Happy Spring!

Hello everyone and welcome to the 3rd Lawnscaping Blog Hop! I'm so happy to be able to participate once again. This hop is being sponcered by the wonderful Lawn Fawn stamp company and Sweet Stamp Shop!!

Heres all the info:

When: The blog hop starts on April 6th at 12:01 AM, EST. Everyone will have until Sunday, April 8th at 11:59 pm EST to leave comments on all the blogs to be eligible for a prize! The winners will be announced on Monday, April 9th.

THEME: SPRING! Whatever says Spring to you. Is it flowers? Foliage? Bright colors? Create any project you like (card, scrapbook page, home decor, altered art)

Prizes: We will have sponsors for the hop! So we will be offering prizes from our sponsors in addition to other prize packs up for grabs! Two prizes will go to two random hop participants (DT members not eligible) and then THREE prizes will go to three random people who comment along the hop! The specific prizes will be mentioned on the Lawnscaping page, which will be the start of the hop! Sweet Stamp Shop Stamps, May Arts ribbon and Lawn Fawn Stamps are a few prizes that are up for grabs.

You should have arrived here at my blog from Jenny Stucky's blog. If you didn't and have gotten lost on the way, don't worry...there's a list of participents on the Lawnscaping blog. Just head there to get back on track :)

Well, when I think of spring, I think of flowers starting to bloom and the birds singing sweetly in the early morning light....

I just puffy heart L O V E Lawn Fawns new Gnome Sweet Gnome set. Flamingos are my thing. I even loved flamingos before they got all retro and cool again (even have a tattoo of one...shhh). I stamped and fussy cut some clouds the ran them through my Cuttle bug for dry embossing and finished them off with a little dusting of chalk. I stamped the "flower" stems using the Lawn Fawn Petiete Florals set, then masked them off and stamped the grass from Gnome Sweet Gnome in 3 shades of green ink. I then stamped (using masks again) the flamingos for my flowers. The fussy cut birds flying around are from Gnome Sweet Gnome also. The string for the bow on the center flamingo is from Lawn Fawn also...I saved it from the packaging when I got my order! I love how they tie the sets together with a pretty little bow :)

I hope you liked my card, and hope you have had a great time joining us for the hop. Are you worn out yet...only 6 more to go. So grab ya a cuppa Joe and prepare to see some more wonderful creations!! Now off you go to visit with Ayana Posadas!

Lawnscape distress challenge

I'm not very good at using distress inks...I just never seem to do it so I don't get much practice. However, I love the result...so why is it that I don't do it more??? Sigh, one of life's mysteries!!

I was pretty excited when I saw the Lawnscaping challenge theme AND knew I had time to make a little sumthin' up for it! I made the base card using a chocolate cardstock then took white cardstock and layered on 2 shades of rose and one shade of green distress inks (victorian velvet, tattered rose & bundled sage), blending them untill I got a nice soft background. I added some slpatter on top of that using my favorite ink...vintage sepia Versafine.

For the focal panel I started with cream cardstock and scored the four panels. After folding the scored lines I sponged on Vintage Sepia Versafine and stamped the flowers using the same distress inks I used to make the background. To finish it off I sponged more of the rose distress inks onto the four panels. For the ribbon, I layered a pretty shade of grosgrain ribbon with the crocheted chocolate ribbon...just love the effect I got doing that.

Lawnscape Texture Challenge

Whew, what a whirl wind few days! Glad the holidays are almost over...I'm wore out! I did take a little time out this morning to put together a little card for the challenge over at Lawnscape. I got one of those hand held  roller thingys that makes the paper look corrugated in my stocking and just had to try it out...perfect timing for this challenge! Also, I though that there was no time like the present to get started on my Valentines Day cards....

 I started with a chocolate card and added the cream layer that I tore and inked the edges of. I then ran a piece of orangey-brown thru the roller thingy and tore the edges. I added a tag (popped up on foam tape) with a little stamping and a fussy cut pine tree (ran through the corrugated roller) and log. I finished it all off with a little twine, wire and bling.

Hope ya liked it and don't forget to check out the other entries over on the Lawnscaping blog!!!

It's all about red....

