A Special Day Just For Dad

This fisherfox is going to my fisherman father-in-law for Father's Day:

The dock was stamped and masked on white cardstock which was then ink blended with Distress Oxides, spritzed with water, and splattered with more ink.  The dock was then colored with Copic Markers and defined a bit with colored pencil.  The fox was stamped over the image to get the fishing line details, but he and his bobber were also stamped, colored, and cut from a different piece of cardstock and glued over the place he was stamped on the background.

Supplies:
Stamps:  Purple Onion Designs Bently, Dock, A Beautiful Day Sentiment Set
Dies:  Lawn Fawn Oliver's Stitched ABCs, Lawn Fawn Say Cheese, Again, Lawn Fawn Outside/In Stitched Rectangles
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Oxides in Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Blueprint Sketch
Paper:  My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline 6x6 paper pad
Copics: C0,2, W0,2, R02,05,08,24,39, E11,13,15,21,23,25,27,70,71,74,81,84, YG61,63,67,97

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

A Flippin Awesome Birthday Card for a Foxy Friend | Video!

This fox knows just how to relax and enjoy her birthday right down to her red Solo cup!

 I used Lawn Fawn's Flippin' Awesome die to create the card with the following scenes:

I created a video to show how I put this card together.  You can watch it here, on the Lawn Fawn YouTube channel, or on my YouTube channel:

Thanks so much for watching, liking, commenting, and subscribing to my YouTube channel!

Lawn Fawn Supplies:
Stamps: Really High Five, On the Beach, Butterfly Kisses, Coaster Critters, Life is Good, Reveal Wheel Circle Sentiments, Screen Time
Dies: Flippin' Awesome, Flippin' Awesome Add-on, Outside/In Stitched Rectangle Stackables, Stitched Simple Wavy Borders
Ink: Jet Black
Paper: Really Rainbow 6x6, Moonstone CS, Gold Rush CS, Cilantro CS, White CS
Tools: Bone Folder, Craft Knife, Glue Tube, Stamp Shammy, Shammy Case, 1/4" Double Sided Tape
Copics: R02,05,20,24,27,29, Y13,15,17, YG01,23,25, E11,13,15, BV31,01,02, W00,0,1,2,4,8

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

SugarPea Designs Instagram Hop with Prizes!

I hope you will join us as SugarPea Designs recaps the recent Spring release with a Sweet 2 Repeat Instagram hop!  Comment on Instagram for your chance to win!  See you over there!

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May the Lord Bless you today!

Kara

Forget Your Troubles, Come on Get Happy!

Rainbow clouds, a vellum balloon, silver embossing, and scalloped stitched edges - now that makes me happy today!

Did you notice the faint scripty writing in the clouds?  I first used the Handwritten Letter background stamp on the panel with VersaMark ink.  Then, as I blended the clouds with the Outdoor Scene Builder stencil, the Distress ink picked up on the handwritten words, leaving a subtle textured detail.  Then I cut the panel using the scallop border die from the Card Front Element Builder SugarCut set.

The Happy Word was cut out of a brushed silver paper, and the shadow was cut out of vellum.  The balloon from the Later Gator stamp set was stamped on vellum, silver heat embossed, and cut out using the Later Gator SugarCut.  The end of the sentiment is from the Happy Thoughts stamp set, and was also heat embossed in silver.

Happy Thoughts, Happy Word with Shadow, Handwritten Letter, Outdoor Scene Builder stencil,

 Later Gator, Later Gator SugarCut, Card Front Element Builder

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Twofer Card Challenge: #28 Circles/Bubbles

We're feeling bubbly over at the Twofer Card Challenge blog, because it's time to begin June's challenge!  My bubble or circle of choice is Purple Onion Designs' Jackson and Bubbles:

For this first card, "thinking of you" card, I just used the bubble portion of the stamp and paired it with the washing mashing from Paper Smooches Squeaky Clean.  I replaced the center of the machine with a circle stamp rather than the heart shape that comes in it.  I turned it into a shaker that also includes some clear drops, and put the whole thing on a wobbler.  The sentiment is from MFT's Bubble over with Joy (retired).  The die behind it is Simon Says Stamp's Bubble Breeze (retired).

This birthday card includes for full stamp of Jackson and Bubbles.  He's paired with two new friends and a background from Purple Onion Designs' summer release called Sunshine Lake.  Everything was colored using Copic markers.

I hope you'll join us this month with your favorite circle or bubble stamp, die or stencil!  Head on over to the Twofer Card Challenge blog for more inspiration from our talented guests, Jenny and Linda, and design team!

Supplies:
Stamps: POD Jackson and Bubbles, Sampson, August, River, PS Squeaky Clean, Sunny Side Up, MFT Bubble Over with Joy
Dies:  SSS Bubble Breeze

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

SugarPea Designs June Mix-It-Up Challenge #68

It's time to Mix-It-Up again and this month is a cool, refreshing, and fun inspiration photo, colors, and sketch!  I chose to play with that inspiration photo and colors:

These two friends and the sentiment come from the newly released Cottontail Cuties stamp set and the popsicle is from the Hey Summer stamp set.  I first stamped the animals, then masked off their paws, and stamped the popsicle.  I stamped another popsicle and fussy cut the top part as it overlapped the fox a bit.  After I colored those two with Copic markers, I masked them off and blended the background with Distress Oxides Broken China, and Salty Ocean and spritzed it with water.

What inspires you?  The sketch?  Those popsicles?  Maybe it's a bit of both.  I hope you will join us for June's Mix-It-Up challenge over at the SugarPea Designs' blog!

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May the Lord bless you today!

Kara

Sitting On the Dock of the Bay

I'm not sure if these two are wasting time.  They are, however, going to need to get that fishing line untangled from the cattails:

Supplies:
Stamps:  Purple Onion Designs Bently, July, Single Rock, Rock Pile, Grassy Shore, Lake, Dock, Cattails, Sunshiney Sentiments
Dies: Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle Frames Stackables
Copics: YR04,14,18,61,65, YG61,63,67,81,84,91,93,95, E11,13,21,23,27,40,41,42,43,87 Y32,35,38, C0,2,3,4, W0,1,2,4,5, R02,05, G02,05, B0000,000,00,32,60

Thanks for coming over to visit!

May the Lord bless you today!

Kara