Lawnscaping FIT Blog Hop: Deep Red

Hello crafty friends! Welcome to the July Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team Blog Hop sponsored by Ink Road. You should have arrived from Heidi's blog but there is a list at the bottom of the post to help you stay on track. This month we are featuring the color deep red! Check out my video for more on how I made this card.

Ink Road is providing a $25 gift certificate to a random commenter so be sure to follow along to all the blogs and gather some inspiration and a chance to win. The sets on today's card were Bugs and Kisses and Critters in the Jungle. Next up on the hop is Kim.

Blog hop order: 

Lawnscaping Blog 
Marina

Lexa

Kate

Lenny

Suzanne

Heidi

Jess <--You Are Here

Kim

Angel

Creating a Birthday Shaker Card with the Fuse Tool featuring Newton's Nook Designs

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card for Newton's Nook Designs. I wanted to create a special birthday card so I pulled out some of my favorite Newton's Nook sets and my new Fuse tool to create a fun shaker. Check out the video for how I put it all together.

In case you missed it in the video here are the stamps and dies I used. The raccoon is from Sweetheart Tails, the balloons are from Newton's Birthday Flutter, the hearts are cut from the Newton's Naptime die and the sentiment is from Simply Sentimental.

Challenges:

Shopping Our Stash: Bling

Marker Pop: Anything Goes

Using Felt to Add Texture to the Sheep from How Are Ewe

Hello crafty friends! Today I am sharing a card using the awesome How Are Ewe stamp set. I wanted to give this sheep some texture so I stamped him on some felt. For more on how I made the felt work check out the video below.

I just adore Gerda's critters and love seeing how people add texture and dimension to them. Since I'm always up for a new idea: What is your favorite way to give critters texture and make them look more realistic?

Paper Piecing an Ocean Scene with Lawn Fawn for Butterfly Reflections Ink

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card featuring Lawn Fawn's Fintastic Friends stamp set and dies with some of their paper pads. I'm sharing the video on the Butterfly Reflections Ink channel so if you watch the video from the blog be sure to click over to YouTube to subscribe.

I stamped the adorable fish, coral and rocks onto some scraps from the Let's Polka and Pint Sized Patterns Beachside pads. I used the Stitched Rectangles and Ocean Wave borders to create the ocean background.

For some added definition to the die cut elements I went around the stamped outlines with Copic Markers. This helped tone down patterns on the outside and focus in on the image. I love that Lawn Fawn's Fintastic Friends is great for summer but can be used all year long. I can totally see some gender neutral valentines with that cute pun this February.

Rainbow Ocean Card for Lawnscaping Challenge #110 Inspired by the Rainbow

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a card for the latest Lawnscaping Challenge. Today's challenge is inspired by the rainbow! We want to see something with a rainbow of color combined with some Lawn Fawn goodies. So for today's card I used my Distress Inks to create a rainbow of sea creatures from Critters in the Sea. Check out my video for more on this card. 

The sponsor for this challenge is Lawn Fawn. They are offering a free stamp set of choice for the winner. Thank you Lawn Fawn for your support!

Owl Birthday Card for Create a Smile Birthday Challenge

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card to celebrate Create A Smiles One Year Anniversary. I adore Create a Smile stamps and so I decided to make another card for their birthday challenge. Please check out their blog for details about how to enter and check out the prize picture below. \

For today's card I was determined to make a birthday sentiment using just My Create a Smile stamps. So the results was kind of a cheeky sentiment teasing someone who is turning an older age. But I wanted to keep the card silly so I added the wiggle eyes to the owl. All the stamps are from the  Friends in the Woods set. As I was working on this card I kind of regretted not filming is as there are a few tips in the making of the card. Like masking off the 'for' in the 'for you-hoo' or turning the leave stamps around to stamp solid leaves. But I needed to be finished in time for the contest so just some pictures to enjoy today.

Clean and Simple Birthday Card with Custom Saying for Create a Smile Birthday Celebration

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card to celebrate Create A Smiles One Year Anniversary. I adore Christine's stamps and so I wanted to create a card for their birthday challenge. Please check out their blog for details about how to enter and check out the prize picture below. For today's card I used Create a Smile stamps and stencils. For more details check out the video.

I really wanted to focus in on the stamps for this card so it's very clean and simple. When I first saw the Coffee First stamp set my immediate thought was to have the critters holding the little cups. This squirrel from Friends in the Woods is perfect because his hands look ready to hold something.  Once I decided to have the squirrel holding the little coffee cup I got some letter stickers for a custom birthday greeting and added some texture with embossing paste through the Wave of Stars Stencil.