Lawnscaping Challenge #102: Distress Addicts

Hello friends and Happy Sunday!  Today I have a card to share with you that I made for the current Lawnscaping Challenge.  

 

This challenge is all about adding distress products to your project to create texture.  I have been wanting to try the "bokeh effect" technique for a while and after being inspired by Mandy's card, I thought this effect would be fun for the challenge.  Here is my card:

 

For the background, I used my watercolor brush and added three distress inks (Pickled Raspberry, Spun Sugar, and Squeezed Lemonade) to watercolor paper.  After filling in most of the background, I splattered some water on the background.  Once completely dry, I used some circle stencils that I made from various sizes of round die cuts and randomly colored in areas with white pigment ink to create the "bokeh effect".

I used the same distess inks to color balloons from Lawn Fawn's Party Balloons die set.  I colored and die cut the critters from Lawn Fawn's Happy Easter set. I created an Easter-inspired birthday sentiment using the Quinn's ABCs and Happy Everything stamp sets.  Finishing off the card, I  scattered some sequins from the Pink Lemonade sequin mix by Neat and Tangled. 

I hope you enjoy my card!

-Allison

Lawnscaping 100th Challenge Birthday Celebration!

Hello friends!  Today is a special day! It's Lawnscaping Challenge's 100th challenge if you can believe it!  I have been invited as a special party guest by Design Team Member Elise Constable. Be sure to head on over to the Lawnscaping Blog where you can see ALL of the Design Team projects as well as ALL of our special party guest projects.

I'm beyond excited to be participating in this fun party!  The challenge theme is birthday celebration!

Here is the card I created for the challenge:

I decided to make an underwater birthday scene using Lawn Fawn's "Critters in the Sea" and "Whale you be Mine" stamp sets.  I started by creating an ocean background with some Twinkling H20 watercolor paints.  I used Lawn Fawn's "Stitched Hillside Border" dies to to create a wave-like appearance and to add movement to the scene. 

There are a lot of fantastic crafters participating in this "friendly" celebration, so be sure to check them all out! 

Thanks for stopping by!
~Allison

Lawnscaping Challenge #98: Create a Background

Hello everybody!

I hope anyone up in the Northeast isn't getting hit too hard by the Snowmageddon!  We're just getting a lot of cold rain here in Virginia.  Today I decided to make a Valentine's card for the Lawnscaping Challenge #98. 

This challenge is all about creating a fun background for your cards using stamps.  I made my background by using the Lawn Fawn "Into the Woods" stamp set to create love-themed arrows that are cute enough for Cupid to use!  I stamped the two ends of the arrows slightly separated from each other and then added little pink hearts to the middle of each arrow.  

Then I used the adorable "Sending Hedgehugs" stamp set to create two darling little hedgehogs who are falling in love! I finished it off with the Lawn Fawn "Scripty Love" die cut and "Milo's ABCs" for a custom sentiment.   

Thanks for stopping by!

~Allison 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Have a Heart

Hello everyone!  Today I have a card to share with you that I made for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  This challenge is all about love, which is fitting because I absolutely LOVE my new heart stencil that I used for the card.  

To create the background, I made pink embossing paste with distress inks (Pickled Raspberry and Spun Sugar).  I embossed the heart stencil starting with the darkest shade of pink embossing paste at the top and ending with the lightest shade to create an ombre effect.  

I stamped the postcard on vellum and embossed in white and stamped the sentiment.  I made two small holes on the side of the vellum and used twine to attach the vellum to the background.  After coloring the bunny and umbrella I adhered them to the card with glue.  I finished the card with clear glitter on the umbrella. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely day!

-Allison 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn "You've Got Mail" stamp set

Lawn Fawn "Hello Baby" stamp set and dies

Mama Elephant "Up and Away" stamp set

Simon Says Stamp "Falling Hearts" Stencil

Distress Inks (Pickled Raspberry and Spun Sugar)

Wink of Stella (clear)

Twine

Thanks Snow Much

Hi friends and Happy 2015!  Hope everyone had a great holiday!  I really enjoyed spending time with family and friends, but it is now time to get back to reality.  On a happier note, I have a card to share with you that I made for the current Lawnscaping Challenge #97.

 

The challenge is to design a winter-themed project using some beautiful Pinterest-inspired images.  I love this idea because I'm not ready to put away my holiday stamps yet.  I came up with a playful thank you card perfect for winter:

I started by making the snowy background with distress inks (Faded Jeans and Evergreen Bough).  After inking the background, I used white embossing paste with the Falling Snow stencil. 

