Lawn Fawn + Helmar = 1 Cotton Candy, Fun-Filled Card!

Today is day #4 of the Lawn Fawn & Helmar promotion week.  Basically, we're combining our favorite Lawn Fawn stamps with some really great adhesive.  :)

I seriously had a blast making this card!  I wanted to try an experiment to see if I could create some realistic cotton candy texture on this image from LF's new Admit One set.  I was SO happy that it worked the first time!  Want to see how to do it yourself?

Here's a close up of the tickets that I stamped.  Every other ticket was adhered with Helmar's ZapDots.  I love their foam adhesive!  


Oh!  And before I forget, I think I've discovered the most awesome white gel pen!  It's by Uni-ball & glides on SO easily!  I've been searching for a great white pigment pen for years & for some reason have never tried this one.  It's perfect!

OK!  Back to the tutorial! :) I love paint dabbers!  They're perfect for altering chipboard and other accessories!  I love that there's no clean up.  Just dab & cap!

I used my go-to Jenni Bowlin Fountain Pen ink to stamp my image because I knew I wanted to add bits of color later with my Copics... and Jenni's inks never smear!

I stamped the cotton candy image onto some Eclipse Tape (basically a large Post-it note) and carefully trimmed out just the cotton candy top.  We're going to use the negative space to mask.

With the trimmed mask still in place, I applied Helmar's 450 Quick Drying glue to the cotton candy area.  Then I tapped on white Fun Flock and lightly pressed to make sure it had adhered.

The Quick Drying glue is really awesome!  It's nice and thick, so it didn't run under my masked area... and it really does dry quickly!

Here's where the fun begins!  Keeping your mask in place, tap off the excess flocking.  Spray the flocking lightly with mist ink.  I used Studio Calico's Piglet mist.  Studio Calico's mists are more pigmented then a lot of other brands & one spray did the job!

Remove the mask & now you've created some fuzzy cotton candy!  I like the little speckled areas.  I think it looks just like real cotton candy when it starts to warm up in the sun or when you take a first bite.  :)

From here, I added bits of color to the base of the cotton candy with Copics.  The outside "frame" of the chipboard piece was painted with Jenni Bowlin's Chewing Gum paint dabber.

Card Supplies: (click on pictures for links)

Christmas Cocoa Packets

If you've visited the Unity Blog recently, you might have seen my hot cocoa packet project in the Helmar hop.  I've been so inspired by Michelle Wooderson & Melissa Phillips' 12 Days of Christmas posts.  Mich makes the cutest brown bag packets & I wanted to try one out for myself.  I'm not sure exactly how she makes hers, but I made mine out of a basic brown lunch bag.  These are SO easy to do & make really economical gifts.

To make my packets, first cut the bottom off of the lunch sack.  (This end is going to be the top of your packet.)  Next, fold the bag about 3/4ths of the way up.  At this point, I trimmed my patterned paper and stitched along the edges.  (Make sure to do any decorative stitching before you adhere it to your bag!)  Adhere your paper and stitch along all 3 sides of your lunch bag.

You'll now have 3 pockets that you can use to hold a little note, a card.... or a hot cocoa packet & candy cane!  Just finish decorating your bag however you like.

(adhesive) Helmar: Square 1/4" Zapdots,  3-D Scrap Dots clear circles, 1/2" Round Zapdots(stamps) Unity: Jillibean Snowflakes fall from HeavenPatterned Paper:  Tinsel & Twig, the Girls' PaperieOther: Melissa Frances rub-on, hand-dyed wrinkle ribbon,Tiny Tag:  Viola Mahr's Etsy Shop