Mermazing Cards.

Hello Everyone, hope your having a wonderful day so far. Today im sharing three cards i created using my coloured images from my last blog post.

My cards were inspired by the latest MFT (My Favourite Things) sketch challenge. 

 

For all copic colours used to colour my mermaids check out my last blog post.

I ink blended on some bristol smooth Cardstock using MFT cascading scallop stencil.

Distress oxides

Seedless preserves

Shaded lilac

Wilted violet

I cut the paper into 3 strips and then cut again 1/3 down.

I stamped my sentiment directly onto the card base using memento tuxedo black ink and adhered my mermaid using 3D foam tape.

Distress oxide:

Fossilized amber

Spiced marmalade 

Wilted violet

Seedless preserves

 Mermaid:

Copics used. 

Tail & Bra: BV04/BV02/BV31

Hair: E49/E44/E43

Skin: E04/E11/E21/E00/E000

Cheeks: R02

Rock: W7/W5/W3

Thanks for visiting my blog today, i hope i inspire you to create something today. 

Hugs, Ellen. 

M. F. T Mermazing colouring

Hello everyone, hope your having a wonderful day so far. Today im back sharing some colour combos that i used to colour these adorable mermaids from my favourite things called Mermazing.

SKIN E04/E000/E00/E11/E21 same for all mermaids. 

HAIR: BV08/BV04/BV02

TAIL:BG49/BG23/BG10

HAIR: Y00/YG06/G17

TAIL: V17/V15/V12

STAR: Y38/Y15/Y06

HAIR: E49/E44/E43

TAIL: RV09/RV04/RV06

CHEEKS: R02

HAIR: BG49/BG23/BG10

TAIL: Y38/Y15/Y02

The highlight and shimmer was achieved by using a signo uniball white gel pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by, have a wonderful day. Ellen 🌈

3 Mini Cards.

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today im showing you 3 mini 4x4 cards i made using the images i coloured in my last blog post.

A quick and easy way to make a bunch of Happy Birthday cards on a time frame.

SUPPLIES LIST

Lawn fawn-really high five

3 card bases cut to 4x4 inches

3 Distress oxide inks of your colour. 

Ink blending tools. 

3D Foam Tape. 

Lawn fawn liquid glue.

Balloon stencil or stencil of your choice. 

The stencil i used was simom says stamp stamptember mini - celebrate

I ink blended blueprint sketch and tumbled glass directly onto the card front. I then used the sentiment from the really high five stamp set, i stamped it using my mini misti and menento tuxedo black ink. 

I stuck the bunny and balloon down using 3D foam tape and glued the string by liquid glue. 

I did the same process for the other 3 cards. I splattered a little lawn fawn liquid stardust onto the ballons to give a shimmer.  

Distress oxide: shaded lilac

Distress oxide-Spiced marmalade

 Thanks for stopping by. 

Ellen 💕

Lawn Fawn- Really High Five Colouring.

Happy Tuesday! Welcome to my blog. Today I'm sharing some copic combos i used to colour up these lawn fawn cuties.

Critters

Fox- E18/E09/YR09

Mouse- W7/W5/W3

              C7/C5/C3

Bunny- W5/W3/W1/W0

Bear- E25/E35/E31/E30

Balloons:

PINK:RV19/RVO9/RV13

RED:RV69/R29/R24/R32

TEAL:BG49/BG23/BG10

PURPLE :BV08/BV04/BV02/BV00

ORANGE:YR09/YR04/Y38

YELLOW:Y38/Y15/Y13

GREEN:G17/YG06/Y00

I hope i inspire you to colour something today, thanks for stopping by. 

5 Crafting Essentials

Hello, today im sharing with you 5 crafty essential tools i use when making a card.

1.) STAMPING TOOL

I could not be without my mini misti, it gives such precise stamping. The best tool for card making. Fits perfectly on my desk without taking up lots of room. 

2.) INK

This is the ink i use to stamp out all my images and it is copic friendly.

3.) PAPER.

For me personally this is the best paper for copic colouring. I have tried neenah solar white 80lb and Xpress it copic paper and they just weren't for me. I got the best blends personally using this paper.

4.) Die cutting Machine. 

This was the first die cutting machine i purchased 4 years ago,and I've never had any trouble. There is more designs on the market now from big shot plus to big shot foldaway.

5.) STAMP SHAMMY. 

