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Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #75: Spectacular Skies

20 Apr

Good morning!  It’s time for a new Lawn Fawnatics challenge and it’s one of my favorites!! I can’t wait to see how it will inspire you! 🙂

If you’re a regular blog visitor of mine you’ll know that I love my ink blended backgrounds…so I couldn’t wait for this challenge!!  I decided to experiment with different colors to create a new (to me) blend and I really love how it turned out!!

Swan Soiree by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Lawn Fawnatics

To start I blended worn lipstick, abandoned coral, seedless preserves, chipped sapphire, and black soot distress oxide ink onto a panel of strathmore bristol cardstock to create a smooth blend.  I splattered the panel with water mixed with Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust and let it dry. Then I splattered it with white gouache to create even more stars.

Swan Soiree by Jessica Frost-Ballas for Lawn Fawnatics

Next I die-cut the Cattails Border twice from black cardstock and the pond from Bayou Backdrop with black glitter cardstock.  I also die-cut the Bayou Backdrop with black cardstock and trimmed off the stitched edge.  I stamped the sentiment from Swan Soiree onto one of the borders and heat-embossed it with silver embossing powder.  Then I stamped the swans and water lilies from Swan Soiree onto white cardstock and colored them with copic markers.  Dark colors and shadings are not my strong suit so I reached out to my super talented friend Alberto for some tips on using darker colors and I’m so happy with how my swans turned out!  They’re not perfect but I’m definitely inspired to continue pushing myself!  And big BIG thanks to the fabulous Alberto for his guidance!  If you don’t follow his blog or instagram you’re definitely missing out!!

After I finished coloring I fussy cut the images and pieced my scene together.  I used liquid and regular adhesive for most of the images and then used foam mounting tape for the sentiment layer.  I finished the card by adding a few accents with the glitter pen to the water lilies and a few extra sparkly stars in the sky!

And now it’s your turn!  I can’t wait to see what you create!!  You can link up your entries on the Lawn Fawnatics blog!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a fantastic day!

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!

swan soirée | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | ELH | SBC | SSS ]
swan soirée – lawn cuts | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | ELH | SBC | SSS ]
Lawn Fawn SET SWAN SOIREE Clear…
[ SSS ]
bayou backdrop | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | ELH | SBC | SSS ]
cattails border | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | ELH | SBC | SSS ]
Worn Lipstick, Ranger Distress Oxide…
[ ELH | SBC | SSS ]
Abandoned Coral, Ranger Distress…
[ ELH | SBC | SSS ]
Seedless Preserves, Ranger Distress…
[ ELH | SBC | SSS ]
Chipped Sapphire, Ranger Distress…
[ ELH | SBC | SSS ]
Black Soot, Ranger Distress Oxide Ink…
[ ELH | SBC | SSS ]
liquid stardust | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | ELH | SBC | SSS ]
glitter pen | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | ELH | SBC | SSS ]
black licorice cardstock | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | SBC | SSS ]
sparkle cardstock – autumn | Lawn Fawn
[ LWN | ELH | SBC | SSS ]
Strathmore Bristol Smooth Pad 9 X 12
[ ELH | SSS ]
Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tool…
[ SBC ]
Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tools…
[ SBC ]
Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tool and…
[ SBC ]
Copic Markers
[ SBP | SSS | ELH ]
AF435 Intens-ified Black Ink Pad -…
[ HA | SSS | AMZUS | ELH ]
Copic OPAQUE WHITE WITH BRUSH…
[ SSS | SBP | ELH | AMZUS ]
Amazon.com : Uni Posca Extra Fine…
[ AMZUS | SSS ]
Tonic LIGHT MIST SPRAY BOTTLE Nuvo 2…
[ SSS | ELH | AMZUS | SBC ]
Ranger 2 oz MISTER BOTTLE MIS30676 at…
[ SSS | AMZUS | SBC | ELH ]
Connect Glue – Gina K Designs
[ GNK | SSS | ELH ]
Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by…
[ AMZUS | SSS | ELH ]
3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE…
[ SSS | ELH | AMZUS | SBC ]
MT100 Original MISTI Laser Etched…
[ HA | SSS | ELH | SBC ]
MT200 MINI MISTI Laser Etched Tool -…
[ HA | SSS | ELH | SBC ]
Rotatrim RC RCM12 12-Inch Cut…
[ AMZUS ]
Gemini JUNIOR Die-Cutting And…
[ SSS | SBC | AMZUS ]

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Comments

  1. Tara Prince says

    April 20, 2020 at 10:41 am

    Such a pretty background!

    Reply
  2. Deneen Cook says

    April 20, 2020 at 11:12 am

    Looks wonderful and I love your color combo for the sky!

    Reply
  3. Vicki Kroll says

    April 20, 2020 at 11:31 pm

    The backgrounds you create are always beautiful and I think the swans are perfect.

    Reply

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    April 20, 2020 at 8:03 am

    […] Jessica created an amazing silhouette scene with Swan Soirée, Cattails Border and Bayou Backdrop! That gorgeous sky looks like it’s filled with a million stars! […]

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