Lawnscaping Challenge 101

Happy Sunday,

The brand new Lawnscaping Challenge 101 was posted a couple of days ago and it totally had my mind racing for ideas!  The challenge is to use dots and stripes!  I knew I wanted to create a layout using some of the awesome Lawn Fawn paper.  I had several of the dots and stripes papers and so I got busy!

Click HERE to see all the details!
Here is what I came up with!

I combined the dots and stripe papers with some other Lawn Fawn papers and this is what I came up with.  The photo is of the boys on Easter 2013.  I love this photo of the two of them.  I then added some Lawn Fawn flair and some Lawn Fawn stamps to finish off the layout!  I totally LOVE how this turned out.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I have been really creative lately so I will be stopping in frequently!  See you soon.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Lawn Fawn Snow Day Fun

Happy Wednesday!

I am popping in today to share a really quick layout I did yesterday.  This is the first layout that I have done for myself in close to a year.  Can  you believe that?  I am so behind in my scrapping that I was a bit overwhelmed and then I just went into my computer and picked a month and picked some of my favorite photos and got busy.  I found these really cute photos of my hubby and oldest son sledding on a hill in our neighborhood.  The two of them had such a great time and I was so happy I got to capture it.  The photos aren't the greattest but I don't care because it is the memory to me not the quality of the photo.

I wanted a really easy design and went with a basic grid design that I use very often.  I have had this Lawn Fawn paper collection for awhile and have been wanting to use it so I broke it out!  I went with a very basic clean look for this one.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful and crafty day.
mp

Lawn Fawn Birthday Card

Happy Monday!

I had some time on my hands yesterday and I needed to make a birthday card for a friend of mine.  She loves my handmade cards to I decided to get busy.  I really didn't have a lot of mojo so this is when I look for some fun Challenges to get me going.  I found 2!!!!  They were a perfect match- Lawnscaping has a great challenge to make a birthday card (just what I needed) and Retro Sketches had an awesome sketch!  I was set.

Lawnscaping has their 100th challenge.  I wish I could say that I have done all 100 challenges but I can say that I have done many and I love them.

To see the challenge please go HERE.

Here is my card.  Everthing with my card is Lawn Fawn.  I broke out my Lawn Fawn pattern paper and several stamps and dies.  I had a lot of fun!!

To make this card I used the new sketch from RetroSketches #154.  Here is the sketch:

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I have several projects  for Core'dinations and Some Odd Girl coming up in the next few days so I will be around!  See you soon.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
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Lawnscaping White on White Challenge #95

Hey Everyone,

I had the crafting bug the other night and whenever I want to craft but don't have the mojo I go to challenges and so I found the new Lawnscaping #95 White on White challenge.

I have mentioned many times that I love giving my boys special notes and I made this one for them.  I plan on leaving it on their place mat.

I love using White on White.  The look is just so clean.  I embossed my background and then for my tag  I stamped my sentiment and then embossed my gold stars.  Finally I added some yellow and white twine.

supplies
core 110 lb smooth cardstock
lawn fawn stamps
hero arts ink
darice embossing folder

I made this video on how this card came about.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I will see you soon. Have a wonderful and crafty day.
mp

11/21 Happy Birthday!

Happy Friday!!!!!
My baby turns 6 today!  So in honor of him I made this birthday card for him.  I got to have so much fun stampping and coloring with this card.  I just wish I could see him open it becuase I am leaving it on his placemat in the morning.  ( I leave the house at 5:45 am and am not home in the morning to see they boys but I alsways leave little notes and cards for them so that they know I am thinking of them!)

I made a video for you on how I made this card.

I am entering this card into the Lawnscaping Challenge #94. (It has been a long time since I have been able to play and was so excited about this challenge.)  This was just perfect timing with my little one's birthday! See the above link for all the fun details!

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I will see you soon. Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Core'dinations and Lawn Fawn Falll Core Tag Card

Happy Thursday!

I have a fun fall card today.  I got to use all of my faves:  core'dinations cardstock and tags,  stamping and pattern paper!  How fun!

A close up of the texture created by the embossing folder and the sanding of the tag. 

I have a video on how this card came together and I demonstrate the sanding technique.

supplies
Core'dinations cardstock and tag
lawn fawn pattern paper, dies, stamps
spectrum noir markers and pencils
memento ink
jenni bowlin ink

I am entering this card into the Lawnscaping Challenge.

You can go here to see all the details!

Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon. Have a wonderful and crafty day.
mp

Aug 18 SSS Summer Challenge

Happy Monday!

I am playing along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge!

The challenge theme is ....... SUMMER!

I loved this these because I have sooo many photos to scrap from last summer and this summer! LOL!  So for my challenge I broke out my Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine collection and got busy!

Last summer we had such a fun adventure when we went on a Dolphin Cruise.  It was so awesome!  We saw several pairs of dolphins and they are just having so much fun.  I loved every minute of it.

For my layout I got to include all my faves-- stamping and scrapping!

I have a video on how this layout came about.

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new layout.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Aug 13 Lawnscaping School Challenge

Happy Wednesday!

I can't believe that school starts next week!  This summer went by so fast.  It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating our last day.  Well, Lawnscaping is having a Back to School themed project challenge.

 I start next Monday and the boys start on Tuesday.  I am never home in the mornings and  so miss them so I like to leave them little notes on their place mats for when they come downstairs.  I thought this challenge will get me started on one of the boys cards.

For my card I broke into a Lawn Fawn paper pack, stamps and dies!  Lots and Lots of fun.  I also used some new Core'dinations!  The new Kraft and Vellum!  You can see all this in action with my new video!

supplies
paper-dies-stamps- Lawn Fawn
cardstock- vellum- Core'dinations
Hero Arts Ink

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back soon with a new project!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Aug 11 SSS Wednesday Challenge Glitter

Happy Monday!

Well, I am down to my last week of summer vacation.  I have to say I am terribly sad.  This summer was so much fun and I loved spending every minute with the boys.  Oh well, every good thing has to end. Right???

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge was to create something with Sparkle!

I had just the Sparkle!  The Core'dinations Glitter Silk and Core Couture Cardstock!  So I got busy!  Here is what I came up with!

I made a quick video on how this card came about!

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
Dies- Lawn Fawn and Paper Smooches

Thanks so much for joining me,  I will be back tomorrow with a new layout.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

7/28 Lawn Fawn Watercolor Challenge

Happy Monday!

Lawnscaping has a really fun fun challenge up-Watercolors!

At first I thought I would make a card but then I really wanted to use the Hello Sunshine collection on a layout.  So I broke all my Lawn Fawn goodies out and make this layout- Oh Happy Day!

I used my watercolor paints in yellows, oranges and blue to mimic the sun peeking out of the clouds.  I really had fun making it and I so love playing with the Lawn Fawn papers.  This is my first time making a layout with the LF papers and I sooo love them!

I have a video on how I made this layout;

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
ink- Hero Arts
Watercolors
Everything else is Lawn Fawn

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a new layout featuring Core'dinations.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

July 11 Lawnscaping Challenge 85

Happy Friday!

I am so excited because I actually had some down time to enter a challenge!  Challenges always jump start my creativity and this is just what I needed! I decided to play along with Lawnscaping Challenge #81 this week.  Here is the inspiration photo- it is a color challenge

Aren't those colors awesome!   So I broke out my Lawn Fawn stamps and my Lawn Fawn paper pad and got busy!  Here is what I came up with!

Supplies
cardstock- neenah solar white
pattern paper, stamps- Lawn Fawn
Spectrum Noir

I made a quick video to share on how I made this.

There is a lot going on this weekend.  We are having a party on the Some Odd Girl Facebook Group on Saturday from 3-6. There will be games, prizes and so much fun.  This is for the Awesome Clear Stamp Set Release that will take place next week! Hope to see you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back next week with the Some Odd Girl clear release!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!
mp

Thursday Lawn Fawn & Distress Inks Card

Happy Thursday!

I had time to play this week and the new challenge over at Lawnscaping was right up my alley!  The challenge was to get out and use your Distress Inks!  How fun! Right?

So I love my Distress Inks and I got them all out-- 3 shades of Blue, Orange Marmelade, and Walnut Stain and I got busy.  Here is what I came up with.

I broke out my Say Cheese stamp set and made that the focul point of my card. I then had this little set with the cutest little owl and framed him in the photo frame.  For the background I used my Distress Ink Blues and created the background using some water color paper, heat embossing the stars and then misting it with water and perfect pearls.  I really like how it turned out.

I put together a video on how this card came together.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  See  you soon.  Havea  wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday Lawn Fawn Background Challenge

Happy Thursday!

There is a new Lawnscaping Challenge up this week and it is a really fun one!

The challenge to create your own background using Lawn Fawn stamps was sooooo fun!  I broke out my stars stamp set and dies and got busy!  I looked around my supplies and decided to get really inky and I broke out my distress inks and mini mister as well!  I had a blast!!

Of course, I made this one for my son's lunch box.  He is so cute because he saves all of them in a shoe box and he just loved getting them.

I started my background with some watercolor paper and then stamped and heat embossed the random stars.  I then got inky with my distress ink and then misted some water on it,  I then got out my Core'djnations and created the base and star.  So  love how this turned out!

supply list
cardstock- water color paper, Core'dinations Gemstones- Glitter Silk and 110 lb smooth
stamps & dies- lawn fawn
ink- distress ink, jenni bowlin

I made a video showing the process on how I created the background.  Hope you enjoy!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project and video!  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Some Odd Girl and Freckled Fawn Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday!

