sky's the limit

Hi there! Happy Monday morning - it's time for a new lawnscaping challenge:

If you approach card-making the way I do, trying a new technique can be a little daunting. Apart from masking and paper-piecing, I tend to keep my stuff "technique-free." Mostly because techniques make such a mess, hee hee.  That being said, I tried Jennifer Mcguire's iron-off embossing technique.  

Oof. Sorry for the weird photo - I could not, for all the pictures in the world, get the colors to look right.  Even so, I do love this card! The iron-off technique allowed me to emboss the background and then stamp the sentiment on top.

I added a yellow "haze" behind the sun and gave him a smiley face. Just because that's what I need to see on a Monday morning.



I hope you play along! You could win a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp.

This will be my last posting with lawnscaping.  I am so sad to be moving on, but needed to trim down my teams a little to make more time for myself.  A huge thank you to Laurel and the rest of the girls for being so supportive and kind to me for the last (how long have I been with lawnscaping? ha. it feels like forever!)

♥.

bunny poop easter treats {with lawn fawn}

hee hee.

My kids have already seen these, and cracked up.  I could have called them "bunny tails" - probably more accurate (really, I'm concerned with accuracy?) but I knew this would be funnier to them.  Potty talk is the funniest in our home...  So, if you are looking for a fun non-chocolately treat for Easter, here you go:

The lawn fawn girls were treated to some fun products, but I'm not much of an album girl, so I used my punky sprouts stuff a little differently :)

I covered each mini album page with a piece of dewey decimal or pink lemonade paper, and sanded the edges for a seamless look.  

The bag of mini-marshmallows was folded over the top, covered with a doily, and then I used my crop-a-dile to punch through all of the layers.  Some yellow/white twine sealed it all off.  For each topper, I created a little tag.  I used my favorite easter bunny, plopped him onto a stamped background (using interlocking backdrops).  I created the "bunny poop" label via my computer, and once printed, stamped and die-cut it with bannerific.

Since I used PTI's limitless layers circle dies, and used some sequins, I'm linking this project up to their March blog hop.

Thanks for stopping my way!

home sweet home {lawn fawn inspiration week}

Hi friends!

After a day break, we're back with more lawn fawn inspiration.

"Home sweet home" is just the sweetest set.  I created a little framed scene for you, and tried to show it off as best I could.  The twig and birdhouse were cut with the oh-so-amazing matching lawn cuts and popped up.  I'm still lovin' the fact that I can stamp, color, and then die-cut.  And it works perfectly every single time.

The rest of the scene was stamped, colored, and then masked so that I could stamp the subtle line image from "interlocking backdrops" in a light brown ink to fill the entire background.  I also added a blue 'frame' around my scene: I impressed the card-stock with a woodgrain pattern, and then cut it into 4 strips, fitting the corners together with "mitered" edges.



I love my pink-bellied birds, and those coiled flight lines, especially.

Be sure to check out the lawn fawn blog for more "home sweet home" inspiration!