This was a fun card to make! It started with the color combo from Lawn Fawnatics #32. I didn't use the beachy theme, but I thought the colours could be great for a masculine combo, and that lead me to pull out Screen Time. This is another that was at the top of my favorite list of the new release (although the new release was so fantastic that there really wasn't much at the bottom of the favorite list...). I like that this one is unique and yet so relevant. The fact that the game console is very much a Nintendo II just makes it that much sweeter. (Yup, I'm that old, and yes, this is the first game console my sister and I had. It's actually still in my closet and up until I moved to Montreal, I still had it plugged in my apartment and was playing it once in a while. Tetris II and Dr. Mario were my personal favorites, and Mario Cart was another popular one.)
So anyway, I totally love the sentiments in the set - love the bubbles and love the game fonts. But of course, they're all in English, so I used my Word software and a free font found online (ArcadeClassic) to print my text, which I die-cut using the Speech Bubbles dies from Lawn Fawn.
The card layout was inspired by a Page Maps card sketch from the July 2018 series. I tried to work in elements that went well with the game theme: embossed stars on the tag, a grid pattern on the green cardstock to keep it masculine, some silver hologram stars, and I turned my background piece into textured cardstock thanks to the awesome Subtle embossing folder from the Stampin' Up! annual catalogue. The stars were die-cut out of adhesive backed sheets of holographic film found at my local scrapbook store. I loved the look and new I could transform those into cool die-cut accents. The fact that they already have adhesive on the back just made my just that much easier. Pieces of washi were added to fill in the card a bit as well, and little enamel dots made with Ranger's Enamel Accents.
See that bit of sequin trim at the bottom of my yellow tag? It was Plan B to cover up something I tried out and didn't really like. I had seen a scrapbooker put some enamel dots close together, knowing that they would link, and creating a cool black and white border to her page. I decided to try that at the bottom of my tag, alternating the teal and blue enamel accents. Well, it looked... just wrong. The stripes were not the same width, the line was not straight, it looked like a weird snake at the bottom of the card and totally out of place. So I just added the sequin trim and was able to salvage my card and bring it back to something that I actually like.
Supplies
Stamps: Off the Grid (Stampin' Up!); Screen Time (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Tango Tangerine, Blueberry Bushel, Lemon Lime Twist, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Lemon Lime Twist (Stampin' Up! Classic Ink)
Accessories: Washi Tape, White Square Envelope, Stampin' Dimensionals, Lucky Stars Embossing Folder,
Circle Punch, Angle Tag Topper Punch, Subtle 3D Embossing Folder (Stampin' Up!);
Mini Silver Stars Adhesive Backed Sheets of Holographic Film (Funky Films); Enamel Accents (Ranger);
Markers (Copic); Speech Bubbles Dies, Stitched Star Frames Dies, Outside In Star Stackables Dies, Screen Time Dies,
Stitched Square Frames Dies, Orange Cord (Lawn Fawn)
this is ADORABLE!! LOVE this screen time stamp set!! you ROCKED the colors from this challenge! those littles look so cute playing!! Thank you so much for playing along with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge! :)
Posted by: Samantha Mann | July 16, 2018 at 07:03