Plan a Card with Me - Brainstorming a Birthday Design

Hey friends, today I'm bringing back my popular Plan a Card with Me Series! This time I am brainstorming a birthday design centered around one of my favorite older stamp sets Mama Elephant Ella & Friends. This video gives you a sneak peek behind the scenes of how I come up with a card concept and flesh it out, deciding on what supplies to use, and getting everything ready for a crafting session. If that sounds interesting to you, check out the video by clicking the thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Have a wonderful day!

Six Ways to Color Flamingos

 Hey friends, today I'm bringing you the next installment in my Ways to Color Critters Series and this month features flamingos! I wanted to do something bright, and fun, and summery for July, and I thought flamingoes were the perfect choice. So today I'm sharing six ways to color them with your Copic markers, using the Lawn Fawn Flamingo Together stamp set. Check out the video tutorial below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Thanks for watching!

You're the Coolest Card - Lawn Fawnatics #200

Hey friends, it's time for another Lawn Fawnatics Challenge and this is a very special one because we are celebrating 200 challenges! I'm amazed that we've been doing this for so long, and that is thanks to the amazing support of Lawn Fawn and also all of YOU! Which is why our theme for this round is Friendship! Aside from that, anything goes!

The star of my show is the super cute new Summer Friends stamp set, which I combined with All the Speech Bubbles. I colored the images with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies. Then I took a sheet of the Gleeful Gradients 6x6 patterned paper and stamped the palm tree silhouettes from Flamingo Together in black ink.

Then I cut the Foursquare Backdrop: Portrait out of Black Licorice Cardstock and the ground pieces using the Sandy Beach Accents. I popped those up over the background with foam tape. Then I added my images and speech bubbles to each window and finished off the sentiment using Finley's ABCs cut out of Guava Cardstock. A little Stardust Stickles was the finishing touch.

If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! And don't forget to stop by the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the design team created and to link up your own project to play along! We can't wait to see what you'll come up with!

Quick Tip: White Cardstock Organization

Hey friends! Happy Independence Day! I know everyone is probably busy celebrating today, so I'm just sharing a Quick Tip video on how I break down and store my white cardstock for quick and easy card making sessions. I hope that you will find it helpful whenever you get a chance to watch! To view it, simply click on the thumbnail below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Enjoy!

Capy Beach Day Card - Lawn Fawnatics Feature

Hey friends, today I'm so happy to be featured on the Lawn Fawnatics blog with another card for our Summertime Fun Challenge! This one features the adorable new Lawn Fawn Capybaras! vacationing at the beach. I always love to go away somewhere for my birthday so I'm imagining that mama capybara is doing the same in this scene. For all the other supplies and details, be sure to check out my post over there. If you want to see how this one came together, click the video thumbnail below, or find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. Thanks so much for stopping by!

White Cardstock Comparison - Which Cardstock is Best for Copic Coloring?

 Hey friends, today I've got a video that's been in the works for a while. I'm testing out and comparing four different white cardstocks and determining which is best and which is worst for coloring with alcohol markers like Copics. I hope you'll find this video informative! Thanks so much for watching!

Capy Birthday Card - Lawn Fawn Feature

Hey friends, today I'm so excited to be featured over on the Lawn Fawn blog and YouTube channel with a sweet card using the brand-spanking-new Capybaras! stamp set and the Riverside Backdrop: Landscape die. I'll have all other supplies and details in my post over there. If you'd like to see how this card came together, click the video link below, or you can find it HERE on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. And in case you missed it, don't forget to check out my Six Ways to Color Capybaras video to give you more ideas on how to color up these cute critters. Enjoy!