Love letters (new Lawn Fawn)

eeep, this post is going up a little late because I am distracted by the face that my littlest sister is birthday her twin baby girls right now!

I can't wait to meet those tiny cuties. Send all of your easy-delivery vibes her way, please!

If twins wasn't exciting enough (it is for me, probably not for you) Lawn Fawn is showing off their new Valentine release.

We're kicking off the week with a closer look at Love Letters:

I paired the new Love Letters images with the big mailbox from You've Got Mail.  I love the pops of bright red on this card!

The little birdies are just so sweet.  Check out the LF blog this morning for so much more inspiration - click!

♥.

happy haunting mini card set {MFT release day}

Hi there!

It's MFT's new release day! As you read this, everything you need for halloween projects and more is available in the MFT store.

I love making things ahead of time. It doesn't happen often, but it makes me feel like I've got life under control :)  I made a little halloween card set for my little 4 year old Maia to dole out to her preschool friends come Halloween.

First off, the finished package.  I couldn't just give them to Maia, all willy-nilly in a plastic bag.  I grabbed a clear card box (from Simon Says Stamp) and cut it down to my desired height (which is code for I can't remember how high the box is and I am writing up this post from our beach house in Virginia where there isn't a way to go back and check.) I then die-cut a spider web cover-up die-namics but didn't cut it all the way. The rest of the strip travels under and around the box to create a closure.

Inside, a collection of orange polka dotted envelopes, cut with the new envelope die from the you've got mail die-namics.

When she hands them out to her friends, this is what they'll see:

I closed the envelopes with a strip of washi tape each, and a dangling spider to pull on...

Yank the spider out for some halloween fun:

hee.

I used the centerpieces spooky window die-namics for the dangling spider and the spooky scene die-namics for the big "boo" punchline.

I hope you like what I've created and happy shopping!

Witch way? {MFT guest designing}

I am beyond thrilled to be guest designing with My Favorite Things this month! It's countdown week to their August release, and oh boy - they know how to do it up right.  It was like Christmas in July when I opened my MFT box :)

I'm showing off a cute witch today: witch way is the candy and the matching die-namics, as well as the witch's cauldron die-namics and a little strip of the you've got mail stamp set. Everything will be available for purchase in the MFT store on August 12th.



When I saw that adorable witch, I knew I wanted to play around with her.  She looks like she just cooked up some trouble, with her tiny mouth drawn like that! She naturally paired with the huge cauldron, and I used glossy accents on the potion bubbles.  It looks perfectly slimy, hee hee.

To give the card a bit of balance, I reached for the airmail strip from you've got mail and stamped it in a bright orange.

I hope you like it! Visit the MFT blog for more of what's new and for more inspiration today!

♥.

you've got mail {timeless twine week}

It's Friday, and the last day of lawn fawn's timeless twine week!

I used their natural twine to create a flat postcard-style card:



I used lawn fawn's large journaling card along with you've got mail and wish you were here.  I also stamped the lined image from schoolhouse backdrops behind the map.



If you've been tuning in all week, the map image has been popular! I always think I'm being original, but I guess great minds think alike. hee.

The postcard is double-sided: I stamped the airmail border on a second journaling card die and adhered it to the back to hide the copic marker bleeding.

Happy weekend, all!

♥.

send it by gingerbread mail... {lawnscaping challenge}

Happy Monday!

It's time for another lawnscaping challenge - time to work on your stash of tags!  (Or, slap a tag on a card, in my case... you know I like to be all "iron chef" in this crafty kitchen...)

I'm sending some sweetness via gingerbread mail.  I used "you've got mail" and mixed it in with some "sweet christmas" to create this card.  (Note:  I used the postage stamp image from PTI's "postmarks" set instead of the one in the lawn fawn set because it was a bit bigger - didn't want to squash little Gingie!")  

Also, who says the holidays have to be all red & green? (me.  I do.  I say it all the time.  But just pretend it's all silence for now...)  I'm rocking my favorite red-blue-white combo here... very airmail appropriate, no?

If you ever decide to CASE this card, do me a favor and make the gingerbread house detachable, will you?  That would have been awesome.  A card & christmas ornament, all in one.  The more creative ideas only come once the glue has been applied... ha.

Remember, no peeking until Christmas!  (That was more for my kids than for you... because, if they're anything like me, they might just sneak around the house, find wrapped presents, artfully and carefully unwrap them to see what's inside, and then re-wrap them so that no one is the wiser... it's possible I may have done that over the period of 5-6 Christmases... *wink*)

I can't wait to see your tag creations!  Link them up to the lawnscaping challenge blog and you could win a prize!  We're being sponsored by lawn fawn this week.

lawn fawn {hearts} me!

yes, I'm tooting my own horn! Awhile back, I won a lawn fawn contest with this card:

After that, Kelly Marie asked if I would create 2 new cards for her to feature on the lawn fawn blog:

Click over to the lawn fawn blog to read more details of what went into the making of these cards!

lawnscaping: sketch challenge

Happy labor day weekend, all!

We have a fantastic sketch for you to work with for lawnscaping challenge #41:

Here is my take:

I rotated the sketch to create this fun airmail-inspired card - complete with matching washi tape :)  The scallop border in the sketch immediately had me reaching for lawn fawn's "belinda's borders" - isn't it a perfect fit?  The mailbox was stuffed with envelopes (from the "you've got mail" set) and each envelope was stamped with a tiny heart from the "love 'n breakfast" set.

I really hope you decide to play along with our challenge!  You could win a prize from Simon Says Stamp!

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!

Retro-sketch #13

Happy Monday morning!  I usually drag my feet on Mondays, but today I woke up with a spring in my step.  I'm having coffee with a friend, and then bringing my son for a visit of his soon-to-be new school.  How do they grow up so fast?  eeek!

Before I'm off, I thought I'd share a card I made using this fantastic sketch from the retro sketches blog:

Honestly, I think the retro sketch blog is my new favorite challenge of the week - it's so fun to see what everyone creates with the same, specific sketch!  If you've never played along, give it a try!

For my take, I turned the sketch sideways and inked up some lawn fawn stamps.  I stamped the postcard image 3 times, and stamped other images from "you've got mail" and "admit one" onto each before sponging the edges and adding some copic coloring.

Instead of the scallop border, I stamped the "air mail" image 3 times onto adhesive paper and hung them off the edge of each postcard.... kind of like a post-it note tab :)

The strip of navy blue/white paper was created by cutting strips of navy cardstock (half an inch wide each) and adhering them to a white cardstock mat.  The over-hanging strips just got trimmed away at the end.

Thanks for peeking!