we wish you a merry christmas

hello and happy friday!
i know its early for Christmas card, but i have to start now, or i'll never get them done in time! ha!

for today's card, i used three different sets from Create a Smile to create this (almost...) one layer card!

to see the whole card and read about how you can make one too, head on over to the Create a Smile stamps blog!

thanks again!
enjoy! :)

sweet and easy watercolor cards!

Hello!
I'm super excited to share a trio of easy, watercolored cards that I created in under 13 minutes!
That's a record for me! Ha! head on over to the Sweet Stamp Shop blog to see it all!

It was easy though, with my favorite Sweet Stamp Shop sets, watercolors and a black ink pad!

Don't forget to stalk follow Sweet Stamp Shop on Instagram and Facebook! There's a release this month, and people...when I say it's going to knock your socks off, you don't even know! Ha!
Thanks again!
Enjoy!

Lawnscaping Challenge #115 - Sentiments!

oh yeah! it's a new week! 
it's a new month!
and it's the start of a new Lawnscaping Challenge! and this is a really FUN one! ha! (they're all fun, i know!) but this one is right up my alley!

see? i told you!
we want to see you make the sentiment the focal part of your project! and we all know Lawn Fawn has some of the best sentiments around!

for my card, i had an idea of turning the gnome from Gnome Sweet Gnome into a cute little pirate thanks to the adorable images from the new Booyah stamp set!

isn't he the cutest?! i just LOVE how he turned out! :)
i also used the little bird image and colored him to 'look like' a parrot! what's a pirate without his parrot matey! ha ha!

for the background, i used the Woodgrain Backdrops set. i started with a piece of white cardstock and blended some Vintage Photo and Old Paper Distress Inks. then i stamped the woodgrain image on that with Vintage Photo! i cut the paper into little strips and then layered them on the back! 
i really really like how it turned out! 

i used a tiny bit of Tumbled Glass along the sides and added that large sentiment with some old Thickers! 

so that's my project! are you ready to play along?

for even more inspiration (if you can stand it!), check out the lawnscaping facebook page! we're dedicated to keeping your creative juices flowing! :)

this week we're sponsored by a brand new sponser for the Lawnscaping Challenge - Ellen Hutson! so get your card making on, and you could win a $25 gift certificate! hello!! :)

weeeee-ooooo-weeeee-ooooo

ha ha ha!
that was my lame attempt at phonetically sounding out a fire truck siren! lol!
sigh. 

ok, so today i'm up on the Create a Smile stamps blog!
i have a fun little birthday card for a friend's son who is totally obsessed with fire trucks!

to see the whole card, and learn a little more about to recreate it yourself, head on over to the Create a Smile stamps blog! :)
enjoy!

rain can't stop us

why hello there!

today I have a layout up on the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog today!

I really really really had an AWESOME time making this layout!

I used Peerless watercolors to,create the background after taking a class by one of my favorite scrapers over on Big Picture Classes! 

here's a sneak little peak:

Oh yeah! there's more where that came from! just head over to the Butterfly Reflections Ink blog to see it all!

enjoy!

kraken dreams!

hello!!

today i have a card up on the Newton's Nook blog with the super fun kraken from the Message in a Bottle stamp set! 

ha ha!

i just LOVE that kraken!!! it's so fun, and i have to be honest, it's just FUN to say kraken! lol! 

i colored him in with purple copics (no, i'm not sick. no, there was no gun to my head...it just called for purple! i was as surprised to see it as you were! ha!) and the popped it up over that background!

for the background i colored some embossing paste with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and used a super cool wave stencil. LOOOOOVE those waves! then i used Vintage Photo Distress Ink to add some watercoloring to the bottom of the card for the ocean floor.

my favorite part of the card is that i added the watercoloring to the card base itself! so fun!

so that's my card!

hop on over to the Newton's Nook blog to see what else fun is cooking there! 

enjoy!

Stamping a Sweet Puzzle

Hello!
Today I have a fun and quick little project I made for my little preschooler Mann, up on the Sweet Stamp Shop blog!

I used lots of Sweet Stamp Shop sets, too! All you need is a premade puzzle (I bought mine from the clearance section of my local craft store, but you could always make your own, too!) and some of your favorite images!

It's easy as that - stamp, color, play! Woo-hoo! My little Mann really had a ball putting the puzzle together! he did it about 5 times in a row! Ha!

Thanks again for stopping by! And if you want to read about how to make this quick little project for someone you know, head on over to the Sweet Stamp Shop blog!
Enjoy!