Unbelievable Birthday Card Trio

Good morning, crafty friends! It's Christy here with a masculine (or unisex) birthday card trio to share with you all. Since I never seem to have enough birthday cards when I need them, I've started making several at once. Though I still enjoy making each card unique, I don't mind making them a little bit similar. In fact, that even makes them seem like part of a set, although I still typically send them out to different people.

For this trio, I particularly needed some masculine birthday cards, so I pulled out one of my favorite sets, Lovable Legends, and combined it with some elements from Party Animal to give them some extra party pizazz. I colored all the images in with Copic markers.

Today is the last day to enter our Color Scheme Challenge sponsored by Lawn Fawn. The winner will receive a FREE stamp set of their choice, so be sure to check it out!

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It's You're Birthday, Bling It Up!

Hey friends! It's Christy here. Today is the last day of our Sparkle It Up Challenge and I wanted to give you one last push of inspiration to encourage you to enter while you still can! There are so many ways to add sparkle to your projects, from paper to foil, sequins to sprays, stickles to embossing!

For my card I featured Lawn Fawn's Year Six with a backdrop of coral and sea grass from Fantastic Friends and blinged it out using gold glitter paper, foil, and embossing. I colored my images with Copic markers and framed them up using two of the Stitched Circle Stackables dies to echo my polka dotted paper.

You still have until the end of the day to link up your own sparkly projects, so get crafting! The winner will receive a FREE stamp set of their choice from the lovely folks at Lawn Fawn.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

You're A Legend with Christy

Hey friends! It's Christy here with another card I made for our current Sketch Challenge. Today is the last day to enter, so if you haven't already, hopefully this inspiration will push you over the edge! Did you know that sketches are open to interpretation? You can flip them upside down or on their side or swap out one shape for another.

For my card, I replaced the two diagonal stripes with a set of footprints from Lawn Fawn's Lovable Legends.  I used Doe ink to stamp them, and Jalapeño and Noble Fir for the trees. I pulled out the old classic Bannerific to stamp my sentiment in, and colored Bigfoot with Copic markers. Distress Inks set the stage for the background panel and a little water splatter gave it some fun texture.

I hope you like it! Hurry up and post your own projects before the inlinkz closes tonight. Happy crafting!

Donut Worry, Be Happy

Good morning, friends! It's Christy here with a deliciously sweet card for our current Sweets Challenge. This tasty little set was just begging to be inked up! And while they're still calling for another snow shower or two here in Northwestern PA, I am definitely ready for spring with its bright pops of color, so I just had to incorporate them into my card.

I also filmed a quick video tutorial to show you how I put the card together. I hope you enjoy it!

You've still got one more week to play along in our yummiest challenge yet! So link up your sweet projects right here. We can't wait to see what you create!

Interactive Legends!

Good morning, Jess here with a card featuring my new favorite Lawn Fawn stamp set, Lovable Legends!  I can't stop playing with these stamps...Nessie and the Kraken are SO cute!!  A few days ago I was looking at the stamp set and thought it'd be fun to make an interactive "spinning" card with the Kraken!  I decided to make a birthday card to celebrate Lawn Fawn's 6th birthday!

To create my card I stamped the Kraken in versafine and heat-embossed him with clear embossing powder.  Then I used my Scan N Cut to cut him out with a slight border.  I colored him with copics and added some accents with googly eyes and a white gel pen.  Next I adhered two pennies and foam mounting dots to the back of the Kraken to create my spinning piece.  The order of elements on the back of the Kraken is: Kraken, foam mounting dot, penny, thin foam mounting dot, penny and the track will go in between the pennies.

Then I used the Ocean Waves border dies to die-cut several blue patterned papers from Lawn Fawn to create depth in my ocean.  I stamped the sentiment onto the darkest paper and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I used a spinner die to create my wavy track but you could use a craft knife to cut that shape.  I carefully bent the paper slightly so that I could insert the spinning Kraken and then used (cough) six layers of foam tape to put my card together.  The dark blue sky and light blue polka dot layer are adhered together with regular adhesive.  Then there is a double layer of foam tape adhering the diagonal polka dot layer which allows room for the back of the spinning element.  There are four layers of foam tape adhering the dark blue checkerboard paper to the card which allows the front of the spinning Kraken to move freely (the googly eyes and foam mounting dot adds thickness to the front of the spinning Kraken).

Finally I stamped the tiny ship with versafine, heat embossed it with clear powder, colored it with copics and fussy cut it.  I adhered it to the top of the waves with foam mounting tape and I love how it gives the Kraken even more depth!  When you hold the card and tilt it the weight of the pennies will cause the Kraken to spin from left to right!  This is definitely not a card that would be easy to send in the mail (due to the six layers of foam tape) but the fun spinning element makes the extra postage worth it! ;)

Thanks so much for visiting today and I hope this card inspires you to give interactive cards a try!  Have a fabulous Monday!

-Jess

Congratulations with Christy

Hello everyone, it's Christy here with another version of dino card I made previously for our Celebration Challenge. I've found that by stamping and coloring a few extra images, I can make TWO cards instead of just one, with very little extra time.

I used the super fun Critters From The Past colored with Copics, and set my scene with the Grassy and Hillside Borders, borrowing the clouds from Blue Skies. I had a mountain die that I added to the mix, but you could easily cut these out by hand. To keep my sentiment versatile, I grabbed the brand-new Ready, Set, Shake set so the card can be given for any occasion to celebrate!

I hope you enjoyed my card! You still have a few hours to play in our challenge if you haven't already. I hope to see your project there!

Planner decoration

Hello Lawnscaping friends

It's Lenny from the FIT here with you today!
For this post, I used my Lawn Fawn stamps, papers and some twine to decorate
two pages in my MAMBI planner. 

Here are some photos ... 

I didn't use a lot of patterned papers, because my "boxes" are always full with to-do stuff.
On these two pages, there's still a lot of empty space. I haven't started planning yet. 
Once I'll start, there won't be lots of empty space ... busy, busy, busy... ;)

If I use patterned papers for my planner, then I'm stamping on them i.s.o. writing on them.
I find that easier! 
I also made a matching tassel with some Peppermint Lawn Trimmings.
There's a Winter penguin clip also! Perfect for winter! 

For a complete list of supplies: click HERE!


Stay tuned for another fun challenge that starts on Monday!
Have a great weekend! 

hugs ... 

lenny

Handmade clipboard and shopping list pages ...

Hi Friends

It's Lenny from the FIT here with you today!!
How are you all doing on this first Saturday of May? I was having a long weekend.
We had yesterday off (May Day/Labor Day as we call it) :) yay!! :) 

Okay... back to crafty stuff.
For this post today, I made a little clipboard and matching shopping list pages, for the kitchen!
Not very difficult to do! 


Lawn Fawn supplies that I used ... 

  

  

  

And here are some photos . . .

For a full list of supplies: click HERE ! ! !

Thanks for dropping by today! Have a great Saturday and enjoy your weekend!

Stay tuned for another fun and awesome challenge coming on Monday, May 4th!

bye ...

lenny