Lawnscaping Challenge No. 51: Be My Valentine!

Dear Reader,

I am back with another Lawnscaping Challenge entry.  This time it's all about Valentine's...Lawnscaping Challenge No. 51: Be My Valentine! 

I was inspired by the circle of hearts in the right hand corner and the colors of white, pink and chocolate.  Here is what I came up with:

 

 

I started out by cutting hearts from white tissue paper that I then spritzed with pink spray.  I arranged them on a piece of white cardstock and stamped the heart from Bee Mine on each heart.  I added some gold thread to the center and finished the heart flower with a gold embossed heart.  I stamped the herringbone/chevron stamp from Interlocking Backdrops in pale pink and stamped happy valentine's from Happy Everything in brown ink.  I then shook drops of pink and white spray onto the entire panel.  I adhered it all to the piece of chocolate brown cardstock gold embossed with the heart border from Belinda's Borders.

That's it from me tonight.  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope your Valentine's day is filled with a whole lot of love and chocolate.

Happy creating,
Shay.

happy valentine's card
Supplies:
Stamps: Bee Mine, Belinda's Borders,  Happy Everything and Interlocking Backdrops, Lawn Fawn
Ink: VersaMark, Tsukineko; chewing gum and cough syrup, Jenni Bowlin for Ranger; cup o' joe mid-tone shadow ink, Hero Arts
Cardstock: dark chocolate, Papertrey Ink; white, Georgia Pacific
Other: detail metallic gold embossing powder, JudiKins; pink baloon Sprinklers, October Afternoon; calico white Mister Huey's Color Mists, Studio Calico; gold thread; white tissue paper; dimensional adhesive

Winter Wonderland: Lawnscaping Challenge No. 50

Dear Reader,

I am making a last minute entry into the Lawnscaping Challenge No. 50 Winter Wonderland.  Lawn Fawn is adorable and the ladies of Lawnscaping are adorable so how could I not be motivated to make something?

I also realized that this little number is going to be entered into Moxie Fab World's Make a Card with a Window Challenge (Challenge No. 60).  Love when these sort of serendipitous occurrences happen!

I am suddenly back into embossing and putting my embossing folder collection to work!  This morning I saw a video by My Craft Channel about embossing acetate and decided to give it a whirl.

Here is the card I cooked up:

Because I added dimensional adhesive behind the little reindeer you can see the white from inside the card, but it still looks pretty cute.  The gold embossing on the reindeer doesn't really show up too well...in real life it is a sweet little touch all colored in with Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

Perhaps you can see the gold a bit better here as well as the scene behind the acetate:

I used Let It Snow and Critters in the Snow by Lawn Fawn for this little number with lots of white embossing powder and Versamark on some unusual choices of paper from Basic Grey's Soleil 6x6 paper pad and the wood grain from Studio Calico's Heyday 6x6 paper pad.  With some additions of a Spellbinder's circle Nestabilities die and winter themed Cuttlebug embossing (I did sand it lightly to help the pattern show a bit better).

Here is a little better view of the embossed acetate:

And a last look at the card:

I am bit pressed for time so that's it from me tonight.

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit!

Happy creating,
Shay.

Let It Snow Snowglobe Card
Supplies:
Stamps: Let It Snow and Critters in the Snow, Lawn Fawn
Ink: Versamark, Tsuineko
Cardstock: Georgia Pacific
Patterned Paper: Soleil 6x6 paper pad, Basic Grey; Heyday 6x6 paper pad, Studio Calico
Other: opaque white embossing powder and detail metallic gold embossing powder, JudiKins; Tim Holtz Distress Markers, Ranger Ink; Corner Chomper, We R Memory Keepers; circle Nestabilities die, Spellbinders; embossing folder, Cuttlebug; acetate from packaging

Let's Party: Lawnscaping Challenge No. 49

Dear Reader,

In the effort to thicken my skin, push myself out of my comfort zone, develop my skills and use some of the new Lawn Fawn stamps I received for the holidays, I am entering a Lawnscaping Challenge for the first time.  That and I have been meaning to do it for ages now because it features adorable and clever projects. 

Lawnscaping Challenge No. 49 is all about celebrating Lawnscaping's birthday.

My inspiration came from the movie "Up" which I happen to love.  What is more fun than a house with a huge amount of pretty balloons allowing it to float in the sky? 

My color scheme came from a patterned paper from Studio Calico's (along with Tim and Beck aka Sassafras) Heyday 6x6 paper pad.  I stamped the house in brown sugar by Jenni Bowlin for Ranger from Sweet Christmas and then colored in sections of the house using Distress Markers. 

For the background I stamped a piece of white cardstock with the clouds from Sunny Skies in speckled egg by Jenni Bowlin for Ranger.  For a paler color on the background I stamped all the clouds after stamping off on a piece of scrap paper.  The scallop border is a border from Belinda's Borders that I felt mimiced the scallop design found on the patterned paper of the house that I stamped in brown sugar by Jenni Bowlin for Ranger on a piece of Crush paper from Studio Calico's Heyday collection.  I adhered it to the back of the cloud paper.

The balloons from Admit One are colored in with Distress Markers and highlighted a bit with a white Signo Uniball pen.  I like how the coloring looks streaky which somehow reminds me of a real balloon.  I attached the balloons to the card and drew in strings with my vintage photo Distress Marker.  I adhered the house on with foam adhesive.

The cloud panel was then adhered to a piece of orange cardstock (Stampin' Up! I believe).  The sentiment is from Sophie's Sentiments that I embossed using Tsukineko's VersaMark ink and opaque white embossing powder by JudiKins.

Here is a little more of a detailed shot of the card.  I think it turned out pretty cute and could work as an invitation or a birthday card (or any sort of celebratory event in fact).

 Happy birthday, Lawnscaping and I hope you enjoy many more years of challenges to come!

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit.

Happy creating,

Shay.

Let's Celebrate card

Supplies:

Stamps: Sweet Christmas, Sunny Skies, Belinda's Borders, Admit One, Sophie's Sentiments, Lawn Fawn

Ink: speckled egg and brown sugar, Jenni Bowlin for Ranger; VersaMark, Tsukineko

Cardstock: white, Georgia Pacific; orange, Stampin' Up!

Patterned Paper: Crush from Heyday collection and Heyday 6x6 paper pad, Studio Calico

Other: Tim Holtz Distress Markers, Ranger; white Signo pen, Uniball; opaque white embossing powder, JudiKins; foam adhesive, American Crafts