i like you a lotl!

hello!
today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawn blog!
so exciting! and to top it off, I also created a video on how I made this sweet, adorable shadow box card! you can check it out on my YouTube Channel, here!

ok, so let's get to it!

I told you it was adorable! it's hard not to be adorable when you are that CUTE cute little critter!
I started by stamping and coloring the images from I like You A Lotl, Life is Good and Ocean Shell-fie. then I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color them! once they were all dry, I used the coordinating dies to die cut them out and added a little details with the white gel pen!

for the background, I die cut out the Shadow Box Card Die with Mermaid Cardstock, and then used Distress Inks to add some color! I used Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon. for the sandy bottom of the ocean floor, I used white cardstock and Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber. I also die cut out some strips with the Stitched Hillside Borders and used the same colors to make the ocean floor.

once it was all assembled, I started adding the images with glue! so fun to create the extended scene!! then I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto a vellum banner that was die cut with the Fancy Wavy Banners dies and glued it to the back!

be sure to check out the card on my YouTube Channel and the Lawn Fawn blog!
enjoy!

you're the sweetest!

hello!
today I have a card up on the Create a Smile Stamps blog!
and, it's just the sweetest!!

ha! see?
it says it right there on the card, so you know I'm telling the truth!
check it out on the Create a Smile Stamps blog to read all about it!
enjoy!

olive you!

hello there!
today I have a card up on the Newton's Nook Designs blog, and it's super cute and super punny! all the things I love! ha!

see? ha! love it!
I mean...olive it! lol!
I used the images from Newton Celebrates and Love Bites stamp sets! I colored them all with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then used their coordinating dies to die cut them out!
they're all so cute, and ready to party!

I loved the idea of combining the olives from Love Bites with the martini image fromNewton Celebrates - it's the perfect combo!
then I heat embossed sentiments from each set again, and die cut them out using the Speech Bubbles Die Set! I added foam tape to the top bubble so it stands out a little, but I really like how they overlap!

to create the background, I used Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn, Black Soot and Twisted Citron to create an ink blended background. then I placed the Cascading Stars stencil on top, and used the same colors (but this time with more pressure!), to add the subtle texture of the stars!! SO fun and festive!

be sure to check this card out on the Newton's Nook Designs blog, too!
enjoy!

love you so mush!

hello!
today I have a card up on the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!
and I created it using the awesome sketch challenge that's currently going on!

love it!

those mushrooms have my heart! I love the different shapes and sizes!
I stamped the mushrooms from Oh Gno

me! and Gleeful Gardens! I also stamped some of the grass images from Swan Soiree!

I colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut them out!

I cut small squares in vellum for the background of each little mini-scene and then glued them all down! I did pop up one mushroom (and snail!) per little scene for a little dimension!
I just love the warm colors!!! I used various shades of pinks and reds and then the warm colors of the grass are so fun and different!

I finished off the card with a splattering of sequins! and then stamped the sentiment in the bottom and colored in the heart with a white gel pen!
the cardstock is Fog, and I just LOVE the soft grey!

be sure to play along for the chance to win! I can't wait to see how everyone interprets the sketch!
enjoy!

Newton's Nook Designs February Release - Newton’s Rainy Day Trio and Daffodils + coordinating Dies

**this is my 2nd post of the day! to see my Get Cracking on Christmas cards post with Jenn Shurkus, scroll down, or click here!**

and here we are, the last day of Newton's Nook Designs' February release!

it's got that fresh, cute spring feeling!

oh how I love all of these new stamps, stencils and dies!! just wait until you see it all! but in the mean time, check out what we're working with today: Baa + coordinating Dies!
you can totally create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on February 19th, right here! 

and here is another favorite of mine from this release - the Newton's Rainy Day Trio card!

this little scene is so cute!
I used a light grey cardstock for the background as the base. then I used Distress Inkns in Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon and Black Soot for the edges! I splattered some white acrylic ink and color around the border too!
then I added some clear rain shaped jewels to the background!

I colored in the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then used the coordinating die to die cut it out!
the sentiment was heat embossed on the vellum banner that was die cut using the Banner Trio Die Set.

my second card is those beautiful Daffodils!

I found an image of some daffodils that were white petals with a coral inside, so that's how I colored these!
I love how this came out!

I used Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry and Dried Marigold to create the background (with more splatters, of course!)

I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto a banner I created!

Would you like to win the “Newton’s Rainy Day Trio” or the “Daffodils” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here's how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday February 18th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 19th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

Get Cracking on Christmas - Snow Much Fun

hello!!!

today I'm joining Jenn Shurkus as she continues to Get Cracking on those Christmas cards!! I'm sooooooooo excited to be joining her since I'm still in the Christmas card-making mode! ha!!

be sure to join in the Christmas fun!!
if you create a project, share it on social media with the tag: #getcrackingonchristmas and comment on Jenn's blog!
as an added bonus! Jenn will be doing a Facebook live each month!
This month's LIVE will be on her Facebook page, Friday Feb 26th at 8:30p ET
www.facebook.com/jennshurkus.artist

ok, let's get onto my card!
I used the adorable Winter Magic and Baby It's Cold Outside stamp sets from Evelin T Designs for my card!

so cute!
I love those images! I combined the images by having the fox hitch a ride on the sled!! it's so cute and fun! I colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut them out!

