Lawnscaping Challenge: Critters Galore!

September 22, 2014March 18, 20153 Comments

Hi, everybody! Just popping in tonight to share my card for the current Lawnscaping challenge, which is themed “Critters Galore”!

My take on this challenge was to mirror-stamp the new “Winter Penguin” and create a skating scene for him and a penguin pal!

The papers are from Lawn Fawn’s “Snow Day” and “Peace Joy Love” petite paper packs:

For all of the details on this challenge, and to link up your entry before the Wednesday, September 24 deadline, visit the Lawnscaping challenge blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you’re having a wonderful week so far!

Hugs,

Lawnscaping Challenge: One Layer Card

September 3, 2014March 18, 20155 Comments

Hi, everybody! Hope you are having a good week so far! I’m playing along with the current Lawnscaping challenge, which is to make a one-layer card.

My order with the new Lawn Fawn stamp sets came in yesterday, so I started playing with them! As you’ve probably noticed with other cards I make, one of my favorite techniques is creating a scene with masking, which is perfect for this challenge!

Except for the grass stamp, all of the stamps I used are from the brand-new “Spooktacular” set. You’ll find the grass stamp in “Critters at the Dog Park“.

I created the background by masking off all the stamped images and sponging on a few shades of purple ink. Then, I colored the images and heat-embossed the sentiment.

I would have liked the embossing to be sharper, but that’s my fault…I didn’t let the background ink dry long enough. I think that I’ll stamp the sentiment before creating the background when I try this technique again.

Here’s another look at the card so you can see it’s only one layer:

For all of the details on this challenge, or to link up your entry before the deadline (Wednesday, September 10th), stop by the Lawnscaping Challenge blog! And while you’re there, check out what the DT made for the challenge…there’s lots of fun, one-layer inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Lawnscaping Challenge: Add Texture

August 18, 2014March 18, 20155 Comments

Hi, crafty friends! I’m playing along with the new Lawnscaping challenge, which is to add texture to your card or project! This week’s challenge is sponsored by Lawn Fawn Stamps!

At first, I thought about using an embossing folder for texture, but after pulling out my Lawn Fawn stamps and flipping through them to pick what sets I would use, I came across the “Yeti, Set, Go” set and was inspired to make a “pettable” yeti by stamping on felt.

I used Staz-On ink to stamp on white felt for most of the yeti’s fur, and a small piece of teal felt for his tummy. I trimmed the felt and glued both pieces on another yeti that I stamped on card stock. I stamped the yeti again, colored in his face, trimmed it and glued it on top of the felt.

Here’s a close-up look at the yeti. You can see the dimension of the felt on the card stock. I also added texture with gloss medium on some hearts stamped from Lawn Fawn’s “Happy Feast” and “Critters Ever After” sets. To make textured snow, I added some chunky glitter glue to a strip of paper. It wasn’t quite dry when I took the picture, so I went back and used mini glue dots to adhere his feet to the snow.

Here’s the graphic for this challenge, which ends on Wednesday, August 27. You can find all of the challenge details and inspiration from the Lawnscaping Design Team at the Lawnscaping blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your week is off to a great start!

Hugs,

Back To School with the Lawnscaping Challenge!

August 10, 2014March 18, 20151 Comment

Hi, crafty friends! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I’m stopping in today to share my entry for the current Lawnscaping challenge! The theme is “Back to School”, and even though I don’t have any little ones (or big ones) heading off to school soon, I made this bookmark:

I used papers from the “Into the Woods” 6×6 Petite Paper Pad, the “Winter Owl” stamp, the small graduation cap from the “So Much To Say” set, and the sentiment comes from the “Science of Love” stamp set. I made my own cork reinforcement and tassel to finish off the bookmark.

For more details on this challenge, and to link up your entry, please visit the Lawnscaping Challenge blog!

I’ll be back on Tuesday with a post at the Sweet Stamp Shop blog, and the newest digis from Some Odd Girl Stamps! Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope your week is off to a great start!

Lawnscaping Challenge: Watercoloring

July 26, 2014March 18, 20153 Comments

Hi, everybody! Hope you’re having a great weekend! I’m stopping in today to share my card for the latest Lawnscaping challenge! This week’s challenge is sponsored by Lawn Fawn Stamps, and the theme is watercoloring. I haven’t done much watercoloring for a while, but I am glad I challenged myself!

I created a watercolor effect with the solid flower stamps in Lawn Fawn’s “Let’s Roll” set. First, I inked the flowers with a water-based dye ink, thinned the ink with a water brush, then stamped the flowers onto some slightly-textured natural paper.

I stamped the chopsticks on kraft card stock, stamped and colored the sushi rolls on white card stock, and stamped the sentiment on black card stock with watermark ink, then heat embossed opaque white powder over the stamped sentiment.

For all of the details on this challenge, and to link up your entry, stop by the Lawnscaping Challenge blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I’ll be back on Tuesday with the new digi stamp release from Some Odd Girl Stamps! See you then!

Lawnscaping Challenge #85: Summer Color

July 15, 2014March 18, 20154 Comments

Hi, everybody! I’m back to share my entry for the current challenge at the Lawnscaping Challenge blog, which is a color combo challenge (blue, orange, and yellow)!

Here’s my take! I used stamps from Lawn Fawn’s “Into the Woods” “Swimsuit Season“, “Make Lemonade“, and “Jessie’s ABCs” sets! I made the fox’s sunglasses by stamping the capital O from the alpha set sideways, coloring them in and connecting the two ovals with a black pen.

Here’s a look at the colors for this challenge, which is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp:

For all of the details, to check out the other entries, or to link up your own, stop by the Lawnscaping Challenge blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Lawnscaping Challenge: Try a New Technique!

April 9, 2014March 18, 20156 Comments

Hi, everybody! Today, I’m sharing my card for the new Lawnscaping Challenge! The theme for this one is “try a new technique”, and it was certainly a challenge to find a new technique!

I decided on “bokeh stamping”. Bokeh backgrounds are a pretty hot trend in photography, and it’s based on the way the camera lens interprets out of focus points of light. Some photographers add shaped filters on the lens to change the blurred lights to stars, hearts, snowflakes or other shapes they love.

You can find LOTS of examples of bokeh photos on Pinterest, and I found some great examples of bokeh-inspired stamping HERE.

My card features the unicorn and a sentiment from Lawn Fawn’s “Critters Ever After” set, and I used the solid star stamp from the “Summertime Charm” set to create the bokeh effect.