Pink Penguin Fun - feat. Hello Bluebird

Hello and welcome friends! I have a quick holiday card to share with you in some non traditional colors. I absolutely adore the penguin stamps this year! I like to collect penguin stamps for the holidays.  Hope you enjoy!




For this card I ink blended on Bristol cardstock with three shades of distress oxide inks in my favorite pink colors. I started with the lightest about 1/4 of the way up the cardstock in Spun Sugar, the middle shade is Worn Lipstick and a small amount of Picked Raspberry at the top edge. I stamped snowflakes from the same stamp set in all those colors as well. Finally I splattered the whole thing with copic opaque white. It comes in a little jar and I mix up a bit on my craft mat with some water. It doesn't pick up the distress ink color the way other paints tend to.

Supplies:
Snow Play stamp set - Hello Bluebird
Spun Sugar - Distress Oxide
Worn Lipstick - Distress Oxide
Picked Raspberry - Distress Oxide

MFT Superstar Challenge 2018

I thought I'd give the MFT super star challenge a try this year in the 3 D category (Innovation Master). I saw a very fun technique in a video done by Dawn H. and decided to give it a try. Be prepared for many more cards done like this! It adds a crazy amount of dimension without the added bulk for mailing. I used no foam tape on this card!

And a little video action of how it folds flat!

Supplies Used:

BB Magical Dragons

Die-namics Castle

Stencil Mini Cloud Edges

Die-namics Ocean Waves (for the hill)

Stamping for Families blog hop

I created this card for our blog hop to promote keeping families together and reunification of those who have been separated. This is not about political affiliation but instead about compassion. My little boy is 3 and I haven't spent a night away from him in all that time. I cant imagine weeks or months not know where he was or who was looking after him. The idea alone has given me nightmares.

Here are a few links with ways to help:
The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, or RAICES, in Texas has a family reunification fund that helps undocumented immigrants pay bonds; usually at least $1500

The Arizona-based Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project provides legal services to immigrants and unaccompanied children.

Kids in Need of Defense partnered with Target to create Baby2Baby, a registry where you can purchase diapers and other essentials for immigrant children.

Purchase snacks, toiletries, and medicine for children through Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley’s Amazon wish list. The organization shelters immigrants released from custody.

I will be adding a $25 gift card to Butterfly Reflections Ink (not affiliated with this hop but my own personal donation)  for anyone who comments on my blog post or adds a card to the link up below. Some of the other participants will be offering prizes as well!

 ( Sandy, Veronica, Dana & More below)

An InLinkz Link-up

A New Shaker - W Plus 9

Made this card using one of the new WPlus9 sets Unforgettable. First I cut the mint card stock with the Mama Elephant Femme Frames dies and cut the pink & white from the rectangle of the same set. I layered 2 layers of 3m foam tape around the cut out circle & filled the shaker pocket with the spring mix sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.




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So Lucky - Lawn Fawn

So I knew I wanted a to use my new Lawn Fawn stamp set "My Lucky Charm". I also knew I wanted to make a shaker card & this is what happened! Polka dotted papers are also from Lawn Fawn, the mint from the newest 6x6 pad Lets Polka Mon Amie. The scalloped border is from the Lawn Cuts Stitched Scalloped borders set, the second smallest one. The papers were die cut using the small Stitched Rectangles dies.

Sequins in the shaker are from Pretty Pink Posh in Mint, Sparkling Clear & Gold.

I used 3M foam tape doubled up to make the shaker pocket and ran my anti static powder tool around the inside edges to make sure the sequins didn't stick to any of the tape.

A video posted by Sharna Anne (@littleyellowbirdy118) on Mar 9, 2015 at 6:54pm PDT

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Lucky Kitty - Lawn Fawn

Just had to share a quick Lawn Fawn card I made using the new "My Lucky Charm" stamp set.

I also used some gold foil paper for a bright accent and Pretty Pink Posh sequins in sparkling clear & raspberry.

Lawn Fawn and Simon Says Stamp Flickr Co-Challenge

Two cards for the new challenge hosted by Lawn Fawn & Simon Says Stamp!

Both cards use the new Lawn Fawn Stuck on You stamp set. I adore this new set & matching dies. The Simon Says stamps are Tilted banner sayings & Sketchy banners. Both are great staple sets that cover a variety of sentiments.

All sequins are from Pretty Pink Posh

The top card features the spring mix

& the bottom are 4 mm sparkling clear

Valentine | Blog Hop

Thanks for joining me on our Valentine Blog Hop! The amazing & talented Jenn invited me to play along with her for the 7th day of her 14 day series! Be sure to visit her at Creative Chick and see all 14 days of inspirational posts & links to all the great ladies participating.

Jenn and I met on instagram. As you know I am slightly obsessed with LawnFawn and she happened to be posting some yummy LawnFawn designs and I just HAD to say something. Love of mutual things goes a long way to starting new friendships. She is the biggest sweetheart, dollface. <3 her! I may not have been blogging or entering in all this fun stuff if it weren't for her!

