mother's day (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

Hi there!

Welcome to Lawn Fawn's April inspiration week. Today is our showcase of the Mother's Day Line Border die.



I create a scene of a mommy with her little ducklings, and got the line border to follow the same curve as the grassy hills.



The ducks are from Rub-A-Dub-Dub, the clouds, butterfly and flowers are from Butterfly Kisses. I love mixing a little old and new together!

I hope you like it! Be sure to check out all the inspiration on the LF blog this morning - click!

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hello beautiful (Neat and Tangled release week)

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If you're looking for today's Lawn Fawn post, scroll down or click HERE. I'm pulling double postings all week!

Welcome to day 2 of this month's Neat and Tangled release week! Everything we show you this week will be available for purchase as of Friday morning (April 19th).

Today, we're showing off a 3x4 stamp set called Dream Big. It features a fairy riding a flying goose, and works so well with the previously shown To The Stars. It's right out of a fairy-tale, isn't it?

I created as dreamy a backdrop as I could for the main image, by ink-blending the softest pink haze, and laying a trail of stars beneath the goose.

I layered a few of the puffy clouds from To The Stars, and used a white gel pen to add some white dotted accents to the background layer.



I hope you like it! Don't forget to leave me a comment before you go! Danielle will choose a random comment from among all of the design team's posts this week - the winner will be awarded a $25 store gift card!

And be sure to check out what the rest of the design team did with this set - click!

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upside-down raindrops (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to another day of this month's inspiration week! Today, we're showing off the Rainy Backdrop. This is a card that I made way back for sneak peek week in January, but I'll show it off again:

I turned the raindrops upside down - i was thinking they looked more like underwater bubbles that way?

I did some ink blending on the raindrops layer, keeping it darker towards the bottom.

The whale is from Get Well Before 'n Afters, the sending hugs sign is from Open Me, and I finished the design with the Feel Better Line Border.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the Lawn Fawn blog today - click!

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to the stars (Neat and Tangled release week)

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If you're looking for today's Lawn Fawn post, scroll down or click HERE. I'm pulling double postings for the rest of the week!

Welcome to April's Neat and Tangled release week. We tease you with the new collection for a few days until it hits the store on Friday morning (April 19th.)

On day 1, we're showing off a set that I illustrated, called To The Stars. I've been wanting to do a fairy set for a long time, but I've seen enough cute garden fairy sets to steer clear of that kind and go a more celestial route.

This set features 3 fairies, a few puffy clouds, a constellation and the cutest moon.

I perched the daintiest fairy atop the moon, and positioned a few clouds and constellations all around. Using the oval dies from the Card Front Designs die set, I created an aperture to house all of the focal images. I love that by nesting the oval dies together, I could create a thin frame. I love little finishing touches like that!

To color the clouds and the moon, I opted for light greys (Copic markers T0, T1) since I used a night-sky patterned paper. You guys, I think this is my last scrap of this paper. I have been hoarding it for so long! I wish I knew who made it and where I could get some more!

To get different sizes of constellations, I simply snipped off a star or 2. Easy peasy. In the stamp set, I also included a lone star and a tiny line image - you could create a whole backdrop of unique constellations! 

I love the sentiment included in the set. Originally, I included the usual "love you to the stars" but my good friend Bethany suggested I go PAST the stars - so magical!

I hope you like this new set! Stayed tuned for a smaller, companion set that will debut tomorrow!  Be sure to check out the NT blog this morning (click!). 

GIVEAWAY: before you go, leave me a comment! Danielle will choose a lucky winner from among all of the design team's blogs this week. On Friday morning she will announce the winner of a $25 store gift card. Good luck!

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Let's taco 'bout it (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to Lawn Fawn's April inspiration week. We're taking a closer look at some sets and dies from the spring collection. Today, we're showing off Year Nine, Lawn Fawn's 9th birthday set!

I colored the taco, put a party hat on him, a candle in front of him and called it a party. I stamped the confetti image behind the taco, on a layer of kraft-colored cardstock.



I never knew a taco could be so stinkin' cute! To finish off the card, I heat embossed the sentiments into one of the new Wavy Banners.

Check out the Lawn Fawn blog this morning for more design team inspiration - click!

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Storms and rainbows (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

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Welcome to this month's Lawn Fawn inspiration week! Today we're showing off Rain Or Shine Before 'n Afters.

I did some ink blending to create 2 separate vignettes.



Once I blended the greys and blues to my liking, I splatters on some white paint before stamping the cluster of stormy raindrops. To the clouds, I added a bit of grey shading (copic marker T0) and a sad face. I simply wiped the ink off the smile and stamped the eyes and then did the inverse so that I could stamp that smile upside down.



I stamped and colored more clouds to go behind the rainbow, but shading them in a light blue here (copic marker B000.)

I heat-embossed the sentiments onto black cardstock and snipped them out.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the LF blog this morning - click!

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Charge me up! (Lawn Fawn light-up card kit)

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Lawn Fawn has something fun going on: A light-up card making kit, in collaboration with Chibitronics!



The kit comes with an exclusive stamp set, matching dies, and everything you need to charge them up! You even get a template and a set of step-by-step instructions. With this kit, you'll be able to make 2 light-up cards, and a ton more using the sweet robot stamp set.

I kept my card embarrassingly simple, since I was a little intimidated by the light-up aspect! It turns out, however, that it's all pretty simple! I create a robot couple that gets all charged up whenever they're together. awwww!

I hope you like it! There are more charged-up creations on the Lawn Fawn blog this morning, and for the next few days too - click!

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