Smile Crocodile Card using Lawn Fawn and Distress Products

Hello!

It's Tracy here with a fun card using Distress products!  I also created a video tutorial to go with this card.

You can watch the video here or on Youtube:

I used Distress ink on the large speech bubble to create the "sky."  I then painted in the clouds from the Sunny Skies stamp set. with Picket Fence Distress Stain.

The crocodile is from the Critters Down Under stamp set and paper pieced with patterned paper from the Into The Woods 6x6 paper pad.  I stamped the sentiment into a speech bubble from the A Birdie Told Me stamp set.

Have a great day!

~Tracy

It's a Party - continuing with the Birthday Celebration!

Hello there, everyone!  Kari with you today from the Facebook Inspiration Team, and I wanted to continue and inspire you with another project celebrating the party that is going on here at Lawnscaping!  If you haven't heard, Lawnscaping is celebrating it's FOURTH year!!  Year by Year, Challenge by Challenge - it is only going to get better and more fun - so hope you are able to link up your project(s) in the gallery, because we'd love to see them!

Today I am sharing this card with you...

I used 5 Lawn Fawn sets for this card - "Admit One", "A Birdie Told Me", "So Much to Say", "Critters on the Savanna", and "Love You Tons".  I did a card that was 3 7/8" X 9 1/4" - this card can fit into a legal sized envelope in case you were wondering.  First - let me say thank GOODNESS for dies!!  I don't know if I could have handled having to "fussy" cut all of these pieces out.  Some enjoy it - I, however do not, because I am so slow at it.  Can you tell in my scene that I've created who's having the birthday??  Just a fun question :) Actually, doesn't really matter - because its a party for everyone!!

I used my Copics to color all of the images - so I stamped them all out in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and I die cut all of the images out except for the balloon, and I did "fussy" cut it out.  I only used pattern papers from Lawn Fawn's The Bright Side collection.  Just love this paper for grass :)

Hope this inspires you to join us in this week's challenge if you haven't already!! 

See you soon!

Kari

Felt Wine Tags: A Photo Tutorial

Hey!  It's Lizzy from the Facebook Inspiration Team.  Can you believe Christmas is tomorrow? Are you ready??  In case you need a small last minute gift for someone in your life, here's a quick gift idea for you: 

No-Sew Felt Wine Tags

These are super easy (and very quick!) to make.  I think they would make a lovely hostess gift.  Here's how:

Supplies: Felt (at least 2 colors), Glossy Accents, scissors, hole punch, metal rings, dies, a die-cutting machine

For this project, I used Lawn Fawn's coordinating dies for A Birdy Told Me.  I thought the little circle speech bubble could pass for an ornament and the star die included in the set was the perfect little touch to go inside the tags.  I found the round metal rings in the jewelry section at Michaels.

Start by die cutting 6 tags of each color (I'd already made 1 complete red tag, so that's why you only see 4 red)

Die cut the star into 3 red tags and 3 white tags.

Now you should have 3 tags with stars cut out, 3 whole tags, and 3 stars for each color.

Start assembling by using a star from the opposite color and place it into the tag.
Use some glossy accents on a whole tag and glue the 2 sides together. 

Use a whole punch and string the metal ring through.  And that's it! 

These are SO easy to whip up.  Package the tags into a little box or bag and include a bottle of wine and you have an easy hostess gift in no time! 

Thank you so much for stopping by!  From all of us at Lawnscaping, we hope you have a very merry Christmas!  

-Lizzy

How To Get Inspired...

Hi! Chrissie here today! I don't know about you, but sometimes I have a realllllyyyy hard time getting inspired to start a project.  Of course, there is always Pinterest, but sometimes when I go on there for ideas, it backfires and I spend an hour pinning instead of crafting! So, the last time I needed some inspiration, I decided to look around the house for ideas.

I found some inspiration right away, with our shower curtain (it came from Target)!

I knew that my hexagon dies would work really well, using this as my starting point.

I pulled out my dies and some paper and started on a color scheme.

I still wasn't really sure which direction to go in (sometimes I am just really stuck, LOL), so I started dies cutting a few different sizes and colors.

Then, I laid them down on cardstock and just moved them around until it felt right.  I didn't adhere until the very end.

I used a sentiment from A Birdie Told Me and stamped it in navy blue instead of black so it would keep with the same color theme.  I almost never stamp sentiments in anything but black, so I was living on the edge, hee hee hee!

So, the next time you are stuck, just look around at the non-crafty things and see where it takes you!!!

Stamps: Lawn Fawn,
Papers: American Crafts, Recollections
Ink: Memento
Dies: Spellbinders