Barnyard Buddies Simple Farmyard Charm Card with Nancy

Hey everyone, it's Nancy here. Who doesn't love a good farm theme? There is a certain mix of charm and nostalgia that a red barn lends to a handmade card. The Barnyard Buddies stamp set has a perfect mix of cute animals and icons that are great for creating a farm yard scene. Let's take a look a closer look at what we can do with this set!

The background is simple with just a wash of Distress Oxide Ink in Mowed Lawn. A very faint pattern of grass was then stamped onto the wash of color to add some texture. All of the stamped images were colored with Distress Inks. Using very little water was key in keeping the colors from looking too washed out - I love the bold color! Each stamped image with cut out with the coordinating dies and some were placed on foam tape and layered to create the scene. The cute sentiment was stamped just next to the barn to tie the design together. Notice the birdie on his back? That's my nod to the "funny farm" greeting. 

​My favorite part of the card is this chick and haystack wrapped in fiber. It adds a nice textured look to this simple card and a touch of whimsy to the design. Lastly, a few clear and yellow sequins were added just above the sentiment.

And that's how you create a simple card full of farmyard charm. Check out the Barnyard Buddies stamp and coordinating die set for your next round of handmade goodness!

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Barnyard Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Barnyard Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Owl-O-Ween Nighttime Witch Owl Card with Eloise

Hi friends, Eloise here and today I'm using the Happy Owl-O-Ween stamp set. This set is so super adorable with all the dress ups and the best part is, it doesn't even need to be used specifically for Halloween, with all the options for the dress ups and even the sentiments that are included, there are a wide variety of cards you can make with it.

For my card today, I am going to be making a Halloween card, even though we don't celebrate here I love the colours and designs you can do for it, so that's why I'm making one today. To begin I stamped out all my images that I wanted to use from Happy Owl-O-Ween and then I also brought in some older stamp sets Halloween Cuties for the broom, pumpkin and bat and also the Harvest Happiness for another pumpkin. I coloured all my images in with Copic markers and then cut them out using the coordinating dies.

For my background I used several Distress Inks and blended them from black to blue to purple and then splattered water on top to give a waster splotch effect. I dried it off with a heat tool and then did the same steps but with green Distress Ink for the grassy hill. I also cut that down with a border die also. I adhered the grassy piece to the background and then adhered on my images.

For my images I adhered them with foam tape for more dimension. I also decided to make my owl have a cape also, so I quickly coloured and cut the front and back piece for the cape and adhered that to my owl also. Last up was the sentiment. I prepped the background with an anti-static bag and then white heat embossed the sentiment 'Happy Owl-O-Ween' onto the right hand side of the background.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll catch you all next time!

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Halloween Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Halloween Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Happiness Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Happiness Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio