Cards That Care Blog Hop!

Welcome to my stop along the Cards That Care blog hop!

Having spent a lot of time visiting my great-grandmother

in the nursing home when I was a teen,

I can truly say that this is such a worthy cause and I 

am so thrilled and honored to be a part of it.

Special thanks to Vera and Jennifer for hosting it!

You should have come here by way of the 

adorable and talented Brandi.

If you're just popping in or get lost anywhere along the way,

just hop back over to Vera's blog

for the full list of participants and the awesome prizes,

including Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts, May Arts, 

Penny Black, The Sweet Stamp Shop, and many more.

On to my card:

I hope you enjoy it!

See the end for a full list of supplies.

And please don't forget that Vera and Jennifer are

collecting holiday cards through November 30th. 

See Vera or Jennifer's blogs for those 

details and please consider joining in this 

fabulous cause and spreading a little Christmas

cheer to the elderly this year.

For now it's time to continue the hop

with the incredibly artistic Cristina Kowalczyk!

Have fun hopping and be sure to leave

a comment at each stop for your best chances to win!

Have a great day!

Supplies:

stamps: Stampendous, Hero Arts

ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

coloring medium: Copic Markers

paper: Memory Box, My Mind's Eye

burlap: Canvas Corp

ribbon: stash

Happy Birthday Soccer Star

Just a quick pop-in to share my latest card with y'all!

My oldest son just celebrated his 10th birthday --

I can hardly believe it. Where did the time go?

Chaz is a HUGE soccer fan,, so I had to

 make him a card using this LOTV cutie, 

coloring the jersey with Copics to match his

favorite team -- Bayern Munich.

Hope you like it!

As a bonus, here's a picture of my cheeky 10-year-old

and his younger brother, Elliott, in the background:

And my three monkeys,

Elliott (8), Chaztin (10), and Dominic (6)

Have a great day!

Lawnscaping Challenge #20

Hello there!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #20!

Can you believe we've already gotten to #20?

It has been such a fun, exciting ride so far,

and I know that's going to continue.

I am SO HAPPY and HONORED to be

a part of this fabulous design team.

And we've got another great challenge for you!

Paper piecing is a wonderful way

to add a touch of whimsy to your projects

and use up some of those great patterned papers we all

like to hoard and can never seem to get enough of!

And we've got a fantasic sponsor,

the ultimate in cute and quirky stamps: Lawn Fawn!

Check out the prize!

Who wouldn't love to add another adorable

Lawn Fawn set to their stash, right?

Especially with all those amazing new releases!

Here's my card:

I took the Winter Fox stamp set and altered the fox

by carefully removing the mug and steam with a baby wipe.

Then I drew in her belly and haunches with a Copic multiliner.

I added Winter Bunny to give her a friend to hang with,

and paper-pieced both the animals and their scarves.

I used a touch of my BG11 Copic marker to add a touch 

more color to the stripes on Winter Fox's scarf.

Hope you like it!

Now please go and stop by the rest of the design team

and see their amazing samples and leave them some love!

Laurel Beard

Lynnette Kauffman

Ayana Posadas

Christiana Reuling (me!)

Britta Swiderski

Vera Yates

and welcoming Melania Deasy!

Our guest designer is the lovely

Laurie Willison.

And don't forget to check out the

Lawnscaping Challenge blog

for all the details on how to enter!

Have an amazing day!

Gnome Birthday Surprise

Hey there!

What's happening, people? 

I have a new card to share with you all today.

I bought this adorable gnome digi stamp

 from Whimsie Doodles a while back,

and finally had the opportunity to use it

on this birthday card for my Dad.

I hope you like it!

The papers all came from the 

October Afternoon Campfire 8x8 pad.

I LOVE that collection.

It has some really great prints for fall.

Thanks so much for stopping by

and leaving me some love! 

I so enjoy reading all your comments.

Have a great day!

Peacock Love Life (video tutorial)

Hello everyone!

I hope this lovely Tuesday morning 

finds you all doing well!

Yesterday was my day off,

and it was one of those rare days where

I didn't have much I HAD to do,

so of course, I had to get crafty! ;o)

I made this card, and decided

to film a video tutorial while I was at it.

I have to apologize for the shakiness of the film!

This is what happens when your camera set up

consists of a goose-neck lamp and packing tape.

Guess it's time to invest in a tripod.

I hope you enjoy it anyway.

Thanks so much for watching!

And if you'd like to leave any comments

over on YouTube or subscribe to my channel,

I would really appreciate it! :o)

Have a great day!

Supplies:

cardstock: Bazzill

patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket

stamps: Lawn Fawn "Turkey Day" and "Fly Free"

ink: Tsukineko Momento "Tuxedo Black"

copic markers: BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11, G24, G21, G20, YR23, YR21, YR09, YR04

Lawnscaping Challenge #19

Hello there!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #19!

This one is all about adding layers and dimension

to really make your cards pop!

And we have a WONDERFUL sponsor,

Simon Says Stamp!

Who is graciously offering up a $25

gift certificate to the winner.

There are many ways to add layers 

and dimension to your project.

Using foam dimensionals is what typically

comes to mind, but there's also paper-piecing,

shading with Copic Markers or colored pencils,

and even distress inks.

I tried to combine a little of each of these

methods in my card:

I used Lawn Fawn's Critters on the Farm

stamp set to create my scene.

I really hope you enjoy it!

Please check out the other amazing projects

created by our fantastic design team

and be sure to leave them some comment love.

Laurel Beard

Lynnette Kauffman

Ashley N. Newell

Christiana Reuling (me!)

Britta Swiderski

Vera Yates

and our talented guest designers,

Laurie Wilson

and Cathy Fong

Then stop by the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

for all the details on how to enter.

Have a great day!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Hello everyone!

So sorry I've been MIA.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks.

I'm sure you all understand how those can go. :o)

Anyway, I do have a couple of new cards made

to share with you over the next week,

including this one that I made for 

World Cardmaking Day!

I used an adorable stamp from 

Lili Of The Valley -- isn't he a cutie?

I colored him in with Copic markers and

used papers and tags from Basic Grey's

Oxford collection, along with 

Bazzill cream cardstock for my card base.

I hope you like it!

Happy World Cardmaking Day, 

everybody!

I'll be back on Monday with my latest

Lawnscaping design team sample,

so be sure to join us for our latest challenge!