I used Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch and Mermaid Lagoon for the background! first, I ink blended the colored, then I used the packaging technique in the same colors and added it on top! it created the coolest watercolor-y look! so fun!
once it was dry, I used the Snowflake Trio Stencil from Lawn Fawn and white embossing paste to add some texture!

don't forget to comment on Jenn's blog post and play along, too, for a chance to win a prize! 
enjoy!

thanks so much for checking out my card!
be sure to check in with Jenn Shurkus on her blog for all of the prize and challenge details!
enjoy!

Newton's Nook Designs February Release - Baa + coordinating Dies

hello and welcome to day 3 of Newton's Nook Designs' February release!

it's got that fresh, cute spring feeling!

oh how I love all of these new stamps, stencils and dies!! just wait until you see it all! but in the mean time, check out what we're working with today: Baa + coordinating Dies!
you can totally create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on February 19th, right here! 

this is one of my favorite cards of the release!

this little scene is so cute!
I used Distress Inks in Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot, Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio. then I splattered some water and white acrylic ink on top!
I also used the Clouds Stencil and the same colors to add some subtle clouds to the background, too!

I die cut out the clouds from the Sky Scene Builders Die set! I also stamped the sentiment on one of the clouds!

the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut out with the coordinating dies!

Would you like to win the “Baa” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday February 18th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 19th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

Newton's Nook Designs February Release - Hoppy Greetings and Hare Mail + coordinating Dies

so excited for day 2 of Newton's Nook Designs' February release!

it's got that fresh, cute spring feeling!

oh how I love all of these new stamps, stencils and dies!! just wait until you see it all! but in the mean time, check out what we're working with today: Hoppy Greetings and Hare Mail + coordinating Dies !
you can totally create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on February 19th, right here! 

so excited to share these stamps with you today! this release is just adorable!
my first card uses the Hoppy Greetings stamp set!

this little scene is so cute!
I used the clouds from Winston Takes Flight for the sky!
and the ground was created with Land Borders Die Set and Sky Borders Die Set for the ground! I used Distress Inks in Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron for the grass and hills! and then for the garden soil area, I used Vintage Photo and Fossilzed Amber. then splattered some white and ink color on top!

I sprinkled the carrots in there (they are from yesterday's Spring Roundabout stamp set!) adn then popped up the main image with foam tape!

my second card uses the Hare Mail stamp set!

so cute! I used the new Basketweave Stencil for the background! I used Fossilized Amber and Mustard Seed Distress Inks to create the fun background! then I splattered the color on top to add some fun!

the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut out with the coordinating dies!

I heat embossed the sentiment (from Spring Roundabout) onto a banner of vellum, that I die cut using the Banner Trio Die Set. 

Would you like to win the “Hoppy Greetings” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday February 18th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 19th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

Newton's Nook Designs February Release - Spring Roundabout, Basketweave and Bunny Tails Stencils

**this is my 2nd post of the day! to see the newst Lawn Fawnatics Challenge card, scroll down or click here!**

yay! we're off to a new year of inspiration with Newton's Nook Designs' February release!

it's got that fresh, cute spring feeling!

oh how I love all of these new stamps, stencils and dies!! just wait until you see it all! but in the mean time, check out what we're working with today: Spring Roundabout (works with Circle Frames & Banner Trio Dies), Basketweave and Bunny Tails Stencils!
you can totally create a project life type spread, gift tags and, of course, cards! all of the new sets will be available for purchase on February 19th, right here! 

I love this set and stencils!
my first card uses the new Bunny Tails stencil! it's so cute!

I used the Circle Frames Die Set for my card! the bunnies are flocked!! (they're so fuzzy!!) and the tails are white embossing paste! there's so much texture and fun!
the banner was die cut from some kraft using the Banner Trio Die Set for the sentiment! the sentiment was die cut using the Spring Pile Up Die Set from bright pink cardstock! 

that cute little bunny butt image is from Bunny Hop, and I just love it!

my second card uses the cute Spring Roundabout stamp set!

so fun!
I used the image to stamp it a few times onto a standard cardbase size. it was heat embossed it in black and then trimmed into the rectangle shape. then I used Distress Inks in a rainbow of colors to ink blend! I finished the background off by splattered some white paint on top!

the sentiment was heat embossed in white onto a black banner created with the Banner Trio Die Set.
I sprinkled in some sequins on top to finish the card off!

Would you like to win the “Spring Roundabout” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here's how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday February 18th at 9pm EST to comment  -- winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday, February 19th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton's Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Samantha VanArnhem
Amanda Wilcox

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #95 - Sketch!

happy Monday!
let's start this week off with a NEW challenge over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge blog!

yay!

oh yeah - sketches are SO fun!!
and for my card, I used clouds instead of a hearts, and made it a little...loosey goodsey! ha!

I honestly just love love love these unicorns, and so I had to make them playing in the clouds! ha!
I stamped the unicorns from Unicorn Picnic, and the clouds are from All the Clouds. also, the small clouds and the sentiment is from Rain or Shine Before n Afters!
I colored all of the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut them out!
I also added some glitter to the horn and hoofs of that cute little unicorn!

for the background, I used Distress Inks to create a watercolor-ed look! I pressed the ink pad onto a scrap piece of plastic packaging and then spritzed a little water on top! then I pressed that piece of packaging onto my white cardstock! it adds a nice little watercolor smoosh! I repeated that process with Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon and Peacock Feathers.

the sentiment was heat embossed in white onto a strip of black cardstock and popped up with foam tape!

I really can't WAIT for you to play along! you could win a $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn!!!!
enjoy!