BABY JUMPER CARD

Well it's Saturday and raining again...what to do?.... make some cards - Yippee!

A coworker just had a baby girl so I decided to make a baby jumper card that I had once seen on a utube video.  I remembered the idea so I just went for it I have to say it turned out really cute.

I started with a regular 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card and used my 1 3/8" circle punch to make the collar and leg openings. I then punched out scallop circles with a 2" punch and then used a 1 /3/8" punch to end up with a round hollow scallop circle. I glued them to the openings and then just cut off the excess.  I added some glitter here and there- of course, and then tied a bow around the waiste. I finished by adding a few pink pearls.

Hope it inspires you to create one too!! 

Have a great weekend all!

Hugs xx

 

Butterfly Tag

Well I've been having some fun lately and all because I've had some time to scrap.  I figured the best way to test out new techniques was to do them on tags.  That way if I mess it up it's not so bad and I can start over.
So here is my first technique - ink resist.  I stamped a beautiful butterfly in white ink and embossed it with clear sparkling embossing powder. I then applied a few different colors of distress ink all over the tag and simply wiped off the ink on my butterfly to reveal the white.  It was easy and quick.

I added some ribbon and a flower that I retouched with glitter and glimmer mist. Since this side of the tag was so pretty I just couldn't stop there.... so I also did the other side...lol!!

I added a flower on this side too!  Just love butterflies..... so pretty.

The tag now belongs to lovely Leigh-Ann who also has a passion for butterflies.... will have to make more!!

Have a nice day all,

Lynn

Hugs xx

Tilda with a Rose

Oh my, I am totally in love with the MAGNOLIA STAMP collection. It features angel characters and my favorite right now is Tilda.  I found out that since she is an angel she doesn't have a mouth because      angels speak from the heart....  I didn't know that.

My challenge was not only to create a card with my first Tilda stamp image but to use my copic markers for the first time too.  I have to be honest, they really intimidated me at first, still do but not a much now that I tried them out. I attempted to do some shading and it worked here and there but I need to practice it more. 

My first Magnolia stamp is Tilda with a Rose.  I used glitter to add sparkle to some areas like her stockings, hairbow and wings.  I cut out the rose part and replaced it with a paper flower for added dimension...... I love the way it turned out...... hope you do too!!

Onto the next card now.... come back soon to check out my progress.

Have a nice weekend,
Lynn  xxx

Skateboarder Tag

Hi ladies,

Here's a distress tag I created for my son birthday using the 'Extreme Skateboard' stamp from Stampin Up.
This stamp is so cool and perfect for the distress look I was going for. I played around with black embossing powder to acheive a streak effect that intensified the skateboard illusion....  love it!

I also created a pouch out of an envelop to go with the tag.  I distressed it with the same colors of the tag and embossed silver stars as the embellishment.

My son loved it as I had also added sparkling green chipboard numbers on the backside of the tag revealing a phone number.  He was confused but when he understood that it was a 'his' new phone number he was estatic......  this gift was a huge success!!

More to come, stay tuned.

Lynn :)

Easel Card

Hi,

I almost forgot, I have another card to share with you.  My neighbor's daughter is turning 11 years old so I took the opportunity to try out my card making skills again. This is my second hand made card. My first card was a true challenge (Wedding Card) so this one should be a little easier..... lol!

I decided to go with an easel card, simple enough and I had a cupcake in mind as my focal point. 

I used kraft card stock as my base and then layered a fushia rose color cardstock on the top and on the inside of the easel card.

I punched out the corners of a smaller piece of designer paper and applied stickles to each corner.  I cut out a scallop circle on purple cardstock and then a smaller one in white and inked the edges in pink. I stamped the cupcake image on the white scalloped circle and then again on a scrap piece of paper.  I colored in the cupcake and did the same on the extra one but only on the topping as I then cut it out, applied foam stickers to the back and aligned it on top of the my colored picture. This adds dimension to the picture and with a little more glitter glue (stickles) to accent the cream topping and hearts makes it all the more yummy looking.

To make the easal card stand up straight I alligned a Happy Birthday (Bonne Fete) banner 3/4's down the inside with foam glue dots to raise the banner a little.  This way the easal card front is blocked and sits against the banner. I stamped the saying in light violet and then applied the same color tone embossing powder over it and heat embossed it. I then inked the whole banner with light violet distress ink.

 I finished the bottom with a beautiful punch border and sprayed shinny glimmer mist to make it sparkle.

Hope you like it.

Lynn :)

Page 4

Hello again,

I have one more scrapbook page to post today and share with you and then I'm back in my scrappin room ready to challenge a new layout..... not sure what it will be so come back soon and be surprised.

This scrapbook page is titled 'Silly' for obvious reasons.... Kassidy had this thing about taking off a sock and for some bizarre reason putting it in his mouth...... to make me laugh no doubt. Check out the huge smiles on his face in these pics.... just adorable!!

I started off with a dark green cardstock base then glued a felt material frame around the page. Actually this piece was the negative part of a frame that I kept and didn't throw out....  I figured I could use it somehow and voila.... it's perfect for this layout.  I chose a piece of patterened designer paper in lighter green shade and cut it into 3 strips and spaced them out across the background paper for an added dimension. I used baby blue cardstock to frame the photos.

I used cardboard chip letters in various sizes and mounted them on using pop up foam stickers.

This was another really fun and easy page to work on.  Now I'm off onto creating my next scrapbook page so make sure to check out my blog again soon for new postings.

Have a nice week eveyone!
Lynn

Page 3

Hi all,

Here's a scrapbook page that was really fun to do. I had cut out a picture about a year ago of an elephant taking a bath and thought it was so cute that I knew I wanted to incorporate it into a scrapbook page one day. Well that day has finlly come and Im really happy how it turned out.

The elephant was sitting in a cute red tub but I couldn't get a picture of Kass in a tub beside it so I traced the tub out onto a piece of  green cardstock, doubled the length of the tub so that there was enough room for both of them in tub.... too cute.

I rubbed green distress ink over the tub to give it an aged look.I then applied liquid applique to the rim of the tub to look like bath foam spilling over the rim. I had a wave made out of glittered chipboard so I just had to use it somewhere on this page and it fit perfectly in the center of the tub.  I also had a piece of material that I cut into a little square and added it to the picture as a little towel hanging off the bathtub rail.  I also cut into the picture, you'll notice Kass is holding onto the tub. I simply cut around his hand and then glued it to the tub. Cool effect!!

When thinking of the layout which only started with an elephant in a tub I thought back to when Kass was taking baths in my first home. We had shower curtains back then so I decided to hand draw curtains on a 12x12 yellow piece of cardstock and then cut it out using scallop scissors. I then did the same process with designer paper and layered it with foam backing and placed it on top of the yellow cardstock for added dimension. I inked the edges in brown distress ink and made it pop out even more.  My main background was a light blue piece of cardstock. I wanted to duplicate the bubbles around the elephant so I took a circle shape stamp and inked it in blue and white to get the bubble effect onto the page.  I also had a few bubbles made out of plastic so I randomly placed them on the page.

This page was a lot of fun bringing it all together.  Hope it inspires you to get creative and come up with new ideas.

See ya,

Lynn :)