Lawnscaping Challenge #31

Welcome, welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #31!

Sponsored by the amazing Simon Says Stamp

Who has generously offered up this wonderful prize:

We appreciate them so much!

The theme of this challenge is coloring, which is right up

my alley, because I am IN LOVE with my Copic markers.

Like seriously. In love.

And I'm going to let you in on a little personal secret.

All throughout my life, child, teenager, and adult,

I kept a secret stash for when things got really bad

or difficult in my life, or I had a tough decision to make.

My secret stash held two things: 

a box of 92 count Crayola crayons

and a Precious Moments coloring book.

Coloring is linked to one of the only truly blissful

memories I have from my childhood

and it's something that I've come back to time and time

again as a way to relax, de-stress, and find calm.

It was only when I discovered Copic markers 

about a year and a half ago that I finally passed 

my box of 92 count Crayolas on to my kids.

And I no longer keep a secret stash,

my Copics are right out in the open on display

and I use them with pride, you know why?

Because coloring isn't just for kids anymore!

Here's my card:

I used the dragon from Lawn Fawn's

Critters Ever After stamp set

(LOVING THIS SET -- can you tell?)

and paired it with my most favorite boyish papers

at the moment, the Awesome 6x6 pad from 

Simple Stories. Added some distress inks

and orange Doodlebug twine which I muted slightly

by pressing it directly into my Antique Linen 

Distress ink pad by Ranger Industries.

I hope you like it!

Please stop by the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

to see all the other incredible samples made by

the design team, and also to find out all the 

details on how to enter our challenge.

Then break out the markers, pencils, or crayons

and content your heart with some coloring!