Last Minute Mother's Day Cards!

Not quite sure how May crept up on me and that tomorrow is Mother's Day!  YIKES!!  I got some last minute orders from work which calls for quick and easy Mother's Day cards.  I had to pull out my Lawn Fawn stash because they've been poorly neglected.

Let's start with card #1

Some pattern paper (no time to color!) and Lawn Fawn's Best Pun Ever is the star of this card.  Created a little window with a scalloped square and voila!

Card #2

I went cutesy with this one using Lawn Fawn's Gleeful Gardens and Stitched Oval Stackable dies.  Lawn Fawn inks and sequins were the finishing touch and copics were used to quickly color the shrooms and grass.

Card #3

Don't you love that scripty mom font?  When you are running out of time, Lawn Fawn inks save the day!  I used Lawn Fawn's Penelope's Blossoms inked in Lawn Fawn Yeti pigment.  To give the blooms color I went over the Yeti ink with Lawn Fawn inks in Wild Rose, Sunflower, Carrot, Jalapeno, Celery Stick, Merman and Fresh Lavender.  Popped up the craft cardstock on some pattern paper that matched the die cut mom and there ya have it!

Card #4

I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Rectangle die to create a couple of windows.  Lawn Fawn's Mom +Me sets the perfect scene.  All inks are Lawn Fawn and the owls are copic colored.  Because I cherish my grandmothers, I took a little more time on this card and would like to enter it in the latest Lawnscaping Challenge: Calling All Critters

That's it for me!  I wish you all a Happy Mother's Day and are able to give big hugs to those moms around you.  Mahalo for stopping by!!

A Kid Christmas Card for A Blog Named Hero

I LOVE everything bright and cheery and if I can put a rainbow on it...

even better!

Today's card is for the latest A Blog Named Hero Challenge:

I decided to make a Christmas card filled with color
perfect for any kid!

I used one of my FAVORITE stamp sets from the Hero Arts Holiday catalog
Merry Cactus To You inked up in Lawn Fawn inks.
(Lawn Fawn inks work PERFECTLY with solid stamps)
I created a scene to make the penguin from Lawn Fawn's Toboggan Together set look like
he was placing the star on the top of the cactus!

I first inked up the pots and stamped them upside down to create a pile of pots
for the penguin to stand on.
Then I stamped the cactus and colored in copics.
I die cut the scene with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die and
then adhered to a panel die cut with Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Rectangle Stackables using
Lawn Fawn's Let's Bokeh in the Snow pattern paper.
The cream colored bokeh pattern paper is also from the same paper pad.
Lastly the sentiment was stamped up from Lawn Fawn's Let's Bokeh set.

Here's a close up...

That's my card for today!
I hope you'll join our challenge for your chance to win a

A big shoutout to Simon Says Stamps for being our generous sponsor and
of course Lawn Fawn  for letting us play with their amazing products this month!

Can't wait to see what you all create!

Mahalo!!

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Let's Bokeh with Lawn Fawn Inks!

Happy Sunday friends!

What a Saturday I had crafting away with the latest Lawn Fawn release!!

So happy to have received my preorder super quick from

Butterfly Reflections Ink.  

 I highly recommend shopping there for quick, friendly service with

 oh so many things to choose from.

The hubby has blessed me with ALL the Lawn Fawn inks

because I have been raving about them from the beginning!

They stamp crisp, can be used for watercoloring and with varying shades

make a super pretty bokeh effect.
tip: for the larger solid stamps ink in lightest color saving the darker
colors for the smaller image to create a cool bokeh effect.

Check it out...

I have a new record for the amount of cards I made in one day!

Besides the Let's Bokeh set I used most of 

the Lawn Fawn Scripty Word dies and each panel was die cut

with Lawn Fawn's latest Scalloped  Rectangle Stackables dies.

Here they are...

the reds

the oranges/yellows

the greens

the blues (my FAVE)

the purples

That completes the cards I made for the day!  

Thanks so much for hanging in there

while I shared my super crafty Saturday with you.

Questions or comments are always appreciated.  Would love to hear your 

thoughts on any fun releases you all are enjoying?

MAHALO for stopping by!

TGIF with A Birthday Cactus

TGIF Friends!

With Lawn Fawn's newest release out, I decided to start looking

at some of the stamps I hadn't played with since the last release.

I'm a HUGE Lawn Fawn fan (if you already didn't know) so to have untouched

Lawn Fawn stamps is sacrilege...LOL!

On to today's card...

I love all the little images from Party Animal and paired them up with
Stuck on You.  The cactus and pot are solid stamps and Lawn Fawn inks are
PERFECT for solid stamps.  I layered the cactus with Celery Stick and Fresh Cut Grass
using the rock n roll technique for a bit of shading.  You can see it better with the
pot using Peacock with Deep Sea on the edges...so pretty!
The little images were colored with copics, die cut and adhered with foam tape on
the die cut stitched oval also from Lawn Fawn.
All the pattern paper is from Lawn Fawn's Sweater Weather collection.
Lastly the sentiment was heat embossed using Hero Arts White Embossing Powder.

Here's a closeup...

Cute right?!
I wanted to join the fun over at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes!

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Amazeballz!

Happy Saturday friends!

I've been going crazy over the latest Lawn Fawn release...

you've seen it right?  

When I saw the gumball machine 

and the alphas

I had a bunch of fun ideas running around in my head.

Here's today's idea...

I envisioned gumballs rolling down a hill to tell that special friend

they are...AMAZEBALLZ!

Entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

I first stamped and embossed the gumball machine in silver on watercolor paper.