I knew I wanted to partially die cut the snowman and bird.  This was my first attempt at partial die cutting (my friend Lizzy has a great video tutorial on this technique) and it was fun!  I can't wait to try it again!

After stamping and coloring the snowman and bird, I embossed the thanks sentiment and snowflakes with iridescent embossing powder to add some shimmer to the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy crafting!

-Allison

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn "Making Frosty Friends" stamp set and dies

Lawn Fawn "Winter Sparrows" stamp set and dies

Lawn Fawn "Stitched Snowflakes" dies

Lawn Fawn "Milo's ABCs" stamp set

Lawn Fawn "Scripty Thanks" die

Simon Says Stamp "Falling Snow" stencil

Judikin's "Iridescent Sparkle" Emobssing Powder

 

 

Merry Christmas Shaker Card

Hello crafty friends!  Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!  Yesterday we had our annual cookie baking day and we had so much fun making Christmas cookies for our friends and family.  This has been a tradition for years and it is so nice that we continue the tradition even with everyone's crazy schedules.  

And our finished product:

 Do you have any fun Christmas traditions?  

Today I have a Christmas shaker card to share with you that I made featuring Lawn Fawn's Winter Sparrows stamp set. 

I started by masking a moon and distressing the background with several different blue distress inks.  I wanted to have a snowy scene, so I used the Falling Snow stencil from Simon Says Stamp with white embossing paste. Sorry the picture is blurry, I had a difficult time getting a clear picture. 

I used the Stitched Rectangle die from Simon Says Stamp as the border for the shaker card.  These dies are perfect for shaker cards.  I just love how the stitched border adds a polished look to the card.  Here's a closer look: 

I'm going to play along with the Christmas challenge going on at the Lawnscaping Blog. 

I'm also entering this card in the Winter Inspiration challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Thanks for coming by and have a great week!

-Allison



 

Merry Christmas Card Featuring Lawn Fawn

Happy weekend everyone!  I cannot believe it is the last weekend before Christmas, crazy!  More unbelievable is that I have finished my shopping and wrapping, and have sent out all of my Christmas cards.  Now it's time to relax and enjoy the holidays!  Today is our annual cookie day with my family and I cannot wait to eat bake Christmas cookies!

I have a card to share that features the bunnies from Lawn Fawn's Snow Day stamp set. 

I started this project by stamping trees from the Let it Snow stamp set (Lawn Fawn) in teal and silver.  I used the Christmas Banner stamp from the White Christmas set (Stampin' Up) as my sentiment for the card. 

I used the Stitched Journaling Card die cut (Lawn Fawn) on a piece of patterned paper from Snow Day Collection to frame the card.  

I added clear Wink of Stella to the trees and red twine to finish the card.  

I'm going to enter this card into the Lawnscaping Challenge #96.  The theme of the challenge is Christmas. 

 

I'm also going to play along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  The challenge this week is "Winter Inspiration".  

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

-Allison

Lawnscaping Challenge #91

Hello friends!  I hope everyone is having a good week so far!  I have a card to share with you that I made for the current Lawnscaping Challenge.  This challenge is all about using patterned paper in the design.

 

I live in Virginia and we had a cold front come in over the weekend which made me want to pull out my winter stamps.  Here is my card:

I made two owls from Lawn Fawn's Winter Owl stamp set.  I thought these owls would be so cute cuddling next to a campfire (Love You S'more - Lawn Fawn).  I wanted to add some color and movement to the scene, so I used patterned paper from Snow Day (Lawn Fawn) for the background, scarves, and sentiment tag.  

The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Snow Day set (which I absolutely LOVE).  I thought the sentiment would go perfectly with the scene and embossed it in white.  I added a few hearts, twine, and glitter to finish the card. 

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

-Allison

Hello Sweet Girl!

Hi friends and Happy Friday!  I hope everyone has something fun planned for this weekend.  I'm off all weekend and plan to spend time in my craft room :)

I made a card with the super adorable Hello Baby stamp set.  

I started by making the background for this card using an embossing folder and gold embossing powder.  I inked up the embossing fold with versamark and ran it through my machine with watercolor paper.  After embossing in gold, I inked the textured areas with Pickled Raspberry and Spun Sugar distress ink and spritzed water for a watercolor effect.

