Let's Celebrate!

Hello Everyone,

Today I have a card created for the Lawnscaping Challenge # 124 Celebration. It's been a while since I have entered any challenges but I am looking forward to getting back into my crafty groove , ha ha .

So without further ado, here is my fun card.

I used a ton of Lawn Fawn Stamp sets in my card, Holiday party animals, party animals, gnome sweet gnome, Hello sunshine and a birdie told me. I stamped out the images and coloured them with copic markers , I then masked them off and sponged the background with distress inks. I die cut the balloons out of the Lawn Fawn Beachside 6 x 6  paper pad, and stamped the confetti with Lawn Fawn and Memento inks. Oh I almost forgot I added a little wink of stella glitter clear to the balloons , party hat and cake.

This pic is the inside, with a sprinkling of confetti.

So grab your Lawn Fawn goodies and join the Celebration !

Thanks for joining me today, I had so much fun creating and sharing today.

Christmas Collection

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well and having fun crafty times!

Today I have created a card in one layer for the Lawnscaping Challenge #114 One Layer. This was a real challenge as I love adding layers and embellies to my cards. 

So this is what I came up with.....

I have used a ton of Lawn Fawn stamp sets to create my card including Holiday Party Animals, Party Animals, Toboggan Together, Deck the Halls and Starry Backdrops. I do love the fact that you can combine so many sets together to create something different every time. I coloured my images with copic markers and lots of different inks for the background.

I would like to enter my card into the Lawnscaping Challenge #114 One Layer Card. Sponsored by Lawn Fawn.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my card, and jump over to the challenge and get your entry in, who doesn't need another Lawn Fawn stamp set!!! Answer : We all do!

You're a Star!

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all well and having a crafty day!

Today I have created a card using Lawn Fawn Stamps, now I have made cards using Lawn Fawn before but these are a little special as they were a part of a present from my lovely friend Stephanie in the USA. I was bowled over when the package arrived, Thanks Stephanie you are awesome!!!

Check out Stephanie's You Tube Channel Here

The Lawnscaping Challenge has asked us to do some Embossing, so I have done a couple of styles on my card today, I have dry embossed the frame with a cuttlebug embossing folder called bubbles of course, I also used white embossing powder on the sentiment and water bubbles, I coloured the star and jelly fish with copics and ink blended the backgrounds with hero arts tide pool and LF mermaid inks. 

I would like to enter my card into the Lawnscaping Challenge #112 Embossing so grab your embossing folders and powders and get crafty because you will be in the running to win a fantastic Lawn Fawn Stamp set of your choice!

I would also like to enter my card into the 7 kids college fund Challenge blog #132 Anything Goes,

The 7 Kids College Fund Store is packed with great products and fantastic prices, so check it out!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and all the lovely comments I receive, I appreciate every single one of them. If you have any questions about my cards please feel free to ask.

Have a great day.

Birthday Bunny!

Hi Everyone,

Today I have another cute card using some Mama Elephant stamps & dies, I also used the great tic tac toe board for 7 Kids College Fund Challenge #131 Anything Goes  

I created the background with stamps from the Mama Elephant Sunny Skies, using the solid circles, I stamped these in Avery Elle pigment ink colours, then highlighted some of them with prisma pencils. The bunny and cupcake from Carnival Cupcakes stamp set is coloured with copic markers and pencils.

This is the fun tic tac toe board at the challenge blog , I used Rectangles, Circles & Lace for my creation.

Also a close up of this super cute bunny. I love the combination of copic's and prisma pencils,  I also added some wink of stella clear for the party hat and the top of the cupcake, very pretty irl.

Thanks for visiting me today and I hope you enjoyed my card, if you have any questions I will try to answer them.

I would like to enter the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge #131 Anything Goes with the twist of the tic tac toe board. Have a go these boards are so much fun!

Check out all the Mama Elephant stamps at the 7 Kids College Fund Store and all the other great stamps and products.

Thanks for being my friend

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all well and happy, I am running a little late with this post, but life has been hectic.

The lovely ladies at the Lawnscaping Challenge Blog are Calling all Critters!!!! 

I just had to create a card with the wonderful critters from Lawn Fawn stamps....

I have used LF Critters at the dog park and coloured my images with copic markers and die cut with the coordinating dies, for the fire hydrant I stamped it on some red card stock and fussy cut it out, the 

little bird is from the Year Four stamp & die set, the sun and clouds are from the Hello Sunshine set and in this case I only used the dies, I also used the grassy border & stitched hillside borders, all the papers used on the card are also from Lawn Fawns awesome products.

This is the inside of my creation, I have used LF Mermaid ink to stamp my paw prints, I purchased a couple of the LF inks to try and I must say I love, love, love them and can't wait to get more of the colours ( plus the 5 new colours that have just come out ) .

