Just my type (Lawn Fawn new release!)

Hi there!

Hello and welcome to Lawn Fawn's Valentine release week! On December 12th, all new products will be available for purchase. Until then, enjoy a few days of new product reveals and inspiration!

Today, we're showing off Just My Type and Love Poems. I've used both on my first card:

The love poems are flying out of the typewriter! I love the mouse looking up, and the other cutie peeking out over the typed heart!

These images are so fun to color. To give the desk a woodgrained look, I stamped it out and die-cut it from white cardstock. Then, I stamped it again onto woodgrain patterned paper and used scissors to cut it out. I added some shading using copic markers. I like doing that with my paper piecing to maintain the white, die-cut border around the image.

My next card really shows off the images from Love Poems:

I did some ink blending on a base cardstock layer, leaving the center almost white. I flicked on some darker blue ink, as well as white ink, before arranging the mice into a grid pattern.

It's a simple design, but it makes me smile!

I hope you like what I created today, be sure to check out the Lawn Fawn blog for more mousy inspiration!

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25 days of Christmas tags! with Lawn Fawn

Hi there!

I'm so happy to be joining Tracey McNeely's 25 days of Christmas tags, with Lawn Fawn sponsoring today's event.

I created a set of cozy cabin tags, using just dies for the most part:



I used the Shadow Box Card Mountain Add-On for all of the die-cut elements on the tags. I cut the cabin, the trees and some mountains, and used copic markers to add little bits of shading to colored cardstock.

The black night sky (cut with the Snowy Backdrop die) really allowed the elements to pop.

I hope you like them! Thanks for stopping by!

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Avery Elle new release blog hop!

Hi there!

I am so excited for you to check out the Avery Elle winter release! And what better way, than with a blog hop!

I have 2 projects to show off, using a new set that I illustrated for Avery Elle - Cupids!

I stamped out 2 of the cupids, a sweet little bird, and a slew of clouds, and placed them onto a piece of pink paper. I then framed out the images using a Wonky Scalloped Frame die.

The frame, the cupids, and the bird were propped up on foam adhesive squares, to give the card some dimension. To finish off, I used a white gel pen to add some bokeh dots to the pink sky.

When I designed this set, I really intended it to be used for class valentines! Most of the sentiments speak to friendship, and the whole thing works perfectly when paired with one of the the new Party Tag dies.



Aren't these lollipops so perfect? I kept to a red and pink theme, to match them. The trail of hearts image included in the cupid set is my fave! I stamped it onto the tag twice, without re-inking the stamp a second time. It gives a subtle, gradient effect.

I hope you like what I created for you today! Everything from the new release is available in the store right now - click HERE to check it out!

Now, onto the fun stuff - the GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate our winter 2019 release blog hop, Avery Elle is giving away a stamp set of their choice to 3 winners. To enter, just comment on this post. There is no purchase necessary and you must be 18 years old or older to enter. You have until midnight Sunday, December 1st to enter. The winners will be announced on the Avery Elle blog on Monday, December 2nd. You can also do the following to increases your chances of winning:

1. Comment on the Avery Elle blog
2. Follow/tweet Avery Elle on Twitter (@averyellestamps)
3. Follow/share the new release on Faceboom (www.facebook.com/AveryElle)
4. Follow/comment on instagram (www.instagram.com/averyellestamps)

Here is a complete list of blog hop participants:

Avery Elle  

Caryn Davies

Heather Campbell

Yainea

Melania Deasy

Katie Gehring 

Amy Kolling 

Ashley Marcu

Elena Roussakis

Nicky Meek

Merry Mice kit (Lawn Fawn)

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It's day 2 of this year's Lawn Fawn holiday inspiration week and we have a surprise for you: a new Chibitronics kit! The kit comes with a limited-edition stamp set, called Merry Mice, some patterned paper, and everything you need to make it LIT.

I decided to show you how cute the set could be on its own, without any special light-up-engineering:

Isn't it adorable? I love it. I grabbed quite a few holiday sets and put together a very MICE Christmas scene. The string of lights and santa hat images are from Cheery Christmas, and the clinking holiday mugs are from Holiday Helpers.

I love the blue Snowy Backdrop layer, and all of the red accents! I hope you like it too! Check out the Lawn Fawn blog for so many fun Merry Mice cards today - click!

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November EBE release!

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I'm thrilled to be taking part in this month's EBE release blog hop! I really loved the products I got to work with - so let's take a closer look!

For my first card, I used sentiments from That Thing You Did, and created a birthday card by borrowing images from Subbing In, Backyard Party, and Good Times:

I made a little underwater scene, and made sure to keep the funny sentiments front and center. I totally thought I'd be handing this to my dad, or my husband, but my 9 year old daughter snapped it up to give to her friend... which made it even more hilarious.