Ohhh my gosh, I'm so excited...have you seen the list of participents...so many well known names and amazing talent in this hop. I'm having a Wayne and Garth not worthy moment lol!! I just LOVE a good blog hop...all the eye candy and ideas really get my MOJO kicked into high gear! Enough of all this prattle, hopefully you're not too over loaded yet....let's get to the good stuff shall we?

Here's the 4-1-1;

When: Dec. 9th 12:01 AM, EST.  You have until Sunday, December 11, 2011, 11:59 pm EST, to leave comments on all the blogs to be eligible for a prize! The winners will be announced on Monday, Sept. 12th on the Lawnscaping blog.

Prizes: Lawn Fawn, Mold Muse and Whiskers Graphics are sponsoring! One will go to a random hop participant and THREE will go to random commenters! Not only will you be inspired, you have lots of chances to win!

You should have arrived here from Debs blog. If not, head on back to the Lawnscaping Blog to get back on track.  Ready to see what I came up with??

A little side view...

I deffinately used red! Not a color I reach for usually, but I really love how it turns out when I'm forced to...why is that? I used the dress from Sew Lovely and all the flourishes and flowers are from the petiete floral set. To make a pot / vase for the flowers, I simply turned one of the flags from the bannerific set upside down. I wrapped the "dress panel" a couple of times in a sheer white ribbon then popped it up slightly with foam tape and I added red rhinestones from The Paper Studio for a little bling. Hope you liked it!

 Now off you go to visit with Nettie...I'm sure she has something extra special for you! Don't forget to leave comments along the way!!

I almost missed it....

Whew...I almost missed posting for this little challenge over at Lawnscaping! I got so caught up in making 30 baby shower invitations that I completely ran out of time!! I finally set that stuff aside and came up with a design last night...slept on it, still loved it and put it together at 5 o'clock this morning...

I just LOVE the colors in this picture, so that's what I based my card on. I've been feelin' the red & chocolate color combo ever since a little Thanksgiving card I made for a friend a couple of weeks ago...so happy I have a reason to put them together again!

I opted to leave the bike uncolored, I originally colored it in and had to peel it back off the card. WOO-HOO for removable tape runners!! It was just to distracting colored in. I just love the rich velvety glitter ribbon...YUM!

Hope you like it and don't forget to check out the other cards in the challenge!!

A lawnscape thanks

Ohh my gosh...down to the wire on submitting for this Lawnscaping challenge. I've had the card made since Sunday...just not enough hours in my day!!

This time around we say a big thanks to someone in our life...there are several people I can think of that I'd like to send a big thanks to. I wanted to make a little scene of a friend helping out another friend....in this case the bigger snowman is helping the little one off the log. It brings to mind how my hubby would hold our sons hand while he hoped up on stuff and jumped off....*sigh* missing those innocent days of his youth...now he's all grown up and I wish I could still hold his hand! Guess as a parent, we never get over that.

I used a white card base and layered it with a shimmery light blue then another white panel on top. I added chalk for the blue sky and pieced in the snowmen that I added a shimmer to.

Hope you liked it :)

"Cruising by" Lawn Fawn style

I felt like I was on a roll with this little challenge and the whole CAS thing so I just kept on truckin and made a 2nd card....

Have you ever fell in love with a set of stamps, but just wasn't sure how to use them? This would be one of those sets...I just LOVE it, and I've had it for a while, but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it. The entire (center) bicycle is paper pieced with the exception of the spokes inside the tires and the chain. The handlebars, pedal assembly & wheel hubs are out of silver paper, the tires out of black cardstock, handle grips, seat & basket are out of a yellow plaid paper and the bike frame from a red paper with yellow flowers. The other two bicycles are just stamped directly to the card and colored in. Here's an up close look... 

Sorry, not sure who the patterned paper is by.
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Snowmen melt my heart....

The wonderful gals over at Lawnscaping have come up with a great challenge...

Sounds like fun doesn't it?? I couldn't wait to get started!! My only issue was ..which stamps to use, I wanted to play with all of them. Lawn Fawn stamps are great to paper piece with!

I decided I should push my luck on making CAS cards (see this post), so I put on some 80's jams, cranked up the volume & started singing at the top of my lungs and came up with this little guy.