And another view:

I used the same distress inks and gold embossing powder to create the sentiment.  I adhered several of the hello dies together to give more dimension.  Here's a closer look:

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!!

-Allison

You make me happy...

Hello there!  I have another card that I made for the current stars and stripes Lawnscaping Challenge.  

I'm excited to share this card with you because it was inspired by one of my favorite songs and made for my husband.  

This was truly a labor of love :)  I used Milo's ABCs, Quinn's ABCs, Lucky Stars, and Blue Skies (Lawn Fawn) to create the greeting.  I thought different fonts would be fun and playful for this sentiment.  I die cut happy out of the rainbow striped paper from the Hello Sunshine paper pack.  

I added clouds from Bon Voyage stamp set and raindrops from the Hello Baby stamp set (Lawn Fawn) and embossed the images in white.  Hello baby is becoming my all time favorite stamp set...the stamps are so cute and versatile!  To finish it off, I die cut stars and hearts around the sentiment and used clear Wink of Stella to add sparkle.  

Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting!

-Allison

Lawnscaping Challenge #84

Hello strangers!  It has been far too long since I've shared a card with you!  I really love Tracy's beautiful and vibrant card she shared for the current Lawnscaping Challenge and used this for inspiration for the card I created.  I combined two different sets, love you s'more and lucky stars (Lawn Fawn) to make a project with stars in the design.  I'm going to play along with the Lawnscaping Challenge this week.

Here is my card:

 I used shaded lilac, milled lavender, and spun sugar distress stains to create the night sky.  Stains are really fun because they are easy to get creative with and they are very forgiving :)  I also used peeled paint stain for the grass.  I stamped the starry backdrop in silver (hero arts) and then added individual stars around the sentiment.  Here is another look:

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!

-Allison

Hippo Birdie to You!

Hello there and happy weekend!  

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend so far!  I'm just dropping by to share with you a card I made for a birthday party I am going to today.

I'm having so much fun playing with the Hello Sunshine and Let's Polka patterned paper from Lawn Fawn!  It is perfect for summer! 

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!

-Allison

Happy Easter!

Just popping by to wish everyone a very Happy Easter!  I have a card to share with you that I made for today:

I thought an Easter basket would be the perfect space for those cute bunnies.  I made the basket out of circle and rectangle die cuts:

Hope your day is filled with love, laughter, and of course chocolate!  Happy Easter!

-Allison

Happy Spring!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous first day of spring!  I know I am - the sun is shining and the high today will be in the 70s!  I want to share with you a CAS card I made for today:

I just can't get over those sweet bunnies!  Here is another look:

I am going to play along with this week's Lawnscaping Challenge.  The challenge is about making a clean and simple card.

Thanks for coming by and Happy Spring!

-Allison

Anchors Away!

Happy March everyone!  I don't know about you, but I feel like this year is flying by!  Hopefully that means warmer weather will be coming (and staying) soon.  I have a quick card to share with you today that I made for my sister's birthday.  I wanted a simple card with a nautical theme and here is what I came up with:

Can you tell I'm dreaming about warmer weather :)  Here's a look inside:

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting!

-Allison

Love You Tons

Hey Everyone!

Hope you all are having a great week so far!  I have a card to share with you that I made for my hubby for Valentine's Day.  

For this card, I used the Stitched Journaling Card die (Lawn Fawn) to create a background for the scene.  Since the card is for Valentine's Day, I thought it would be fun to have the elephants "peeking out" from hearts.  I colored the journaling card with Distress Paint (Spun Sugar).  I used the largest heart die (Lawn Fawn) to create two openings for the elephants.  I wanted to make the hearts pop, so I made a second journaling card using a brighter Distress Paint (Pickled Raspberry).  I loosely attached the two journaling cards so I could find the perfect spot for the elephants. Once I found the right placement, I taped the edges of the cards together.

To keep with the love theme, I stamped the heart trail from the Bee Mine stamp set (Lawn Fawn) between the elephants.  I made a few smaller hearts from the distressed journaling cards and added them to the scene.  I love the combination of elephants and polka dots, so I layered the card using gray polka dot patterned paper and mounted the scene on kraft cardstock. 

Since I used dots and hearts for this project, I am going to enter the card into the current Lawnscaping Challenge.  

I'm also going to play along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (use Kraft cardstock) for this week.      

Well that's all I have for today.  Thanks for coming by and happy crafting!

-Allison