like unicorns and rainbows.

It's time for another lawnscaping challenge!  So dust off your unloved stamps and get to stamping:

Mine is all unicorns & rainbows.



I pieced together the sentiment from some of the newer lawn fawn sets (#awesome and let's roll) and stamped the rainbow from starry backdrops.  The unloved unicorn from critters ever after gets a facelift when paired with these newer stamps.

Did you notice the journaling card die? Some careful die-cutting and I was able to create a longer panel to fit my images better.

Hope you like it! Now, play along - you could win a prize from lawn fawn:

♥.

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!

this one's for the boys.

this is my second post of the day!  If you are looking for my lawn fawn inspiration week post, click *here* or scroll down.

Time for another lawnscaping challenge!  This one is perfect for all of your critter sets: stamp a scene.



I needed to pad my stash of boy birthday cards a bit, so I made this magical birthday card, where dragon and his friend griffin are ready to dig into some cake.  And how exactly do you get the candles lit at a party like this?  Dragon takes care of things like a boss.



I stamped each element onto my white panel, and then again onto a separate sheet of white cardstock.  I colored, cut out, and popped up each image for a fun but still clean and simple scene.



The little looped banner and navy polka dot patterned paper are my fave.

Hope you stamp your own little scene this week:

You could win a free stamp set of your choice from lawn fawn!

Stamps supply list (all lawn fawn): critters ever after, bake me a cake, year three, so much to say

Princess party!

It's a virtual princess party, y'all!  I'm teaming up with some fabulous confections bloggers, Marlyn and Haniela to bring you one adorable virtual princess party!

All of the elements for my party decorations were water-colored - in the quickest, easiest way possible!  I wanted this to be a stress-free party!  I used two lawn fawn stamp sets to create my decorations:  critters ever after and bannerific.

I tried my best to create a soft, and airy ensemble.  My banner pennants were given a wash of blue ink, and the "make a wish" banner was highlighted in pink.  I backed each pennant with a doily that I sponged with the same pink ink.  Only the castle flags were colored - easy peasy!



Each little party-going princess needs her own wand.  Marlyn, of Montreal Confections, made these sugar cookie wands.  I created a personalized banner on each one - adorable at a princess party to identify each little girl's place!

One of my most favorite elements was this water bottle cover.  I used blue patterned paper and a castle cut-out was adhered to the front.  I tried my hand at clever with the "wishing well water" sign.  My mom made a funny: she said it was one step above holy water - hee.  

In the ensemble photo at the top, I also created a little flag for the straw, but it got lost somewhere in between the two photo-shoots!  Take a scroll back up to see, and I'll be waiting for you when you come back down *wink*

all set?

You can't have a party without a party favor, and this one is adorable:



The little wannabe prince charming is leaving you kisses.  I filled a clear box with hershey's kisses, and die cut a banner shape that tied back in with the main banner.  On the front, I popped up my cute frog with some foam squares.

In the background of some of my pictures, you're spying Marlyn's beautiful princess cake.  You have to check out her post, and Haniela's as well - they are amazing!

We've all created little video tutorials for you on youtube.  Click *here* for mine.  It's the first time I'm showing off my hands in a video ;)  I apologize for the poor video quality.  I'm still trying to figure all of this out!

the frog-prince.

 awww, g'on and kiss him... he's so cute!

I made this one (believe it or not) for the current colourQ challenge.

I was mostly happy for an excuse to use up some of the poppy parade patterned paper that I had lying around... that color hurts my eyes... I muted all the bright colors by adding a huge kraft mat... works for me!

Sofia saw the card yesterday afternoon and remarked that it could use some glitter... a layer of glimmer spray did the trick!  (and no, I don't always take my almost 7 year old's suggestions... read: almost never take her suggestions...)

Aaaaand, no one made mention, but I totally skipped last week's TMKS-thursdays - for shame!  I'll give you a double dose to make up for it:

First up, I was on the phone yesterday morning and Maia started whining.  I overheard Thomas running up to her and gently telling her "don't be so loud while mama's on the phone... people will think you're crazy." bwahahahaha! awesome.

Next, apparently my mom taught Maia the old Beatles' song "hello goodbye".  She sounds like she has a case of split personality when she sings: you say yes, I say no, you say stop, I say NO!  (everything goes back to how she says "no"!) *grins*


That's all she wrote, folks!  Have a great day!


supplies list
stamps: lawn fawn's critters ever after and smitty's abcs
paper: PTI white & kraft cardstocks, SU pp
ink: memento black, fresh snow
misc: white embossing powder, sewing pin, PTI circle dies

Retro sketch #5 + lawnscaping challenge

These sketch challenges are so much fun!

I worked with retrosketch #5:

to create this card:

I can't seem to put my lawn fawn stamps away - and especially this "critters ever after" set - mostly because the kids and I are having fun together.  They don't look twice at my floral sets, but show them a castle and a dragon and we're good to go ;)

My favorite thing about how I translated the sketch to this card?  The hearts peeking out like little peeping-toms... hee hee.

It was my first time trying out the mirror stamping technique.  The dragon on the left is the image included in the set.  The dragon on the right was stamped onto the back of a large clear stamp, and then stamped down on cardstock.  DUDE.  This isn't as easy as it looks.  I mean, does everyone else have super non-shaky hands?  I gave my first few attempts to the kids for coloring - they were happy enough :)  Once I traced the image outline with my memento black marker, it all looked better... and even better when I finished coloring him (that is the him in this dragon-relationship, just to be clear...)

For the sentiment, I yoinked the "you're" from "love 'n breakfast" and spelled out h-o-t with "sally's abcs".

I'm also entering this card into the current lawnscaping challenge: coloring.

I hope you like it!  Thanks for peeking :)

Retro sketch #4.

I was pretty loose with the retro sketch this week:

I enlarged the focal panel quite a bit, but I did follow the sketch the rest of the way ;)

I started out with a 3.25-inch white circle, and stamped a little lawn fawn scene on it.  I used the new frog from "critters ever after" and had him sit on the log from "critters in the forest."  The bird and tulip are from "gnome sweet gnome" and the grass clumps, from "critters in the 'burbs."  I did some simple copic-coloring and then masked all of the elements so that I could stamp the hero arts envelope pattern overtop in blue ink.

Since I was inspired by the retro sketch of the week, I'm also throwing this card into the current lawnscaping challenge - all about being inspired by fellow crafters.

Hope you like it!  Have a great day!

CAS-ual Fridays + Retro sketches.

I have been crafting alot lately.  But it's all been business, and hardly any play :)

What's a gal to do but grab a cheery new lawn fawn set and ink it up for a challenge... or 2...

I'm entering my card into this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge: a pattern, an image, and a sentiment.  I used some patterned paper on the side (it wraps around the back like a book spine), the unicorn image from "critters ever after" and a sentiment from the same set.

I did a bit of masking to get the rainbow (from PTI's up up & away) stamped "behind" the unicorn.  I then also masked the rainbow to be able to stamp Hero Arts' cloud background "behind" the rainbow and unicorn.  Layering stamped images is my happy place.  For reals.

I'm also entering this card into this week's Retro sketches challenge.  I've never participated in this weekly challenge, but the sketch was too fantastic to pass up!

Thanks for peeking!