Nicholas' puppy party (with Lawn Fawn)

A few weeks ago my nephew, Nicholas, celebrated his 2nd birthday. I asked if I could bake the cake and make all of the decorations. My sister kindly indulged me.

I used Lawn Fawn stamps and dies to create my party decor. The puppies and their accesories are some different sets: Happy Howloween, Happy Howlidays (no longer available), and Party Animal.



I love the banner that spells WOOF, with the dogs interacting with the letters in different scenes.

For the food, I keep things as punny as possible. Pupcake cupcakes (which, I would like to specify that my daughter insisted on just plunking butterscotch chips onto the tops of each one...)

Pup-corn! What's easier to stick on a party table than a bowl full of popcorn? But always a favorite.

And I imagined that these lollipop sticks looked like something you'd ask a dog to fetch. I couldn't find the long pretzel rods I was picturing at first, but the colors on these were perfect for the table!

The kids were scared this was actual toilet water. Poor dears. We like to keep them real naive.  I stamped the letters using different Lawn Fawn alphabet stamps.

I also stamped a little sign for the table - Bone Appetit! I kind of love this the best.



I created cupcake toppers with all the dogs I colored, and a cake topper too:



The howling dog is yelling TWO for the birthday boy.

Let's talk a little more about the cake, shall we?



On the one hand, I have never done a striped buttercream before and I was kind of thrilled that it mostly worked out (that top stripe got a bit lost but the rest is good, right?)

On the other hand, I used a too-big cake board and didn't do enough to cover it up. And I didn't even see it until I was editing the photos. I couldn't keep up with everything I had going on, haha. IF I had stuck it onto a small cake board, I would have been so much happier with how it looks on the table.

Oh well! No one seemed to mind much and the entire cake was gonzo by the time the party was done.

I hope you liked this look at Nicholas' 2nd birthday party! It was so much fun to put together!

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Tombow + Lawn Fawn collaboration

Hi there!

Lawn Fawn and Tombow are pairing up for a fun blog hop featuring products from both companies. I was lucky enough to be able to work with a set of Dual Brush Pen markers to create my card:

I colored the dog from Happy Howloween, gave him a party hat and a nice big bone of a present (from the SSS/LF exclusive set, Happy Howlidays.)

I used the Stitched Borders dies to give texture to my kraft mat, and added a white Celebrate die-cut to a kraft-colored flag.



I adhered all of the flat elements with my favorite glue ever, Mono Multi Liquid Glue. I've been using only this glue for years, and I was so happy to find a new bottle in my box from Tombow.

Next up on your hop is Beth Watson - click!

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Stamptember + Lawn Fawn!

Hi there!

Along with all of the amazing product Simon Says Stamp released yesterday for Stamptember, they will also be working with leading companies to release exclusive sets made just for them! Kicking things off today is Lawn Fawn, with their Happy Howlidays set:

I love mailing holiday cards, so I like to create some non-bulky ones to send out. This whole scene is a one-layer masked wonder, thanks entirely to the MISTI tool. I didn't even break a sweat.

I stamped everything onto a grid-lined paper first, ignoring the messy intersecting lines, and then used the MISTI to carefully place and stamp each image just how I wanted it. I added masks as I went along.

Once the scene was stamped out, I used a post-it strip to cover the top and did some ink-blending with Lawn Fawn's Merman ink to add some grounding.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I also added a snowy sky to the top of the card by using Lawn Fawn's Snowy Backdrop as a stencil.



I hope you like it! Get your set quick before it sells out!

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