"sunshine" card

This card design wasn't my idea at all {all the cards I've posted so far have been my own ideas} -- I "scraplifted" this one from a post on the Lawn Fawn stamp co. blog.  It looked so fun to make, I had to try it with the stamps I have!

Supplies:
I created the background scene with cardstock, embossing powder, and watermark ink (on the grass and trees).  A tiny bit of highlight coloring was done with either Bic/Sharpie fine-tip permanent markers or Sakura's "souffle" pens (much like heat embossing, those pens dry puffy and shiny, and work great for filling in any weak heat-embossed areas).  I decided to let the clouds and trees (okay, the tree was an afterthought after you look closely!) "leak" onto the kraft paper background.  More cutting and lots of foam dots to layer for dimension, plus a few glittery rhinestones up top -- and I think it turned out pretty well!

Stamps:
 Sun, bunnies, bird, trees, clouds, sentiment -- Lawn Fawn/
curlicues (as the "sunrays") -- Fiskars/
curlicues #2 (as the "grass") -- KI Memories/
chevron/zigzag (pattern on dark tree) -- American Crafts/
swiss dots (pattern on light tree) -- Studio G/
 *note: the "pattern" on the clouds is just how my blue Distress Ink beaded up on the stamp -- I think it's a neat effect.

Thanks for taking a look! ~ Amanda B., the manderbean :)