I feel a stamp shammy is definitely essential, stamps are expensive so you have to look after them. You just have to wet the shammy with water and after inking your stamps you wipe them clean and store them away again.

5.)PAPER TRIMMER.

This is the paper trimmer i use.

 Before this trimmer i used the tonic studios super trimmer. It was great at the start but i felt the blades didnt stay sharp long enough and it was not cutting straight anymore. I still keep it in my stash for larger pieces of paper, but i dont use it often because of the blade situation.

These are my 5 essential tools i use everytime i go to make a card. They personally work the best for me. I always read reviews and watch youtube reviews before i make most purchases, and these 5 do not disappoint.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Pull tab valentines card.

Hey Everyone! Today im going to tell you how i created a valentines pull tab card. This was my first time using the pull tab die, after having it in my stash for ages.

I used two of my favourite lawn fawn sets for the main images.

OH GNOME. 

JUST MY TYPE

Additional stamp sets for small details. 

HOLIDAY HELPERS-Cup of coco

DEN SWEET DEN-Lamp

SPECIAL DELIVERY ADD ON. Hearts

I always have so much fun colouring up the oh gnome stamp set. I coloured my images using copic markers

SKIN-E37/E34/E30

GIRLS HAT-YR000/YR00/YR02

BOYS HAT-RV69/R29/R27

SHOES-W5/W2 BOYS SHOES-W7

HAIR-E35/E31

BOYS CLOTHES-B37/B34/B32

GIRLS CLOTHES-BG18/BG15/BG10

TROUSERS-T5/T3

BELT-E25/E18/BUCKLE Y28/Y26

BEARD-C3/C1

CHEEKS-R23

CUP/FLOWER/LAMP-V12/V15/V17

DESK-E44/E43/E41

Dies used:

Pull tab 

Large stitched rectangle stackables

Paper pads:

Really rainbow

Hello sunshine remix

I have linked the YouTube video i watched from lawn fawn to help me assemble the pull tab mechanism. Just my type

I hope i have inspired you to make something today, thanks for stopping by. 

Christmas Cards

Hey everyone! I have a super cute card design to share with you. Easy and beautiful, to help me mass produce and  send at Christmas, whilst being punny. The joys of lawn fawn. 

The stamp set i used is lawn fawns christmas fishes. I coloured my images using copic markers

Gold Fish-Y35/YR04/YRO7

Star-Y35/YR04/Y06

Tree-YG23/G14/G16

Hat-R59/R46/R24

Crab-BG49/BG23/BG10

The paper pads used are lawn fawns:

Snowday Remix. 

Let it shine.

Dies I used:

  Reversed scallop stitched window.

 Stitched simple wavy borders

 Large stitched Rectangle 

 Sentiment banner is from double slider suprise dies. 

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog, have a lovely day! 

Get Cracking On Christmas

Hi Everyone! Today im showing you how i created this cute window shop scene using Lawn Fawn products. Have you started on your Christmas cards yet?

On sale we have trees, the little girl is stacking the shelf with toys and the little mice are putting their cakes on display. Whilst the penguins are caroling and the yeti has purchased his Christmas tree. Thats the joys of card making and lawn fawn stamps. You can create any scene that your imagination allows you to.

To make the shop windows i used the die from selfie frames and cut three of them out using the new let it shine paper pad. 

I coloured on some copic friendly cardstock and used the frame to stencil out the window and that allowed me to mask my scene within the window.

For the roof i used the die from build a house. I embossed some lawn fawn textured white embossing powder on the top of the roof to look like snow.

I had to trim both sides on the selfie frame for the roof to fit on. 

For the shop names i used violet's ABC's.

I ink blended my background in distress oxide colours. 

Blueprint sketch. 

Salty ocean. 

Tumbled glass.

And cut the background with lawn fawns snowy backdrop die. 

Thank you for visiting my blog, i hope i inspired you to create something today. 

Lawn Fawn Stamptember Exclusive

Hi everyone welcome back to my blog. Today im showing you this adorable card i created using the Lawn Fawn Stamptember Exclusive stamp set. I used my spectrum noir markers to colour in the stamped images.

I used Lawn Fawns Knit Picky paper with the bayou backdrop to look like icicles hanging down.

I used distress oxides in blueprint sketch and tumbled glass on some watercolour card stock to create the background, and cut that out with the snowy backdrop die from lawn fawn.

