End of the Year Teacher Gifts

Hi everyone! Roxanne here today with end of the year teacher gifts that I came up with for both my boys. They each have 2 teachers, so I had to make this project affordable, cute and simple!

My husband always laughs at me, but I reuse all sorts of containers for gift giving. I think it's quite resourceful myself, but I do amass quite the collection of containers and jars and boxes...you get the idea here! For this project, I chose to reuse strawberry containers. Just the simple clear plastic ones you get at the grocery store. I washed them all out, let them air dry and began thinking of clever gifts to put inside.

I wanted to do a popcorn/candy and movie themes for these. I thought it was different and totally fun. Here is what I made up:

 

Inside the containers:
- About 1-1/2 cups of popcorn kernels
- Homemade popcorn seasoning inside a little jar (found those at the $1 spot at Target)
- Sixlets candies (also found in the $1 spot at Target; I bought 2 bags to split between all 4 gifts)
- 2 brown kraft paper bags (found on clearance at Micheal's for 19¢ each)
- AMC Theaters gift card

For the container, I simply measured the rounded indentation on the top and bottom of the containers to cover with fun papers. This hides the stickers I didn't want to sit and remove! What I did was make one for the outside and one for the inside of the container for both the top and bottom. I chose a double sided patterned paper and used one pattern on the outside and one on the inside. I simply rounded the corners and glued to the containers. Such a fun and simple way to repurpose a fruit container! Think of all the containers you could use - fruit, donut, muffin, egg cartons, jars, and so much more. The possibilities really are endless. It makes a fun presentation for gifts like gift cards that are more exciting to get when they're wrapped creatively. At least I think so.

For the tags, I chose coordinating papers to match the patterned papers I used to dress up the plastic containers. I did two different patterned papers and matching tags for each of my kids. I made 2 of each, as I had mentioned above, for the boys. I simply had them sign their names on the opposite side of the tags.

Here are the products I used for the tags and jar label:
- Lawn Fawn Scripty Thanks Lawn Cuts
- Lawn Fawn Happy Trails (the little clouds of exhaust I actually used for popcorn!)
- Lawn Fawn Tag You're It Lawn Cuts
- Lawn Fawn Triple Pack Natural Cord
- Lawn Fawn 6x6 Sweater Weather Petite Paper Pack
- Lawn Fawn Milo's ABCs
- Memento, Tuxedo Black Ink
- Versafine, Onyx Black Ink
- Spectrum Aqua Markers

The labels for the little jars of seasoning were also from the $1 spot at Target. I stamped "popcorn salt" onto the labels using Milo's ABCs. That font is so much fun!

I think this was one of my favorite teacher gifts I've created. I can't wait for the teachers to get them!!

So, save those containers and get crafty with them for gift giving this summer. AND if you have space to save them until then, they would make amazing holiday gift containers for gift giving - I can just picture a little loaf of bread inside one of these, or a line of yummy homemade cookies.

Thanks for checking this out! I hope you enjoyed my project today.

Sweet Treats

Hey everyone, Samantha here! I have a very sweet card to share with you today. These dogs are up to some mischief when their owners are away. With strategic planning and teamwork they were able to snatch the cookie jar off the counter. These cookies are made with carob chips instead of chocolate chips, so no upset tummies here! Hopefully they will get rid of the evidence before their owners return. 

I used a variety of Lawn Fawn supplies to create my scene. The dogs are from the "Critters at the Dog Park" stamp set. The cookies and jar are from the "Milk and Cookies" stamp set. "Sweater Weather" and "Let's Polka" petite paper packs where used to create my background.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Die-cut Inlay featuring Lawn Fawn Notecards

Hi everyone!! Kari here!! Well, It is the second Tues. of a new month AND a new year!  So, I am back to share another project with you.  Today, I wanted to showcase the Lawn Fawn Note cards - or Lawn Fawndamentals Notecards for the "official" title of these fun cards.  If you are like me, sometimes you don't have the time to pull out a ton of supplies to make a quick card.  These note cards are the perfect size and perfect start to make that quick card.

I've taken two of the many colors to choose from, the Walnut and the Mermaid, and I wanted to keep these cards relatively flat, so I have incorporated the die-cut inlay technique to each card.  I used the smallest of the Large Stitched Rectangle Dies, and the bracket die that comes in the Large Journaling card die set, and I die cut these shapes right on the front of each note card that leaves the negative space.  From here, I thought it would be fun to choose a couple of different patterns of paper both from the Snow Day and Sweater Weather 6x6 paper pads to use to die cut those same shapes, and lay them back in those negative spaces as you see below.

