Seahorsin' around (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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We're a few days into this month's Lawn Fawn inspiration week! Today, we're showing off the fun little set, Seahorsin' Around. I combined it with a few other sets to create an underwater birthday scene:

I brought in images from Mermaid for you, Bicycle Built for You, Party Animal and Elphie Selfie! The little puffer fish is from Keep on Swimming!



It looks like a small family of seahorses! I love that when Lawn Fawn builds new sets, they always keep things consistent so we could mix and match from other sets.



The ink-blended background is my favorite. I keep it darkest at the bottom, and lightened it up as I went up. I added all of those white dots with a white gel pen.

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

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RAWR (Lawn Fawn valentine release)

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Lawn Fawn's valentine release week continues with a closer look at RAWR, an adorable mini dino-themed set.

I knew most of the girls would use him for valentine's day cards, so I put together a birthday treat box instead:



I doodled my dino a tummy, and little spots on his back, and then added a party hat and balloons before adhering everything to the front of a Scalloped Treat Box.



I think it would be adorable to see a whole bunch of these at a little boy's birthday party!

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

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Lawn Fawn sneak peek week

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Lawn Fawn is showing off their fall/winter collection all week long! Everything will be available for purchase near the end of August.

This gift box die set is so fun, especially when used with images from Costume Party:

I couldn't help but also add a black cat, courtesy of Bicycle Built For You. Perfect size!

The box is nice and big, and can fit 4bar cards and envelopes. ORRRRR, you can fill it with treats of many sizes.



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

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Lawn Fawn + Xyron week - wedding cats

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Lawn Fawn and Xyron are collaborating this week to bring you fun inspiration using both companies' products.

I've used Xyron's Mega Runner to adhere everything on my card.

The Lawn Fawn supply list is a bit longer.



I dressed up the Meow You Doin'? cats for their wedding. I love that my cousin will open the envelope on his wedding day in July and see this and be all WTF, but there you have it. Wedding cats. I'll distract him with a nice, hefty check. ha.

The wedding accessories come from the set called Bicycle Built for You, and who knew they would work perfectly on the kitties? I love that "furever" fit perfectly into the little flag.

I stamped "wedding day" into 2 Bannertastic banners and snipped them so they could fit snuggly on either side of the happy couple.

I'm still giggling, picturing the reaction to these cats. I don't even know if they prefer dogs.

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

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Elephant party pop-up card (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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For the last day of Lawn Fawn inspiration week, we're showing off our best pop-up cards, using the new pop-up add-ons. I've used the Grassy Hillside Pop-up Add-on.



Maia went to a birthday party and I colored the little girl to match the birthday girl. I love that the girl from Bicycle Built For You can ride the elephant from Elphie Selfie! I will definitely be looking for other critters she can sit on!

I hope you like it! It was so much fun to put together. Visit the Lawn Fawn blog for much more pop-up card inspiration - click!

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Bicycle built for you (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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More purple. I really can't help myself. Lawn Fawn inspiration week continues with a closer look at Bicycle Built For You.  I love all of the little accessories that can take this sweet couple from a casual afternoon ride in the park, to a dressed up post-i-do-can-swinging adventure.



I layered all of my images over a sheet of Watercolor Wishes paper, onto which I flecked white ink for a more dreamy look. I then fit the greeting into a sweeping banner, from Bannertastic.

I hope you like it! Kelly Marie recreated my card in her video this morning, so visit the Lawn Fawn blog to check it out - click!

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You are my lucky charm! (party with Lawn Fawn)

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I don't normally decorate or pay any attention to St-Patrick's day, but we were walking through the grocery store and I was hungry and Maia was begging for a box of Lucky Charms cereal. gah!



So I went ahead and made her separate all of the marshmallows from the cereal in the entire box. That bought me a whole hour of precious silence. I didn't even say anything when I saw her sneaking a marshmallow here and there. I still had enough of them left for cookies, cupcakes and pudding.

I created the little labels by printing out the names of the desserts, and then stamping a banner from the new Lawn Fawn set, Bannertastic. I made it stand up by creating a folding banner label, adhered to the back. The little boy from Bicycle Built for You was easily turned into a leprechaun with the right coloring and a little drawn buckle on his hat.



Back to the cookies. I want to say they were amazing, but they were mediocre. Not bad, just not a great cookie. I mean, obviously. There is crushed up cereal in the batter. But the kids thought they were great fun, and loved the pretty colors peeking through. If you want to take a chance and make them yourself, here's the link: click!

The cupcakes got dressed up in pretty green wrappers, and little gold flags, cut with Lawn Fawn's Everyday Sentiment Banners.

I sprinkled the tops of the cupcakes with Lucky Charms Marshmallows and these amazing sprinkles. I am a little obsessed with them.



I also used Lucky Charms cereal to decorate the tops of the Sham-ROCK puddings. Vanilla pudding dyed green. Pretty basic, but it brought the cousins knocking on our door.

I love that I didn't even make the Top O' The Morning Milkshakes to show you, haha. I dressed up the milk bottles in the same green papers as the cupcake wrappers, and added a tiny tag stamped with a single shamrock on each one. I'll fill them for the kids on St-Patrick day with a nice, healthy green smoothie.



The backdrop was made using Lawn Fawn papers too! I tried my hand at making a paper fan background by scooping out all of my green papers. The biggest fans used up 3 12x12 papers each. Apart from needing to press down the folds more tightly, I love how they turned out!

I'd love to know what you think! Thanks for stopping by!

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enjoy the ride! (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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I will be completely honest. The part I love about card-making is stamping and coloring the images. Putting the cards together is, most of the time, an afterthought. And thinking of spending more time on fancy shaker cards? things that spin? light up? ugh. haha. I do love the end result, but I always find the extra effort to be too fiddly for my liking.

BUT. This new Scalloped Box Card Pop-up die turned out to be my favorite. It folds up flat, and then you pull it out of the envelope and it unfolds into a wonderful present, all on its own. I really enjoyed putting it together, and the whole family was loving the concept!



I already gifted this card to a special friend over the weekend, I was so excited to create something unique for her! I know the girl's hair is kind of crazy red, but I really wanted to create something that stuck to a very tight color scheme: red, kraft and black. I love how it looks all put together!



The images are from Bicycle Built for You, which will be releasing by the end of the month as well.

I hope you like it! There are more versions of the Scalloped Box Card Pop-up on the Lawn Fawn blog this morning - click!

♥.