A Quick Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer Card

Today while I was packing up a big box of crafting supplies to send to a dear friend of mine I decided to make her a very quick card. I pulled out a die set that I haven't used in a few months (well, cause of being shut in for a while, I may not have used it since last summer but I really have lost all sense of time, LOL)! I still believe that this set is so amazing and very versatile. I've created cards with cutesy images, floral images, and even actual photographs — which the recipients have loved! But this card was just a quick one to show my friend how incredible the mechanics of this die set is so.

(I am telling you up front that my paper choices aren't that good; one or more are just screaming at me. But the glue had dried and so I stuck a fork in it & I'm calling her done😂!)

I knew two things: I wanted to use the Magic Picture Changer die and I wanted to use the My Favorite Things I Miss Your Hugs stamp set. I bought this stamp set last year but never pulled it out until today. There are a lot of sentiments that can be used not just because of the pandemic but anytime you just haven't seen someone in a while. The world from the MFT stamp was stamped with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint. I found that the Distress Oxide Inks laid down much nicer, the colors were smooth and very even on the paper and they didn't bead up like some dye inks that I tried especially on the solid round blue world. The sentiment was stamped right over that in Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Ink. 

All of the patterned paper is from a 6x6 pad from Authentique. My intention was to cut one layer for the top of the base cardstock but I picked up a FRAME die by mistake & die cut my chosen favorite paper. After I realized that I grabbed the wrong die, I also realized that the patterned paper that I had picked out  was the last one in the pad - so there goes the only sheet that I had! My second pick was the dark blue swirls patterned paper but after I adhered it to the base I was not happy with it. In frustration I grabbed the frame die pieces that I had die cut by mistake and used the back of the inside piece (you know the part that we usually throw away😜) and put it on top the first layer of the card base. And you know what, it's not that bad! The blue swirl paper is die cut with Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables and the light blue piece is die cut from My Favorite Things Die-Namics Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frames.

Now for the 'Magic': 

You see "Wish You Were Here" when the tab is pulled! I admit that once these types of cards are finished I can't help myself from pulling that tab in & out several times (almost like playing with a new toy!) just in awe of how cool it is and how easy it was to make it! They really are fun and addicting to make. 

The sentiment that I chose for the inside of this card is also from the MFT's stamps set and says, "When I Do Get To Hug You, Prepare For A Hell Of A Squeeze"! And I stamped "A Paper Hug For You" on the back of the envelope flap!

My friend will get a kick out of this and I hope that you, too, enjoyed my card today! 

So Until Next Time, Happy Crafting,