Jump over to the Lawnscaping Challenge blog for the Calling all Critters Challenge 107 and be in it to win a fabulous voucher from Ellen Hutson.

Thank you for visiting me today, I hope you enjoyed seeing my critter creation!

Easter Bunny!

Hello Everyone,

Well I actually got a card finished today, YAY, I have been very disorganized lately, but determined to get back on track. About 2 weeks ago I placed my first order directly with Lawn Fawn, and just wanted to say the service is outstanding!!! it was shipped quickly, it arrived quickly and included some gifts and a thank you note, Well done Lawn Fawn.

Ok, I do have a card to show you today

The Lawnscaping challenge #101 has asked for Dots & Stripes

For my card I have used the gorgeous new Eggstra Special Easter from Lawn Fawn this stamp & die set is so much fun! and I teamed it up with the Lets Polka petite paper pad, I coloured the images with copic markers and used distress ink tumbled glass and faded jeans for the background, then cut the Lawn Fawn grass border and stamped the sentiment in memento rich cocoa and 2 doodlebug sprinkles from the spring assortment to finish off. The spotty egg is paper from the snow day paper pad, just die cut and inked the edges.

This is the inside. I have made this card for my Daughter for Easter.

These are the copic markers I used.

Thanks for visiting me today

It's Raining Cupcakes!

Hi Everyone,

I hope you are all having a good crafty week, today I have a card for the

 Lawnscaping Challenge #100 Birthday Celebration and the DT are really partying with invited guests, so check it out!

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog #119 Anything goes with a optional twist Sweet Treats

So I thought my card fitted both of these great challenges. I started with copic blending card for my base, as I wanted to create my own background with these cute cupcakes from Lawn Fawn Birthday Tags, all coloured with copic's and the icing has clear Wink of Stella glitter pen. The fishtail dotted tag is from Avery Elle and sponged with distress ink after I masked off the edges with micro pore tape. I stamped and coloured the little bird, then die cut it with the coordinating die and cut out three balloons all from the Hello Sunshine stamp & dies from Lawn Fawn. I coloured the balloons with copics and added wink of stella to those as well, I have hand drawn the balloon strings and stamped the wire for the bird to sit on. The piece of patterned paper is from my stash, The sentiments are also from birthday tags and stamped with versafine onyx black ink. I added some little sprinkles from doodlebug, these are gorgeous!
Here is the inside of my card, just to tie in with the front, I also added a piece of white card stock to the other inside piece as the colouring did bleed through from the front.

 These are the copic markers I used

Now I had a blast making this card and you still have heaps of time to enter both these great challenges.

Lawnscaping Challenge #100 Birthday Celebration!

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog Challenge #119 Anything Goes with a twist Sweet Treats.

Thanks so much for visiting me today.

Baby Boy

Hello Everyone,

Well I have been MIA for the past couple of weeks, as I have had my dear Mum staying with me, but today I am back at my desk and just in time for a brand new challenge at

  Lawnscaping challenge blog.

I have created a baby card as I have 2 nieces expecting babies at the moment so I am trying to be prepared and today I thought I would do a baby boy card.

The Lawnscaping Challenge #99 asked for Clean & Simple . I used Lawn Fawn Hello Baby Stamp set. The card design is one I have seen on you tube & blogs recently, using little windows and I love how it came together. All the colouring is done with copic markers C 4,2,0 V 01,0000 BG01,000,0000 and G20 all very soft colours, and the little hearts are stamped with Memento Summer Sky ink. The circle were cut out using spellbinders standard circles and my front panel is lifted up with foam squares for a little dimension.

The inside is stamped with simon says stamp Happy stamp set, I created a pale blue card base for my card and also a matching envelope.

I love how these simple little details finish off the project and make it that little bit extra special.

So thanks for visiting me, and jump over to the Lawnscaping Challenge # 99 with your Clean & Simple project, and be in the running for a fantastic Store Credit from Ellen Hutson.

Have a wonderful crafty day.

Critters in a Snow Storm

Hi There,
Oh my goodness, I have a shaker card today and have you ever put a little toooooo many shaky things in your shaker cards? Well just have a look at this one.....

I think a blizzard is happening he he he. Well the Lawnscaping Challenge blog #97 has this winter theme board to follow, with a great gift certificate from Ellen Hutson.

For my card I have used Lawn Fawn Into the Woods Stamp & Die Set, Stitched hillside borders, the snowflakes from Winter Penguin, Stitched Rectangles from Simon Says Stamp, and the tree die is from Memory Box I just cut some of the leaves off to make it look more like winter. I used distress inks in tumbled glass, broken china and peacock feathers for the background, and copic's to colour my critters Fox - YR 21,23,24,27 W00,1 Squirrel E30,34,37,W3 , 1 00 and the Deer E30,31,33,55,57.
I added some Frosted Lace stickles on the hills, tree, and snowflakes, although you probably can't see that at all. The little shaky flakes are from my Daughter's craft stash, shhh she doesn't know yet, I am not sure where she got them. A little touch of white ribbon and simple sentiment along the bottom and that finished off my card.

