Lawnscaping #97 - Winter Themed

 Good morning, everyone! I hope that everyone had a nice Christmas and New Year! Life is finally starting to settle back down again after the craziness of the holiday! Does anyone else still have their Christmas tree up? We're keeping it up as long as we can! :)

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

The challenge this week is to create a winter themed project based on the Pinterest-inspired photos in the challenge badge pictured above.

I used the colors in the photos (the blues and whites) and the movie Elf as my inspiration! That is such a good winter movie - so funny! My card features Lawn Fawn's "Stitched Hillside Border Dies" (for the waves), "Large Stitched Circle Dies," "Violet's ABCs," "Year Two," "Critters in the Arctic," and "Critters in the Sea" stamp set, as well as "Let's Polka" patterned paper. I cut out two circles for the card base, and then cut out the waves from vellum. The critters are stamped and colored with Prismacolor pencils and attached with foam tape behind the waves. I also cut out a few hearts to add around the sentiment. (P.S. It's hard to get a picture of a round card without it rolling away! :))

This year, Lawnscaping has a new sponsor for the first challenge of the month! Ellen Hutson is the new sponsor and the winner of this challenge will receive a $25 gift certificate to the store!

Well, thanks for stopping by! I hope that you have a good week and I can't wait to see what you create for this challenge! :)

Etsy Shop Saturday!

Hi everyone! I have a quick card to share with you from the Whimsipost Etsy Shop!

A long time ago, I made this card and I decided it was time to make it again in a different colors. So here is the "get whale soon" card in green!

I think I like the blue version better, but this one still looks just as cute!

I am also entering this card into the current Catered Crop challenge since it is all about get well soon cards! Perfect! :)

 Well, thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a great weekend! :)

Sending Birthday Fishes!

 Good morning! Ah, August is almost over! Where did the summer go? Most of the schools in our area start tomorrow, but my husband's school doesn't start until after Labor Day - woo hoo! We're going to spend the week relaxing, going to the county fair, and maybe camping this weekend!

Anyways, I have a quick card to share with you today! I made this card to send to my brother for his birthday! This card came together so quick - I like when that happens! Usually it takes me a while to figure out exactly how I want everything to look, but this card came together in no time!

This card features Lawn Fawn's "Critters in the Sea" and "Good Fortune", as well as their newest alphabet die cut, "Finley's ABCs." I think alpha dies are so much fun, and this one is so cute!! Here is a close up of the card:

I added some glossy accents to the die cuts to give them some details, and I also added stickles to the air bubbles. The two little fish are attached with foam tape to give them dimension, too!

I am entering this card into the Pretty Pink Posh Cutting Edge Blog Hop!

Well, thanks for stopping by! The new die cut will be available at Lawn Fawn's store on August 28th along with the rest of the new releases! Everything is so, so cute! :) 

Lawnscaping #86 - Watercoloring!

Happy Monday everyone! I hope that you had a nice weekend! I was able to spend some time visiting family, attending a bridal shower, and just relaxing! Ahh, summer! :)

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

This challenge is to use watercoloring on your project! You can use whatever you have - crayons, Distress inks, paints, or whatever else! I was looking through my craft stash, and I found a set of Crayola watercolors, so that is what I used! Here are the cards that I made for this challenge:

This was the first time that I ever used watercolors and it is so much fun!! These cards feature Lawn Fawn's "Critters in the Sea," "Chit Chat," and the coordinating "Chit Chat" die cuts. I also found a few sequins that matched the background colors, so I used those as well! The critters are colored with Prismacolor pencils and decorated with a white paint pen. The critters and speech bubbles are all attached with foam tape.

To create the backgrounds, I added some watercolors to an acrylic block and pressed it onto the paper. I lifted the block off of the paper, and then I used a paint brush with a little bit of water on it to spread the ink out and to mix the colors together a little bit. It is a super easy technique to try!

Here is a close up of each of the cards:

This one is my favorite! I just really like how the colors came together on the background! It goes so well with the sea turtle!

I am having so much fun adding white dots to my colored images! This octopus always makes me smile! :)

This one is my least favorite. It just feels like it is missing something. But I really like the blue and purple background!

So there you go! What do you think? I hope that you're able to play along with this challenge! Watercoloring is so popular and I can now see why! :)

The winner of this challenge will get a free stamp set from Lawn Fawn! And they're coming out with some new releases soon, so make sure that you enter!! Thanks for stopping by! :)

Birthday Fishes

 Hello everyone! I hope that you are enjoying your summer so far! It has been getting so hot here! The little one and I might get the kiddie pool out tomorrow so that we can go for a "swim!" :)

 I haven't shared a card with you for a while because our summer has been so busy! But, I wanted to share this cute card that I made a while ago for a friends birthday:

 This card features Lawn Fawn's "Stitched Party Banner" die, "Critters in the Sea" and "Year Two" stamps, and cloudy Lawn Trimmings. I colored the critters with Prismacolor pencils and added some white dots with my new white paint pen (it is so much fun!). The air bubbles are also coated with some glossy accents!

I also wanted to let you all know that there is a Design Team call for the Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team (FIT for short!!). If you're interested in being a part of an awesome team of girls, then you should definitely apply! The DT call is only open until July 4th, so don't wait!! To apply, click on the picture below! :)

Have a good week! I hope that you all have a safe and happy 4th of July! :)

Lawnscaping #82 - Distress Mania

 Hello! I hope that everyone had a good weekend! Our community had yard sales this weekend, so my husband and I walked around and found a few good deals! We got some new shoes, baby clothes, and our favorite, a new vacuum! We're excited about that one! :)

Anyways, it is time again for a new Lawnscaping Challenge - Distress Mania!

