Hi blogging friends I just read over at the Lawnscaping Challenge Blog that I received an 'Honourable Gnome' award for my card from my last post - my daughter's birthday card using Lawn Fawn stamps - so that was a lovely surprise and really cheered me up. Yay! Thanks Lawn Fawn!
I am very unwell again with the same illness - and sicker than I was a month ago - which is incredibly frustrating because I haven't been able to do much - but I count myself very lucky because I have a very supportive husband and daughter. My husband has been taking time off work to pick up my daughter from school this week which he is doing right now as I write this post. I really just have to bide my time to get better and get plenty of rest. Hopefully, I should be back on deck soon! Jocelyn
Sorry for my long absence: one way or another life got in the way and I've been very unwell of late but things are starting to settle down now so hopefully, I should be able to post more often and get back on-track to visit your blogs. And today, I am sharing a birthday card that I made for my beautiful daughter to celebrate her 12th birthday using some very cute Lawn Fawn stamps. This is also my card for the following Challenges:
LawnscapingChallenge #109 of Sparkle and Shine - anything that sparkles or shines eg: sequins, glossy accents, glitter, Wink of Stella glitter pens, bling etc.
Cute Card ThursdayChallenge #380 of We Love Cake - any cards or projects that include cake
First of all, I made the background using Ranger Distress Inks. I smooshed Picked Raspberry, Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks onto my Craft Mat then sprayed them with water. I lay my piece of Ranger Distress Watercolour Cardstock into the colours and but made sure that I had the green colour along the bottom so it kind-of looked like grass where I would be placing my animals - and the blue and pink where the sky would be. I dried the cardstock off with my heat-gun then used an old toothbrush to splatter almost full-strength Picked Raspberry and Tumbled Glass over my panel. I did drip some clean water over the panel to create water spots (like Kristina Werner loves to do) but they are largely hidden by the splatters. Oh well! The hippo, bird on his back, bird's party hat and balloon are all from the Lawn Fawn Year Four set - and the 2 birds on the ground, presents and the cake that the bird is holding are from the recently released Lawn Fawn Party Animal set. I stamped them using Ranger Archival Jet Black ink onto Ranger Distress Watercolour cardstock and coloured them using Faber-Castell watercolour pencils plus the same Distress Inks I used for my background. I fussy-cut the hippo + birdie etc. because I had layered/stamped the images together and diecut the presents and birds on the ground using the matching Party Animals dies. All the animals are up on dimensionals and I added Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue to the balloon, pink icing and candle-flame on the cake, the party hats and the ribbons on the presents.
I must admit to being very taken with Lawn Fawn stamps: the critters are particularly adorable and I love how you can mix and match sets so easily.
Here is a close-up of those cute-as-a-button images:
I cut the sentiment from the Year Four set in half so I could have 2 lines which I think balances the card nicely. Lastly, I added blue and pink iridescent star sequins and clear iridescent round sequins here and there using Tombow Mono Multi glue. I buy most of my sequins from $2 shops here in Australia: most of them have a stand with a really good range of shapes and colours and they don't cost very much. Riot Art and Craft also stocks a good range of colours as does Spotlight but are a bit more expensive. The Happy Birthday designer paper is an old one from my stash - the back side of the Jillibean Soup - Spotted Owl Soup. All the layers were trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools. Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon! Jocelyn Card Recipe: Stamps: Lawn Fawn Party Animal and Year 4 clear sets Dies: Lawn Fawn Party Animal Inks: Ranger Archival Jet Black, Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters Designer Paper: Happy Birthday script from Jillibean Soup - Spotted Owl Soup Accessories: Big Shot, Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue, dimensionals, Faber-Castell watercolour pencils, #2 round paintbrush, Craft Mat, heat-gun, curved blade paper-tole scissors, old toothbrush, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Stampin' Up Fuse Fast adhesive, blue and pink star iridescent sequins, clear round iridescent sequins, cardstock - rose pink + light blue + Ranger Distress Watercolour
Hi blogging friends - I'm Jocelyn - aka JoBear2 on Splitcoaststampers. I am an Introvert and have been married to my best friend for 35 years last April and are a Mum to a grown-up daughter. I started my cardmaking journey in 2008 but also dabble in other crafts such as embroidery, knitting, crochet, decorative painting (folk art), photography and gardening. I am a crossword addict esp. cryptic crosswords and love to play the piano. I also love baking biscuits & cakes & watching my football club - Geelong Cats on the TV: I just can't seem to find the time to do ANY ironing LOL!
This Blog is dedicated to my American sister-in-law who has ALWAYS been a constant source of encouragement and enthusiasm to my cardmaking, and who first suggested that I start a Blog to showcase my cards.
Hi - I'm Jocelyn from Victoria, Australia. Thanks for having a peek at my Blog. Hope you enjoy your stay and please don't be afraid to leave a comment - I LOVE reading them and then I can come and visit you too. All content on this blog is copyright to me. Now that I am retired, I hope to blog more often than I have in recent years.
None of my cards are for sale and I am unable take part in image swaps nor stamp images to share - nor do I do Commissions. My enjoyment is solely to make cards to give to friends and family: I just LOVE making cards :-)
I do hope that my cards give you inspiration to make your own but please don't take my original artwork and copy it exactly the same for publication in a magazine, contest submission, challenge blogs or for personal monetary gain eg: E-Bay, Etsy etc.
You are NOT permitted to use any of my cards as samples to help sell any of the products that I use on my cards or projects on any website eg: EBay, Etsy, Online Store etc. as this will infringe my Copyright as I am the intellectual owner of said artwork. Use of my cards without my permission will be reported to the website in question for Copyright Infringement so that they can take the appropriate action required by law. If you do not understand the implications of breaching Copyright Law, you would do well to verse yourself of this information to protect your reputation as a Seller/Store Owner/Website owner.
Feel free to CASE (Copy And Share with Everyone) one of my cards for personal use ie: not for competitions, publication or where you would gain financially - but please make a couple of simple changes to make the card reflect your own input and personality eg: brads instead of buttons, different papers or border punch etc. and please include a link back here to my original card as a matter of kindness and courtesy. I have a watermark/web address on my cards to help you remember where it came from.
Feel free to share my cardmaking projects on Pinterest. If you hover over my photos with your mouse, a Pin It Button will appear and you can pin my project which will include the direct link. All of my photographs are copyright to me and may not be copied, shared or reproduced in any form without consent. Please play fair and don't harvest any of my images. Thank you for your understanding.
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