I hope you all have a wonderful day, thanks for visiting me.

CAS Card

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a card to show you and this card practically had a mind of it's own lol! I started with my CC Designs Swiss Pixie and coloured her with copic markers and prisma pencils, then I thought she seemed just floating there on the paper. So I grabbed some X press it masking paper and created a mask for her and stamped the CC designs bench seat, added some more copic's for the seat and grass and sponged in some clouds for the sky. I added some clear wink of stella pen for her wings, pink glitter pen for the cupcakes and glossy accents for the cherry on top.

I cut her out with a stitched rectangle frame die, and also used the larger version for the gingham paper. Added a little ribbon and bow and that finished this sweet card.

Just a little close up and the inside.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog - #116 Anything Goes

Without Words Challenge Blog - January : Dreaming of Spring

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog - January Anything Goes

Thanks for joining me today, reading your lovely comments makes my day!!! Thank you

Oh Happy Day + Storage Idea

Hi Everyone,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and your New Year is looking 

bright & beautiful.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog is asking for Anything Goes! I would like to enter my Oh Happy Day card.

I have been thinking about this card idea for a while, but with Christmas cards to make it got put on the back burner. I adore the little rabbits in the Lawn Fawn Snow Day stamp set and always thought they should be playing in the grass, and this is what I came up with....

I used distress inks for the sky background, ( I will list products used at the end of the post ) I didn't have a hot air balloon stamp, but I had a die so cut it out of white cardstock and used a copic liner pen to define the sections and coloured with copic markers, I thought it looked a bit flat, so I used some colorless blender solution on a paper towel and just pushed it on the balloon part to give it some texture. The clouds are die cut then dry embossed. I used some hillside borders and grass dies from Lawn Fawn. The bunnies and tree are also coloured with copic's, and the little flowers are stamped with a tiny coloured rhinestone for the centre. The pumpkin pie chevron ribbon just to finish off this card is 5" x 7". 

I added this stamped sentiment to the inside, I thought it suited the card perfectly.

I would also like to enter Cute Card Thursday Challenge #354 of Anything Goes

Products Used

Lawn Fawn Stamp & Die Sets, Hello Sunshine, Snow Day, Sweet Christmas & Hello Baby

Memory Box & Poppy Dies , Hot air balloon , clouds

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder , Swiss Dots

Distress Inks , Tumbled Glass , Broken China , Peacock Feathers

Copic Markers , Hot Air Balloon YR 18 , YR 16 , YR 14, YG 17  ,YG 25, Bunnies R00, R20, C00, C0, C2 , 0 colorless blender,Tree YG 25, YG 17, YG 09 and  Y18 for the rhinestone flower centres.

Well I hope you are still with me as I have a really quick storage idea for 6" x 6" paper pads. I don't 

know about you but I want to use every little bit of designer paper that I can, and I don't want to waste any, recently I bought the Lawn Fawn Snow Day paper pad for my Christmas cards, tags and goodie bags and I had a lot of little bits left over, they were too good to throw away and I wanted to 

keep them all together, the light bulb went off ( lol ). I got a zip lock sandwich bag and it fit perfectly.

The bag measures 18cm x 17cm , or 7 1/8" x 6 5/8" they zip lock you can write on them and they are cheap, so I thought I would share this idea in case anyone else has the same problem.

 Whew !!! that was a long post, thank you for visiting me, and I hope you all have a lovely day.

Winter Penguin

Hello Everyone,

Today I have made a winter themed card, and used Lawn Fawn Winter Penguin, Snow Day trees, Stitched snowflakes, Stitched hillside borders and Snow day paper pad.

I am totally in love with Lawn Fawn's cute stamps and matching dies at the moment, and over at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge it's Anything goes and they are showcasing Lawn Fawn products, so I just had to join in.

For the penguin, trees and sentiment I stamped them with Versafine Onyx black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder, it doesn't show up in the photo, but the outline is bold shiny black ( very dramatic ) and I coloured with copic markers. Just a word of warning, you can't use Versafine ink and copic's together without heat embossing it as it will damage your markers. 

I also used my signo white pen for the stripes on the little guys scarf, and a wink of stella clear glitter pen for the hills and snowflakes. 

Here is a close up of the penguin. The tag is from the Avery Elle Gift Tags die set, and the sentiment is from Kaisercraft.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Winter Penguin card, Hurry on over the the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog and get your entry in cause the winner gets a $50.00 voucher to spend at Simon Says Stamp. 

That's all for today, have a great day everyone.