Christmas Envelopes with Lawn Fawn

Happy Monday friends!

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I actually found some time this weekend to play with my new goodies from Lawn Fawn!!  Vanessa from Butterfly Reflections Ink hooked me up...I totally recommend her store for speedy service and huge selection of goodies!

I played with the Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Envelope die using some glitter paper and used some scrap cardstock to create scenes and cover panels (just by using the envelope die to cut the panel I needed).  These envelopes will be perfect for holding gift cards or money for the holidays!

On the left uses the Lawn Fawn Scripty Merry die and I made a little banner with the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Cheery Christmas set inked in Lawn Fawn Yeti ink.

On the right uses the Lawn Fawn Cheery Christmas and the sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Tiny Tag Sayings inked in Lawn Fawn Fish Tank ink.

With all that glitter paper and texture I wanted to enter the latest Lawnscaping Challenge...

Mahalo for stopping by and hope y'all have a great week ahead!

Using those scraps!

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YAY for Friday!  I'm super excited for the next Lawn Fawn release and while I'm eagerly awaiting my goodies to arrive, I decided to give some older Lawn Fawn sets some lovin'.

It all started with some scrap pieces I kept.  You know the ones from your 6x6 pad that only have 1/2 an inch left?!  I really can't stand to throw them away, but they've been accumulating so I decided to use it as a background.

Here's what I mean...

I glued a bunch of scrap pieces onto some printer paper and then die cut a scalloped rectangle stackable from Lawn Fawn.  Then I cut down some white cardstock to create the scene and used the scalloped rectangle as a mat.

I used Lawn Fawn sets Love n' Breakfast, Year Four (for the balloon), Year Two (for the party hat) and Scripty Sayings to kinda match the font of the first line of the sentiment.  Each image was colored with copics and cut with the matching dies!  I LOVE matching dies!!  I used foam tape to adhere the pieces for dimension.

This card was inspired by the latest Lawnscaping Challenge

Mahalo for stopping by!

Watercolor Cornucopia

Oh yea...it's Friday!!!

I'm feverishly getting ready for a craft fair on Sunday!  

I haven't done one in a couple years, but

it keeps my mom busy and gives me an excuse to just create.

Today I have an oldie but goodie (or in my eyes a classic) Lawn Fawn image 

perfect for Thanksgiving to enter the latest

I started with some Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder and 

 the retired Lawn Fawn's Harvest Season stamped out on a die cut

Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle.

Then I masked the image with Fineline Masking Fluid Pen

and waited for a bit before using Distress inks to create a blended background.

Then I carefully rubbed off the masking fluid and used Tombow Markers scratched onto

an acrylic block and a wet brush to watercolor the image.

Because everything was so colorful I went with a tone on tone background using

Lawn Fawn's Woodgrain Backdrop inked in Lawn Fawn Doe ink.

Check out Instagram (StampnHI) for a closeup pic!

Mahalo for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend!!

You're Dino-Mite and GIVEAWAY!

Oh yea, the weekend is ALMOST here!

I've got a quick post to play along with the latest

Lawnscaping Challenge: Texture

I had a special request from a coworker to create a birthday card 

for her nephew who loves dinosaurs.

Of course I had to pull out my Lawn Fawn and get to work!

The texture challenge was the perfect inspiration to play with cork

from DCWV Cork Solids Stack Brights.  It has such beautiful colors and

die cuts like butter!  I used Lawn Fawn Black Licorice for a crisp stamped image.

Everything came together quickly with pattern paper from

 Lawn Fawn's Beachside Pint Sized Patterns as the background.  I die cut a

stitched oval stackable to create the base of the scene.  Then die cut some grass and adhered

 the images with Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive (my favorite liquid adhesive).

The brontosaurus was adhered with foam dots for some dimension.

I wish you could feel the texture through the screen! 

I used a cool gray copic marker to create some shadowing on the dinosaurs since

they were all die cut from colored cork.

There you have it!

I'm hoping he loves it!!

Mahalo for stopping by.

Oh and since you made it this far I'm doing a GIVEAWAY!

The hubby recently "renovated" my blog look and I wanted to celebrate!!

I would love to hear what you would do with $20 to the A2Z Scrapbooking Store.

You have until Monday (9/14) at midnight Hawaiian Standard Time to comment on

this post, StampnHI (Instagram)  or on Niki Garcia (Flickr) 

Good luck and thanks for playing!!

Bear Hugs On Your Birthday!

I saw the fun challenge going on over at 

Lawnscaping Challenge

and hopped to it to create this sparkly card...

I took that sweet bear and party hat from Lawn Fawn's Party Animal stamped on

watercolor paper and used my Gansai Tambi Watercolors to color him in.

I used my craft knife to cut the arms to be able to hold the die cut

Scripty Hugs.  The rest of the sentiment was inked up with
Lawn Fawn Fish Tank ink, using Riley's ABCs.

