Play Along With Us!

It's Lizzy here, with the Facebook Inspiration Team.  I wanted to remind you that our current challenge, Clean and Simple, will be ending soon!  In case you need a little extra inspiration to play along, here is my version of a clean and simple Lawn Fawn card: 

My inspiration for this card came from one of the patterns in the new Hello Sunshine paper pack.  I love that Lawn Fawn includes coordinating stamps for many of their paper patterns, so it's easy to replicate the pattern onto a card.  The banner was made with the Hello Sunshine stamp set.  I used the largest stitched scallop die to make the bottom of the card and the sentiment is from Year Two.  

I hope you'll play along with us!  Our sponsor is Lawn Fawn! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

-Lizzy

Give Thanks

Happy (almost) Thanksgiving! 

It's Lizzy from the Facebook Inspiration Team.  I'm here today to share a quick, homespun themed Thanksgiving card.  

I love that Lawn Fawn can be versatile-- it doesn't have to be all about critters (not to say I don't love my critters!).  I'm really loving the folk art look that has been popular lately and I tried to recreate that look with this card.  I used several images from the Peace Joy Love set as the building blocks.  I also thought the flower image from Summertime Charm had a nice folk art look to it, so I used that as well.  I then used a flower from Mother's Day and a snowflake (they can be flowers too!) from Peace Joy Love to fill in the card.  The sentiment is a combination of Milo's ABC's and Summertime Charm.  It was stamped in a crisp black ink to really make it pop from the muted background.  I finished the card by distressing the edges of the front panel with the Tim Holtz distress tool to really add to the homespun look. 

This card would be so simple to recreate and would work as a great last-minute card for Thanksgiving!  

Thank you for stopping by!  For those who are celebrating, I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  

-Lizzy

Lawn Fawn Stamps: Peace Joy Love, Summertime Charm, Milo's ABC's, & Mother's Day

Pinterest Inspired Challenge Inspiration

Hey There! 

It's Lizzy with the Facebook Inspiration Team.  I'm here today to share my card for the current Lawnscaping Challenge: Pinterest Inspired.  This is such a fun challenge and an awesome way to jump start your creativity when you're feeling in a bit of a rut.  I personally could spend hours just scrolling through all that eye-candy!  

Here's the beautiful pin that I was inspired by: 

Image Credit

I just love the look of the garland, but I was a little dismayed when going through my Lawn Fawn stamps that I didn't have a foliage-type stamp to reproduce this....that is, until I saw the Mother's Day stamp set!

Here's how I used the stem stamp to create the garland: 

Trace a circle to use as a template and align the stamp with the line.

Start building the garland. 

Build in the opposite direction too.

When it came time to make the card, I thought stamping on a piece of patterned paper would add a little more pizzaz to the card, so here's what I came up with: 

I also looked through my stash to find a large, script sentiment and I thought the "You are my Sunshine" stamp from Sunny Skies was perfect.   The paper is part of the Yes Please Amy Tangerine 6x6 paper pad.  A few rhinestones finished off this simple card! 

I hope you feel inspired to play along with us this week!  We can't wait to see what you create! 

-Lizzy

Delight In Life

Hi All! 

It's Lizzy here with the Facebook Inspiration Team.  I'm here today to share a fun, just-because card :) 

I just adore the little Dachshund puppy in the Critters at the Dog Park set and wanted to make a card centered around this little fella!  My first step was thinking of a sentiment that matched her happy personality and then using Quinn's ABC's (and dies) and Smitty's ABC's to execute it.  I wanted the sentiment to surround the dog, so I used this little trick to make sure everything rounded in the same way: 

Using a circle, lightly draw around the top edge with a pencil to create a placement guide for your sentiment. 

Use the circle to help place letters on the acrylic block. 

Once my sentiment was in place, it was easy to assemble the rest of the card.  

Thanks for stopping by the Lawnscaping blog today!! 

-Lizzy

Supplies:
-Stamps: Critters at the Dog Park, Quinn's ABC's, Smitty's ABC's, A Birdie Told Me (small flower)
-Dies: coordinating Lawn Cuts for Critter's at the Dog Park and Quinn's ABC's, heart Lawn Cuts
-Mint Julep Mister Huey's
-Black washi tape from Lifestyle Crafts
-White gel pen 
-glossy accents 
-copics