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Lawnscaping Challenge #76 - Dust 'em off! - Entry No. 2: Thanks for Being my Friend

Hi there, I'm back with a second entry to Lawnscaping's Dust 'em off challenge!

 

 

 

For this card, I dusted off my unused Critters in the Dog Park stamp set and my slightly used Belinda's Borders stamp set. I made a *mostly* one-layer card again, using the masking technique again to make some scalloped grass for the doggies to lay in. How have I not yet used this dog set?! - it's adorable!

After I stamped out my scene, I used my masks again to protect my images while I inked up the sky. I then colored everything with my new Spectrum Noir markers. Although the scene looked really cute to me, it still needed a bit more. So, I dusted off some clouds and a sun that I'd fussy cut months and months and months ago (left over from a previous project) and also found a smiling heart and a cute little bow that I'd already fussy cut out a while ago, and I thought it would look really sweet on one of the dogs. For a final touch, I used some black enamel to make the doggies' noses shiny and dimensional and used my clear Wink of Stella glitter brush on the sun. I love this sweet card!

 

 SUPPLIES USED:

 

Crafter's Companion ESSENTIALS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-ESSEN6	Crafter's Companion WARM GREYS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-WARM6	Crafter's Companion GREENS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-GREEN6	Crafter's Companion BROWNS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-BROWN6
Crafter's Companion YELLOWS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-YELLOW6	Martha Stewart 1" CIRCLE PUNCH Paper Craft	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL Applicator Foam	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING FOAM REFILLS
Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS	Lawn Fawn BELINDA'S BORDERS Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn CRITTERS AT THE DOG PARK Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn HANDMADE WITH LOVE Clear Stamp	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool	Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	Martha Stewart Precision Scissors
Ranger ENAMEL ACCENTS Black White Opaque Dimensional Glaze Inkssentials	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker

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Lawnscaping Challenge #76 - Dust 'em off! - Entry No. 1: Sending Love

Happy Saturday, everyone! I'm about to spend the better part of today getting my lecture recital proposal ready to submit for my DMA degree, but first I wanted to share a card that I made for the current Lawnscaping Challenge which involves "dusting off" some supplies we've had sitting around but not used in a while. I love this challenge!

 

 

For this card, I decided to dust off my Flutter by Lawn Fawn stamp set. I think a bunch of us have dusted off this set, and with all of the snow many of us have been dealing with, it seems we're all looking forward to seeing some flowers and butterflies! I've had this set for a while and just have not used it enough. Another set I dug out of my stash for this card was Grand Greetings - I can't remember the last time I used it!

I also "dusted off" a technique I haven't used in a while - masking! I tend to always be fussy cutting and popping up my elements for dimension, so it was really fun to create a one layer card, something I hardly ever do.

I did all the stamping first, and then I went back and used my masks to cover up my stamping so I could ink a clouded background with my Tumbled Glass distress ink (my favorite for a clear blue sky.)

 

 

Next, I decided to try out my new Spectrum Noir markers for the first time! As you can see, unlike the Copic markers, the Spectrum Noir's do create a little bleeding with the stamped images (I use the Momento Tuxedo Black ink which works perfectly with my Copics.) So after messing up a bunch of leaves, I had to be way more careful to color inside the lines of the flowers. So, that's the one big drawback I found with the Spectrum Noir's.

After coloring everything, I used a white gel pen to add dots to my butterflies and my beloved clear Wink of Stella glitter pen to add sparkle to the butterfly wings and flowers.

I am in LOVE with this card! I think it turned out so pretty!

 

 

 

SUPPLIES USED:

ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL Applicator Foam	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING FOAM REFILLS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS
Lawn Fawn HANDMADE WITH LOVE Clear Stamp	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool	Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	Lawn Fawn FLUTTER BY Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn GRAND GREETINGS Clear Stamps	Crafter's Companion GREENS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-GREEN6	Crafter's Companion PINKS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-PINKS6	Crafter's Companion YELLOWS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-YELLOW6
Crafter's Companion ESSENTIALS Spectrum Noir Markers SPECN-ESSEN6

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Lawnscaping Challenge No. 74: INSPIRED BY a Lawnscaping DT Member - Yainea

Greetings!! I have a goal this year to enter every single Lawnscaping Challenge! So far, I'm 2/2 - yay! This challenge is a bit different than normal - we've been requested to make a card inspired by any of the Lawnscaping Design Team members.

 

 

Part of the reason I've waited until the last minute to make my card is that it was so hard to decide which design team member to choose - they're all so great and so different. In the end, I decided that since Yainea's cards have always inspired and amazed me, I'd try to create something in Yainea's style (I hope I succeeded!)

