sending hugs {cardmaker blog hop}

Hi there!

Some of the lawn fawn girls are joining the cardmaker blog team for a fun blog hop.  No rules, no theme, just a fawnie good time with a prize at the end :)

I stamped myself an entire background with our sharp backdrops, and die-cut a leaf  (from blissful botanicals) into what I eyeballed to be the middle...

I backed the focal mat in a brighter pink, and adhered the leaf-stems-only to the base.  I love the little pop of color!

The sentiment (from so much to say) was embossed onto a banner flag and adhered with a little strip of pink lemonade twine.  

Hope you are having a good day! hugs! Here's a list of the rest of the hop stops:

cardmaker blog ♥ aj otto ♥ elena roussakis (you're here!) ♥ christine okken ♥ lynnette kauffman ♥ glenda j. wyatt ♥ latisha yoast ♥ ivanka lentle ♥ tiffany johnson ♥ jennie harper ♥ chari moss ♥ melanie muenchinger ♥ yainea nunez ♥ lawn fawn blog

oh baby it's a wild world {lawn fawn inspiration week}

It's the last day of lawn fawn inspiration week, and today we're showing off a great new background set: sharp backdrops.

The arrows went for a safari feel on today's card.  I masked and stamped animals and trees from "critters on the savanna" to create a little scene at the bottom of the card.

I love how only the lion was given the 3D treatment (If you don't count the lion, this is a 1-layer card!)  After they were all colored, I masked the animals and stamped the arrow background to fill the entire card-base.  I did not mask the trees or the rock that the zebra is propped up on - that would have just been silly *grin*  I actually like the way that the arrows show through the trees - it's a cool effect!

My sentiment was stamped out using "riley's abcs" and I love how it's right-justified.  It gives the arrow background a place to shine, and is just plain fun, stacked over there on the side.  

I hope you've enjoyed my inspiration week projects!  It's been fun!

Good fortune {lawn fawn inspiration week}

Here's your fortune for the day: play leap-frog with a unicorn and you will suffer very badly.  hee.

I'm back showcasing "Good Fortune" - another new and super cute lawn fawn set for inspiration week!  I saw this particular "fortune" (which is actually very sage advice) on pinterest somewhere, and I thought a fawnie version would be hilarious.  I did giggle a bit as I was creating it.



I did some masking to be able to stamp the fortune cookie "in front of" the take-out box and the chopsticks. I then stamped the unicorn (from critters ever after) at the bottom and then masked everything to be able to stamp the new "sharp backdrops" in behind.  I love that new background set - it's so great!  I also blended some soft brown ink to tone down that background a bit and have it all blend together.



I was able to type a custom fortune, and have it follow the same path as the sentiments that come with the set.  I did it using my silhouette software.  If you'd be interesting in learning how I did that, leave me a comment - I'd be happy to do a short video tutorial.

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!