The yellow panel was die cut using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles die.

Can you guess how I did the glittery polka dot background?

I used the circle dies from Owen's ABCs die and die cut DCWV Glitzy Glitter Matstack paper,

then randomly glued and snipped off the edges.

That's it for me!

I hope you'll stop by again for my A Blog Named Hero post later today.

I guarantee more color, glitter and sequins!

MAHALO for stopping by!!

Masking, Doodling and White Space

I'm so excited that my cards have been a 

hit at work, and love that my coworkers

are now asking for "custom cards."

I was specifically asked for a wedding

card with an aquarium theme 

and not too fussy.

Here's what I came up with...

Lawn Fawn Critters in the Sea, Lawn Fawn Feathered Friends, 

Lawn Fawn Milk and Cookies, Lawn Fawn Hearts die,

Inktense Water Pencils with Dove Blender, Distress Ink in Cracked Psitachio,

Hero Arts India Ink black

I did a little masking and mirror stamping to get the 

sweet girl octopus.  Added some doodled eyelashes

and wedding rings to give a wedding flair.

Here's a closeup...

I really liked their little wedding bands and added a little gemstone 

on the girl!

Do you see that lovely watercolored background?

That is the latest Distress Ink color

Cracked Pistachio!!!

It is GORGEOUS!

With all that white space I'll be entering this in the next

Lawnscaping Challenge 

I also wanted to share a few of my 

Valentine grams that another coworker asked for...

and some closeups...

I've said it before, but I'm in love with the

Simon Says Stamp stitched dies!

The square ones make the perfect candy gram...

on the back will have Ghirardelli chocolates attached!!

This will be entered in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge

Ok thanks for letting me share and

MAHALO for stopping by!!

A Hedgehugs Shaker Card

And just like that it's Monday.

I've been playing around with different ways 

to make a shaker card and even made a fun one

that I'm in the process of making a video for!

(stay tuned!!)

For today I used the sweet Lawn Fawn Hedgehugs set...

Lawn Fawn Hedgehugs, Lawn Fawn My Silly Valentine, Hero Arts Heart Frame Die,
Simon Says Stamp Rectangle die, Hero Arts Shadow inks
Doodlebug Designs sequins, Hero Arts flower gem, Tombow markers

I initially die cut the stitched rectangle and created my own 
subtle background with the hearts to enter the next
Lawnscaping Challenge: Create a Background

I then decided to make a shaker out of it creating a heart window.
Fun right!?
Tip:  Your sequins (or other fun filler)
will move easier in the window, depending on the
thickness of your foam tape used.
I decided to go with a thinner foam adhesive and only some
sequins move easy.  It's kinda fun not to have them all sit at the bottom!

Those sweet hedgehogs were colored with Tombow Markers
and of course I needed to add a little Hawaiian flair with
a flower gem!
Hope you all have a fabulous week ahead.

Mahalo for stopping by!!
 

Day #5 Using non-Christmas stamps

In keeping with my island-ish theme

I decided I wanted to make some

Aloha/Hawaiian print ornaments.

Super quick and easy with circle die cuts and some 

 Lawn Fawn floral stamps...

Lawn Fawn Petite Florals, Lawn Fawn Circle stackables die, 

Lawn Fawn Winter Gifts, Lawn Trimmings, Lawn Fawn pattern paper, 

gold embossing, white embossing

With a little bit of heat embossing, the tone on tone pattern papers

made the perfect backdrop for some fun stamping.

Quick post today, but don't forget to keep your comments coming

and to check out the other holiday cards 

HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE

I'll be doing another giveaway (announcement on Christmas) 

with a gift certificate to 

Butterfly Reflections Ink  

my favorite online store!

  

 And the challenge junky in me is linking up to 

Christmas Card Challenge  

Creative Card Crew 

and

Lawnscaping Challenge  

 

Mahalo for stopping by!!!

Day #5 Naughty or Nice?

I've been playing around a lot lately with my Christmas

themed stamp collection, but wanted to continue

with the non-traditional idea.

I finally got into getting a set of Tombow markers
and really like the results!
Ta da...

Lawn Fawn Good Fortune, Lawn Fawn Tag You're It die, 
Recollections pattern paper, Lawn Trimmings

   Do those fortune cookies look yummy or what?!
I thought the handwritten sentiment on the fortunes

was a nice touch with the stitched tag.
(read: I didn't have a naughty or nice stamp)
And just like yesterday's post I decided to do a second card
because I liked the theme a lot!

I'm hoping the guys at the office will get a kick out of this one.

I'll be entering this into the next
Lawnscaping Challenge: Merry Christmas

That's it for today!
Keep your comments coming for a chance to win a prize by Christmas.
The more comments on each of the posts,
 the more chances to get your name in the random drawing!!

OMG a card!

Who else has a to-do list a mile long?

It's hard to believe Thanksgiving is in a few days, but 

I know with God's grace everything will work out!