While more closely examining Yainea's cards, I noticed that she's a master with layers and embellishments! (Check out this card and this card.) Her layering is fantastic and looks effortless.

Yainea also often creates her own backgrounds with stamps and mixes those in with her patterned papers (as in this card.)

She also uses circle cutouts in a lot of her cards, whether using the open circle as a window (as in this card and this card) or using the circle as a backdrop to highlight an image (as in this card.)

Yainea almost always uses some kind of ribbon or twine, with or without a button (as in this card) and, in many of her cards you'll notice that Yainea likes to cut out her images and pop them up to create additional dimension and layer.

Needless to say, there are so many elements of Yainea's cards that pique my interest, and these above are only some examples of the fabulous techniques she uses, and it was these examples combined that I used as inspiration for my card.

Here's the card I came up with! I was excited to use the new Science of Love set with those cute little birds! So cute!!!

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Copic MINI PACK 70 LB Marker Paper 4.25 x 5.5	Copic Sketch Marker R24 PRAWN Red	Copic Sketch Marker R29 LIPSTICK RED	Copic Sketch Marker RV23 PURE PINK
Copic Sketch Marker RV21 LIGHT PINK	Copic Sketch Marker Y19 NAPOLI YELLOW	Zots SMALL Clear Adhesive 300 Dots	Ranger Archival Ink Pad COFFEE
Recollections® 12" x 12" Value Pack Cardstock Paper - Essentials	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators	Lawn Fawn HOME SWEET HOME Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn A BIRDIE TOLD ME Lawn Cuts Dies	Lawn Fawn HANDMADE WITH LOVE Clear Stamp	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool	Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK
Nestabilities STANDARD CIRCLE LARGE Spellbinders	Spellbinders Grand Calibur	Martha Stewart Precision Scissors	Tombow 3D FOAM TABS Adhesive
Lawn Fawn MILO'S ABC's Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn PEACE JOY LOVE Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack	Lawn Fawn WOODGRAIN BACKDROPS Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn A BIRDIE TOLD ME Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn HAPPILY EVER AFTER Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn INTO THE WOODS Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn SCIENCE OF LOVE Lawn Cuts Dies	Lawn Fawn SCIENCE OF LOVE Clear Stamps
Jenni Bowlin Chewing Gum Dye Ink Pad	Jenni Bowlin Dye Ink Pad, Cough Syrup

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Lawnscaping Challenge #73 - Let's Party! ~ Happy Belated Birthday!

Happy (belated) New Year, everybody! Welcome to my first blog post of 2014! What better way to get a belated start to blogging in the new year than a post featuring a belated birthday card?! Despite my best intentions, I never seem to get my birthday cards made in time for someone's actual birthday. Nevertheless, belated cards are better than no cards, right? I'm all about extending birthday celebrations as long as they can possibly be stretched out (I LOVE birthdays!) - plus, when the card finally does arrive, it's unexpected. Well, the first Lawnscaping Challenge of 2014 is to make a birthday card, so I had the perfect excuse to finally make a card for a very special friend and now I can send her package off in the mail finally! (By the way - Lawn Fawn is celebrating their fourth anniversary of business this month, yay!)

 

 

Since I was making a belated birthday card, I obviously had to dig out Lawn Fawn's year 2 belated birthday stamp set with the cute little turtle. I think my friend will be quite happy to get this card in the mail soon!

 

 

SUPPLIES USED:

Copic MINI PACK 70 LB Marker Paper 4.25 x 5.5	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker	COPIC Multiliner Set Fine, Black, 4pc	Copic Sketch Marker RV23 PURE PINK
Copic Sketch Marker R24 PRAWN Red	Zots 3D YELLOW BOX Clear Adhesive 200 Dots	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4" Adhesive Glue Gun	3M Scotch ACID FREE 1/4" x 36 Yard REFILL Advance Tape Glider Rolls
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool	Lawn Fawn PINK LEMONADE Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack	Bright Side Petite Paper Pack (Lawn Fawn)
Lawn Fawn DAPHNE'S CLOSET Petite 6x6 Paper Pack	Lawn Fawn INTO THE WOODS Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack	Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	Lawn Fawn ADMIT ONE Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn SAY CHEESE Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn SAY CHEESE Lawn Cuts Die	Lawn Fawn YEAR TWO Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn HANDMADE WITH LOVE Clear Stamp
Spellbinders Grand Calibur	Martha Stewart Precision Scissors	Copic Sketch Marker YG03 YELLOW GREEN

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Lawnscaping Winter Blog Hop 2013!

Hello everyone and welcome to my part of the Lawnscaping 2013 Winter Blog Hop! I am so excited to be participating - this is my second blog hop with Lawnscaping and the first one I did was so much fun! I loved seeing everyone's cards and visiting so many new blogs. I hope you are as inspired with everyone's creations as I always am.