 You can use distress markers or inks, distress the edges of paper, or just do anything that will give your project a distressed look! For my card, I decided to use some inks to make a distressed ocean scene!

I used the "Stitched Scalloped Border" dies to create a mask that I used to create the ocean waves! I masked the bottom wave first and used my darkest shade of blue, then I did the same with the other two waves but using lighter shades of blue. I cut out the whale and fishes from the "Critters in the Sea" and gave the dad a hat from the "Hats Off to You" stamp set. The sentiments are from "Milo's ABCs" stamp set and "Cole's ABCs" dies.

Don't forget to play along because the winner will receive a stamp set of their choice from Lawn Fawn (and they're coming out with some super cute sets on May 22nd!!)

Well, thanks for stopping by! Have a great week! :)

Whale You be Mine?

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! I hope that you have something special planned today with the ones that you love! We are taking a trip to visit my family and to let the extended family meet the baby! We're going to have such a fun weekend with family! :)

I have one last Valentine's Day card to share with you this year! Here is another animal pun card! :)

This card features Lawn Fawn's "Critters in the Sea," "Riley's ABCs," paper from the Let's Polka petite paper pack, and sequins from the Let's Polka Mixed Sequins pack. I have to give credit to Yainea because she had the cute idea to add hearts to the spouting water! :)

Well, thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend! :)

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riley's ABCs

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Hello again!

Wow! So, it has been a very long while since I posted to my blog! A few weeks ago I got sick and it has thrown me into a horrible crafting rut! Not fun. I am hoping that my inspiration will come back soon!

If you haven't seen, Lawnscaping is having a design team call challenge! Lawn Fawn products are my favorite and Lawnscaping is my favorite challenge blog! Being a part of the design team would be awesome!!

Here is a card that I have to share with you for the design team challenge!

This card feature's "Critters in the Sea," "Quinn's ABCs," and "Smitty's ABCs." I misted some white ink onto the patterned paper background before adhering the sentiment, whale and hearts. I think this card sums up my card making style pretty well. I like cute little scenes with lots of small accents and definitely puns! :)

Good luck with everyone who applies for the Lawnscaping design team. Don't forget to enter! :)

Swimming by to say Hi!

Hi everyone! I hope that everyone had a good week! I am pretty excited to be done with house and pet sitting today! I am ready to go home! Anyways, I just wanted to share a card that I made a while ago for a magazine submission.

This little scene features patterned paper from Pebbles (I can't remember right now which collection.) This also features images from Lawn Fawn's "Critters In the Sea" and "Smitty's ABCs." The little fishes are my favorite part! :)

Well, I hope that everyone has a good day! I have an interview this afternoon, so I really hope that it goes well! Have a great weekend! :)

25 Cards of Christmas #23

 Hello everyone! I hope that your weekend is going well and that you're all ready for Christmas! I am here to share the 23rd card in the 25 Cards of Christmas!

That background paper is from the Jolly and Bright pack by Recollections. The sentiment is stamped with Lawn Fawn's "Smitty's ABCs" stamp set. For the boughs of holly, I used the leaf in the "So Thankful" set and the air bubbles in the "Critters In the Sea" set! The different sized bubbles worked perfect to create different sized berries! :)

I am also entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp challenge! The challenge is to make something Christmassy, so don't forget to play along! The  winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp, so get crafting!

Well, thanks for stopping by! There are only two cards left in the series! :)

LF CHA Winter 2013 Challenge!

Hello again, everyone!

I just wanted to share a quick card that I made this week for the Lawn Fawn CHA Winter 2013 Challenge!

After I stamped the waves onto the paper, I cut the blue paper a little bit longer than the card base so that the waves hang off the edge. Then I paper pieced the critters and hats! I also added some glitter to the birthday hats and the air bubbles to give it some sparkle! (Glitter is so much fun!)

Thanks for stopping by! There are some really awesome projects included in this challenge, so check them out as well! :)

Lawnscaping Challenge #35

 Good evening! I have a new card to share with you today! I made this for the latest Lawnscaping Challenge - patterned paper! I don't use a lot of patterned paper, so this was a challenge, but I had a lot of fun. :)

Here is my card!

Here is a close up of the critters!

The background, fish, octopus, and hat are all cut out from different patterned papers. I had to make the one fish face the other way, but it was really easy! I inked the small fish, wiped off his smile and stamped him on paper. Then I took a small black marker and drew on a new smile so that he faced the other way!

On a personal note, I would really appreciate it if you could keep my father-in-law in your prayers as he is having a lung biopsy done tomorrow afternoon. Pray that everything goes well, he has a speedy recovery, and that we get some good news!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Get Whale Soon!

Hello there! I've had an exhausting day! After work today, I helped my husband with a school activity that he planned for the whole 8th grade class which included a dance party, pizza and cake, selling school merchandise, a funny whip cream eating contest and, my favorite part, pineapple bowling! My husband found a bowling set with pineapples for the pins and coconuts for the ball! It was great! Now, I'm beat!

I have a card to share with you this evening! My aunt recently fell and hurt her back. She is fine - just really sore. So I made her this card to help her feel a little bit better.

I recently received Lawn Fawn's "Critters In the Sea" stamp set and I've been playing around with it. It is so much fun! I tore brown paper to make sand along the bottom, and I paper pieced each of the critters and the seaweed. Then I added some bubbles! I hope it brightens her day!

Well, I hope you like it! Thanks for looking! :)