My baby and her tutu: Then and Now (WRMK Chalkboard)

If you've been reading my posts this week, you'll know that I love WRMK's Chalkboard collection.  I've been loving creating with one of my favorite color schemes, and it's so versatile.  Today, I'm sharing 2 layouts of my "baby". One from when she was a baby, and one from her recent 2nd birthday. (My nana always said they're babies till they're 2)

Here she is at her 6 month photo shoot (photo taken by her daddy) I was super excited to get to dress her up in that pettiskirt.  Is there anything more frilly and feminine than a pink pettiskirt?

(We can play "spot the foam dot backing piece that is photobombing the layout")

And here she is in that pettiskirt one last time--for her 2nd birthday.  She was so jazzed to get a Minnie Mouse (MeeNos) Pillow Pet!!

Precious memories.  I've passed the pettiskirt on to a friend with a baby girl who is a year younger than Fiona.  As hard as it is to part with her girly-baby things, I feel better knowing they're going to a friend who can use them--and I have a chance to see them on another adorable baby girl!

See you next week, when I'll be featuring an awesome release from WeR: Notable.

Fawny Holiday Week!!

Welcome!  I am so super-duper stoked to be sharing a project with you for Lawn Fawn's Fawny Holiday Week! Be sure to check out the Lawn Fawn blog today, and the rest of the posts from from the week, in order to be entered into their many drawings for Lawn Fawn prizes!  You surely will not want to miss it, or the amazing inspiration that's featured.

The set I am showcasing today is Yeti, Set, Go--with which I fell in love when I first saw it.  One of the things I love about Lawn Fawn sets is their versatility, and this little yeti can be used year-round for so many cute projects! (I've already made non-wintery cards with him, and it was so much fun!)

Have you guys seen Monsters, Inc? I was inspired by the Abominable Snowman, and how he offers Mike and Sully some snowcones when they get banished.  This card makes me giggle every time I look at it! What a gentleman this yeti is, offering up a sparkly snowcone. :)

I used some WRMK paper for the background, and used Versamark and the snowflakes from the set to make the subtle, snowy background. 

I adore this set, and will get so much use from it.

Be sure you check out Lawn Fawn's blog today, and all of the other posts from this week.  The Lawn Fawn Design Team and Lawnscaping Design Teams have come up with FABULOUS inspiration for you, just in time to bust out all of those cards for the holiday season! And you will not want to miss out on a chance to win AMAZING Lawn Fawn goodies!

Lawnscaping Challenge #64: Distress Maniacs!

Good morning!  What a wonderful early fall morning to be coming to you with the brand new Lawnscaping Challenge: Distress Maniacs!  I have to say, my card today is my favorite that I've made in a long time!  (Thanks to Summer Card Camp 2 for inspiring me to break out my Distress Inks again!)

Today's challenge is sponsored by Lawn Fawn, who will be giving the Queen of Green her choice of free stamp set!  Love!

So, if you'll remember, for the last challenge, I created a one layer card using a Distress Ink background with hearts die cut from the background.  Well, after I looked at the pretty die cut hearts, I knew I couldn't throw them away, they were too pretty......so, out of them was borne this challenge card!

So, after starting with the Distress Ink hearts, I grabbed the coordinating inks, a scrap of watercolor paper, and made this cool panel.  SO. MUCH. FUN.  I popped it up on foam dots and added a sentiment from Many Thanks.  And there you have it.  A card made from pretty scraps. :)

I can't wait to see what you link up!  Be sure to check out Lawnscaping's blog for inspiration from the amazing DT, and also "like" them on Facebook to get to see the Facebook Inspiration Team's projects throughout the week.  

Pinspired Challenge 11

Good morning!  So happy to be coming to you this warm June morning to share Pinspired's 11th Challenge! (Wow!)  I have a special affinity for the inspiration photo--it's lotsa purple (my favorite color) and lotsa flowers! (I LOVE flowers)  Let's get to it!

Our sponsor for this challenge is SP & Company, a photopolymer stamp company that offers monthly subscriptions.  For this challenge, Samantha is offering up a generous $20 gift certificate to the SP & Company store!  Suh-weet!!

Isn't it gorgeous?!!  I love that pop of yellow from the pergola.  Here's my fun take on it:

 I was inspired by the fabulous Jennifer McGuire and how she uses the teeny little stamps that I often are not sure how to use to fill up the space.  It's hard to see, but I added some Stickles to the insides of some of the flowers to add some shimmer.

