My first Christmas card of the year! Yeah!!! This is a clean and simple card inspired by the AAA Clean and Simple Card Challenge #144. The challenge was a maximal white space with a Christmas theme. White embossing of some simple Christmas trees is the base for this card. Then a little sentiment and a few snowflakes to complete it. If you are looking for an easy and fast card to make for the masses for Christmas this year, this is a great option!

Materials used:

• Lawn fawn stitched rectangles
• Lawn fawn stamp set Frosty Fairy friends (snowflakes & sentiment)
• Lawn fawn stamp set Snow Day (christmas trees)
• Versamark ink pad
• WOW embossing powder in white
• Nuvo Jewel drops – grey mist

I love following artists on youTube! They are so creative and generous with their skills!! One of my favorites is Antonia Florence and Taffelberry Lane. Her ability inspired this card. Antonia will stamp a few images and then use Copic markers to create the remainder of the scene. Many of her cards are a single stamped image. She is extremely creative and imaginative. So, when I saw this stamp of Rosie and Bernie at the beach, I knew exactly how I wanted to use it. THANK YOU ANTONIA! If you are unfamiliar with Rosie and Bernie, they are a stamp series by Stamping Bella. My Rosie is usually colored with bond hair as a nod to one of my daughters who loves unicorns. 😊 The materials used were a the single stamp I’ve already linked, Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. Honestly, the best tutorial for this card is to go watch Antonia work. Most of the coloring is with Copic markers; however, for some of the smaller items, I used some Prismacolor pencils. The pencils were used for Rosie’s shoes, Bernie’s drink, the straws and the black on Rosie’s sun glasses. The white highlights were drawn with a white Uniball gel pen. Enjoy her channel! Cheers!

I love the way embossing looks! The slightly raised texture and the sparkle. What’s not to like? Right? The teal rose background is a large stamp from Stampabilities. Some good Versamark embossing Ink and WOW embossing powder created the background. Art Impressions stamp and some prismacolor pencils for the cute doggie. And, voilà  a simple card. Too much color to say: clean and simple. But simple nontheless. I could not find the Stampabilities background stamp I used. However, I did find a comparable stamp at Simon Says Stamp by Impression Obsession that is comparable.

Materials used:

• Versamark Ink
• Art Impressions Doggie Kisses
• Rose Bacground Stamp
• Prismacolor pencils
• WOW embossing powder
• Scan and cut
• Art Glitter Glue

A one layer card inspired by a sketch challenge, MFT #140. My one layer cards are still a work in progress. The seals playing ball on the beach just made me laugh. The three circles are the sun, beach ball, and a circle made by the dolphin and the wave. The waves were drawn in by tracing around the Lawn Fawn Stitched Wave Borders.

Materials used:

• Memento Black Ink
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Wave Borders
• BB Penguins in Paradise – beach ball, palm trees
• BB Magical Unicorns – sun
• Hero Arts June 2018 – Dolphin

I love all things Disney! When I saw the two challenges by MFT and AAA clean and simple, I had to combine the two and this card is the result. The challenges combined were MFT sketch challenge #441 and AAA clean and simple challenge #141. The photo frame and the background “paper” were simply drawn with pencil and a ruler and then an gone over with a black liner. I used Gina K black ink for Minne and Mickey. It was difficult to get good coverage with this ink and this stamp. I don’t know why. So the castle and the Mickey heads were stamped with Versafine onyx black ink. The castle in the background is a second stamping of the black ink to give a more faded appearance.

Materials used:

• EK success – Disney Mickey Mouse Stamps
• EchoPark – Smiles from Ear to Ear
• EK success – fine writing pen
• Versafine onyx black ink
• Gina K black amalgam ink

AAA Clean and Simple Cards has a black and white challenge going. This card is fun and easy to make.

Materials used:

• Lawn fawn Upon a Star stamp set.
• The moon is from a Hero Arts Kit.
• Lawn Fawn rectangle and hill dies.
• Black and White card stock
• White embossing powder
• Glimmermist Pearl spray by Tattered Angels
• Tuxedo Black spray by irRESISTible

My 13 yo daughter KMM made this birthday card for me. She was inspired by my first horse Dash. Dash was a black and white paint with a black mane. I always say that he was my Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way.

Materials used:

• Lawn Fawn Hay There
• Kindred Stamps Perfect Nanny
• Copic markers

So, I’ve been following Davina (popsiclesticks) on Intsagram for sometime. I love her use of Lawn Fawn stamps that she “alters” to make the different Harry Potter cards. They are so lovely! I bought this horse stamp for Christmas a while ago from Whimsy Stamps. The original stamp is the girl in the green winter coat with ear muffs. I thought, wouldn’t it be cute to make this a young girl giving her horse a bucket of well deserved apples for a winning round at a horse show? So, my first attempt at “altering” a stamp is here.

Materials used:

Copic markers: the horse is E15, E18, E51, W3; reds: R29,R27,R49, blues: B39,B37 Prismacolor metallic gold pencil for sleigh bells. Distressed Oxides (red background): Candied Apple, Barn Door, Picket Fence (for dot stencil) Ink on 3 Fadeout for stamping the images.

Craftin Desert Divas challange for June.

Lawnfawnatics last challenge was skies. This sky was created with a sunray stencil and distressed oxide inks. Lots of masking to create this. The trees were copic markers. Some gold and white gold watercolor and nuvo drops for accents.