Before I added the pattern papers, for stability, and also a "base" for my papers to stick to, I added a light weight piece of white card stock on the backside of the card front.  Once I have in-laid the pattern papers, I stamped a sentiment in each of the middle rectangle, and both sentiments come from the "Argyle Backdrops" stamp set.  To finish off each card, I added a little embellishment to each one.  For the Mermaid card I used the Lawn Fawn Sequins in the snowflake shapes, and for the Walnut I used one of the leaf wood veneers, and I altered it a bit by added a little Versa Mark ink, and embossed the edges with gold embossing powder, and then I adhered them to my cards.  Simple but fun cards, and these note cards were a great starting point!

Remember we have a fun new challenge going on!!  So, hope you are able to get crafty and link up your Winter Themed project!!  See you soon!!

Kari

Post-it note holders

Hello!!!

It's Lenny from the Facebook Inspiration Team here with you today!

I hope you enjoyed the holidays!! I wish you all the very best for 2015!!
(and looooooots of crafty fun, of course) :) 

It's the first Saturday of the month, so, here I am with a fun inspiration post!
I made some post-it note holders with loooots of Lawn Fawn goodies. 
For these holders, I used some Lawn Fawndamentals notecards!
I just love these notecards!! I already used them for cards, 
but I also made a mini-notebook and a mini-album with them!!

Other Lawn Fawn supplies: 
- patterned paper: Sweater weather
- clear stamps: Winter fox / Winter owl / Into the woods
- Lawn cuts: Winter owl / Tag, you're it / Stitched leaves / 
                   Stitched party banners / Into the woods
- Lawn trimmings: Orchid / Blue Jay / Coral

And here they are ... 

the inside ...

the outside ...

For a full list of supplies: click HERE!!
Thanks so much for stopping by today!!
And ... stay tuned... a new Lawnscaping challenge is coming on Monday!
Happy weekend!! 

lenny

2015 Desktop Calendar

Hi everyone! It's Yuki here with my first blog post on the Lawnscaping blog :). One of my favorite things about the end of the year is buying new calendars for the following year. This year instead of buying a calendar, I decided to make my own desktop calendar to give as a gift.

I reused an old CD calendar case I had from a previous year as my calendar stand. For the dates, I used a calendar stamp set I had purchased specifically with this project in mind. However, you could also use calendar stickers, printables or even write the dates by hand. I found the stamp to be the most versatile and convenient since you can stamp it in different colors and even heat emboss it. I decided to make each month unique and tried to  highlight key dates such as holidays and even my friend's birthday.

Since I used a TON of different products (too many to list), I listed the Lawn Fawn products used for each month under the photo captions.

Winter Penguin; Yeti, Set, Go.

Science of Love, #awesome

Critters in the Forest, Hats Off To You, Grassy Border

Hello Baby, Milo's ABCs, Hello Sunshine

Critters at the Dog Park, Sweater Weather, Stitched Hillside Borders

Critters in the Burbs, Grassy Border

Life is Good, Let's Polka

Critters on the Savanna, Grassy Border

Into the Woods, Sweater Weather

Spooktacular, Stitched Hillside Borders, Forest Border

Finley's ABCs, Stitched Leaves, Violet's ABCs

Critters in the Arctic, Hats Off To You, Stitched Hillside Borders

Yay you made it to the end of the post! I know that was a lot of scrolling LOL, however I hope you enjoyed today's post. Although this project was a little more time consuming than most and did require some extra planning, it was super fun to make and I'm really happy with the end result. I hope my friend likes her handmade gift as much as I do!

Thanks again for stopping by and be sure to visit the Lawnscaping Challenges Facebook page for even more awesome inspiration. And also, don't forget to check out the latest Lawnscaping Challenge: Merry Christmas, you have until Wednesday to play along!

Happy Holidays! ♥

Using non-Christmas set for a Christmas Card

Hi everyone! Thanks for coming by to Lawnscaping Challenge blog. It's me, Marina, here again to share with you a new card that I've made. Last month, I used a Christmas stamp set to make a non-Christmas card, but today, I'm doing the opposite. Kind of ;)

I've taken the Sweater Weather stamp set to make a little tree. I know that my choice of colours still looks like a Fall theme card but you can turn it into a christmas card by the magic of sentiments & embellishments.

For this card, I only use 3 ink colours, Green, Red and Orange. But if you look closely, there's 2 shades of green. I've used the second-generation stamping technique to make different dimensions to the tree. It's a great way to get more out of the ink pads you already have.

