Hello crafty friends!
Today I have two adorable cards for a VERY special blog hop by my brave, honest, beautiful, sweet friend Lea. Please visit her blog (Lea Lawson Creates) and read her incredible story!! Oh, I am super honoured to be a part of this extremely amazing blog hop. It is Not only a fundraiser, but also a super inspiring blog hop with MANY stops along the way!
Here is a mood board Lea created! I and all other blog hop participants made projects inspired by this beautiful picture!
Here’s what I came up with:
As soon as I saw the mood board, I knew I used the Simon’s Picture Book Animals. I used the Otter and the Lion dies. For the base or frame, I used the SSS Cream, Fog Gray, Sea Glass card stocks along with other colours.
PRIZES (Whoa!):
WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
1. DONATE! – for every $5 donated, you will be entered into the drawing for one of the prizes above!! All winners will be drawn from donations made thru the YouCaring Site. **Prizes will be drawn and announced on Lea’s blog on Saturday, May 19th.**
2. SHARE! – sharing about the fundraiser gives it more visibility! Please feel free to share the YouCaring Link or this post on all your social media outlets!
3. SHOP! 1) Pinkfresh Studio will be donating 10% of today’s sales, and offering a 15% off discount to you for shopping! 2) CAS-ual Fridays Stamps will be donating 15% of their sales thru May 19th.
4. CREATE! – this is also a card drive. Lea will be including handmade cards with the giftcards when she hand them over to the NICU social worker! Link them up HERE, and then please email Lea (lea@lealawsoncreates.com) to get the address for sending – and note that she will need them to arrive by May 31st.
Now on to the blog hop info – here is a LINK LIST with all of the stops along the hop! Please be sure to leave some love for the thoughtfulness & generosity that these companies, stores & designers have shown for this Card Drive & Fundraising effort.
Thank you so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!
Keep smiling and be blessed! God bless you all!
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For my first card, I created a floral Mother’s day card. I die cut flower from watercolour paper several times, then adhered them onto watercolour paper panel using glue pen. I ink blended on the panel with Festive Berries, Tattered Rose, and Scattered Straw Distress inks. I then freely brushed the inked panel using a wet paint brush. Once the panel was completely dry, I mounted it on white card base using double-sided tape.
For the sentiment, I used the SSS CZ Design Love You Mama Stamp Set.
For my second card, I made a CAS card! I die cut from dark grey panel using one of swirly leaves in the kit, die cut from white card stock using the same leaf die, and then inlaid the white die cut in place. I added red flowers and white enamel dots.
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I started by stamping it onto watercolour paper using the 
I die cut white card stock using the SSS 
I started by stamping roses from the 
For the sentiment, I used the 
I started by stamping the center floral from the 
I have 120 polychromos pencils but you don’t need to buy too many all at once. 12 basic colour set, it’s good enough for you to try!
After colouring, I die cut the 
I mounted the woodgrain panel on top-folded white card base using double-sided tape first, and then added coloured flower image, sentiment die cut, tiny butterflies on the card front using foam tape. For the sentiment, I used the 
To finish it off, I added these yummy fruity 
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