It really doesn't take much to bring the party to any other stamp set: a balloon image, some presents, and cake! and you have a party.

I kept things soft and beautiful for my next card:

I just love this cluster of wildflowers that Brandi designed for In The Weeds. It is large and gorgeous, but because each flower is delicate, it doesn't require a lot of time to color.

I added panels stamped with a soft knit pattern to the top and bottom of the card, and allowed the wilflowers to overhang into the middle space. I stamped a simple sentiment to finish things off.



I hope you like what I created for you today!

Now, onto the fun stuff! GIVEAWAY INFO:

We've got super fun prizes! One random and lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop and one will win the entire November EBE release! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Comment before Thursday, November 14th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.

Here is a list of participants for today's blog hop:

Julie

Therese

Michele

Sandy

Kelly

Elena (you are here!)

Lisa

Laurel

Carolyn

Emily

Brandi

Ardyth

Carly

Adelina

25 days of Christmas tags, with Avery Elle

Hi there!

I'm so happy to be joining Tracey McNeely's 25 days of Christmas tags, with Avery Elle sponsoring today's event.

I used the title image from Santa Bear to create these tags:



I stamped the bear in Lawn Fawn's Crunchy Leaf ink and then colored everything, including the night-sky background, with copic markers. I really love how soft the image turned out, as a consequence of making a swap in the outline color!

Once I had everything colored, I went in with a white gel pen and added some snowflakes and dots to the background, and some highlights to the images.

I die-cut the image with the rounded tag die from the Classic Flags die set, and added the sentiment onto a small banner die found in the same collection. I cut off one side of the banner, and used a hand-held hold punch to be able to add it to the top of the tag.

I hope you like them! Thanks for stopping by!

♥.

Avery Elle Create Magic card kit!

Hi there!

There is something new and exciting coming to Avery Elle - our very first card kit!

Isn't it adorable? This limited edition exclusive card kit costs $27 and is only available on www.averyelle.com while supplies last. The kit contains a 4x6 exclusive stamp set, coarse glitter, a roll of hemp twine, acetate sheets, a vinyl zippered mesh bag and patterned paper designed especially for this kit! A set of matching dies are sold separately, click HERE.

I created 2 cards using items from the kit. My first card is a cute garden scene:

I stamped out images from the set, and set them against a patterned paper sky. I used the die-cut clouds in there too. I then framed everything with another piece of ephemera and opted for a sentiment strip to finish things off.



On my next card, I featured a pair of fairy friends:

I love that they are kind of mirror-imaged. They play so well together! I stamped the 2 fairies, and a butterfly, and then used items from the kit to pull the card together. The subtle striped of the patterned paper works so well to add texture and interest to the base.



I hope you like it! I think this kit is so well designed, and the price point is fantastic! Let me know what you think!

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New Essentials by Ellen release blog hop!

Hi there!

Welcome to the new EBE release blog hop! Everything was designed by Julie Ebersole and is so much fun! I have 2 projects to show off!

My first card uses Lil' 'Squatch. I just love those trees! And Big Foot is hilarious. This card came together so quickly, but I love the end result.



I blended some light blue ink into the center of the card panel, and allowed the ink to fade to nothing on either side.  Next I flecked on some light brown ink and then arranged my images - the trees, the 'Squatch, and little forest finds - on top.  The sentiments in this set are hilarious! I selected this one to finish off the card.

My next project is this little felt snowman! The new EBE release features Sew Cute - Snowman dies. This would be perfect for even little kids to attempt, as the holes are a bit bigger than on other felt dies I've worked with. Speaking of kids, I meant to add a string to the top and turn this into an ornament, but a cute someone wanted to keep this little plushie for herself.



And then she asked if I would make one for all her classmates as Christmas gifts. I said no. haha.

I hope you like what I created! Now, onto the fun stuff:

PRIZES: there are fun prizes to be won! One random and lucky commenter will win $25 to the EH shop and one will one the entire October EBE release! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop of the hop. Comment before Sunday, October 13th at 11:59 PST. Winners will be notified by email.

BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS

Ardyth

Sandy

Elena

Carolyn

Michele

Laurel

Nichol

Adelina

Sharon

Therese

Kelly

Lisa

Emily

Jessica

Carly

Carissa

Julie

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Avery Elle comes to Stamptember!

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Avery Elle is joining in the Stamptember fun with this exclusive set! Merry Wreath is only available in the Simon Says Stamp store, and only while supplies last. If you like it, jump on it!