You should have arrived here from Elena J's blog. You can find the complete blog hop list back at the Lawnscaping blog.

The theme of this hop is winter. For the background of my card, I had fun trying out something new for me, which was using double sided tape and glitter. I just love how it turned out - so festive! Red and white stripes always come to my mind in winter because of candy canes and peppermints. I then used white embossing powder to create the snowy texture and decided that I'd have penguins who've just built a snowman. Everything about this card screams winter to me, plus, who doesn't love penguins - especially penguins with googly eyes!?!?!? I had so much fun making this card and hope you love it as much as I do!

 

 

Next on the hop is Grá O'Neill. Be sure to leave comments on all the blog hop posts - there are lots of fun prizes to be won!!! All information about the hop and prizes can be found on the Lawnscaping Blog. You have until 11:59 pm on Sunday, December 15 to leave a comment to be eligible for a prize. Have fun hopping and have a fabulous weekend!

 

SUPPLIES:

American Crafts 1/4 INCH Super Sticky Tape Adhesive	Martha Stewart Crafts Fine Glitter, Garnet, 1-1/2 Ounces	Stampendous DETAIL WHITE Fine Opaque Embossing Powder	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4" Adhesive Glue Gun
3M Scotch ACID FREE 1/4" x 36 Yard REFILL Advance Tape Glider Rolls	Martha Stewart HEATING TOOL	Ranger Archival Ink Pad COFFEE	Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool	Spellbinders Grand Calibur	Martha Stewart Precision Scissors
Lawn Fawn STITCHED JOURNALING CARD Lawn Cuts Dies	Lawn Fawn HANDMADE WITH LOVE Clear Stamp	Lawn Fawn MAKING FROSTY FRIENDS Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn MAKING FROSTY FRIENDS Lawn Cuts Dies
Lawn Fawn LET IT SNOW Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn FROSTIES Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn CRITTERS IN THE SNOW Clear Stamps	Lawn Fawn A BIRDIE TOLD ME Lawn Cuts Dies
ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER RED Brush Tip Marker	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER ORANGE Brush Tip Marker	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER BLACK Brush Tip Marker	ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER YELLOW Brush Tip Marker
ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker	COPIC Multiliner Set Fine, Black, 4pc	Copic MINI PACK 70 LB Marker Paper 4.25 x 5.5	Ranger Inkssentials EMBOSS IT CLEAR INK PAD Embossing

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Lawn Fawn CHA Catalogue Challenge 2014

Lawn Fawn is holding their annual challenge to have our cards featured both at their booth at the next CHA convention and also in their next catalogue! I've decided to enter this thank you card, which I think features their stamps quite nicely :)  Wish me luck!

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Lawn Fawn MANY THANKS Clear Stamps	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4" Adhesive Glue Gun	3M Scotch ACID FREE 1/4" x 36 Yard REFILL Advance Tape Glider Rolls	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool
Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	Martha Stewart HEATING TOOL	COPIC Multiliner Set Fine, Black, 4pc
Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL Applicator Foam	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING FOAM REFILLS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BARN DOOR	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Ranger SUMMER	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN	Lawn Fawn TEENY TINY BACKDROPS Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn STITCHED JOURNALING CARD Lawn Cuts Dies	Spellbinders HEXAGONS Nestabilities Dies

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Lawnscaping Challenge #69 - Sentiments - A Little Note of Thanks

Good evening, my friends!

I was finally able to sit down and make a card for the current Lawnscaping Challenge, which closes in just over an hour! This time around we were challenged to make the sentiment the focus of our card.

 

 

I absolutely LOVE the card that I came up with! I didn't overthink this one, I knew exactly what I wanted to do and I just sat down and created exactly what was in my mind. For those of you who don't know, my husband and I are both professional musicians - I'm a flutist, he's a tenor - and we've got lots of musician friends. This will be the perfect card time and time again. I'm definitely going to reproduce this card, make it into sets - with coordinating rainbow colored envelopes and all - to sell in my etsy shop that I will open once I'm done with my coursework! I love this card and hope you do, too!

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Lawn Fawn MANY THANKS Clear Stamps	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4" Adhesive Glue Gun	3M Scotch ACID FREE 1/4" x 36 Yard REFILL Advance Tape Glider Rolls	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool
Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK	Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	Martha Stewart HEATING TOOL	COPIC Multiliner Set Fine, Black, 4pc
Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL Applicator Foam	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING FOAM REFILLS	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BARN DOOR	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MUSTARD SEED	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Ranger SUMMER	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN	Lawn Fawn TEENY TINY BACKDROPS Clear Stamps
Lawn Fawn STITCHED JOURNALING CARD Lawn Cuts Dies	Spellbinders HEXAGONS Nestabilities Dies

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Paper Smooches SPARKS Trend Watch Challenge - Stripes

Hieveryone! I'm finally back to share another card with you all! After a very busy start to November, I finally had the weekend free to craft, so I decided to enter the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge, to make a card featuring stripes.

