Welcome Sweet Baby

 Hi everyone! I hope that things are going well with you! I can't believe it, but it is actually snowing today! Noo!! This better be the last of the snow because I'm so ready for the warmer weather!!

Anyways, I have some cards to share with you today that were featured on the Lawn Fawn blog yesterday! I made these cute welcome baby cards!

I have wanted to make a baby card with a mom and baby elephant for so long, and when Lawn Fawn released the "Critters in the Jungle" stamp set, I knew this was my chance!

I think I made the pink one first and then realized that I really like how it turned out, so I made a blue one as well! 

These cards feature a ton of products from Lawn Fawn: "Critters in the Jungle," "Love You Tons," "Flirty Frames," "Critters Down Under" (for the sentiment), "Milk and Cookie" (for the sentiment), Let's Polka petite paper pack, "Heart" dies, "Small Stitched Square Stackables" dies, and Lawn Trimmings. 

Well, thanks for stopping by! I hope that you enjoy the rest of your weekend and that you have warmer weather than we do here! :)

Lawnscaping #102 - Distress

 Good morning! I hope that things are going well with you! I am so excited because we're suppose to have really nice weather today! My daughter and I are going to take a nice, long walk this afternoon to enjoy the warming weather! :)

Anyways, it's time again for a new Lawnscaping Challenge!

This challenge is all about adding some distressed texture to your project. I don't have any distress inks, but I do have this cool little sanding tool, so I used it to distress the edges of my patterned paper!

I made a colorful grid card with patterned paper from Pebbes "Sunnyside" collection. I also used Lawn Fawn's "Small Stitched Square Stackables" die and "Best Pun Ever" stamp set for the sentiment and hearts. It's hard to tell in the photo, but the squares with the sentiment are attached with foam tape, while the other squares are sewed in place. Here is a close up to see the distressed edges:

I'm also horrible at sewing in a straight line, but I think it still turned out well!

Well, thanks for stopping by! Check out what the rest of the Lawnscaping Design Team created and don't forget to play along for a chance to win a free stamp set from Lawn Fawn!

Lawn Fawn's 5th Birthday!

Hi everyone! I hope that you had a great weekend! A few friends have gotten together today to wish Lawn Fawn a Happy 5th Birthday!! Lawn Fawn is my favorite stamp company (in case you couldn't tell!). Everything they have made so far is super cute, and Kelly and Mike are some of the sweetest people ever! I can't wait to see what other cute products they come up with!

You should have come here from Christy's blog! To see the full blog hop list, check out Jenn's blog!

So, here are the birthday cards that I made:

I made the yellow window card first, and then decided that I really liked how it turned out, so I made a few more in different colors! I made a red and pink one:

And finally a blue birthday card!

Each of these cards feature Lawn Fawn's "Year Two" and "Year Four" stamp sets, as well as "Gnome Sweet Gnome" (for the grass), "Winter Gifts" (for the 'to you'), "Small Stitched Square Stackables" dies, and different Lawn Trimmings. Here is a close up of the yellow card to show some of the details:

The frame is attached with foam tape to make it stand out, and all of the images (the presents, turtle, bird, and balloon) are attached with foam tape as well. I had the cut the stamp from "Winter Gifts" to get the sentiment like that, but I think it was worth it.

In hindsight, I should have made five different cards since it's Lawn Fawn's 5th birthday. Maybe next year! :)

The next stop is Amy's blog! Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the blog hop! :)

Lawnscaping #101 - Dots And/Or Stripes

 Happy Monday to you all! I hope that everyone had a nice weekend. I started a swimming class with my 14 month old little girl this weekend, and it's so much fun watching her reaction to the swimming pool. She doesn't seem to have an opinion about the water yet, but she definitely enjoys the other kids in the pool and the toys! It was so much fun!

We have another fun Lawnscaping Challenge for you today - dots and stripes! You can use dots, or stripes, or dots and stripes! :)

I decided to use a little bit of both. I used some polka dot patterned paper and created a chevron striped card!

It took some time to line everything up, but once you make the first row it goes by a lot quicker. For this card I used Lawn Fawn's "Finley's ABCs" and "Small Stitched Square Dies," along with some "Let's Polka" patterned paper. I also used some patterned paper from Avery Elle. The sentiment is cut from black vinyl so it made a sticker and was really easy to attach to the card. I might use vinyl more often!

To create the chevron stripes, I used the smallest square die to cut a bunch of squares (I think about 5 of each), then cut the squares in half diagonally. Then, I arranged the triangles on the card base to make it look like chevron stripes. I left a little bit of white space around the triangles so that you can't tell if one of the rows is a little bit crooked. I really like how colorful and fun this turned out! :)

Well, thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the rest of the cards from the Lawnscaping Design Team! And don't forget to play along because the winner of this challenge will receive a $25 gift certificate from Ellen Hutson! :)

Thanks! I hope you have a great day! :)