a jar full of critters.

I have a quirky critter card up on the lawn fawn blog today!

yep.  critters.  a whole jar-ful.  I hope they put a smile on your face today.

See you next week!

Summertime charm {lawn fawn inspiration week}

Happy Sunday!

This is a thrilling one for me:

1. it's my first inspiration week as part of the lawn fawn design team

2. it's my birthday today

3. my sister just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last night, and I will be holding that bundle of sweetness in a few hours - swoon!

On to the craft!  haha.  I am helping to show off the new "summertime charm" set by lawn fawn.  I made my own jar 'o jam by hand-drawing a little squiggly line near the top of the jar (with a memento ink marker, so I could copic-color it in with no bleeding.)  The sentiment on the jam jar label was printed on the computer, in a font that I thought looked handwritten (if your handwriting looks that pretty - kudos, and do that instead.  I love seeing pretty handwriting mixed in with stamps.)  I added the scallop on the top of the label, but it would look adorable stamped right under the jar lid too.  

I used patterned paper and stickers from the pink lemonade collection - aren't they a breath of fresh air?  I especially love this cute little floral.  And, the lawn trimmings I used to tie around the jar lid is amazing.  I love how stiff it is, and how it holds its shape perfectly.

I couldn't help but stick a cut strawberry right next to my punny sentiment (groan.  sorry, but you know how much I love these - you *may* be seeing another custom one this week.)  The strawberry was smothered in glossy accents to add a bit more dimension and texture to the card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  I may be a little giddy this morning, from the excitement of presenting new lawn fawn stuff along with the other talented girls!