Note: Welcome to my new website! Be sure to peek around and see all that is NEW! Also share with your creative friends on social media and leave a comment on this post and you could win the AWESOME prize pack pictured above! Sign up for my NEW online card class and you could win the prize pack pictured below!! Tons of Lawn Fawn goodies! Again, more details here
This week on the Lawnscaping Challenge blog we are challenging you to create a background with your stamps! Be creative!
I was inspired to use a bit of an older set, Hello Sunshine. I am so excited that Lawn Fawn recently released a die set for it! See how awesome that sun and bumble bee look cut out!? 🙂
To create my background I stamped the solid cloud in Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, then the open cloud in Peacock Feathers Distress Ink on Distress Watercolor Cardstock.
I stamped the bee in Versafine Onyx Black Ink on Distress Watercolor cardstock and colored it in with Distress Inks (Wild Honey, Scattered Straw and a touch of Tumbled Glass on his wings)
For the sun: It is a solid stamp, so I inked it up in Wild Honey and Rusty Hing Distress Inks. I inked the whole image with Wild Honey and then just touched the Rusty Hinge ink pad here and there. I then used a waterbrush and painted over the image to give it that watercolor look. After I die cut them out I added some quickie glue pen to the wings and down the sides of the sun rays and dipped them in ultrafine crystal glitter. Love the sparkle this gives!
I used foam tape to adhere them to the card, and then stamped the bee trail and the sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black ink. Last but not least, there is a little solid heart in the set so I inked that in Picked Raspberry Distress Ink and stamped it, then added a little waterbrush over it.
For this Lawnscaping Challenge Lawn Fawn is sponsoring, so this is your chance to win a Gift Certificate from them! I hope you will play along and show us how you are creating your own background with stamps!!
oh love this beautiful card!!! 🙂 and your new site is so cool! Love it!! 🙂 Thanks for this amazing giveaway!! 🙂
catching up on blog comments 🙂 thank you francesca, I really appreciate your sweet comments!
Awesome card, Jenn! Perfect and soft background! LOVE this stamp set. Have a great day!
catching up on blog comments 🙂 thank you so much Jenna!
Great things and a great site–love your cards!
catching up on blog comments 🙂 thank you so much Dianne!
Your card makes me want that stamp and die set! Love your clouds! I was telling the girls at Me’moires last night about your new website and online classes. We all wish you the best!
awww linda you must remember how my middle name is enabler 😉 thank you for mentioning my new site at me’moires… miss you cape girls!!! ps catching up on blog comments 🙂
I like your new website 🙂
thank you so much!!
AWESOME!
🙂 thank you 🙂
Love the new website! The card is great-the glitter on the sun is fun and that bee is adorable!
thank you so much moira 🙂
Love your cloudy background! Congrats on the new site!
thank you so much amy! 🙂
Wow! What a gorgeous card!!
Love your background!! And that sun …. wowzers….totally stunning!!
thank you lenny! 🙂 love that the set has a die set now 🙂 makes that sun extra cute!!
CUTE cards, Jen! Congrats on your new site (looks so wicked awesome)! Good luck on your on line classes! The class samples are BEAUTIFUL!!
thank you so much virginia 🙂 i really appreciate it!! 🙂
this is awesome love your card.
thank you so much anja! 🙂
Love your card – the bee is really adorable! Great colors for these gray days. Your site is inviting – easy on the eyes and user friendly. Just recently began following you on twitter from Jennifer Maguire mentioning you. Your card class looks like fun too!
wow alaina welcome! so happy you like the site too 🙂 where did jennifer mention me? I would love to send post a thank you 🙂 hope you will come back often!!
LOVE this card!! it’s sooooo pretty!! the glitter and clouds in the background are sooo soft and pretty!! that little bee is just adorable!! love it!! and love your new site too – it’s fabulous and clean and SUPER inviting!!
awww thank you so much Samantha- that means a lot to hear! appreciate it 🙂