Lawn Fawn Stamp Coloring

Today I’m sharing a traveler’s notebook page that was inspired by the new Lawn Fawn spring collection. Everything is so adorable and I especially love the little mice. I knew I wanted to use the farris wheel and hot air balloon so all I had to do was find photos that I could use them with! I found these photos from July 2021 with a farris wheel in the background that would go perfectly.

Because using the stamps was what I was most excited about, that’s where I started! I stamped them out using the Midnight Catherine Pooler Ink Pad. I needed an ink that would not react with the alcohol markers I was planning to use to color them in. You can watch some of the coloring of this project in a short video on YouTube.

Once I had let the ink dry for a couple of minutes, it was time to start coloring! I stamped on Marker Paper which works best when coloring with alcohol markers. I used a range of colors of Sketch Markers to do my coloring. I tried to keep with the colors of the farris wheel in my photos which has mostly purple with some teal and pink as well. 

When coloring, I start with a darker color and then move to a medium than a light. Then I go over the whole area with the lightest color to get the colors blended. I fussy cut around my stamped images and layered the cute mice on the farris wheel and hot air balloon using foam tape.

The white of the background of my traveler’s notebook seemed too stark, so I did some light ink blending using Cummerbund and Pixie Dust. I also created a little grass area for my farris wheel to sit on using Minted ink.

For my hand lettering, I love to use a Fudenosuke Brush Fine Tip Pen. I created a glittery shadow using a gold Glitter Pen and drew some stars around in the sky as well. I think this page turned out well and I love the little mice! They may make it into another project soon. Stay tuned!