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!

Donut Disturb!

Hello!
Samantha here with you again, and today I'm sharing a cute little card in the theme of the challenge that just ended! It was all about sweets! And this card popped in my brain and I just HAD to make it! Have you ever had an idea hit you like that? I just couldn't rest until I made it! :)

So let's get on to the card!

I colored the images from Donut Worry, Starry Backdrops and Life is Good with copics and then fussy cut them out!
The background was easy to create! All I used was some Distress Inks, mist and a old, recycled piece of packaging! I smooshed the ink pad directly onto the piece of packaging, spritzed it with water, and then pressed the packaging piece onto the cardstock!

Isn't this so cute!! I think it's the perfect little card to send to someone! Either just because (my specialty!!) or maybe you have someone watching your house/pets while you're on vacation! :)

Be sure to check back here on Monday for the brand new Lawnscaping Challenge that will start! Can't wait to see you there!
~Samantha

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

Diecuts - foiled!

Hello!
Samantha M here today, and I'm sharing a super sweet and fun card!
I made this card with the current challenge theme in mind: Love and Hearts! awwww!!

I colored that ADORABLE little light bulb from Turn Me On with copics and then fussy cut him out and popped him up!
I due cut the sentiment from the Scripty Love Die about 4 times. For the top layer, I new I wanted to have part of it foiled in that pretty gold! I used my Minc Toner Pen and colored on a piece of white cardstock. Then I ran it through my laminator and lined up the die and cut it from the (freshly!) foiled paper !

I LOVE how that foil looks! For the background, I simply used some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink and watercolored it on the background. Once it was dry, I added a little bit of embossing paste through a polka dotted stencil and adhered everything on!

I hope this card got you inspired to play along with the current Lawnscaping Challenge!
Thanks again for joining me!
~Samantha M

Thinking About You!

Good morning!  Jess here to share a super sparkly card!  My card fits with our current challenge, Thinking Of You!

I recently purchased Winter Penguin and thought he'd look fabulous skating along an icy winter scene!

To create my card I swiped distress inks in Wild Honey, Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Seedless Preserves across a piece of white cardstock.  Then I swiped Black Soot distress ink around the colors and carefully swiped the edge of the pad between and over the colors to create a northern lights effect.  I let it dry completely and then I covered the cardstock with versamark and poured holographic embossing glitter over the panel.  I tapped off the excess and heat embossed it to create that super glittery background!

Next I stamped my penguin in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored him with copics and fussy cut him!  I cut the snowy hill with white cardstock and heat-embossed the sentiment from Scripty Sayings with silver embossing powder.  I popped up my penguin with foam tape and adhered the hill to my glittery background.  I wanted it to look like my penguin had scraped the sentiment into the ice with his little skates! :)

I encourage you to play along with a card using hope, love, encouragement, or thinking of you as your theme!  For more inspiration check out the current entries in the challenge...there are some fabulous cards there!

-Jess

Supplies:

Lawn Cuts Dies, Stitched Hillside Border	Lawn Cuts Dies, Thinking About You	Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps, Winter Penguin	Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pk
Memento Ink Pad, Tuxedo Black	VersaMark Ink Pad	Ranger Embossing Powder, Holographic	Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Silver
Tombow Stamp Runner Dot Adhesive Runner & Refill	Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator	Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape	Copic Sketch Markers
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Seedless Preserves	Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Black Soot	Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Wild Honey	Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Dried Marigold	Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Worn Lipstick	Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Peacock Feathers

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Quick and Fun Halloween Cards

Hello everybody! Heidi here, I hope you had a fantastic weekend full of crafting fun! Today I am sharing with you some quick Halloween inspiration. Halloween is around the corner, so I decide to come out with something that would be quick and easy to do, so if you don't have time or need some last minute cards, this inspiration is for you. Also if you haven't enter our current Lawnscaping Challenge, "Too Cute to Spook" sponsored by Lawn Fawn, you can do so HERE

I cut some 4 7/8 by 3 1/2 note cards out some white cardstock and I added a piece of Lawn Fawn "Let's Polka in the dark" petite patterned paper to cover the whole front of the note card. Then I used the small "stitched party banners" die to cut a banner out of white cardstock. I created a pattern by stamping some of the little images from the "Spooktacular" and "critters in costume" stamp sets. I colored the little patterns using Copic Markers.