I've added the red and glittery bow to make the card look Christmas-y. The sentiments are from the Winter Penguin & Sweet Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by! Let me know what you think and hope to see you again!

Gift bag and matching card ... We belong together ...

Hi peeps!!!

Hope you're enjoying your Saturday!!
It's Lenny from the Facebook Inspiration Team here with you today!

In this post I would like to share a cute little gift bag and
a matching card!!
I used Sweater weather again and one of my new Lawn Fawn stamp
sets & dies: "Milk and Cookies"... and that awesome new "goodie bag"
die!!! Totally diggin' these new goodies! :) 

Here are some photos .... 
It's Fall already ... so, I decided to use an orange and dark blue color
combo! 

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

And .... stay tuned for a new challenge on Monday!!
Hope you'll join us in the fun and play along!!

hugs & happy weekend!

lenny

Fall Lollipop Treats

Hello, it's Sabine. My daughter Mia was having a fall/hedgehog celebration in kindergarten, so I made lollipop treats using the adorable hedgehogs from hedgehugs and the pefect sweather weather paper!

It was a lot of cutting and I did some really fast coloring on the sixteen hedgehogs :) , but I think they turned out pretty cute. The kids loved them!

Herbst means fall 

The tiny hearts are glittery 

I also used natural lawn trimmings 

Herbst (fall) was spelled with Harold's abcs

The buttons were made with a hand punch

I colored with Spectrum Noir markers

Hedgehugs, Sabine

Sweet Wishes from the Hedgehugs

Hi Lawnscapers, Roxanne here! I've got a cute little card today that I made for a bridal shower I attend this past weekend. She has a HUGE heart for animals, so I chose the adorable new Lawn Fawn set, Hedgehugs for this card. I LOVE it.

And here is the card:

I inked up the two hedgehogs and stamped them with Memento in Tuxedo Black onto my white card stock I used for coloring. I then stamped all those little hearts as well from the same Hedgehugs set. I colored them in using my Spectrum Noir Markers. I added the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Milk & Cookies set in St. Valetine from my Staz-On Midi ink pad. I took my black Spica pen and added a glittery black dot over the "i" in wishes and on their little noses. The cheeks on the hedgehogs were colored in with my Spectrum Noir Blendable Colored Pencils. Adds just a sweet little element to the love for this card.

I cut that out in a large rectangle and adhered that to my kraft base. I then took the heart paper from the Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather 6x6 Paper Pad and cut those into strips and used them on the top and bottom of the card. I added a row of large pearls and the front is complete!

Now I did something special on the inside of the card. Since I was giving the couple cash for a gift, I don't like just sticking that into the card because when you open a card, it ALWAYS falls out. I decided to make a little pocket to hold the money. So simple and I think I'm doing this all the time for anything I give cash, check or a gift card. You can get creative too with how you present that inside the card! This was just a quick and fun way to do this.

I took the same kraft card stock as my base and cut it to the width of the card (4.25"). I then cut it to 3" tall and took a circle punch and punched out a half circle in the center so that it's easy to snag the money out of there. Plus, it's cute! I used the For You sentiment from the Lawn Fawn, Love You a Latte set and inked it up with Memento, Tuxedo Black and added the little heart in the St. Valentine/Staz-On red from that set as well. 

PHOTOSHOP TIP: I found this out while editing the images for this post. I took another photo of the pocket straight on with the cash sticking out of it just like this, but Photoshop wouldn't let me edit it! There was a pop-up window that appeared saying that it could not be used because the image featured a banknote. So a tip to you if you're photographing something like this, take it on an angle or my husband suggested using Monopoly money. Ha! Just be sure to swap it out before giving the card ;) 

Upcycled gift box tin!

Hi friends!! 

It's September already ... unbelievable!!
Time flies ... where did the Summer go? I'm so not ready for Fall ... 
Talking about September ... It's the first Saturday of the month, so
it's Lenny, from the Facebook Inspiration Team here with you today!

For today's post, I upcycled a gift box tin.
I used the new Lawn Fawn patterned papers: Sweater weather
and one of the new stamp sets: Love you a latte! 
Loooove those new papers: fun and playful designs and beautiful colors!!

This little gift box is perfect for gift certifates and gift cards ...


Here it is ... 

For a supply list: click here!

And ... don't forget: there's still some time left to play along with our
weekly challenge: it's all about "one layer" cards this time!! 

Happy weekend!

Lenny