25 days of Christmas tags (with Lawn Fawn)

 Hi there!

I'm thrilled to be joining Tracey McNeely's annual 25 days of Christmas tags event! Look at this amazing line up of sponsors:

Lawn Fawn is the sponsor today! I'm joining the rest of the team to show off our best Christmas tags for you!

I stamped the Santa from Ho-Ho-Holidays in Crunchy Leaf ink and colored him using Copic markers. I used the Large Wreath die set to frame the Santas, and added a little tag from the new Scalloped Circle Gift Tag die set. A little old, a little new! 

To make Santa really pop, I added a piece of black cardstock, cut with the Snowy Backdrop die. I then added extra snowflakes to the background and on Santa with a white gel pen and used white paint to give the greenery a flocked look.

I hope you like them! Check out Tracey's blog this morning for more inspiration - click!

Hibernating (Lawn Fawn Fall/Winter new release week!)

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Welcome to another day of Lawn Fawn's Fall and Winter new release week! We're showing off the new collection all week long, and it will be available for purchase as of September 10th.

Today is our showcase of Den Sweet Den and the nesting Stitched Den Dies.

Aren't they so sweet? I love how the den dies look when they are layered - the stitching outline at every layer adds so much depth. I also cut a layer of mountains, so that it looks like they are sleeping way underground, and ink blended in cool blues, purples and brown.

Inside their den, I gave them some milk and cookies (from Ho-Ho-Holidays) and a carpet to sleep on (from Christmas Dreams). The stack of books and big heart are from the Den Sweet Den set.

I really love how this card came together and I hope you like it too!

There's more to see on the Lawn Fawn blog this morning - click!

Merry Christmas (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to the final day of this month's Lawn Fawn inspiration week. I hope you've enjoyed it! Today is our showcase of Offset Sayings: Christmas.

I started out by cutting a layer of white cardstock with the Foursquare Backdrop: Portrait. I love that it leaves room for a nice big sentiment at the bottom. I created a layer of dark, night sky and set Santa and his reindeer (from Ho-Ho-Holidays) into each open square. I tethered the reindeer together, so that the image, though broken up by the frame, would look continuous.



I popped the frame up using foam adhesive tape, but stuck the images flat onto the night sky layer. I used a white gel pen to add highlights and other little accents. I always find this helps the images to really pop!



I stamped the sentiment once in black ink, and then filled in the top portion using Lobster ink. I added white gel-pen highlights to the letters as well.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

Ho-ho-holidays (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to Lawn Fawn's September inspiration week. I have 2 cards to share with you for our showcase of Ho-ho-holidays and the Rooftop Border die.



Guess who's really doing all the heavy lifting? hee hee. I started with a piece of white cardstock for the snowy background layer, and ink-blended different shades of blue ink. I also added extra little splatters of white paint on top.



My next card brings in the oldest set, Christmas Dreams. After all of the presents are delivered, the Clauses deserve some down-time. I laid a piece of woodgrain patterned paper for the floor, and added all of the living room elements (including the little kitty!) on top of it.

I hope you like both cards! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

♥.