I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge!!

Ribbon Carousel Challenge: Fun in the Sun

Good morning!  I'm so glad to be bringing you some inspiration for another Ribbon Carousel Challenge!  This month the theme is "Fun in the Sun"--what a great theme for June!  Here's what I came up with:

I used some old Echo Park, and new Lawn Fawn papers for the background and paper piecing, as well as a button by American Crafts from last month's Gossamer Blue kit.  And of course we can't forget the Twinery Twine!  I was SO. EXCITED. to use one of my new Lawn Fawn sets for this card--I thought of it as soon as I saw the challenge theme.

I hope you are inspired to create something awesome for the challenge!  You'll definitely want to participate, because there is a Ribbon Carousel up for grabs for one lucky participant.  I can't wait to see what you create!

lawnscaping challenge #30: Inspiration

I love the theme of this Lawnscaping challenge.  It seems like there are endless places to find inspiration for cards lately, especially Pinterest.  I seem to be drawn to rainbows lately; maybe it's because Spring is finally here and nature is starting to explode into color again.  I have decided that I definitely want a neon rainbow cake for my birthday (with a unicorn topper?) and this rainbow card by Laura Bassen totally makes me swoon.  Do you *see* that awesome gradient?!  I've had an idea swimming around about how to use the fun magic wand and wee little star stamps from Lawn Fawn's Critters Ever After set, so this gave me a perfect chance to try it out.

I don't know if it's because I am a child of the 80's, (and a Harry Potter fan), but I love everything about the Critters Ever After set.  Love, love, LOVE.  Can't wait to use it some more.

Young Crafters Unite! Challenge #7: Clear Cards

I admit, I was a bit intimidated by the Young Crafters Unite challenge at first, but once I remembered that I had a drawer full of clear plastic treat sacks, the rest of the card fell together pretty quickly.  I first punched out a bunch of confetti using my Cropadile and my Lime Twist Fly a Kite 6x6.  Then I stamped and colored the frame using Lawn Fawn's Fanciful frames set, and a couple of Copics, then trimmed and adhered my confetti pouch to the back of the frame. I love the birthday owls stamps from Recollections, so I stamped and paper pieced a couple of these cute hooters, then stuck on the frame using some foam dots.  I wanted to keep the attention to the fun confetti-filled frame, so I chose a simple sentiment from Lawn Fawn's Plus One, and stuck it underneath with foam dots.  I'm really happy with the way it came out; those owls make me smile!

Hope your day is a hoot! :)
~Jen

Lawnscaping Challenge #28

Part of my excitement of starting a blog is to be able to participate in super fun challenges, like the folks over at the Lawnscaping blog have going on!

I seriously *love* LOVE LoVe looooooooooove Lawn Fawn stamps.  I'm really picky when it comes to stamps, and Lawn Fawn has just the right mix of fun and whimsy without the creepy factor that some stamps have.  (not naming names--you know who you are, creepy stamps!) Anyway, here's my first entry in the Lawnscaping challenge: Distress Mania.  

For this card, I used the Just My Type stamp set, and colored the fun retro typewriter with some Copics (R20, R22, and R24), and freehanded a heart. Then I distressed the book page printed paper from Authentique's Uncommon line using Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick Distress Inks, and I'm really happy with how well they matched the Copics.  I wanted to use the "you're just my type!" sentiment, but the words were stacked on top of one another and I needed a sentiment that was one long line.  Not to worry, I just altered it by stamping it one word at a time across the paper, then distressed again with the Worn Lipstick and Spun Sugar.  I topped it off with a button threaded with some pink Twinery twine, and Voila! A sweet "just because" card for my hunny.  I have another idea for this challenge, so here's hoping I get another chance to play around with it!

Triplets!

One of the scrappy mamas I'm in a craft group with is expecting triplets!  I recently got Lawn Fawn's Plus One stamp set and *couldn't wait* to make a card with it, so I jumped at the chance.  Of course, there is more than one  bun in the oven, so I paper pieced another couple of cute buns, and altered the sentiment.  And it came out a little something like this:

I love it and I hope she does, too.  I'm going to upload it to the Lawn Fawn flickr group, too!

Supplies:

• Recollections Kraft cardstock
• My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup papers
• Lawn Fawn Plus One stamp set
• Jenni Bowlin ink 
• Twinery twine in Marmalade

Thanks for looking at my first ever blog post!

~Jen