Lawnscaping Challenges with MORE Critters!

Alright, I already professed my enduring love for Lawn Fawn critters...so another entry this week for the current challenge at Lawnscaping Challenges should really come as no surprise!  ;)

THIS guy is my all-time FAVORITE critter from LF so far...

the YETI!

I just LOVE this Bokeh look paper from CTMH in the Brushed Paper Packet!

I absolutely adore everything about him from his fangs to his toes!  The fantastic sentiments in this set are just perfect paired with his mysterious nature...

Can he pull off the glitter paper look, or what? 

I was so curious to see if I could successfully stamp him onto the paper--and used Memento Ink to find out.  I could see the image from the SIDE view but not by looking directly down at the paper.  I just used a black Sharpie to make the lines darker and then fussy cut his parts that I wanted to stay white.  Glue dots are totally the way to go when you are trying to get something to stick to glitter, just sayin'.

I started to outline his image with Sharpie at the top...

I have been having an absolutely FANTASTIC time getting back into my crafty groove, so stay tuned for a few more!  ;)  Stay sparkly! 

Ice Cream Dream just for June!

Lawnscaping Challenges with Critters!

One of my all time favorite brands of acrylic stamps is Lawn Fawn for their hands down adorably cute critters.  Well, the talented DT over at Lawnscaping Challenges is having a CRITTER CHALLENGE!!!

Knock, knock.
(Who's there..)
Ya.
(Ya who?)
I KNOW!!!!  I'm excited toooooo!    ;)

This card was for a special little friend who was in the hospital.  The little nurse bird sure stole my heart...

I love band aids.  They really do make anything feel better!

I also love bending my acrylic stamps into new shapes...

Is a band aid a critter if it has a face?  ;)

 Thanks for taking a peek at my critter card.  I will be back with another!  :)

Throwback Thursday Lawnscaping Challenge!

One more day until FRIDAY!!!  Who's with me?

Alright, so I feel a little, tiny bit silly and technically challenged at the moment.  I looked up Lawnscaping Challenges on my phone browser, created my PL card, and then went to grab the challenge pic when I got on my computer.  Um, ooooops, yeah, I used an old link on my phone so only succeeded in pulling up an old challenge using pattern paper, lol!  The GOOD thing is that I did keep my creation clean and simple, so I can still enter it in this week's challenge!  Oy vey!

Clean and Simple

I have loved my yeti ever since I met him.  I pulled him out to use after the snow let loose on us last weekend to get another page done in my Project Life/Picture My Life album.  He makes an awfully cute PL card!   I used my lightest blue Copic marker to give him an outline a bit.  I also inked up the sentiment in my Close to My Heart White Daisy pigment ink on the woodgrain paper.  The Cerulean Blue ShinHan Touch Twin Alcohol marker added the perfect color to his earmuffs...

Here is the entire page.  I thought it was clever to take a few screen-shots of my weather as it was happening to kind of "cheat" at journaling, lol.  You can see the crazy pre-blizzard shoppers at Meijer where I picked up some things for a plow survival kit for my hubs, and the "before" picture I took out the front of the house as I headed to bed.

I was so excited just to get more of my year into a book...and if it takes a challenge goof-up to do it, I am in!  ;)  Thanks for taking a peek!  :)

A Happy Hello--February Stamp of the Month

Album Allure--BOGO 50% off in February!

Operation Child brings so much more than smiles!

Happy Birthday, to My Baby! :)

My baby girl is turning 11 today...oh my! I have absolutely NO idea how this happened, because I feel like it was just yesterday that she was starting Kindergarten.  The years just evaporate, so I had better get busy on my scrapbooks...but I digress...on to the birthday girl!

She is a lover of all things yellow, and basketball, and Blackhawks...which leaves this momma with a whole lotta nothing when it comes to stamps, lol.  Lucky for me she also adores turtles!  I scooped up an adorable set from Lawn Fawn and the patterned papers from my Simon Says Stamp Card Kit from last fall with the Lawn Fawn papers included, and got to work with the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches...

