last minute Lawnscaping

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Jan 112012

The Lawnscaping Challenge blog is celebrating its birthday!  Although they announced their birthday challenge back on January 2, I’ve had a really hard time deciding what I wanted to create for it.  I finally came up with this idea about an hour ago and got it made and photographed so I can submit it before tonight’s 11:59 pm deadline.

It’s a pretty simple card.  I let the designer paper do most of the work for me. The banner and birds are popped up with dimensional adhesive.

 

 

I’ve been enjoying the Lawnscaping challenges so far, and I hope to participate in all of them in 2012!  (It’s a nice goal, yes? :))

Supplies for today’s card:

Stamps: Sophie’s Sentiments, Bannerific (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Luxury White (Gina K. Designs); designer papers from Phoebe 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: dimensionals (Stampin’ Up)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:30 pm Basic Grey, Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges

simple thanks

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Dec 282011

I’m trying to find my creativity again now that Christmas is over.  I think it decided to take a break for the holidays!

I did want to play along in a few challenges, so I threw together this simple card.  The Lawnscaping challenge that ends today invites the participants to use texture on their creations, so I used an embossing folder to add some texture to the background panel of the card.  This week’s Midweek Throwdown at the OWH Stars and Stamps blog is to make thank you cards for the troops overseas to send home to their family and friends.  I used several of the elements for the current Desert Islands Crafts Challenge, too: brads (well, one brad, anyway), brown and pink color scheme, stripes, rounded corners, and a flower.

I blended some of my older and newer craft products on this card.  The designer papers date back to 2007, and one of my sons just gave me the alphabet stamps as a Christmas gift.

I realize this isn’t one of my better cards, but I do suppose it’s better than no card at all.  LOL  Here’s hoping my mojo wasn’t thrown out with all the Christmas wrapping paper and I get back into the spirit again soon!

Supplies:
Stamps: Quinn’s ABCs (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla, Spring Flowers designer papers (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)
Other: corner rounder punch, Spring Bouquet Flower punch (SU); brad (Making Memories); Paisley embossing folder (ProvoCraft)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:30 pm Cards, Desert Islands Craft Challenge, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Operation Write Home, OWH Midweek/Midmonth Throwdown, Stampin' Up!

hello, deerie

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Oct 252011

Whew!  Between World Card Making Day, the Hope You Can Cling To challenges at Splitcoaststampers and trying to beat the Operation Write Home Christmas mailing deadline, October is one busy card making month!  Remember, if you’re planning to send Christmas cards to OWH, your shipper needs to receive them by October 31!

Here’s a card I made for one of the HYCCT challenges as well as for the current Lawnscaping challenge.  The Lawnscaping challenge is to use paper piecing, and the HYCCT challenge is to use paint on your project.  I paper pieced the deer from two different shades of brown designer paper, and I pieced together the background from blue designer paper and white cardstock.  The white cardstock is painted with shimmery white paint.  The deer is attached with dimensional adhesive to add a little 3-D effect.  (Note to self: trimming dimensionals tiny enough to fit behind the deer’s feet and antlers is a pain worth considering before attempting this again.)

A while ago I learned that edging a paper pieced item with ink or a marker the same color as the item was stamped with gives the paper piecing a more finished look.  Well, I had a little oopsie when I was edging the deer’s feet and got a stray black marker mark on one.  So I fixed that by adding black hooves to my little creature.  I’m glad that was an easy fix!  I colored in the deer’s nose while I was at it, too.

Supplies for this card:
Stamps: Critters in the Snow (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin’ Up); Basics White (Papertrey Ink); papers from Blush 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: Cutterbee scissors (EK Success); Frost White shimmer paint, dimensionals (SU)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:30 pm Basic Grey, Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Splitcoast challenges

hay there, pink pig

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Oct 122011

This week I’m trying to get back into making cards for the challenges I enjoy.  I made two cards like this one today – one for Hope You Can Cling To and one for Operation Write Home.

Lydia’s Hope You Can Cling To challenge to create a card with a pink animal on it was the original driving force behind this card.  I thought about doing something cute like a bunny, but the realist in me overruled so I ended up choosing a pig for my pink animal.  I used the sketch from the SCS CAS challenge #138 for the layout.

