Thursday, January 22, 2015

OHC 11 - Pink (with Lawn Fawn)

It's time for another card for my One Hundred Cards challenge (read about the challenge here)! This round, I pulled out theme #11 - pink. When I think of pink, soft and sweet comes to mind, so I decided to use a few Lawn Fawn products.

I started by grabbing a piece of white cardstock and a piece of Let's Polka 12x12 pink striped paper and cut them out with a stitched rectangle die. I then used the largest scallop from Stitched Scalloped Borders die on the bottom of the cardstock panel. This cut out a cute scallop shape. Lastly, I ran the white panel through the Bigshot one more time and cut out two little hearts.

I stamped the adorable cup from Love You a Latte set just under the hearts. I quickly colored it in with Copics. The panel looked a bit bare, so I decided to make a quick colored background for it. I was very much inspired by Sandy Allnock, who is incredibly talented and skilled at coloring. She recently posted a video about achieving a watercolor look with Copics, and I wanted to do something similar. So, I went for a simple multi-color background with a bit of dotty texture. I didn't do enough blending to make it look like watercolor, really, but I enjoyed just playing around with color.

After the coloring was done, I created a card base out of Cashmere cardstock - a top-folding A2 base (4¼ by 5½"). I adhered the striped rectangle straight to the card. Then I added the cup panel with foam tape.

I had a piece of white cardstock left over, so I decided to make a sentiment panel with it. I simply lined up the stitched rectangle die and ran it through my Bigshot again. This gave me a tiny stitched rectangle, which was perfect for my sentiment. I stamped "i love you" from Love You Smore set in brown ink. I added the sentiment to the card with foam tape.

I wanted to add a very few small decorative touches. So, I took the small heart I'd cut out of the white panel and colored it in with a Copic marker. I adhered it next to the sentiment. I also grabbed three sequins from Avery Elle's Sugar blend and adhered them near the cup.

Supplies:
Lawn Fawn - Love You a Latte stamp 
Lawn Fawn- Love You Smore stamp
Lawn Fawn - Stitched Scalloped Borders die
Lawn Fawn - Hearts dies
Lawn Fawn - Wild Rose Line Dance 12x12 (Let's Polka collection)
My Favorite Things - Blueprints 13 dies
WPlus9 cardstock in Cashmere
Neenah Solar White #80lbs
Copics
3M Double-Sided Foam Tape
My Favorite Things Hybrid inkpad in Chocolate Brown
Tsukineko Versafine inkpad in Vintage Sepia
Avery Elle Sugar Blend sequins

6 comments:

  1. Very pretty, love your dotted background!

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    1. Thank you so much, Petti! I love the background, too. I'm definitely going to play around with it again sometime. :)

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  2. Totally cute! Love the background, the stitched scalloped border and the negative die-cut hearts.

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    1. Thank you, Anya! It was one of those cards that just fell together beautifully. It sure makes up for all the times when I sit down to make a card and just don't know what to do...

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  3. Super cute card, Elle! Totally loving the copic background and the hearts too! Love it!

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    1. Thanks so much, Kylie! That Copic background is awesome, and surprisingly easy to do. Just a light scribble here and there, and it all comes together. I hope you'll get a chance to try it out sometime, too. I think you'd really enjoy it. :)

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