Avery Elle comes to Stamptember!

Hi there!

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)

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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!

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get yeti! (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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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!

♥.

Mice on ice! (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to Lawn Fawn's September inspiration week! Today is our showcase of Mice On Ice and the Stitched Pond die.



I cut off part of the pond so that I could fit in a snowy landscape below. Those ice-skating mice are so cute! I especially love the hand-holding pair.



It's really impossible to see in the picture but the pond itself is a subtle shimmer paper. It gives off the right kind glitz in real life.

I added little trees below to frame the sentiment. A little red heart brings the red of the scarves to the bottom half of the card.

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

♥.

Stamptember! Snow Bunnies

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Lawn Fawn is celebrating STAMPtember with Simon Says Stamp today! The brand new, exclusive set is called Snow Bunnies. This set is only available at Simon Says Stamp while supplies last.

I created a soft, pink scene with the set:

I die-cut rolling snow hills and set the images at different levels. I created 2 separate scenes - the tree-decorating bunnies at the top, and the snow-bunny-building one at the bottom.



I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!

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