sky's the limit

Hi there! Happy Monday morning - it's time for a new lawnscaping challenge:

If you approach card-making the way I do, trying a new technique can be a little daunting. Apart from masking and paper-piecing, I tend to keep my stuff "technique-free." Mostly because techniques make such a mess, hee hee.  That being said, I tried Jennifer Mcguire's iron-off embossing technique.  

Oof. Sorry for the weird photo - I could not, for all the pictures in the world, get the colors to look right.  Even so, I do love this card! The iron-off technique allowed me to emboss the background and then stamp the sentiment on top.

I added a yellow "haze" behind the sun and gave him a smiley face. Just because that's what I need to see on a Monday morning.



I hope you play along! You could win a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp.

This will be my last posting with lawnscaping.  I am so sad to be moving on, but needed to trim down my teams a little to make more time for myself.  A huge thank you to Laurel and the rest of the girls for being so supportive and kind to me for the last (how long have I been with lawnscaping? ha. it feels like forever!)

♥.

a less patriotic happy 4th {lawn fawn inspiration week}

It's time for lawn fawn's inspiration week!  Today the team is showing off samples using "happy 4th" - the perfect set to use for all of your 4th of July celebrations.

BUT.

if you are not American, and don't celebrate with red, white, and blue, the set could still work for you.

See?  From firework to sunshine, just like that.  I borrowed the happy face from a limited edition set that lawn fawn created for studio calico (this way to fun.) I masked his cutie face to be able to stamp the rays over-top.  They were stamped in black so that the outline of the smiley face would make more sense, but if you have a polka dot stamp, you could stamp that in yellow, and do the same for the rays.  To add a bit more of a sunny glow, I added swipes of various yellow copic markers beside each ray.

The sentiment, from sunny skies, is one of my favorites.  I double-stamped it: first in blue, and then again in black, to tie back into the black+color of the sun.

You may not notice at first glance, but the blue card-base is stamped with white clouds.  That, and the black machine stitching are my favorite elements.



ok, and the glossy accents on the sun's happy face.

Visit the lawn fawn blog to see the rest of the design team's projects and to find out how you could win the featured sets!

my home is with you {lawn fawn inspiration week}

Welcome to another day of lawn fawn inspiration! We are showcasing "riley's abc's" - a super fun-looking alphabet set.

I decided the a full quote would be the best way to show it off:

I paired riley's with a little birdhouse and used clouds as masks only to create my little scene.  I alternated using the capital and lowercase letters, to create visual interest.  

I kept things soft by stamping in a dark grey ink instead of black, and tied a matching ribbon around the bottom of the card.  I'm kind of digging this orange, kraft and grey scheme - what do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

lawnscaping: the texty challenge.

Good Monday morning!

This week was non-stop, and not sleepy enough, but what do you know?  Monday came anyways ;)

And with that, a new lawnscaping challenge!  This one: to incorporate text into your project.

 I went a little overboard with the textiness, hee hee.  I grabbed a sheet of PTI "dearest jane" patterned paper, and stamped images from lawn fawn's "sunny skies," "a birdie told me," and "gnome sweet gnome" over-top.  I colored the images in with copics and outlined each one with a light grey marker, to give some definition to the images without losing the translucent effect of having stamped them onto the text paper.

The speech bubble was stamped again onto white cardstock (with a hero arts sentiment inside, from "my happy") and then cut out and propped up on foam squares.

The focal panel was sewn onto a piece of kraft cardstock and both layers were adhered to a white card-base.

I hope you play along - there's a lawn fawn prize up for grabs:

Have a great monday, all!

lawnscaping challenge: 1 layer

Time for another lawnscaping challenge!  We're asking you to create your best 1 layer card.

Up for grabs is a 25$ shopping spree at Simon Says Stamp:

Joining us for this week's challenge are designers Julie Ebersole and Kari Webster.

And, without further ado... my 1-layer card, my masking masterpiece (hee hee):

I used lawn fawn's "sunny skies" and "bannerific" sets for my card.

I first stamped the banner, masked it and then, yes, cut out all of the clouds by hand, masked them, and sponged antique linen distress ink over-top.  And kept the masks in place to stamp Hero Arts' envelope pattern background over the whole thing in aqua mist ink.  I just love it.  It has a stationary-boutique look to it, without any layers... I love what you can do with some simple masking tape!

I'm also linking up to this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge: on cloud 9.  I think it's the perfect fit :)

Now it's your turn!  I can't wait to see your fantastic 1-layer creations!

Lawnscaping Challenge #37: use dimension

This is my 2nd post today - click *here* to see the new stamp set released by Precious Remembrance!

I'm so excited to be making my debut with Lawnscaping today!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Simon Says Stamp: you could win a 25$ gift certificate to their store.

We're challenging you to "use dimension."  I did it here by cutting out a few of the trees from "critters down under" and nestling the cute koala within the branches.  You can really see the dimension in the top photo - I purposefully didn't glue down the leaves... only the tree trunks...

If you look closely, you'll also see that I created a different kind of dimension: I masked the koala on my base layer, and stamped the tree to his left, and then masked the koala and the tree to be able to stamp the circular image in behind.  I love masking - it's a great way to add dimension without the bulk!  

ps, the clouds are from lawn fawn's "sunny skies," and the sentiment is from "you've got mail."  A strip of checked washi tap on the left finishes off my card.

I hope you like my dimension-2-ways card, and I can't wait to see what you all come up with!