 

 

I wasn't really feeling this inspiration photo, but all that was required was to use stripes, so that I did. Here is my card, made for my hubby of four months. We had a nautical theme for our wedding, so this card is perfect and can even pass as a masculine card!

 

SUPPLIES:

Paper Smooches SMOOCHEROOS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	Paper Smooches BORDERS 1 Wise Dies Kim Hughes	Copic Sketch Marker R29 LIPSTICK RED	Copic Sketch Marker Y19 NAPOLI YELLOW
Stampendous DETAIL WHITE Fine Opaque Embossing Powder	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4" Adhesive Glue Gun	3M Scotch ACID FREE 1/4" x 36 Yard REFILL Advance Tape Glider Rolls	Recollections® 12" x 12" Value Pack Cardstock Paper - Essentials
Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators	Lawn Fawn HANDMADE WITH LOVE Clear Stamp	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool
Spellbinders Grand Calibur	Martha Stewart Precision Scissors	Glitz 8 x 8 UNCHARTED WATERS Paper Pack 10144 Nautical 2013	Martha Stewart HEATING TOOL
Spellbinders Nestabilities CLASSIC OVAL SMALL	Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad NAUTICAL BLUE

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A Memory Box For a Special Furry Friend

Hello, friends!

Today I have a wonderful project to share with you, although the circumstances in which the project came about are heartbreaking. My good friend, Morgann, and I bonded instantly this past summer partially over the fact that both of out cats were named Samson! Our friendship is really a purrfect match! Sadly, a few weeks ago, Morgann's Samson became very ill, seemingly very suddenly, with what was either liver disease or cancer. It happened so fast and, unfortunately, she needed to make the tough decision to say goodbye to her beloved furry friend just one week after she learned he was sick, that's how quickly his condition deteriorated. Anyone who has shared this type of special bond knows how difficult it is to say goodbye - especially so unexpectedly. I made this special memory box for Morgann so she'll remember that her Samson will always be watching over her from kitty heaven.

 

A Cute Chalkboard Halloween Card

Good morning, friends! This morning I'd like to share a cute Halloween card that I put together last night. What's great about this card is that I took something that started out as a mistake and created something wonderful with it!

If you've been following my last few posts, you know that I've been digging through my leftovers/scraps from last year's cards to see what I can create with them. Well, I found a black cardstock base that I had attempted to white emboss and failed miserably. I'm not sure what went wrong, since I emboss all the time, it might have been that I had put the sticky embossing powder on and then forgot to add a glitter or whatever I had had planned before heat setting. Anyhow, I held onto it even though I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it.

Enter this year's chalkboard trend! Up until now, I've enjoyed this trend from afar, but when I dug this emboss-fail piece out, the chalkboard look immediately popped into my mind - it was like that little light bulb turned on and I said "Aha!" I thought my mistake resembled the chalkboard look, so I just took out my white ink pad and a dry baby wipe and smudged a little ink on it to get that messy, erased look, and voila - I had the perfect base for my critters!

Last week I spent a couple of days stamping, embossing and fussy cutting some Lawn Fawn critters onto some fun Halloween-themed Authentique paper. (I've got a ton to make cards with, so you'll be seeing lots of these!) Don't they look absolutely adorable on my card?

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Lawn Fawn HEEBIE JEEBIES Clear Stamps Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps, Happy Haunting Ranger Stickles ORANGE PEEL Glitter Glue Lawn Fawn CRITTERS IN COSTUME Clear Stamps Lawn Fawn CRITTERS IN THE FOREST Clear Stamps Authentique 6 x 6 THRILLING Paper Pad 3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4" Adhesive Glue Gun 3M Scotch ACID FREE 1/4" x 36 Yard REFILL Advance Tape Glider Rolls Recollections® 12" x 12" Value Pack Cardstock Paper - Essentials Martha Stewart HEATING TOOL Ranger STICKY Embossing Powder Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD Lawn Fawn TRICK OR TREAT Clear Stamps Lawn Fawn HOPPY HALLOWEEN Clear Stamps Lawn Fawn HANDMADE WITH LOVE Clear Stamp Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool Tsukineko MEMENTO Full Size Ink Pad TUXEDO BLACK Clearsnap Colorbox FROST WHITE INK PAD Pigment Stamp Martha Stewart Precision Scissors

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