Sending Hedgehogs

This card was made from the Lawn Fawn stamp and dies Hedgehogs.  I stamped the hedgehogs in Archival Ink, then colored them with Tim Holtz distress ink markers.

For the background I cut out a circle from masking paper and then used distress inks to blend the background. Then I removed the mask and die cut another scalloped circle to go over the background. The sentiment was heat embossed on vellum, and the heart was covered with glossy accents to add a pretty sheen.  To assemble the card, the hedgehogs were mounted with foam tape,

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Third times a charm

I have been making LO (layouts) from a class I'm taking given by Wilna Furstenberg on Craftsy. This is a great class and so inspiring! I made two other LO from the original layout in class, using the stencil and the rest of the pieces so here is LO #3.  At the end, I will show all three layouts.

For this LO, I used the words cut out from the stencil and watercolored them.  To make them stand out more I placed them on some patterned paper by Studio Calico.  On the white background paper I used some spray mist and splatters by Heidi Swapp called blush. Then I used some picture frames on top inspired from this blog post by Wilna. Then I added some embellishments to finish.

Here are some close-ups

To watercolor the words I used my Gansai Tambi set and then put a nice white sparkle on top also from the set.  These are such beautiful and easy watercolors to use.  I love them and they are worth the investment... At least I think so, hee hee! :)

Here are all three layouts.  This shows how much fun and how different your layouts can be from a single starting point.  I love that! It just makes thing so easy and I think the results are lovely!

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Fun with paper strips

Here is a layout very much inspired by this one. I used the Simon Says Stamp February card kit on this layout as well as some print and cut files from iheart studio.