I used distress oxide in the colour frayed burlap for the tree branch and simple stitched hillside borders for the hill.

That was all the products i used on my card i hope you love it and i inspire you to create something today.

Fall Is Here!

Hey! Welcome back don't you just love Fall/Autumn the leaves change colour and they crunch beneath your feet. The temperature starts to drop and you can wear all your fluffy jumpers again! 
Today im showing you my first fall card.

 For my card i used a Stamptember Exclusive set called hello pumpkin the collaboration was between SSS (simonsaysstamps) and Neat & Tangled. I used my  Spectrum Noir markers to colour my images and used a signo uni-ball white gel pen for the highlights.

The Background was made using Lawn Fawns stitched windy backdrop die
Coloured with Distress ink/oxide in colours mustard seed & spiced marmalade.

I used lawn fawns stitched hillside backdrop and cut it out using lawn fawns new knit picky fall paper.

I heat embossed the sentiment on some black card stock which i prepped first using my
EK success tool and stamped the sentiment using versamark. I used WOW! opaque bright white superfine embossing powder and set with my heat tool.

I Then stuck down my images using some 3D foam dots to add some dimension and et voila.

Thank you for stopping by i hope i inspire you to create something today!

Lawn Fawnatics Entry

Hello! Today im sharing with you my entry into the new challenge up on the Lawn Fawnatics blog.There is still time to enter so why not participate, i think its a great way to help get ideas flowing. 

For my card i used the new Fall/Winter 2018 release square reveal wheel. Today was my first time using it,i cant believe i had convinced myself i didn't need this die of course i needed it. The reveal wheel is so easy to assemble and is just perfect for adding that special touch its just so FUN!

For the Background of the square revel wheel card i used lawn fawns watercolour wishes paper pack. I used the insert that comes with the large rectangle reveal wheel to cut the window.

  I cut out the spooky fence border die with some black card stock and adhered it to the reveal wheel with my tape runner. I added a cobweb for a little extra something. 

I used the lawn fawn holiday sentiments  for my card and stamped them using my mini misti and memento tuxedo black ink.

I marked out the four windows with a pencil which i erased before assembling my card that way i can stamp all four sentiments at one time and get a perfect stamp.

I used a C6 card base and adhered down some candy corn paper im really not sure what brand this is ive had it for over a year now it could be doodlebug.

I then assembled all the pieces together, i played around with the images for a while until i was happy with the scene. I used Lawn Fawn Costume Party for the cute images. I also used my Spectrum Noir makers to colour my images.

Thank you for checking out my blog post today ! This card was super fun to make i kinda just went along with it and this was the out come. Off it will go in the mail tomorrow to a crafty recipient i really hope they will love it. I find it hard to part with cards sometimes i just want to hoard them all to myself haha!

Spectrum Noirs

Hi everyone this is my first blog entry and i am so excited to present it to you. The card community is wonderful and far larger than i ever imagined. Im not entirely sure how to work everything on this yet, but i guess we all have to start somewhere. Thanks for checking it out.

Before i found out about the whole other world of crafting on Instagram and all the amazing companies in America i had purchased some alcohol markers from my local craft store. The markers i purchased were Spectrum Noirs, i now have a full set of 216 markers. I only really started knowing abut copics within the last 6 months. I have debated buying copics but i think its something i will do in the near future as i dont think it would be fair to neglects my SN considering i have a full set. I found that there wasnt many videos out there to really explain about getting the best results and colouring tutorials with SN as much as there is with copic markers. So my first blog entry is about colour combinations i have found that work for me using my SN markers. I am not an expert in SN markers but ive had alot of time to practice with them and i get some great results and found mostly 2 colour combos that work for me. I use a colour chart to help me decide what colours are most alike and that helps me get the best blending results.

Below i have coloured images from Lawn Fawns Critters ever after and i will begin to  share the colour combos on the dragons that i have coloured.

Horns:LY1,LY3

Body: DR7,CR11

Wings and Chest: GB6,CT2

Spikes: BGR1,BGR3

Spots: DR7

Horns:LY1,LY3

Body: LV2, PL3,HB3

Spots: LV3

Wings and Chest: BO4,GB6

Horns:LY1,LY3

Body BT6,GT1,AB1

Spots BT9

Wings and Chest: BGR1,BGR3

Spikes: HB1,HB2

I hope this helps other Spectrum Noir users to colour something today or even use my combos thanks for reading have a great day.