Hello crafty
friends, Marine here with
you today, I'm thrilled to be sharing with you this lovely card featuring the
jar from the Summer Jar Mug die set from the Summer 2024 release. I have so many
ideas of cards to make with this new die set, and the first that came to my
mind was this ladybug themed card with ladybug fairies, because I like to use
them for all the seasons and for any theme. If you missed them, here are the
previous Garden Fairy cards I made: Bee Fairies, Halloween Fairies, Night Fairies, Holiday Fairies.
I started off by
cutting a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I entirely
covered with saltwater taffy oxide inks, with a little bit of festive berries
oxide ink on the edges. To create a ladybug pattern, I used a bubble stencil
from my stash along with black soot oxide ink to make black dots all over my
panel. I splattered water on my piece of paper and dried it using a paper
towel, mixed some festive berries oxide ink with water and added more splatters
on my panel using a small brush, and then did the same with black soot oxide
ink and with copic opaque white ink.
Next I cut another
5,5 x 4,25 inches bristol panel, cut two grass borders out of it using a Picket Fence Border die, and colored both of them using shabby shutters and mowed lawn
oxide inks. I mixed some rustic wilderness oxide ink with water, and used my
small brush again to make splatters on the grass borders, and did the same with
copic opaque white ink.
I stamped all my
images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly
black ink, cut them using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using
my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph'it brush markers.
Here is a detailed
list of the stamp sets I used: • Garden Fairy - two fairies • Garden Critters - ladybugs and leaves • Special Day -
heart • Love Birds -
flowers • Little Birdie - branches • Bunnyville - grass, butterflies, tulips • Outback Critters - small branch • Seasonal Trees - log
Next I worked on
my shaker Summer Jar Mug, and started off by cutting the different pieces: one holographic
jar frame for the front, one whole acetate jar, one whole pearlescent vellum
jar for the back, and two white jar frames to create dimension inside the jar.
I first attached some images directly on the pearlescent jar using liquid glue,
making sure to leave enough space on the edges to attach the jar later
on. I attached the acetate jar at the back of the holographic jar frame
using liquid glue. Next I stuck both white jar frames to the acetate using
liquid glue again. Poured some iridescent confetti inside the jar, and finally
glued the pearlescent jar to close my shaker jar.
I attached
everything on my ladybug panel, starting with the grass borders using 1mm foam
squares. Next I stuck the jar using liquid glue at the bottom and 1mm foam
squares at the top. And then I attached all the images using 1mm and 2mm foam
squares, leaving enough space on the top left hand corner for my white heat
embossed "You make my heart flutter" greeting from Garden Critters.
Finally I added
highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, applied white
blizzard nuvo drops to the fairies wings to make them shine, and glued a tiny
red clay heart next to my greeting for a last touch of cuteness.
And that's it!
I hope you like this new card, I had so much fun making it, and I can't wait to
share more cards with the amazing Summer Jar Mug. See you next week!
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