yetis and sunflowers {new lawn fawn sneaks!}

Welcome back to another day of lawn fawn sneak peeks!  Today I have another 2 cards that clearly do not belong in the same blog post, haha.

Let's start with the sunny sunflower from "our friendship grows":

I cut off half of the petals on a few of the flowers, to make them look like they're angled differently... and added a smiley face from "sunny skies" to brighten things up even more.



I love that sentiment, don't you?  so sweet.  Behind it, and behind the sunflowers, I created a striped background using the highlighter side of my copic marker and a ruler.  To me, that is so much easier than trying to line up a stamp sometimes...



And now, for a something completely different..."yeti, set, go" - it's so cute!



I hand-drew the hills, which means they are imperfect, but I prefer "whimsical," okay?  I stamped and masked and stamped the trees, colored them in and added snowy white and glitter to each one.



It was hard for me to tell if the yeti was hostile or friendly, so I added a heart to his belly.  I feel like the heart makes him all cute and cuddly :)

See what else is new over on the lawn fawn blog today!

we go together like {CSS}

I'm still crushing on these doodle-y frames...



They pair nicely with images from foodie fun, don't they?



I hope you like them!  More to see on Jean Martin's blog and over at CSS.

Have a great day!

corny stuff and typography love {lawn fawn sneak peeks!}

Are you loving the new lawn fawn sets so far?  I get to show off two cards today: something corny, and a new alphabet set!

First up, the new alpha set called "milo's abcs"... just because it's my favorite lawn fawn font so far.  I love the tall, skinny letters.  They are so trendy!

The idea for this card just sort of popped into my head, and oddly enough, I have a few friends who I know would love to get it in the mail:



I hope you are giggling right now, or smirking or something.



For the longest time, I wondered why my favorite blogs featured new fonts by typing out this sentence...



I didn't realize it was the cleverest way to show off all the letters of the alphabet, all at once.  So there you go, all the Milo letters, laid out for you to see.  wink.

My second card is, er, very corny:

Yeesh.  I didn't know I'd be featuring them on the same day - sorry for the abrupt change in lighting.  (In case this would be interesting to you, I took the first card picture outside, on a cloudy day, and this one, with a bounce flash in my basement.  I thought the lighting was more dramatic and cozy... you know... for fall... or thanksgiving stamps... hee)

I colored the background images in very neutral colors, and with quick swipes.  I wanted the copics to look more like watercolors...



Can I just say, the new twine is making me very, very happy.

Check out more over at the lawn fawn blog!

have a sweet day.

Time for another lawnscaping challenge!

I don't usually copy myself, but I had someone ask me for a set similar to *this one.*  Sooo, a 3-D paper-pieced cake, fawnie-style:



I used "bake me a cake," "blissful botanicals," and "bannerific" to create this vintage-y card.  I love that lawn fawn images can take a more elegant turn, depending on how you use them!



A few rolled flowers, with a side-order of cake.



I hope you decide to create something paper-pieced this week!  You could win a prize from lawn fawn:

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bee sweet. {lawn fawn sneaks!}

Are you excited to see new lawn fawn sets?  I can't wait to show them off!



Critters in costume is the cutest set ever!  And what does a bear in a bee costume dream about on halloween night?  Candy corn, of course!



I love his glittery bee wings, and glossy snout.



and speaking of glossy.... mmm.... candy corn.  I have a friend who loves stale candy corn, specifically.  ha.  don't know how I feel about that one.

I hope you like it!  Be sure to check out the lawn fawn blog for more!

you're not ready for this jelly.

aaaand now I'm singing old school Destiny's Child.

and now, so are you :)



It's Clear and Simple Stamps RIR week - that's release in review if you are just tuning in.  We're showing off sets and dies that were released last month to hopefully give you even more inspiration...

Why just gift a plain couple of jam jars when you can dress them up a bit?



Like i said, you're not ready.  But I'm a gift them to you anyways.... hee.



DIY background stamping...

and a couple of jars of homemade jelly.

More to see on the CSS blog!

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for the baker.... a stationery set.

It's group post time over at CSS!  We're showing off stationery sets - one of my very favorite things to craft.... and this one's for your favorite baker friend:



I created a set of cards, kitchen-themed tags, stickers and flags.

I used "let's bake: sentiments" to create my gift - I love that set so much!  The paper-pieced apron got a touch more frilly with an even bigger bow.  I kept it clean and simple, with just a binding of white washi tape for embellishment.



The stickers say "freshly baked" and match the colors of the patterned paper used on the apron and the twine seal.



When I saw this image in the set, I immediately thought of how fun it would be to make tags out of them, and be able to write the recipient's name across the banner, or identify the yummy gift contents...  but the image is too big to fit into any tag shapes that I already have.  I came up with a solution:

I ran the die through my machine like so, only cutting the tag "top" and leaving the rest to dangle outside of the cutting mats.



See?  the bubble top cut, and the rest was trimmed and corner-rounded by hand.

That's all from me, but here are some more paperie clicks for you to enjoy:

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