Sharing the LOVE! Since this is the season of L-O-V-E be sure to leave me a little love and the other hop participants a little love as well throughout this series. (hint: we LOVE comments) Let me know in the comments how you are sharing the LOVE of this blog hop- you can share the link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Pinterest. The more times you share, and the more days you share the better your odds of winning! Jenn will be randomly picking some sharers and posting them and the prizes at the end of this series.

So this is my contribution! I hope you like it. I used my new Femme Frames die cuts from Mama Elephant as well as the Water Blooms stamp set. I use a really nifty product for my shaker cards which makes it super easy & no more sticking confetti!! Shake it shaker card pouches come in a ton of sizes and I totally recommend them to anyone who loves shaker cards as much as I do. All the confetti can be grabbed from Pretty Pink Posh store, I ADORE her products.

Valentine Blog Hop Series 2014

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7 

And be sure to check out Tsurata Designs if you missed yesterday!

New Year 2014

Its a new year and with a new year comes reflection and considerations of the new plans and goals. In the past year I have come so far in my card making and crafting. Being a part of this community has helped me grow in so many ways. I really have to thank Instagram for putting me in touch with new friends; Jenn, Nicole, Steph, Andrea & Vanessa and so many more... Their kindness, encouragement and general friendliness helped me open up and share more.

For the new year I have several new plans and goals. I really liked Jenn's post on choosing a word for the new year. I thought a lot about if I had to pick one word for what I wanted to accomplish what would it be? I decided for both my personal & creative life that would would be Explore. Explore new ideas, new places, new techniques, new possibilities. It covers so much, but I think some things have been holding me back. I plan to take that word and run with it. So... for the new year I will:

1. Try and post on my blog at least once a week. You may not know but I post so much more to instagram that never makes the blog. Either I am on the run and giving away the card, or I simply end up not liking it. This year I want to post no matter what. (see examples below of projects that didn't make the blog)

2. Learn to use my video camera! I get asked how to do a certain technique or how I used a tool a certain way a lot on instagram. I want to be able to direct people to my videos instead of somewhere else! Seeing Jenn & Nicole brave the recording front has really motivated me to get off my butt.

3. Reorganize and make a dedicated card photographing space in my craft area. I often make cards REALLY late at night & have to take that same card with me in the AM and sometimes do not have a chance to take a nice picture (see 1. above) So if I can set up my lights and a soft box I plan on getting an area that I can just add backgrounds & props to on the fly and not worry about lighting as much.

4. Get more people to my blog. I really think the Blog Hop from Lawnscaping Challenges really spoiled me. (Thanks Jenn!) I want more people on my blog to get to know and share with. So my last resolution is to start participating more in all the challenges. If you have a favorite, please let me know!

Hello Everyone, Welcome to My Stop on the LawnScaping Winter Blog Hop!  

You should have arrived here from Thinking Stamps; if not, be sure to check out her page & all the rest!

Lost on the hop? No problem, start at Lawnscaping and don't miss a thing!

There will be lots of fun prizes to win so be sure to leave a comment here & on all the other blog hop pages as well! All the specific information about the sponsors and prizes can be found on the Lawnscaping home page. Everyone will have until Sunday, 12/15 at 11:59PM EST to leave comments to be eligible for a prize.

So the theme was winter & this is what I created!

I started this card with the background. I first masked the edges of a 5in x 11in piece of white 100lb cardstock with some washie tape. Next I took tumbled glass distress ink and using an ink blending tool filled in the center and lower portion of the frame. Next I brought in some peacock feathers along the center and upper portion. Near the top I used a bit of faded jeans & a very tiny bit of black soot. I then lightly misted the card stock with some water & heat set.
I then scored the card evenly (just under two inches & 4 inches on each side) and made sure they lined up in the center. I added some of Lawn Fawn's adorable Critters in the Snow. I just love this set & have been using it a lot this year. I also used the sentiment from the Winter Fox mini set & the banners from Bannerific. Lastly I used some snowflake sequins. I left some space over the pengins to write a message.

Keep Hopping! 

The next stop on the hop is: Creative Palette 

Lost on the hop? No problem, start at Lawnscaping and don't miss a thing!

This is another holiday card. I love this stamp set from Mama Elephant! The deer that come with this set make my heart happy. I have a soft spot for deer. Anyways... I made the background using distress inks - black soot, faded jeans, peacock feathers & spun sugar blended in to create the purple. I sprinkled the paper with some water to create this effect. See this post by Jennifer Mcguire for how to do this! The banner was heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

Stamps Used:

Its not very often I have found myself making a design over and over, but this tag has won hands down; I think I have 10 tags all similar to this one. I adore this stamp set, Winter Sparrows. I used distress ink to water color all the birds & then some distress stickles in Rock Candy on some of the details just for fun. The background paper is 100 lb weight and I used a wood grain embossing folder. I have found the heavier paper stands up better for some of my embossing folders. Lastly I used some snowflakes from the lawn fawn sequins to finish it off. (You can sorta see the reflection of my camera in the silver one).

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