Lawn Fawn Bon Voyage Card

 

Hi everyone,

Today I am sharing a Bon Voyage Card that I made for my daughter who has gone to Japan for a Study Tour as part of her University Course.  

This is the first time that she has travelled overseas so it has been alot of organising and figuring out what is OK (and not OK) to bring into Japan - getting a really good suitcase, travel plug, power bank and a whole lot of other stuff to wrap our heads around.  I have never been overseas either so it's all new to me too!

Because my daughter was going to Japan, I decided to go with a red and white plane to mimic the colours of the Japanese flag.  The only Bon Voyage set I have in my stash is by Lawn Fawn and it was perfect for what I needed.  It was a very last minute make as we had just been so busy so I thought it was quicker and easier to stamp the plane onto red cardstock and diecut it instead of trying to colour it in.  I restamped the plane onto white cardstock and fussy-cut the windows and nose and went around the edges with a Black Sakura Pigma 0.3 Pen to hide any white edges - then glued them on using Tombow Mono Multi glue.

I stamped the clouds using Memento Summer Sky Ink then diecut them and popped them up on a double lot of dimensionals.

The blue watercolour wash background is a sheet of designer paper from Lawn Fawn's Watercolor 6" x 6" pad.  Made it quick and easy so I didn't have to paint a sky.

I thought I would turn the card into an Interactive Card just for something fun so I used a die from the My Favorite Things Surf and Turf die set and glued on a MFT Slider Element to the back of the plane then diecut a small white cardstock circle using a die that came with the Surf and Turf die set and glued that to the slider element.  I used a Powder Tool to go around those two elements to help the plane slide easily in the channel.

I diecut the sentiment using a Spellbinders Shapeabilities Labels Trio die then went around the edge using Versacolor Scarlet ink.  The entire panel was popped up on a double lot of Uniquely Creative Dimensionals to a blue card base so the plane slides easily in its channel.

I added some Sullivans self-adhesive Red Stars to finish off the card.  This is my first time making this type of interactive card and I am ever-so-pleased with how it turned out and it was ALOT of fun!!  I have always been very intimidated in making Interactive Cards and tend to be a one-trick pony - but now I feel brave enough to try another one 😁

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps and Dies:  Lawn Fawn Bon Voyage LF347 with matching dies LF593, My Favorite Things Surf and Turf Die Set MFT-899

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Summer Sky, Versacolor Scarlet

Designer Paper:  Lawn Fawn Watercolor 6" x 6" pad LF1355

Accessories:  Stamping Platform, Big Shot, Black Sakura Pigment 0.3 Pen, Red Stars - Sullivans - Item #88747 Xmas, My Favorite Things Slider Elements, Powder Tool, Uniquely Creative dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Cardstock - blue, white, red

Dies:  Spellbinder Shapeabilities Labels Trio S3-147 (retired)

Elzybells Teddy Surprise birthday card

Hi everyone 

Today I am sharing a birthday card that I made for my daughter using a retired Elzybells stamp set called "Teddy Surprise" - but Penny Black brought out a set using all but one of the images on my card which is called "Wishes and Hugs" PNY-CS-30222 which is fantastic.  I am super-happy that some of the Elzybells images are still available: I still adore them as much as I did when I first started cardmaking years ago 😁  The only image that is missing from the set is my first image ie: just the present. 

This is also my card for the following Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 484 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Challenge 377 - Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Embossing - dry and/or heat.  I used dry embossing.

Little Red Wagon - Challenge 400 - Three of a Kind - it can be three identical items or three items of a similar kind.  My three items are the 3 images as well as the 3 presents.

I stamped the images using Ranger Archival Jet Black ink onto Ranger Watercolour cardstock and coloured them (other than the presents) using Derwent Inktense pencils + Faber-Castell watercolour pencils and a #2 round paintbrush.  I went around the images with a light blue watercolour pencil and faded the colour out. 

I inked up just the presents then restamped on my designer paper so I could paper-piece the presents.  The paper came from Riot Art and Craft and is by My Memories and I used the flip-side to paper-piece the presents.  I coloured the circles with a dark purple watercolour pencil.  I also re-stamped the bear's paws on image #2 and popped them up on dimensionals so they were higher than the present and looked more realistic.  I went around all the images with a black marker to hide any white lines/my uneven cutting.  Here is a close-up of the 2nd image:

I thought it would be fun to have a "lift-up" panel on the card front as my take on the trendy interactive cards.  The dry embossing is my old favourite Cuttlebug embossing folder called Swiss Dots which I embossed using my Big Shot.  

Lawn Fawn recently came out with a stamp and die set called "Push Here" which has all that you need for when you make interactive cards and want to let the recipient know what to do with their card - so I used the "Open Here" stamp with the half-circle stitched die which you can see in the 1st photo.

I trimmed all the card layers to either 1/16" or 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools.  I used my EK Success Arrows border punch to punch tiny little hearts (if you a regular reader of my blog, you know that the leftover punchies look like tiny hearts to me!) and popped them around the 2nd image and the image inside the card.

The inside dry embossing is also an old favourite Cuttlebug folder called Happy Birthday which is still readily available or there are several other brands of similar embossing folders.  

I added the lilac organza ribbon in 2 separate elements and the bow itself was made using my Bow Easy.  I added Fray Stop to the cut ends to stop them from fraying.

Of course, everything got the glitter-treatment from my Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue:  the circles and bows on the presents, butterflies, tiny hearts, balloons, teddy's cheeks and confetti.  

I went over parts of the images with a Copic black fine multiliner pen to darken some of the black lines especially the eyes, nose and mouth.  Here is a close-up of the inside image:

    
Do you still visit blogs on a regular basis?  With so many online sharing platforms these days such as Instagram, Flickr, Pinterest, Facebook, You-Tube etc., I sometimes wonder how much blogs have perhaps taken a back seat compared to years ago when I first started this blog.  Perhaps people are more interested in seeing the finished product and not necessarily interested in the process of how it was made(?).  I know my viewing habits have changed in the past couple of years and I watch more You-Tube than I do television.  I also love to share my garden/nature/sky/cat photos on Instagram which I joined about 18 months ago.  You just run out of time to look at everything otherwise you would be online 24/7 and never do anything else!  Let me know your thoughts in a comment 😀

Thank you for visiting my blog today! 

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Elzybells Teddy Surprise 20-016-CC clear set (retired), Lawn Fawn Push Here 

Ink:  Ranger Archival Jet Black

Designer Paper:  My Memories #169960 (Riot Art and Craft)

Accessories:  Derwent Inktense + Faber Castell watercolour pencils, #2 round paintbrush, Cardstock - lilac, purple, Ranger Watercolour cardstock, Copic fine black multiliner pen, Perfect Layers Tools, Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue, Cuttlebug (Provocraft) Happy Birthday 37-1133 + Swiss Dots 37-1604 embossing folders, Big Shot, Scor-Pal, dimensionals, Kokuyo Dotliner 8.4mm tape runner, Tombow Mono Multi glue, lilac organza ribbon, Bow Easy, Fray Stop

Dies:  Lawn Fawn Push Here

Punches:  EK Success Arrows border