I ADORE this sketch SO much!  LOVE these papers with fall color in them as well.  There isn't any yellow here, but I know she will love that cute little guy bringing her a gift!

He actually used to have a heated bottle on his back from a get well set...

That was easy to change up for sure--it is still there under the present.  ;)  I added some color to the image with the ShinHan Touch Twin Alcohol Marker in Sap Green.

This sentiment is from one of my favorite Birthday My Acrylix sets from Close to My Heart, Joyful Birthday.




I am linking this up with Lawnscaping Challenges for their pattern paper challenge.  :)
Sorry for the missing links! 


OH!  And Happy Birthday, to my big girl!!!  Just remember, you are not 11 until after you go to bed tonight, lol...I get one more day of your 10-year-old hugs!  ;)

Lawnscaping Challenge #88: Texture

I just can't help it.  I see the word TEXTURE and immediately grab an embossing folder.  I just LOVE them!   This time was no different as I joined in for the Lawnscaping Challenge this week.  I even grabbed a sketch from my friends over at Freshly Made Sketches for this one!

This time, my trusty embossing folder didn't quite cut it though.  I had stamped the birch trees in Saddle Ink using my new Season of Thanks My Acrylix stamps from Close to My Heart.  I then ran the paper through with the falling snow embossing folder, sanding it down for the snow to show in front of the trees.  Brilliant, right?  Eh.  Not so much as it totally lost dimension AND the ink sort of left a brownish tinge due to my haste.  Stickles to the rescue!

See the difference they made?

You can REALLY see the texture with the lighting at this angle...

Even if it is 90 degrees in the shade outside, it is snowing in here!  :)

Thanks for popping in!  :)

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Summer + Smores = Lawnscaping Challenges!

Hey everyone!  They are having a FUN summer themed color challenge over at Lawnscaping Challenges so I just HAD to play along.

I have been playing with my new ShinHan Touch Twin Alcohol Markers, so figured I would give them a try on these fantastic Lawn Fawn dies.

So, I missed sending my niece's birthday card on time last week due to the 4th falling on a Friday.  I decided this little sentiment would be perfect to extend the celebration. I just LOVE how the dies pop out against the Kraft CS card base.

These little enamel stars are a sneak peek of something new coming your way soon from Close to My Heart!  ;) 

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Lawnscaping Challenges Rides Again!

Finally!!!  I found some free time today and created a whirlwind of cards.  Oh, I so wish I could do that every day.  It felt GREAT!!!!

One of the cards I made is for the current Lawnscaping Challenge--Embossing!

I have had bits and pieces of this card sitting around for a while, but I finally got it all pulled together.  Do you ever start a project only to be distracted by something else?  Yeah, me too.  Too often, I am afraid!  What was I saying?  ;)

I just love the new Love You S'more sets from Lawn Fawn, and they finally helped me pull this card all together!

I made this speech bubble greeting for the card back when I first bought the dies...and then didn't get any further because of other projects...

These little marshmallows are just adorbs.  How can anyone possibly resist them!  I quickly discovered that you do NOT even need to stamp the images for these dies!  They totally work all on their own!

For the challenge, I dry embossed a piece of Sweet Leaf CS with the Close to My Heart Damask Folder.  This was also a left over from another card I made a while ago.  It was just right for my grassy knoll.  ;)

See what's missing on this card?  My trademark sparkle is not there--and there is a big reason!  I am building up my stash of cards to send away to Operation Write Home this summer.  NO glitter means NO way, so I am steering clear in an effort to send more cards.  Don't worry, I will slip some in here and there, but I have GOT to focus to be able to hold off!  ;)

Don't forget to check out the June Stamp of the Month over at my Close to My Heart website...it's GREAT for more Operation Write Home cards!

AND, remember, JUNE is my birthday month, so YOU get presents!!!  Everyone who makes a $40 purchase this month will get a FREE gift from ME!  What will YOU get for my birthday?  :)