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    Bite Me… It’s Your Birthday

    Let’s be honest. I love sharks. My husband married me knowing full well what he was signing up for, so when his birthday rolled around… he never really had a choice. A shark card was inevitable. This hammerhead from Carla Creatief was simply too perfect to resist, especially paired with the sentiment “Nailed it.” Peak dad joke energy? Maybe. Peak me energy? Absolutely. The background is built with layers of dark blue Distress Oxides, bright sunshine rays, and an entirely reasonable amount of sparkly splatters. (My definition of “reasonable” may differ from the rest of society, but that’s a them…

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    Stinkin’ cute

    Some cards whisper “aww”… this one absolutely stinks of cute 🦨💚 So obviously, I leaned all the way into the skunk-tastic chaos for my neighbor’s new tiny stinkbean. Because if you’re not making a slightly unhinged, pun-loaded forest scene for a baby skunk… what are you even doing? The background? Layers of green distress inks doing their leafy little dance, topped with texture paste through a forest stencil. It’s giving “enchanted woodland” but also “someone definitely lives here and they might steal your snacks.” Perfect. Front and center: two skunks hugging like the proudest, most stinkin’ adorable parents on the…

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    A New Hope

    Once upon a craft table far, far away and absolutely covered in ink pads, I recreated Star Wars: A New Hope as a Lawn Fawn card. But this time with a twist. Everything lives in moody Distress grays… except ONE rebellious pop of gold yellow. Because even in space despair, we need contrast. Think grayscale galaxy. Think cinematic gloom. Then BAM. Gold yellow. Like hope itself switched on a light saber and said “I’m the main character now.” Luke Skywalker sits there in his sad farm-boy era, dreaming of something bigger than sand and chores. C-3PO is doing what he…

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    Panda Claus Is Coming to Town

    — delivering bamboo, bad puns, and zero regrets Alright, grab your hot cocoa (or emotional support snack), because this card came in swinging with festive chaos and panda sass and honestly? I respect it. So there I was, blending my Distress Oxide background like a calm, collected adult (HAHA JUST KIDDING) I absolutely went full gremlin mode and slapped that bamboo stencil on like I was auditioning for “Crafting Ninjas.” Enter: the stars of this unhinged Christmas special, Lawn Fawn’s “I Heart Pandas.” These pandas didn’t ask to be holiday icons, but guess what? Too late. They’re in the bamboo…

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    Let that sh*t go

    If you’ve ever wondered what happens when pigeons and raccoons team up in the middle of a candy pink brick alley… well, wonder no more. Because my newest handmade card features Gerda Steiner’s iconic pigeons doing what pigeons do best (looking cute but absolutely up to no good), while a couple of mischievous raccoons rummage through the trash like it’s their weekend hobby.Spoiler: it 100% is. To set the perfect “urban wildlife takeover” scene, I used my favorite brick stencil with some deliciously pink Distress Oxides, because who says chaos can’t be aesthetic? The critters are all coloured with Copic…