The hay bale has a cardstock shim underneath it to give it some lift up off the background.  The pig is attached with pop dots to give some more dimension.  The Primas give a bit of dimension too.  Those ideas were inspired by the current Lawnscaping challenge.

So that’s what I’ve been up to today.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Critters on the Farm (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery (Stampin’ Up); scraps from Two Scoops 6″ x 6″ paper pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: dimensionals, corner rounder punch (SU); flowers (Prima Marketing); brad (Recollections)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:30 pm Basic Grey, Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Operation Write Home, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

so cool

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Sep 122011

Good Monday morning!  I hope you had a fun weekend.  If you’re looking for my OWH Virtual Card Making Party challenge, please click here -> Think O-W-H!

Today I’m sharing a card I made for several challenges.  This week’s CAS challenge at Splitcoaststampers is to make a card based off of this sketch used by Jenny C.  I’ve had this Lawn Fawn set here for a while and it was begging to be inked up.  So I decided to combine the CAS challenge with the OWH VCMP “Garanimals” challenge, to use an animal on a card created for a child.  I know it’s unusual for me to use sparkly bling, but I wanted to highlight the embossed snowflakes.  I’m glad I did because I had a hard time getting the snowflakes to show up in the photo.

This card also fits into the current Lawnscaping challenge…

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you’ll join in some of these challenges!

Supplies for this card:
Stamps: Critters in the Snow (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky (SU); Pure White Pure Luxury (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: rhinestones (SU); piercing tool (Making Memories); Snowflake embossing folder (QuicKutz); markers (Copic)

Posted by PH in VA at 8:00 am Cards, Gina K Designs, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Operation Write Home, SCS CAS Design Team, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

one layer hotness

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Aug 222011

It’s Monday – the start of another week!  That means a new CAS challenge at Splitcoaststampers.  This time we’re being asked to be inspired by the word “hot”.  I had time to get creative today so I made a card, also working it into the current Lawnscaping challenge to create a one layer card.

So here it is… a one layer card with a hot pie. I like to imagine it’s an apple pie right out of the oven, but I suppose it could be cherry or blackberry.  I used a Sizzlits circle die to create a reverse mask for my sponged circle.  I got a little heavy handed on my sponging but oh well, I don’t think it looks *too* bad. At the very least, it’s another card for Operation Write Home.

Supplies:
Stamps: My Silly Valentine (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Real Red, Ruby Red, Riding Hood Red (Stampin’ Up); Onyx Black (VersaFine)
Other: corner rounder punch (EK Success); premier colored pencils (Prismacolor); odorless mineral spirits (Houston Arts); ribbon (Offray); sponge

Posted by PH in VA at 3:30 pm Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Operation Write Home, Splitcoast challenges, Stampin' Up!

challenging little bunny

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Aug 102011

Anyone who’s been keeping up with my blog for a while knows I love crafting challenges. Last night I found a new-to-me challenge blog called Lawnscaping.  Although Lawn Fawn images are encouraged, they aren’t a requirement to be considered for the challenges there.  Well, it’s not like I needed any other excuse reason to use my Lawn Fawn stamps.

So here’s my first attempt at a Lawnscaping challenge.  This time they are asking to use distressing on your project. I used my distressing tool on the edges of the yellow cardstock.

 

I’ve combined this challenge with this week’s SCS Color Challenge, to use kraft, yellow and red.  I stamped the bunny on a scrap of cardstock and colored the heart and the tail with colored pencils. I did some simple backstitching to add an extra touch of red, and popped the bunny up with dimensional adhesive.

Even though this was my first Lawnscaping challenge, I don’t think it’ll be my last! And I have another card for my Operation Write Home stash!

Supplies:
Stamps: My Silly Valentine (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Kraft, Daffodil Delight (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: red embroidery floss (DMC); Premier colored pencils (Prismacolor); distressing tool (Making Memories); dimensionals (SU)

Posted by PH in VA at 10:00 pm Cards, Lawn Fawn, Lawnscaping challenges, Operation Write Home
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