              

I stamped and diecut the cat, and the bunny in the pumpkin from critters in costume, and the bat from "Spooktacular" along with couple more bats from the "trick or treat" mini set, and I poped them with foam adhesive. Then I stamp and embossed the sentiments, and finally added some twine to the top of the banner and I tied a bow. 

I hope you enjoyed these cards and that you enter our current challenge: Too cute to spook! 

Have a wonderful week!

One Layer Fall and Christmas Cards

Hello everybody, Heidi here, welcome to the Lawnscaping Challenge blog. We are currently having our Lawnscaping Challenge No. 114 "One Layer Cards", sponsored by Lawn Fawn. If you haven't enter it, you can do it HERE
To inspire you to participate, I had created couple of one layer cards, one for fall and one for Christmas. One layers cards are great for mailing, and also can be quickly made. So here are the cards that I made, I hope you'll enjoy them and enter this challenge, I can't wait to see all your creations

 For this card I sued the "into the woods" the leaves were from the "Happy harvest" and the banner from "bannerific" stamp sets by Lawn Fawn. I used a little bit of masking and I finished the card with some 4mm sequins. 

For this card I got inspired on a card that I made back in July, however it wasn't a one layer card nor a Christmas card, but the idea came from that card you can see the card here. For this card I used the "Baaah Humbug" stamp set, some masking, and some subtle ink blending. I used the stitched borders to emboss some decorative border along the left and bottom sides of the card, and finished with some sequins.

Masking is a great way to add dimensions to a one layer card. you can do a lot more complex masking, or you could make simple fast cards to send easily over the mail, the possibilities are endless. 

I hoped you enjoyed these cards and that you give them a try. I also hope that you enter the current Lawnscaping Challenge.

Have a wonderful week! 

Alpaca Masked Shaker!

Morning friends!!  Jessica here with my first post as part of the Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team and I am so thrilled to be here!  Lawn Fawn was the very first stamp company I discovered online two years ago and every release I fall in love with all of the cute critters and sentiments!!

And this new release is no different...the Winter Alpaca stamp set is adorable!  I knew I wanted to use him for this post!  I decided to combine him with the new Ready, Set, Snow shaker add-on die for a holiday shaker card!

Here's the front of the card:

And here's the inside:

I thought it would be fun to make it seem like he put on a scarf when you open the card!  I created the background by watercoloring distress inks in chipped sapphire, evergreen bough, salty ocean, and tumbled glass onto the background.  I added several layers of color to get a darker background.  I dried it with my heat gun and then added a layer of watered down iridescent medium for a little shimmer and then finished it with paintbrush flicks of picket fence distress ink.  It created a really shimmery, sparkly winter sky!  The alpacas were colored with copic markers and I added a little more iridescent medium to his scarf so it would sparkle when it caught the light!

I assembled the shaker and filled it with sparkling clear sequins and lots of white and clear seed beads in various shimmery shades.  When I stamped the alpaca for the front of the card I used post-it tape to cover up his scarf while I was inking the stamp and then I removed the post-it tape prior to stamping so the scarf didn't stamp.  I created a second distress ink background, sealed the back of the shaker, and adhered it to the front of the card.  I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiments from Winter Alpaca and finished the card with a little teal and silver twine!  

Thanks so much for visiting today and I look forward to sharing more Lawn Fawn creations soon!!  Don't forget to check out our first September challenge that starts on Monday and have a fabulous day!

Halloween Treats Using Clear Embossing

Hello everybody! Heidi here, I'm not ready for fall, and more much less for winter, but us paper crafters have to work a little bit ahead of the seasons in order to share inspiration and ideas. So today I am sharing with you some Halloween treats using Lawn Fawn products and some heat embossing! We are currently having our Lawnscaping Challenge No.112 sponsored by Lawn Fawn, which it's all about embossing, if you haven't enter yet, you still have about three days left to do so, you can enter HERE

Let me show my project and I'll tell you a little bit more about it! 

For these treats I used the "candy box die," the "Spooktacular," the "starry backdropes," and the little banner from the "small stitched journaling card" die set. 

For the backgrounds, I used the "starry backdropes" and some of the little elements from the "Spooktacular" stamp set, I stamped those using Versamark ink, and I heat embossed using clear embossing powder. I stamped the images randomly to create fun patterns.

For the sentiment I used the "happy" from the "spooktacular" stamp set, and the "halloween" from the "hoppy halloween" mini stamp set. I color the images using Copic Markers, and tied some bows, using baker's twine. 

I hope you enjoyed this fun project! Have a lovely day!