Meanwhile I wanted to enter the latest Lawnscaping Challenge

It's full of Lawn Fawn goodness!!

Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte, Lawn Fawn Bake Me a Cake, Lawn Fawn Louie's ABCs and 123s,

Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper, stickles, copics,

 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Hero Arts Shadow ink Wet Cement

Aren't those donuts so fun!?  I used the scalloped edge from Bake Me a Cake

to make the icing and colored them in with stickles for some 

sprinkled, sugary goodness.  There are 13 donuts individually fussy cut.

The top donut has a mix of different stickles for a fun topper!

And that's it for me! 

Mahalo for stopping by and I hope to post again real soon!!

Halloween is almost here!

Can you believe it?

I'm back so quickly with my most favorite themed card

HALLOWEEN!!!

I'm a HUGE Halloween fan as evidenced by my

obsession with everything pumpkin and by this

year's costume...

I'm looking forward to the next weekend already!

And now on to my Halloween card...

Lawn Fawn Hoppy Halloween, Lawn Fawn Critters in Costume, Lawn Fawn Teeny Tiny Backdrops

Lawn Fawn Starry Backdrop, Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die

The background was heat embossed in yellow and distressed in various

"evening" shades.  Even the die cut grass got a dip in distress inks.

All the images were watercolored to keep with the look.

I'll be entering this in 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Getting back into the craft room...

Our family has been busy with my daughter's musical

The Little Mermaid 

the last 2 weeks!

Talk about no time for crafting whatsoever and I totally missed

WCMD...what we do for our kids right?!

Here's some photos I wanted to share...

I'm one proud mom and have seen her grow tremendously in a few short weeks.

 *tear

I loved that little bro wanted to be involved too and asked to see her show 

every night that it was on.

 

 Thanks to the hubby, 140 cupcakes were made for party favors and

the cast party potluck.  We made little cupcake holders

thanks to Jennifer McGuire's tutorial!

Tags were made using Lawn Fawn's Tag You're It dies and 

Life is Good set.

I finally managed to get a card done to enter the next

 Lawnscaping Challenge: Pattern Paper

 

I used a 12x12 pattern paper and letter stickers

 for this long-ish card

How do you like my copic coloring skills?! I think I'm finally 

getting the hang of it!  Smaller images make me feel like a pro, hehehe

The Ugly Duckling

I had the concept of the Ugly Duckling in mind for the last

PC&S submission and thought I'd share it today since it was not picked up.

After staring at it as I'm writing my blog I realized it definitely appeared better in my head...lol!

My idea was to create a scene out of a book (hence the typed background paper)

and will enter this in the latest Lawnscaping Challenge: Critters Galore

Lawn Fawn Hello Baby and dies, Lawn Fawn Jessie's ABCs, Lawn Fawn Scalloped border die

copic markers, Hero Arts Shadow inks

The Ugly Duckling was a frequent bed time read as my brother and I

 were frequently teased growing up.

On those nights my mom would pull this book out.

My brother was born with a birth defect called Cleft Lip and Palate and

til this day my brother and I argue about who had the rougher childhood

I grew up "happily plump" and he with his surgery scars...

(silly conversations that really don't prove a  point...lol).

I love reminiscing and realizing that it's all pretty menial in the scheme of things.

This is pretty much how my parents raised us...

Mahalo for stopping by!

The Evolution of my Card...

Oh boy did I make a mess of my craft desk!  It all started with needing a thank you card to give a coworker and I was trying to go for a more masculine feel.  Thus began the plaid look...also keeping in mind I wanted to enter the next Lawnscaping Challenge: Stars and Stripes.

This is where my journey began...painstackingly inking up that fun border to create a stripey/plaid background.  Now what?!  You can tell it wasn't perfectly stamped so I knew I needed to add something to draw your attention away from that fact.  I knew I wanted to use the die cut scripty thanks, but it needed more...

Here's the mess I created figuring things out...

Again keeping in mind I needed stars, I wanted to use the Lawn Fawn Life is Good starfish!

The die cut comes out so cute!  I first tried cutting a strip of paper to pop the die cut thanks, but it just wasn't enough.  Finally I realized I could add a journaling card and also enter the next Moxie Fab: Photo Pocket Page Challenge: Journaling Cards!  (challenges are so great that way) So the lightbulb went on and I focused on making a journaling card.

And the finished product...

Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card, Lawn Fawn Scripty Thanks, Lawn Fawn Life is Good

Lawn Fawn pattern paper, Hero Arts Shadow Ink in Cup O' Joe and Soft Sand

Ok so I ended up nixing the plaid stamped background, because it just didn't work with my journaling card!  I'll definitely save it for later though.  I couldn't decide which yellow background paper to use so....why not both!?  It killed me not to put a little smiley face on the sun and some sparkle or some sequins, but since it's for a guy I figured best to leave it alone.

Okey dokey...that's it for me!  Mahalo for stopping by!!