I was feelin that little pop of red thanks to Nena's 99 red balloons lol! Here's a little different look...

I stamped and cut out the large snowman, scarf and heart. Then traced the snowman onto the back side of the shimmery blue cardstock and cut it out a little larger than the actual snowman. I dry embossed the snowman and background cardstock with a snowflake folder and popped up the snowman with a little foam tape. I opted for no sentiment on the front, I just didn't want to take away from the snowman at all and that little red heart just felt right...hope you like it!

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Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Ohh how I LOVE me some layers!!

This is one challenge that is right up my alley!! I LOVE layers...the more the merrier!! *sigh* Layers make me happy :)   So, needless to say, when this little Lawnscaping challenge came up, I was ecstatic!

In looking over my stash of Lawn Fawn stamps, I decided to make my first Christmas card of the season, their little tree is just too darling! :)

I punched and layered the green and white cardstock...added red ribbon and attached it to a red card. I dusted the white panel with a little blue chalk just to give a tinge of color then added the giant snow flakes. After paper piecing the trees (some are actually cut down to make a smaller tree) I added a little snow to them also. 2 of the trees are flat with the middle layer and top layer of trees popped up. I used foam tape with different thicknesses on the two trees on the middle layer so one is slightly higher than the other...does that make sense to you...hope so lol. After I layered all the trees on my panel I added foam tape to the back popping up the whole thing....then added the bright red bow. Hope you like it :)

How bout a closer look....

The patterned paper is by Wild Asparagus...had it for a while so I couldn't find a link to it.

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 Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

World Card Making Day

Happy World Card Making Day!!

I hope all the mojo flows freely and all of you gals have a great day of making cards! 

After my errands and normal household obligations I managed to come up with a few cards myself  then add a trip to Archivers on top of that...I had a great day !

The folks over at Lawn Fawn & The Lawnscaping Blog came up with a great way to celebrate this awesome day...a CHALLENGE! How super awesome :)

The deal is, is that we make a card, any theme...just so long as we use Lawn Fawn stamps. Well this was a no brainer for me. I knew I wanted to make a card to show my love to my long distance bestie and fellow card maker, Wendy. We have been friends for several years now but have always lived in different states. It's probably better that way...if we lived near each other we would be in trouble ;)  Wendy & I share a passion for card making, 80's music and much much more. We're so much alike you'd swear we were twins. She says we're Twinkies...get it, lol...she's a hoot! She's always there with an honest opinion and to cheer me on when I need it, so, to honor my card making Twinkie on this special day and show her how much I appreciate her, I'm dedicating this little card to my twin, twinkie, my partner in crime...

If there was a prize given out for utilizing the most sets of stamps in one card...I'd get the prize lol. I didn't realize it until I was making notes for this post, but I managed to pull in elements from 6 sets of Lawn Fawn stamps! WOW lol!

Sew Lovely - flower & dress form
Cruising Through Life - wind swirl thingie
Petite Florals - 2 flowers
Bannerific - banner
Admit One - partial sentiment
Turkey Day - partial sentiment


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Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!

Cute as a button...

Welcome to my first ever Lawnscaping challenge. Not quite sure why I haven't participated in one before...I mean, ever since DeNami Design introduced me to Lawn Fawn I have been a big fan...What's not to love about their stamps, right?

Soooooo, I thought it was about time I started being a little more on the active side vs. the stalker side and submit a little sumthin' sumthin'.   ;)

The challenge is getting texty. I have to admit I picked an easy one outta the gate...don't judge lol. Well, without further ado, here's what I did....

 Don't ya just hate it when sometimes no matter how you take the picture, it's just never right?? That was my issue here. You can't see it very well in my pictures, but in person it's adorable and shows up...trust me lol. I used pink ink on the pink cardstock layer and randomly stamped the "cute as a button" sentiment along with the flower button from the Sew Lovely set.

 For the white card stock layer I again stamped the sentiment and added the stem/leaf and the flower from the Petite Florals set. The white button I used on the twine actually has flecks of pink and green in it...I'm really feelin this little card and can't wait to send it to someone special.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!