration, promise ;)

Hola

Hello craftosphere! I'm back today with another card. I'm in absolute love with this alpha stamp set by Lawn Fawn. So many possibilities!!! And that Hero Arts cling flower is also one of my faves ever, I love that playful lines.

So I stamped, masked, heat embossed the envelope pattern background, colored the flower and embellished the tips with tiny custom colored rhinestones. A cheery and summery "hola" card that is being entered in the Embellish challenge and Simon Says Stamp one.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Hero Arts (flower, envelope background), Lawn Fawn (alphas); Ink: Memento black, Versamark; Color medium: Copics, Stabilo fine pens; White embossing powder: Ranger; Other: Rhinestones.

 

Rub ons!

Yep, I did it. I was brave enough to use an alpha rub on sheet to add the sentiment to a card. So thank you Cas-ual Fridays crew for making me stretch and use my hoarded supplies! You can find all the deets for this challenge here.

I heavily paper pieced the carrousel from this Lawn Fawn set (Admit One), and I was able to color on the rub on with Copics! It took a bit of patience but it worked! Not a lot more to say about this card, it's pretty obvious :) Oh yeah, papers are Echo Park.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Memento; Paper: Echo Park Dots and Stripes; Other: rub on letters, Copic markers, rhinestones, Uniball Signo white gel pen.

Beautiful Borders

Hi there, happy Saturday! Ok, so Gallery Idol 2011 finalists have been revealed and I didn't made it. I'm not going to lie, I was a bit sad because it would have been so exciting to be part of that contest... but hey, the chosen cards are all A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. and there are a couple of friends that made it, like Amber and Aimes and I'm over the moon for them. Go girls!! So now, let's brush off the dust and get back on the saddle! And one of the best ways to do that is to brainstorm for a Moxie Fab Challenge: Beautiful Borders.  And here's the result:

I made the gradient pine using a border punch and 8 strips of cardstock in a gradiant green (gradiant green, gradiant green, say that with me!). I cut a triangle shape, adhered the borders and trimmed. For the trunk, I used the log in this Lawn Fawn set. The butterfly is also from that set. And the sky was stamped with this Hero Arts beautie that I've been wanting for a long time.

Thanks for stopping by and check out the Moxie Fab World to see the amazing stuff people is making with borders!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson, Coredinations; Stamps: Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts; Ink: Memento, Versafine; Border punch: Martha Stewart; Other: Blue Stickles.

The one with the sketch, the polka dots and a baby pram

Hello and happy Sunday! There's so much stuff in this post that I thought I'd better add a long title too ;) I rarely combine sketches but in this case it was absolutely perfect: The Lilypad is hosting a challenge sponsored by Lawn Fawn with a sketch by Lucy who is expecting her first baby (congrats, Lucy!!!). And the Lawnscaping challenge is all about polka dots. So I had to do this:

Here's the sketch, by the way:

I used the Plus One set from LF, October Afternoon paper and a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: Lawn fawn; Ink: Tsukineko, Distress; Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Modern Homemaker; Embossing folder: Cuttlebug; Dies: PTI; Corner chomper.

One of a kind

Hello there and happy Easter! Before heading to the country for the weekend I wanted to share a fun card I made for the Lawnscaping challenge (all the details here).

I stamped the cutie critter from Lawn Fawn's  Critters in the Forest set on Cosmo Cricket paper (Nutmeg collection, another hoarded one!). Colored with Copics and finished with letter stickers and a handrawn frame. It's the first time I've done that and love the result! It kinda "finishes" the card :D

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazill; Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Memento; Patterned Paper and stickers: Cosmo Cricket; Other: Muji black pen.

Patterned paper with stamps

Hello from tissue-land! Today I'm home with my sick little guy, so while he plays (I don't know how children have the energy to play even with high temperature!) I'm posting my entry for the new Lawnscaping challenge: Make patterned paper with stamps

For this card I used the super duper cute (and famous!) Say Cheese and Say Cheese too sets from Lawn Fawn. I accented the camera lens and the little rays with diamond stickles. Looks very cool in real life! I think the paper may be DCWV or K&Co, not very sure.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful springy day!

Supplies: Cardstock: De la Riva; Stamps: All Lawn Fawn: Ink: Tsukineko, Distress; Paper: ¿¿?¿; Other: Copics, Diamond Stickles.

A splash of color

Hello there! A splash of color is the challenge over at Lawnscaping this week, so I thought I could give it a try.

For this card you could also go for pink, or for a "we don't want to know" yet color like green or yellow ;) I made this card with one of the super duper cutie Lawn Fawn sets I won in their latest release contest. This one. Yeah, I'm over the moon! Oh, and even the pic doesn't "really" show it, the scored lines look all the same in real life and not like in the pic, where the top and bottom ones look completely faded.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies: Cardstock: De la Riva, American Crafts; Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Memento; Other: Copics, Martha Stewart scoring board.

Markers + paper piecing = an all time fave

Hey there! This is so typical of me... either I don't blog for weeks or I blog everyday. Maybe being a gemini is to blame ;) So here I am with one of my favorite cards ever...

Do you know when you see a stamp set, and you want to use it in an unconventional way and then a shining light bulb suddenly appears above your head? Well, that happened with this card. I made a bride bouquet with the holly sprig from this Lawn Fawn set. Just stamped it repeatedly on the card front and also on white cardstock that I trimmed and adhered. The bow was paper pieced from the same set and is actually part of a bigger gift image. As I'm still on time and love this card so much, I'm entering it in the paper piecing challenge (details here) and stamping with markers challenge (here) at the Moxie Fab World, and also on the Lawnscaping challenge (here) to use a stamp in a non conventional way.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Supplies: Cardstock: De la Riva; Stamps: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Memento; Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye; Markers: Copic; Pearl: Basic Grey.