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Lawn Fawnatics: Challenge #2 – Interactive Cards

3 Apr

For the April release for Lil’ Inker Designs please scroll down or click here!

Good morning!  It’s time for a new Lawn Fawnatics challenge and this one is definitely going to be one of my favorites!  We’re challenging you to create an interactive card!  Shaker, slider, pop-up…the sky’s the limit!  For me, I wanted to go back to my interactive “roots” and make a shaker! 😉

Best Fishes by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Lawn Fawnatics

I’ve been taking a few copic coloring classes from Kit and Clowder over the last few months and decided to put what I’ve learned to good use!  I started by stamping all the images from Life is Good, Mermaid for You, and Fintastic Friends onto white cardstock with copic-friendly ink and then colored them with copic markers.  I got a little lazy so I used my ScanNCut to cut out all of the pieces but you could also use the coordinating dies!  Next I created my background by blending faded jeans and broken china distress oxides onto two pieces of watercolor paper and spritzing them with water.  I die-cut one piece with the stitched rectangle dies to create the frame for my shaker.  Then I die-cut the stitched hillside dies from white cardstock and stamped a few islands on it from Life is Good before coloring the sand with copic markers.  I followed this fabulous tutorial from Sandy Allnock for inspiration in coloring my sand!  I adhered the sand to the blue shaker frame and then adhered acetate behind the frame.  Next I added a little liquid adhesive to the back of my narwhal-riding mermaid and ran a piece of thin monafilament string from the top of the die to the bottom and let it dry completely.  Then I added a single layer of foam mounting tape and then adhered the string to the foam mounting tape so that my mermaid would move inside the shaker but keep the same general position inside the card.  I added a second layer of foam mounting tape to the frame and filled the shaker with sparkly sequins, confetti, and beads!

Best Fishes by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Lawn Fawnatics

Then I adhered the various images to the background before sealing the shaker.  I continued decorating the outside of the shaker with the rest of the images.  I also cut a small slit in my sand so that I could slide the palm tree in.  It’s a little on the busy side but I kinda love it, too! 🙂

So now it’s your turn!  We want to see your best interactive Lawn Fawn cards!!  You can link up your entries on the Lawn Fawnatics blog and I can’t wait to see what you’ll create!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous Monday!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!!

Lawn Fawn MERMAID FOR YOU Clear Stamps LF1167
Lawn Fawn MERMAID FOR YOU Lawn Cuts Dies LF1168
Lawn Fawn SET LF16SETMFY MERMAID FOR YOU Clear Stamps and Dies
Lawn Fawn LIFE IS GOOD Clear Stamps LF680
Lawn Fawn FINTASTIC FRIENDS Clear Stamps LF891
Lawn Fawn FINTASTIC FRIENDS Lawn Cuts Dies LF892
Lawn Fawn LIFE IS GOOD Lawn Cuts Dies LF681
Lawn Fawn Set LF15FF TANK YOU Clear Stamps and Dies
Lawn Fawn SIMPLE STITCHED HILLSIDE BORDERS Lawn Cuts LF1054
Lawn Fawn LARGE STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts Dies LF767
Copic Markers
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA Ranger TDO55846
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FADED JEANS Ranger TDO55945
Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR CONFETTI MIX
Pretty Pink Posh SPARKLING CLEAR MIX Cupped Sequins PPP120
Pretty Pink Posh 6MM SEA BREEZE CUPPED Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SEA BREEZE CUPPED Sequins
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM AQUAMARINE Cupped Sequins
Hero Arts Ombre Sequins OCEAN CH300
Pretty Pink Posh SILVER SHIMMER Seed Beads
Simon Says Stamp RAIN Sequins RAIN17 New Beginnings
Pretty Pink Posh MARSHMALLOW Seed Beads
Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK Ink065
EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator 54-04002
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001
Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail WhiteEP2
Hot Off The Press HEAT RESISTANT ACETATE 5 Sheets 8.5×11 042348
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts PW200 Wagner
Tim Holtz 8.5 X 11 DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger TDA53927
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 0.25 Inch Adhesive Glue Gun
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent 4016
Sizzix BIG SHOT PLUS MACHINE Gray And White 660340
Brother ScanNCut2 Home and Hobby Cutting Machine with Rhinestone Trial Kit
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card-making, crafting, design team, lawn fawnatics
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copic, distress oxides, lawn fawn, lawn fawnatics, shaker

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  1. Dolly says

    April 3, 2017 at 8:43 am

    That is one adorable Shaker and your copic coloring is really fabulous!! 😀 TFS

    Reply
  2. Karen B. says

    April 3, 2017 at 9:11 am

    Amazing! My son still has the fish tank shaker card from you!

    Reply
  3. colleen howell says

    April 4, 2017 at 5:49 am

    Love the shaker, your coloring on the scenes and images are awesome!

    Reply
  4. Celeste Goff says

    April 5, 2017 at 8:25 pm

    Jess, your coloring on this awesome card is amazing!!!

    Reply
  5. Rosali says

    April 11, 2017 at 6:26 am

    Such an amazing card!! Love it!

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