Lawn Fawn Platform Card - Gnome Sweet Gnome

Free-Standing Platform Card - Lawn Fawn Inspired

Another Interactive Card from the Fold it, Pop It, Flip It, Zip It online class with Julie Ebersole. This was by far my favorite online class. These cards don't just sit there, they DO something! This one kind of pops up a bit to an upright, free-standing platform type card. Since a portion of this card design is like a "tag" I chose the more "upright" birdbath image from the Lawn Fawn set, "Gnome Sweet Gnome." The "thanks" sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's "Blissful Botanicals" and the Flying By sentiment on the platform is from the Lawn Fawn "Flying By" set. The decorative papers are from Lawn Fawn's Bright Side Collection, Petite Paper Pack. Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Mid-Tone Green Hills, Accessories: Copics, Mr. Huey Color Mists, Fireworks, Washi tape from MyCuteTapes.com

Lawn Fawn Gnome Sweet Gnome - Viewmaster

Another interactive card from Julie Ebersole's recent "Fold it, Pop it, Flip it, Zip it class." This one is reminiscent of the "Viewmasters" of days past. Look closely under the Gnome's hand and you can see the wheel you turn to reveal the different parts of the sentiment in the window. I "dolled" mine up with images from Lawn Fawn's "Gnome Sweet Gnome,"set. Love the Lawn Fawn paper from the "Bright Side Collection." The patterns are just so Springy and wonderful! I'm resisting that familiar hoarding feeling! My little window is a Memory Box die that I had in my stash and it is the perfect size for the little sentiments. My Gnome is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. He's so cute!

Congrats!

There are several Designers I love to be inspired by and my "little" card today was inspired by a card Kristina Werner made a video on, a while back. Whenever I want a 3x3 card (3x6 folded) I always love this layout. The little scalloped trim, the focal image (my butterfly/butterflies)and the sentiment. It just is my favorite "little" card. A Muse Studio has the cutest Butterfly dies and they are the ones I used here. I love the intricacy of the shape of this die. I have other Butterfly dies that I use and love, but these were just the perfect size for what I wanted for this focal point. I stacked them to give some dimension. The sentiment was from a new HERO Arts set of mine, "Essential Messages." And the decorative papers, I LOVE papers. These are from My Mind's Eye - "Howdy Doody," collection. What a bee-uti-ful selection of papers. I would have bought them just for the name!

Lawn Fawn Zipper, Pull Tab Card

It all started with Julie Ebersole's Interactive Card Design class in the How Now School of Creative Arts. I like cards that "do" something and this class is where that is happening! Each card either folds, pops, flips or zips! This is the Zipper card. There is a "tab" at the card bottom that, when pulled, reveals a sentiment. I was shopping my stamp stash looking for an "arrow" for the pull-tab when I found the "airmail" arrow from Lawn Fawn's "You've Got Mail,"set. I flipped the stamp on the wrong side so only the image of the arrow would ink and the "airmail" sentiment wouldn't show up. It worked perfectly! Underneath my Lawn Fawn "Smitty's ABC's" sentiment "LOOK" is the "sending love your way" sentiment from the "You've Got Mail," set. I white embossed it after measuring carefully to make sure it could be seen when the pull tab was pulled. My new Washi Tape from Cutetape matches A Muse Studio Rubber Stamps "bubblegum pink" paper perfectly. I added a small piece of Bo-Bunny decorative paper from their Alora Collection that made a nice scalloped piece to offset the image. Dialed in the vintage TV from Lawn Fawn's "Stay Tuned" set and stamped that in Versafine, Onyx Black. And truly, underneath that pull tab is just the darling "sending love your way" sentiment embossed in white embossing powder. Such a fun class and a fun card!

Pocket Slider Card

Want to Flip it, Fold it, Pop it, Zip it? Come join us Flip, Fold, Pop and Zip in class - How Now School of Creative Arts with Julie Ebersole! Today's class covered a super fun, and easy Pocket Slider card!

I was a little late to the party for the Paper Smooches paper piecing challenge, but this was super fun to do. I got side tracked trying to help my Silky Terrier, Bougie with her "nuptials." Hoping for summer pups!--------------------------------- Images: Paper Smooches Houndstooth, Alfresco Paper: A Muse Studio Ink: Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Butter Bar mid-tone, Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black Accessories: Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Happy Everything!

So many celebrations and this sentiment covers them all! Ordered this new Paper Smooches cloud image "Cut Loose" and as if perfectly timed arrives my "What's Up" 6x6 paper pad from BasicGrey! I love paper piecing and the kite and clouds were perfect for it!

Zeroing in here so you can see the detailed pattern in this luscious paper. Such pretty colors with the aqua and soft melon, delicate patterns and bold, a stripe and solids. Always love BasicGrey papers!

Happy Everything!!!

Feel Better Soon!

Sending this off to a friend who needs a "Feel Better" card. Hoping by the time it arrives she is up and at it! My postal carrier made me smile this weekend when he left some happy mail in my mailbox! I ordered some of the new "My Mind's Eye" Howdy Doody, Designer Papers. It is divine! Love the sweet florals and complimentary stripes. It's a good one! I shoulda bought two, because now I want to hoard it! And this stamp, it's by HERO ARTS and reminds me of my big pink tea rose. Since I live in Alaska and it would never winter over in our cold winters, it spent the snowy winter at our local nursery until I pick it up later this month! (Yay, it's May!) I think I should thank Julie Ebersole for the enabling on this Classic Tea Flower #H5577. She did a video for Ellen Hutson, the Classroom HERE. I love using the water brush to just move the Distress inks around slightly. It's such a pretty flower it would look beautiful with Copic markers, colored pencils, or embossing. I even paper pieced and fussy cut each petal on another card. Thanks for stopping by!

You're a HERO arts

We all have many HERO's in our life! The friends I've met through paper crafting are some of the best! Like my kids said when they were little, "We're the same!" That truth holds true for many of the things I hold dear, like ladies from Bible Study or those who share the love of Silky Terrors :) But, today I'm celebrating one of my paper crafting buddies, who I am so happy for. It is fitting that I use a HERO ARTS set to make a card to send to her as she is one of the new HERO Hostesses. There are so many talented crafters in the paper world, it must be challenging for the companies as they narrow down their choices. There are so many different HERO ARTS elements to this card. I love the ZIGZAG that creates the background paper, and the cupcake clear set has the cupcake, balloons, cake, heart and sentiments, and the sentiment is from Hero's, All Occasion Messages, set. The heart? The little pink border?? That's my NEW WASHI tape!!! Isn't it lovely?? It's punched with a heart punch from EK success, the one that comes 2 to a pack with a crown. That's all folks!!!---------------------------------------------------------------------- Images: HERO ARTS Embellishments: Washi Tapes from Cutetape.com Other: White embossing powder Paper: A Muse Studio Die Cut: Hero Arts Frame Cuts "E"