Pinspired Challeges 15: Kiwi Lanes Designs

Good morning!  I'm so excited to open this Pinspired Challenge, sponsored by Kiwi Lane Designs.  I've used Kiwi Lane templates, and love how easy a card comes together with pretty layers using the templates.

The fabulous folks at Kiwi Lane are offering a $25 gift code to our Pin Perfect winner, so let's get started on the challenge!  Here's the inspiration photo:

And here's my take on it:

I used Lawn Fawn's Daphne's closet papers, vellum, and Kiwi Lane's Tiny Brackets template set. The background came together pretty quickly, and I like the classy look of the layered brackets.

Be sure to stop by Kiwi Lane's facebook page and tell them you are a friend from Pinspired, and check out their sweet shop here.  Then, get creating for this challenge!  I can't wait to see what you link up!!

A fun layout

Hi, guys!  Just wanted to share a fun layout I made a couple of weeks ago while having some scrappy time with a friend.  It's so awesome to just get together and create sometimes with no preconceived notions of where you are going to go, just a kit of cute products, some scraps on your desk (or maybe that's just me), and your super awesome 90's station on Spotify.  And here's what said scrappy time yielded:

I scrapped a great memory from this summer: my parents came out to visit, and we all made tie dye shirts outside.  It was a scorcher, and Fiona was strapped to my back in the Beco, but we managed to make some AMAZING tie dye creations, and I LOVE that we have souvenirs of such a fun family activity.  We had to get a pic of all of us in our homemade finery, so the hubster snapped a pic of all of the kids gleefully yelling.  

I used July's Gossamer Blue kit, as well as some old enamel dots from the first Studio Calico card kit, and some older Elle's Studio bits from an old GB kit.  I LOVE that wood plank background by Elle's Studio.  SO PERFECT.  

 Love all of the Fancy Pants bits and bobs too.

Thanks for taking a peek--summer isn't over yet-there's still time to make some great tie dye creations yourself!

Ribbon Carousel Challenge: Summer fun

Good morning!  This morning, I'm bringing you a layout for this month's Ribbon Carousel Challenge: Summer Fun!!  I was so excited by this month's theme, and thought about making a card, but I had so many AWESOME pics to scrapbook from our recent summer vacation, (and a fun Gossamer Blue kit to use), so I couldn't help myself--I had to make a layout!

I added lots of dimension using foam tape, twine from We R Memory Keepers, and flair buttons.  I love this sweet picture of my little guy fishing in his tie-dye shirt he made himself.  What's says summer more than fishing and tie-dye??!!

I can't wait to see what you create and link up to the challenge--the prize is a FABULOUS RIBBON CAROUSEL!!  What an awesome prize!

Lawnscaping Challenges: One Layer

Wahoo!!  Is everyone enjoying the end of summer? I've been operating under the assumption that summer will last forever, so I haven't done any back-to-school shopping for the kids....I'm in denial.  BUT, today I'm totally excited to be bringing you a card for the most excellent Lawnscaping Challenges: a one layer card. 

This challenge is sponsored by the ever-so-awesome Simon Says Stamp, who is gifting the Queen of Green with a $25 credit to their store!  Suh-weet!

One layer cards can be quite a challenge: no embellishments, twine, or fun patterned papers, so you have find creative ways to keep it interesting.  I was going to go the route of creating a little scene with lots of masking, but I had been dying to play with my Distress Inks and was inspired by a video by Kristina Werner in Summer Card Camp 2, so I went ahead and made a Distress Ink background, used a simple sentiment stamp, and mimicked the stamp with my faux stitched border.  Then I used my hearts Lawn Cuts dies to cut out little hearts on the card.  I feel like there's still lots to look at even though it's one layer!

Be sure to play along and link up your fabulous one layer card over at Lawnscaping, and be sure to "like" them on Facebook as well, so you can see all of the creations made by the lovely Facebook Inspiration Team!!

Pinspired #14

Good morning!!  I'm so pleased to be sharing another Pinspired Challenge post this morning.  I'm really excited about this inspiration photo. :)

We are sponsored by the ever-so-lovely and generous My Time Made Easy, and they have offered up the template of winner's choice as the prize for this challenge!  (and I love their templates.  So easy to put together a cute gift package!)

So here's the photo you'll be working from this time around:

Love this.  Coral and teal have been my GO TO colors this season.  Really!  I love the flowers, the vase, the washi, that little touch of natural twine.....LOVE. IT.

Here's my card based on the photo:

(sorry for the iPhone photo, but the hubs was out of town last week with his nice camera, so I had been roughing it with my phone.)

It's hard to see in this pic, but the "red" is actually a pretty vivid coral, and I heat embossed the sentiment on the vellum in gold.  I was inspired also by a card Jennifer McGuire made for Summer Card Camp 2, and wanted to try my hand at it.

Can't wait to see what YOU link up!!

Summer Card Camp 2

I signed up kinda late for Online Card Classes' Summer Card Camp 2, but I'm so glad I did.  I love their classes and am totally impressed with the sheer amount of inspiration I get from each lesson.  I missed the first week of class while we were on vacation, but plan to catch up later.  Here's a couple of cards inspired by this week's homework assignments.  Please forgive the crappy iPhone pic; hubby's got the camera packed up right now.

It's not too late to sign up; and you get lifetime access to the class.  I highly recommend it!!

Lawnscaping Challenge #62

Hello, all!  I'm so pleased to show off my creation for Lawnscaping's 62nd challenge, Paper Piecing!

I just love that the slow little turtle is "parachuting" down with his belated gift.....I am truly the WORST at sending birthday cards.  I have several that are still buried in my craftroom, sometimes even addressed to their recipients and in envelopes, but have never been sent out.  Sad!!  This little stamp set is perfect for me--I should ONLY make belated cards from now on!! :D

I love to use the paper piecing technique on my cards, especially when I just don't feel like coloring, or if I want to make a layered card without using lots of masking.  It's so easy to layer different fun patterned papers on top of eachother!  I do hope you play along, and I can't wait to see what you create!  Remember, make sure you "like" Lawnscaping Challenges on facebook, so you can catch all of the great inspiration from my fellow Facebook Inspiration Team teammates!