Lawnscaping Challenge #28

Hey there!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #28!

This challenge is being sponsored by the 

incredible Lawn Fawn!

The winner will receive a fantastic prize,

especially considering all the new sets that 

will be released at the end of this month!

Here's my Distressed card:

I needed a birthday card for my sweet and sassy

friend and fellow writer, Alice, who turned 80 yesterday!

She is seriously the coolest chick I know.

I thought she would appreciate this vintage-style card

using Crate Paper's Portrait collection,

Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks,

and a sentiment from Sophie's Sentiments.

I hope you enjoy it too!

Please stop by the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

for all the details on how to enter,

and check out the other amazing design team samples!

We love you guys!

Have a great day!

Floral Designs

Hey everybody!

Thought I'd do something a little different today.

I think most of you know that I work as a

Floral Designer at my local A. C. Moore.

Last January when I got the position, 

I shared a few of my (sad) first attempts with you,

but I haven't shared any of my arrangements since then.

Last Saturday evening, after I punched out,

I walked around and took a some photos of a couple

of my designs that I could reach. ;o)

What can I say? I'm short. And a lot of them are high up.

Anyway, I thought maybe y'all would 

be interested to see them.

Prices are always reflected on the actual cost of product used.

A few of these are large "show piece" arrangements,

others are smaller and more reasonably priced. :o)

Enjoy!

I'll tell you what, it's a great feeling to get to go to work

and be creative every day.

I'd love any comments!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lawnscaping Challenge #27

Hello!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #27!

This challenge is all about sharing the LOVE.

And it's sponsored by the wonderful Simon Says Stamp!

Who has very generously offered up this awesome prize:

On to my card!

If this looks just a little bit familiar, 

you may recognize it from this similar card

I made for the Lawn Fawn CHA challenge.

At the time, I stamped several versions of this image

and sentiment because I loved the idea so much.

I thought this challenge would be the perfect opportunity

to take it and put a fresh, new spin on it.

Here's the result:

I also took a little wedding favor that

was so cute, I just couldn't throw it away,

and repurposed it by stamping a new tag and 

tying on a sweet red ribbon.

Perfect for holding little Valentine goodies.

I hope you like it!

Please also stop by the rest of the amazing design team 

member's blogs and leave them some comment love.

Laurel Beard

Melania Deasy

Lynnette Kauffman

Tamara Laan

Ayana Posadas

Britta Swiderski

Vera Yates

and we have the great honor of having

the amazingly talented Joy Taylor

as our February guest designer!

And don't forget to pop on over to the

Lawnscaping Challenge blog

for all the deets on how to enter.

Have a great day, everybody!

Bon Voyage

Hello there!

Who out there is headed to CHA this weekend?

Wish I were!

It seriously sounds like SO MUCH FUN!

I know you girls who are going will have a fabulous time.

I want to wish you all Bon Voyage!

I used Lawn Fawn's Bon Voyage and Bannerific

stamp sets, with paper from Basic Grey's Wander collection

and a tag by October Afternoon.

Can't wait to see all the updates and sneak peeks,

and hear all about your trips when y'all get back.

Travel safe!

And The Winner Is...

Hey there, all!

Thanks for stopping by!

I just wanted to pop in and announce the winner 

of my 2-year blogiversary giveaway!

Drumroll please....

;o)

The winner is:

blog commenter #11

AMY E!

who said:

Happy 2nd blogaversary! 

And thanks for the chance at such a great giveaway! 

Looks like pinkalicious fun!

I've been a follower for a while now...

it's always fun to pop in and see what you're up to

Amy, please email your snail mail address to:

penciledwhimsies at gmail dot com

and I'll get that package out to you ASAP.

Thanks so much for playing along, everybody!

Stay tuned for more cards, videos, and giveaways!

Blogiversary Giveaway

Hey there, everybody!

So sorry this post is getting up a week late --

My two-year blogiversary was January 6th,

and though I picked up all the goodies for my giveaway

that day, I wasn't able to film the video until today.

With these short winter days, I've been leaving 

the house while it's still dark out, 

and returning home when it's dark again.

Anyway, here it is!

One tiny note:

I misspoke and said the ribbon was three yards,

it's actually three feet, or ONE yard.

Sorry about that.

So as I mentioned, there are a couple different

ways you can enter:

1. Leave a comment here on this blog post

letting me know that you are a follower.

2. Leave a comment on this YouTube video 

letting me know you are a subscriber.

I've also decided to add a third option:

3. Spread the word through the social media

of your choice, whether it be your blog, facebook,

twitter, etc. Just leave me a comment either place

and let me know you've done that for a third entry.

You still must be a blog follower for any entries to count, 

as this is a thank you to my followers giveaway.

I'll leave it open for one week, until midnight

Monday, January 23rd,

and announce the winner on Tuesday the 24th.

Best of luck to all of you!

And thank you again for your support!

It means the world to me.

Lawnscaping Challenge #26

Hello! 

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #26

Sponsored by the wonderful Lawn Fawn!

The winner of this fun challenge will receive

this generous prize from our sponsor:

With all the new sets being released at CHA,

what could be more perfect?

On to my card:

I wanted to showcase this beautiful patterned paper by 

October Afternoon. It really needed little embellishing.

I took two snowflake stamps from Frosties and

clear embossed them on my two focal patterns --

the OA, plus the text print from Fancy Pants.

I also added a few extra snowflakes on the FP

paper with Jenni Bowlin's Speckled Egg ink.

I also took my sentiment from that stamp set,

as well as the little mittens from 

Making Frosty Friends, which I colored with Copics.

I added some ribbon, snowflake buttons, and gems

and called it a night. ;o)

I hope you enjoyed it!

Now please hop on over to the rest of the design team

and check out their Winter Wonderland creations:

Laurel Beard

Melania Deasy

Lynnette Kauffman

Tamara Laan

Ayana Posadas

Britta Swiderski

Vera Yates

and our sweet and sassy guest designer,

Ruby McGuire!

And don't forget to stop by the 

Lawnscaping Challenge blog

for all the details on how to enter.

Have a great day!