I used the Lawn Fawn inks in Mermaid, Wild Rose, Sunflower and Freshly Cut Grass

to color in the gumballs by smooshing the inks on an acrylic block

and using my waterbrush pen to pick up the color.

After drying, it was die cut with the matching die.

I took Lawn Fawn's stitched hillside border die and inked it up with 

Freshly Cut Grass and adhered to the card front.

Then started to stamp out the letters in the matching Lawn Fawn inks.

(the inks stamp amazingly crisp with solid images!)

I sponged on some Simon Says Stamp Surf Blue in at the top of the card

for added color. Then adhered the die cut machine with foam tape.

Finally I silver embossed the "you're" for the finishing touch.

(the "A" was die cut and adhered to the machine because it ended up being hidden...hehe)

Here's a closeup of that fun gumball machine...

I LOVE how it turned out with the embossed silver!

The Lawn Fawn inks work great as watercolor 

but here's a tip...

to spread the color evenly I first wet the area I wanted to color with water,

then picked up the ink off of the acrylic block and colored away.

Hope you're all having a great weekend and

MAHALO for stopping by!!

Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts 4 Ways!

Hello there!

This weekend I played with the latest

Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts background stamp.

Talk about SUPER versatile!!

Let's get to it shall we...

#1. Get your favorite ink color and get inky

(You can get a little fancy too and create an ombre effect like I did below)

I actually used the Hero Arts Ombre ink Pink to Red

I took it a step further and used the

 Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die

to create a fun frame for a shaker card!

I used Lawn Fawn's Finley's ABCs die to cut cork letters

and used Lawn Fawn's wood veneer for the "O."

I thought it a little plain so I added my own little banner

from the scrap piece of cork I couldn't bare to throw away!

I stamped it in StazOn from Lawn Fawn's Love 'n Breakfast set.

I just loved the little heart dotted "I."

Found a new challenge to enter
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Challenge

#2. Create a tone on tone look with colored cardstock and similar colored ink.

I used the Hero Arts Lilac Layering Paper

and inked the background stamp with 

Hero Arts Shadow inks in Grape Juice and Passion Flower.

I had a request from a friend to make a photo shaker card for his wife.

I used Lawn Fawn's Say Cheese polaroid die and cut it out

5 times on 110lb white cardstock, stacked and glued them together.

The photo was glued to the back of the stacked die cuts.

I then cut one more polaroid and added acetate paper, filled with sequins

and glued to the top.

(if there are requests I could make a video! ;o)

Stamped the sentiment and added Lawn Trimmings to complete the look.

Next up...

#3.  White heat emboss and play with watercolors!

After inking up the background stamp with Versamark ink

I sprinkled white embossing powder and heat set.

Then I got out my watercolors!

I'm totally in LOVE with my Gansai Tambi 36 color water set!

It has a beautiful rose gold color that I just swept across the card 

from side to side, putting the heaviest of color at the top.

I wanted the bottom of the card to have a similar shimmer

so I dipped the brush in this pearlescent color...

talk about GORGEOUS!!!

(check out stampnhi on Instagram to see it in action)

I kept it simple by die cutting letters from 

Lawn Fawn's Cole's ABCs

in DCWV Glitter Matstack (my favorite glitter paper of all time!)

This will be entered in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge too
since it's pretty Clean and Simple.

The sentiment below is from Lawn Fawn's Penelope's Blossoms inked in 

Lawn Fawn's Hippo ink.

Finally...thanks for hanging in there...

#4. Create a scene!

Again I white heat embossed, but this time I wanted the concentration of hearts

towards the bottom so I did a little masking and sort of reverse stamped from bottom

of panel to top, leaving a little space for the sentiment.

The sentiment is Hero Arts/Basic Grey Be Silly and added

"MOM" with Hero Arts CL492 Typewriter Letters.

I thought it matched perfectly!

I actually stamped out the flower from 

Hero Arts Hello Flowers and masked with 

Fineline Masking Fluid before using

distress inks in Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry.

**Note to self...don't peel the masking fluid right after inking with distress inks

it peeled my paper and I hit myself on the forehead thinking...duh...

let the ink dry first...sheesh!

So to fix it I just restamped the flower using Hero Arts Ombre inks in 

Butter to Orange for the flower and Mint to Green for the leaves,

fussy cut and adhered...can't tell right?!

Versatile right?!

There's so many techniques and designs to create with this fun

background.  I hope it's inspired you!

Ok...

A few days ago (ok about a week ago...sorry)

I had a giveaway

The lucky commenter of some bloggy goodies...

Shawna Standish!

(please e-mail me your address so I can send the goodies!)

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!

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Aloha and welcome to my corner of the blogosphere!

I LOVE sharing this bloghop with 

fellow coffee lovers 

and hope you'll come by often!

I'm a HUGE fan of Lawn Fawn 

so today I'm playing around with a stamp set and inks from 

the new release.  

LOVE these flirty frames and LOVE their inks as watercolor!!

Lawn Fawn Flirty Frames, Lawn Fawn inks, Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte,

Lawn Trimmings, Hero Arts Shadow ink in Soft Sand, waterpen

I created a sort of muted background

just so I could highlight the main sentiment.

(read: I wanted to stamp all the frames for fun!)

I wasn't sure about doing a one layer card,

but here it is!

Super fast and easy with a touch of spring colors.

The little cup o' joe is my first attempt at

no line watercoloring...HA, it works fabulous with

Lawn Fawn inks!!!

MAHALO for stopping by

and I'm off to hop myself!!!