Lawnscaping Challenge #60

Hey girls!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #60!

We are being sponsored by the lovely Lawn Fawn

who has generously offered up a stamp set of the winner's choice.

Thanks, Lawn Fawn! We love you!

Here's my card:

I used a scrap of blue patterned paper from Daphne's Closet

and added some cloud die cuts to create my sky panel,

then ran a piece of kraft cardstock through a Tim Holtz embossing folder 

distressed with Vintage Photo to create my tree.

To give it dimension, I rolled back the sides of the tree panel

and adhered it only on those folds so it would bow out.

I added another panel covered in Vintage Photo to the inside.

Then I stamped the raccoon, leaves, and sentiment from 

Lawn Fawn's Critters In The Forest, and cut a few more leaves

free-hand from a green sheet of Daphne's Closet paper.

I distressed those with Shabby Shutters distress ink.

Added a button and some twine and called it done. 

I hope you like it!

Please hop on over to the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

and see the other amazing design team creations,

and link up your own dimensional cards and projects!

Can't wait to see what you create!

Have a great day!

Paper Craft Planet Sketch Challenge with Crafter's Companion

Today the Design Team is excited to play along with Paper Craft Planet for their weekly sketch challenge and we would love to have you play along too.  Here's the fun sketch and you can find more info on the PCP Blog too!  If you would like to play along, upload your card to the PCP Gallery and tag it with SK061413.

Here's my card:

I used the stamp set Angelica & Friends "Felicity" 

by Crafter's Companion and colored her in with my 

Spectrum Noirs on CC Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock.

I hope you like her!

And I hope you'll play along!

YES ~ there is a prize!!!  For each comment left on the blogs listed below, you will be entered into a drawing for a $20 gift certificate.  ALSO, if you play along on our sketch challenge, you will be entered into the drawing again (just make sure you upload your card to the PCP Gallery with the tag listed above).   Deadline to enter your comments and/or sketch challenge cards is June 21, 2013 at midnight (ET). Entries can be uploaded to the PCP Gallery.

Now here's who is playing along with us today ~ hop along and leave some love for your chance to win the Crafter's Companion Gift Certificate!

Christiana Reuling -- http://christygetscrafty.blogspot.com (me)

Denise Coulter -- http://lalasworldblog.blogspot.com

Khristen Foss -- http://khristenscraftroom.blogspot.com

Stacy Harper-Watson -- http://scrapwithstacy.blogspot.com/

Stephanie Severin -- http://ingeniousinkling.typepad.com

Trena Brannon -- http://trenastampinhq.blogspot.com

Kendra Wietstock -- http://kendrawietstock.blogspot.com

Deb Felts -- http://withastampandasong.blogspot.com/

Pam Hornschu -- http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/

Susanna Boyd -- http://www.cardoftheweek.com/

Thanks so much for stopping by!

A Special Wish

Hey there everyone!

I'm here with a new card to share!

I used the new Embossalicious 6x6 Chevron folder on my red panel,

and the boat from Sheena's A Little Bit Sketchy "On The Water"

with a sentiment from Party Paws "Flowers from Bamboo"

I mounted my image on a sticky-back canvas circle 

and added some Studio Calico wood veneer stars.

The boat and the water were colored with Spectrum Noirs.

I hope you like it!

Have a great day!

2013 Teacher Card Sets

Hello there!

How are you all this fine Monday morning?

My boys and I are enjoying our first official day of summer vacation! 

It's raining -- but that hasn't hampered our moods too much.

Friday was their last day of school,

and as usual, I was working late into the night

on Wednesday and Thursday to complete the teacher gifts. 

I always wait until the last minute! Procrastinator. ;)

Anyway, each of my boys has two teachers in their Montessori class,

and I always do card sets of six as their gifts, which totals up to 

36 HANDMADE CARDS!!!

Whew! That's a lot to crank out in two days -- 

but I can't complain because it's my fault for not starting earlier.

So when you're making 36 HANDMADE CARDS

in two days, you have to keep the design simple.

Or at least, I do.

I loved the chalkboard image from Lawn Fawn's A Good Apple,

but I knew they were going to take too much time

to really achieve a realistic chalkboard look.

So I had the brilliant idea to use it as a whiteboard!

Some colored ink, a quick line drawn on the chalk stick, 

some selective coloring and I had a dry-erase marker.

Here's some samples:

I also used Lawn Fawn's Lucky Stars on the middle card.

I used up the entire 6x6 pad minus two sheets from

the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss collection.

I think they turned out cute, and the teachers always tell me

how much they look forward to receiving them.

I hope you enjoyed them too!

Have a great day!

Carte Postal

Hi there, everyone!

I hope you're enjoying this wonderful weekend!

My boys and I are about to head out to their school picnic

at our local amusement park,

but before we do, I wanted to share this card with you.

This card is using one of my favorite sets from 

the Stamp It Australia "Imagine" line by Crafter's Companion.

This is Set 66 - French Travels and I love all the travel

 themed images it contains. I used 4 of them on this one card!

I hope you like it! 

Have an amazing day!

Lawnscaping Challenge #59

Hello there!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #59!

Our sponsor is the wonderful Simon Says Stamp!

They have generously donated a $25 gift certificate to our winner!

Here's my card:

I used Lawn Fawn's Critters At The Dog Park and Blue Skies,

which I colored in with my Spectrum Noirs

as well as papers from Daphne's Closet 

and an element sticker from Pink Lemonade.

The woodgrain floral paper is Simple Stories Vintage Bliss.

I also colored the pink butterfly twice and cut them in half 

and layered them to get a side view image.

I drew in the red collar and bone-shaped I.D. tag because

I just had to color the dog to look like my sweet Zadie. :)

We rescued her last August from our local shelter

and we love her to bits and pieces!

Isn't she gorgeous?

I hope you'll head over to the Lawnscaping Challenges blog

and check out the other amazing design team samples.

We'd love for you to play along!

Have a great day!

Quick Tip: EZ Magnetic Die Storage Solution

Hey everyone!

Today I wanted to share a great organizational tool with you all.

I recently converted all my dies over to the EZMagnetic Storage System

by Crafter's Companion and I am loving it!

It's sturdy, holds TONS of dies, and keeps them all together

and completely enclosed so even the itty bitty ones can't fall out.

You can fit a ton of sheets in one case -- I got 9 in mine,

and could probably squeeze in another to make an even 10.

I even figured out a way to tag them all so I know

which manufacturer made each die, which set it's a part of,

and how many pieces are in that set, should they ever get separated.

I bought a second one recently, and I'll be able to get all 

my wafer-thin dies in them, with a few pages to spare.

And I love how slim and neat they look standing up on my work surface!

They take up hardly any room at all.

So glad I discovered this system for storing my dies.

Watch and see if it might be the solution for yours too!