For my set, I decided to make a homemade Christmas photo-card. This card comes together very quickly! I started out by stamping twiggy wreath image in the lightest brown ink onto my A2-sized card panel. This is just there to provide a guide for stamping out all the greenery. I used 2 different shades of green ink to add depth and interest to the wreath, and added a pop of red using the berry images. I then heat-embossed the twiggy wreath, right on top of where the guide was first stamped. I love the pop of white on top of all of that green!



I then cut an opening inside the wreath and fit a Christmas photo of my kids inside (gah! I miss them this little, I think this was from 3 years ago.) I added little red baubles for even more of a red berry pop! and shaded the edges of the card-front.

I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

♥.

Big thanks! (Lawn Fawn + Hero Arts collab set)

Hi there!

Today is a very exciting day! Lawn Fawn and Hero Arts have joined forces to produce a super cute, exclusive new set, called Big Thanks.

Hero Arts is celebrating 45 years (wow!) and partnering up to celebrate what we love most about this industry - how it brings us together!



I did some ink blending in the background, and arranged my rhinos in front of the the glowing yellow sun. It's giving me Lion King vibes!



I hope you like it! Now, onto the fun part!

GIVEAWAY:

There will be 3 prizes, drawn from comments left across the blog hop. One winner will receive the stamp set and dies! One winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Lawn Fawn. A third winner will receive a $25 shopping spree at Hero Arts. All you have to do to be eligible is comment on participating blogs today! You have until the 29th to add your comments.

Here's a full list of blog stops:

Hero Arts

Lawn Fawn

Audrey Tokach

Caly Person

Chari Moss

Elena Roussakis (you are here!)

Elise Constable

Emily Midgett

Grace Camou

Ilina Crouse

Janette Kausen

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Latisha Yoast

Laura Bassen

Lynnette Kauffman

Megan Quinn

Melissa Mann

Melissa Stinson

Michelle Short

Nichol Spohr

Tammy Stark

Yainea Nunez

Merry Christmas (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to the final day of this month's Lawn Fawn inspiration week. I hope you've enjoyed it! Today is our showcase of Offset Sayings: Christmas.

I started out by cutting a layer of white cardstock with the Foursquare Backdrop: Portrait. I love that it leaves room for a nice big sentiment at the bottom. I created a layer of dark, night sky and set Santa and his reindeer (from Ho-Ho-Holidays) into each open square. I tethered the reindeer together, so that the image, though broken up by the frame, would look continuous.



I popped the frame up using foam adhesive tape, but stuck the images flat onto the night sky layer. I used a white gel pen to add highlights and other little accents. I always find this helps the images to really pop!



I stamped the sentiment once in black ink, and then filled in the top portion using Lobster ink. I added white gel-pen highlights to the letters as well.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

Yeti or not (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to Lawn Fawn's September inspiration week! Today, we're taking a closer look at Yeti Or Not. I used the cute yetis on my card yesterday but I'm so ready to share this snowboarding duo today:

I decided to make a wintery birthday card by bringing in the igloo from Snow Cool and the pile of snowballs from Toboggan Together.



I used blue paper from the Spiffy Speckles collection, and then heat-embossed snowflakes over-top.



I hope you like it! There's more to see on the Lawn Fawn blog today - click!

♥.

get yeti! (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

Hi there!

Welcome to Lawn Fawn's September inspiration week! Today is our showcase of the Foursquare Backdrop dies as well as the Snow Day Remix papers.



I brought in the cuties from Yeti or Not, along with a few other winter stamps and made 4 tiny vignettes. The snowy patterned paper provided the perfect blue pop against all of the red accents.

In lieu of a stamped sentiment, I opted for the Happy Holidays Line Border. I love the extra pop of red that it gives!

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

Snowglobe tags (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to Lawn Fawn's September inspiration week. Today is our showcase of the Tiny Christmas stamp set and the Snow Globe Gift Tag.



My trio of tags is pretty simple, but that's how I like my tag-making to be! Each tag boasts its own snowy scene, and woodgrain base.

I just love the kids in their onesie pyjamas!

I love that the snow globe die set includes the little snowdrift piece - so perfect for this type of scene-building!

I hope you like them! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

♥.

Ho-ho-holidays (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to Lawn Fawn's September inspiration week. I have 2 cards to share with you for our showcase of Ho-ho-holidays and the Rooftop Border die.



Guess who's really doing all the heavy lifting? hee hee. I started with a piece of white cardstock for the snowy background layer, and ink-blended different shades of blue ink. I also added extra little splatters of white paint on top.



My next card brings in the oldest set, Christmas Dreams. After all of the presents are delivered, the Clauses deserve some down-time. I laid a piece of woodgrain patterned paper for the floor, and added all of the living room elements (including the little kitty!) on top of it.

I hope you like both cards! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

♥.