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Welcome to the Shire

By KariV on March 11, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello…today I’m excited to share another card I made for the Lawnfawnatics challenge: inspired by a movie, book or song.

This one was a card that WOULD NOT leave me alone until I created it. Does that ever happen to you? I couldn’t stop thinking about it and so now here it is!

Welcome to the Shire!

I imagine if you open up that round door you will see a Hobbit!? Or maybe…just maybe he has gone on an Unexpected Journey?

I only used 2 stamp sets and 3 die sets for this card. It’s a record low amount!! Here’s what I used:

Mushroom House
Mushroom Border
Scalloped Treat Box Spring House Add-on
Open Me Stamp Set
Milo’s ABCs Stamp Set

The top of the Mushroom House is grassy…I did some partial die cutting on this to add the grass to the top to make it look like a part of the grassy hill. Those mushrooms on the border not only look great with some Stickles and Nuvo Drops added, but they also double as a Cobblestone Walkway to the Hobbit house!

I used the sign from the Open Me stamp set and spelled out the name “Baggins” with Milo’s ABCs. I inked it up with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and added some wood detail with colored pencil. I love the lantern lamp hanging over the sign. Even at night you will know this is the Baggins’ property!

It’s a beautiful spring day at the Shire! The flowers and the fence are from the Scalloped Treat Box Spring House Add-on. Doesn’t this look like a lovely place to live? I die cut the fence twice from chipboard and added white detail with a gel pen.

The butterfly matches the mushrooms. Lol. I had a vision of the Hobbit House and a color scheme of dark amber, blue and brown. I will say that it ended up turning out a lot brighter than I imagined. But I love it!

Those mushrooms look magical with Turquoise Stickles

The window and the keyhole/doorknob are cut from Satin Gold mirror cardstock. I love the soft golden look. I think the yellow and orangey-brown clouds make it look so dreamy…like it’s nearing sunset.

That blue door is just perfection, don’t you think?

I used some circle dies to cut the door and the door frame. The woodgrain paper gives it just the right detail…and I inked up the door with Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide inks. The darker blue toned down that Salty Ocean and gave it just the right feeling for this card.

I hope you enjoyed visiting the Shire today. Come back soon, won’t you?

Linking up to the Lawnfawnatics Challenge here.

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Inspired by Alice in Wonderland

By KariV on March 10, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I’m participating in the Lawn Fawn Challenge: Inspired by a book, movie, or song.

I just could not resist playing along with this fun theme!! So, I have a list of cards I want to make (Yes…a full page of ideas!) and I’m definitely not going to have time to make them all before the challenge ends.

I got one done to share today; So here’s my card…see if you can guess what it was inspired by:

I hope it is just so obvious that it’s Alice in Wonderland! I used the following sets on this card:

Argyle Backdrops (for the flooring)
Bicycle Built for you (Alice, Mad Hatter, Top Hat)
Some Bunny (White Rabbit)
Joy to the Woods (Cheshire “cat”)
Open Me (for the wooden sign and the “me”…the “eat” is handlettered)
Oh Gnome (for some of the mushrooms)
Gleeful Gardens (for flowers, mushrooms, grass)
Fairy Friends (for flowers, Curly leaves, lantern, small mushroom)
Lights Out (for the playing cards)

This is probably the most sets I’ve ever used together on one card, but I think it was worth it! I colored everything up using my Prismacolor pencils. It’s been a while since I’ve used them so I thought it was time.

The White Rabbit says there’s no time for cards!

I made those playing cards using the small set called “Lights Out” for the shape, then I added a small heart I found in the “Oh Gnome” set and drew on the clubs and spades myself. I also drew the pocket watch for the White Rabbit.

The Cheshire Cat is of course really a fox from the “Joy to the Woods” set. Can you believe of all the Lawn Fawn sets I own, I don’t have a single cat?!? What? I need to remedy that situation right away! But I think this fox works well in purple stripes! I could add a big smiling, toothy grin…but I’ll leave that for your imagination…

I inked up the background with Distress Oxides in a new favorite color combination: Abandoned Coral, Spiced Marmalade, and Mustard Seed.

Linking up to the Lawnfawnatics Challenge here. Thanks for stopping by!

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Purple Plaid

By KariV on October 24, 2016 in Paper Crafting

I’ve really been drawn to plaid lately….so I thought I’d give this technique a try! I was inspired by Kristina Werner to create a plaid background with Gansai Tambi Watercolors.

Combine that with the current Lawnscaping Challenge to use black, purple and one other color (I added some silver!) and I came up with this card:

I love that little Lawn Fawn bunny (I’ve never used this stamp before!) and that Lawn Fawn “Thanks” die.

What do you think? Is the purple plaid too much?

I kinda like it 🙂
I used distress inks on the little circle background behind the bunny, and some silver glitter card stock for the thanks die and the circle background. Hope you enjoy!

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Have a beary amazing day

By KariV on August 21, 2016 in Paper Crafting

Nearly every time I make a card for my Dad, I use a different bear image. Today, I’m using the Lawn Fawn Dad set for the first time.

I used my Akayashi Sai watercolor markers to color the bear, and some mustard seed distress ink to give a little color to the background. I love that Lawn Fawn paper I used on the bottom of the card.

This will be for my Dad for his birthday. Shhh! Don’t tell.

Entering the Lawnscaping Challenge: Punny Time.

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Go Wild

By KariV on August 14, 2016 in Paper Crafting

I love these stamps by WPlus9, and I was delighted to use them again for this week’s Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Let’s Go Wild.

These cute Wplus9 critters are having a wild party with cupcakes. (That’s about as wild as it gets around here, peeps!)

I used distress inks and a MFT stencil for the background. The grassy die cut from Lawn Fawn, the fence die from Pretty Pink Posh, and the hay and sentiment from the MFT The Whole Herd stamp set. The cupcakes are from the birthday set from Simon Says Stamp.

I love that these guys have lots of cupcakes at their wild party! Lol.

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