Lawnscaping Challenge #18

Hey everybody!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #18!

This one is SO MUCH FUN!

And we've got an awesome sponsor this time:

The stamp company we all love so much,

and who inspired Lawnscaping in the first place!

Here's what the winner will receive:

With all these new releases, 

I can't think of a better prize!

I was so excited about this challenge,

because it gave me an opportunity to combine

my love for papercrafting with my other great passion:

WRITING!

For my background, I actually printed up the opening lines

to my short story "Blackbird's A' Comin'"

on some Basic Grey Oxford collection ledger paper.

I combined that with some other great patterned

papers from that collection,

and used Lawn Fawn's Just My Type

and Harold's ABCs for my image and sentiment.

I hope you like it!

Please stop by the rest of the design team

and leave them some love on the wonderful

projects they all created.

Laurel Beard

Lynnette Kauffman

Ashley N. Newell

Christiana Reuling (me)

Britta Swiderski

Vera Yates

and our guest designers this month:

the lovely Amy Tsuruta

the amazing Nichol Magouirk

and the fabulous Kelly Marie Alvarez!

And don't forget to head over to the 

Lawnscaping Challenge blog

to find out all the details on how to enter.

Have a great day, everybody!

Happy crafting! :o)

1st Ever Lawnscaping Blog Hop!

Welcome, welcome!

You've made it to the last stop on the 1st ever

 Lawnscaping Blog Hop!

We hope you've had a ton of fun and gathered up 

lots of inspiration to see you through all your 

holiday crafting in the coming months!

If you hopped along in order, you should have come 

from the lovely Kelly Bertram's blog.

If you just stumbled in here on your own,

please check out the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

for the full list of participants and PRIZES!

I know it's been a long one, so I won't keep you

too much longer -- I'd just like to share my card:

I'll have a list of supplies at the end in case you're interested.

On behalf of the rest of the Lawnscaping Design Team

and myself, we just want to thank you from the bottom of

our hearts for making our first blog hop so successful.

We were truly touched by the sheer amount of crafters who

wanted to participate, and by all you fans who hopped along.

We appreciate you all so much!

If you still haven't made it the whole way through,

be sure to take the time to do so! 

There'll be prizes given to random commenters along the way.

The hop runs from Friday, September 9th

through Sunday, September 11th,

with the winners being announced on

Monday, September 12th.

Again, thank you so much for your support!

I personally think that Lawn Fawn stamps

have the BEST fans in the world!

And we at the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

are so happy to count ourselves among you!

BIG GROUP HUG, EVERYBODY!

There, now don't you just feel great?

Supplies:

cardstock: Bazzill

paper: My Mind's Eye

stamps: Lawn Fawn's "Winter Bunny", "Frosties", and "Critters In The Snow"

ink: Tsukineko Momento in Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress in Broken China and Faded Jeans

copics: C0, C3, R20, E25, E27, E29

punch: EK Success

glitter/twine: Martha Stewart Crafts

techniques: emboss/resist

Lawnscaping Challenge #17

Hello again!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #17!

And we have a great prize from our 

fabulous sponsor, Simon Says Stamp.

We can't tell you how much we appreciate

their generosity month after month!

Here's my card:

  

I embossed two strips with Lawn Fawn's

Teeny Tiny Backdrops, and combined them

with some paper strips from The Girl's Paperie.

For my focal panel, I embossed the cake and sentiment

from Lawn Fawn's Year One and ran it through

my Cuttlebug using a Nestabilities die.

I hope you enjoy it!

Please be sure to check out the rest of the

Design Team's amazing samples:

Laurel Beard

Lynnette Kauffman

Ashley N. Newell

Ayana Posadas (who is taking a break)

Christiana Reuling (me!)

Britta Swiderski

Vera Yates

and our wonderful guest designer this month, 

the fabulously talented Nichol Magouirk!

Yay! We are so fortunate to have Nichol with us!

I'm a longtime-fan of her amazing work.

When you're all done leaving the 

Design Team some love, 

please visit the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

for all the details on how to play along.

We can't wait to see your creations!

Have a great day!

We Love Kelly Marie Blog Hop

Hey, everybody!

Today the rest of the Lawnscaping design team

and I would like to do something a little different,

a little special -- we'd like to take a moment to let 

Miss Kelly Marie Alvarez, owner and founder of our

beloved Lawn Fawn stamp company,

know just how much we love and appreciate her.

It's a we heart Kelly blog hop! :o)

Each member of the Lawnscaping design team

has made a card for Kelly Marie,

and we will be putting them in the mail 

and sending them out shortly.

Here's mine:

My favorite thing about Lawn Fawn stamps

is their cute and quirky designs.

Each new release just gets more and more fun!

Kelly Marie just knocks my socks off with her 

creativity, her kindness, and her super sweet personality.

Thanks, Kelly Marie!

You're the best! :o)

I hope she enjoys this card, 

and that you do too!

Please hop along with the rest of the design team

and take a look at their wonderful creations.

Laurel Beard

Lynnette Kauffman

Ashley N. Newell

Christiana Reuling (that's me!)

Britta Swiderski

and Vera Yates

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

And please also visit the Lawn Fawn blog

and let Kelly Marie know how much

you love and appreciate her, too!

Stuck On You

Hello, again!

If you're Facebook Friends with me,

you already know that my Monday did not 

exactly go as planned.

I had all these errands I "HAD" to get done,

but ended up being home with a very sick little boy.

I decided to make the best of it though,

and used the time he was resting

to get some crafting in.

After seeing Kristina Werner's latest MACM video

I knew I had to use her card's layout as

inspiration for a card of my own.

Here's what I came up with:

I used Lawn Fawn's Critters in the Forest

for my stamped images and colored 

them in with Copic markers.

The cardstock is Papertrey Ink's 

Rustic Cream -- love those little fiber flecks,

and the paper is from My Mind's Eye.

Alphas are Cosmo Cricket's Tiny Type.

I hope you like it!

Have you played along in 

Lawnscaping's Guess the Designer Game yet?

If not, head over there and see if you can

figure out which card is mine, and which cards

belong to the rest of the Design Team.

There's a great prize up for grabs!

Have a fantastic day today!

Lawnscaping Guess The Designer Game

Happy Monday, everybody!

Today myself and the rest of the Lawnscaping

Design Team have something really fun in store for you!

We're playing "Guess The Designer!"

Each of the design team members have made a card,

and if you are able to correctly guess whose is whose,

you will be eligible to win a fantastic prize --

a brand-new Lawn Fawn stamp set!

So please hop over to the 

Lawnscaping Challenge Blog and see

if you can "Guess The Designer!"

You're So Tweet

Hey there, Peeps! ;o)

How are you this fine Monday morning?

Getting all ready for back-to-school?

My kids start back on Wednesday, 

and I'll tell you a little secret --

I can't wait!

But I'm sad too. I love my boys.

But I also love the feeling of sending them

off into the wide world of knowledge

and picking them back up and seeing

the new information shining in their eyes.

Love hearing about their days.

Love writing little notes for their lunchboxes.

Love the smell of paper and pencils 

when I clean out their backpacks.

Kinda makes me wish I could go back myself.

Ah, but enough reminiscing.

How about a card?

I made this sweet little number

using a stamp from My Favorite things.

The background was my attempt

at sundown -- not a great job, but it'll do.

Hope you like it!

Have a tweet day!