So excited about today becuase Some Odd Girl is teaming up with Freckled Fawn!

A Freckled and Odd hop!

Fawnies and Oddies share the stage, mix up products and bring the WOW with a fun blog hop that runs now through Monday, May 5th at midnight EDT! See how cute and quirky stamps pair up with sweet and darling embellishments as you hop along, and be sure to leave a comment at each stop because there will be two winners! Each will get a fabulous prize from BOTH Some Odd Girl and Freckled Fawn!

You might have arrived here from the Freckled Fawn blog.   if so, you’re on the right track!  If not, you can get started at the Freckled Fawn blog.

For my project I used the April Oh Deer Me embellishment kit.  This kit totally rocks! There was washi tape, wood veneer, alphabet, and puffy stickers!  Yeah, I know embellie heaven!  

So now it was time to play! I decided to make a layout about my boys adventure at a local splash park.  

The washi tape had a pink/red tone combined with gold and I placed that at the top and bottom of my layout!  I LOVED the epic wood veneer banner.  For som reason my oldest says this ALL the time and thought it would be fun to add that to the title.  I then went through my stash and found some more wood veneer from Feckled Fawn and added them to tie together the embellies!  The vellum alphabet is totally amazing.  I love that teal/green color! I then added a puffy heart.

Now it was time to start adding my Some Odd Girl stamps.  I used stamps from 4 different sets (the camera, two different hearts, and 2 different sentiments) I stamped them using my Jenni Bowlin ink in red and grey to tie the colors together. I also added the yummy gold doily from the shop as well.  The Some Odd Girl stamps just rock for adding them to a scrapbook layout!

Now here is the important information you need for the HOP!

Here is your hop list… Feel free to hop at your own pace over the next few days but be sure not to miss anybody, because our winners will be randomly drawn from ANY of the blogs along the hop! Ready? Here we go!

Freckled Fawn Blog

Mary Pat  You are here

Jo

Kristina

Leah

Brianna

Soraya

Judy

Alexis

Kristin

Melissa

Kristy

Adrienne

Some Odd Girl Blog 

Enjoy the hop, folks, and we sincerely hope you’re inspired by all the fun stuff you see along the way! Thank you SO MUCH to Freckled Fawn and the amazing Fawnies for joining us for this event! Happyhump day, and join us next Wednesday when we announce the winners!  Now you’re off to Jo’s blog, and remember you have until MONDAY, MAY 5th at MIDNIGHT EASTERN to leave your comments. Good luck, and have fun!

supplies
paper- paper bakery kit
stamps, gold doily- some odd girl
wood veneer, alphabet, wahsi tape, puffy sticker- Freckled Fawn
ink- jenni bowlin
sewing machine

Thanks so much for joining me today.  See you soon.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Wednesday Lawnscaping Mini Challege

Happy Wednesday

There is a Brand New Lawnscaping Challenge!  The Challenge is to create a mini card or mini card set! 

I need to make a little gift for one of my coworkers.  She does so many nice things for me and I want to give her a couple of cards for all occasions.  So I broke out my Lawn Fawn stamps and got busy!  I have two designs and I just changed the sentiments and so I will have a total of 6 cards in the set.  Each card measures 4x4. 

Here is the first design.  I love that pink flamingo.  I colored her in bright pink using my Spectrum Noir markers.

My second design used the totally cute Gnome!  I just love him.  I once again colored my image with my Spectrum Noir markers.

Here are both of them together.  I am going to make 4 more and just change the sentiments to make a complete mini card set!

I also made a quick video on how I made these little mini cards.  Hope you enjoy it!

supplies
Core'dinations 110 lb. cardstock
Lawn Fawn Stamps and Dies
Ink- Hero Arts, Jenni Bowlin, Memento
Spectrum Noir

Thanks for stopping by.  I will be back tomorrow with a quick and easy layout plus another video!  See you then. Have a wonderful and crafty day!

mp

Friday LawnScaping Challenge: Clean & Simple

Happy Friday!

So excited that it is the weekend!  We have another jammed packed weekend- I have 2 tennis matches, 1 lacrosse game and 1 practice, 1 party, 1 dinner out-- Yikes!  But I know I will find some time to relax!  Just being able to sleep in longer than 4:45 am is a treat for me!

So I had a little extra time this week and I saw this challenge over at Lawnscaping and I just knew it was one I wanted to enter.  The challenge is to create a Clean and Simple card.  Oh Yeah!  Just what I love to do!

You can Go HERE to see all the details of the challenge!

My oldest is having the Standardized testing all this week and I have been putting little treats in his lunch bag everyday.  So I needed on for today so I broke out my stars stamp set and dies.  I first die cut out my stars and backed them using the Core'dinations Gemstone cardstock.  I then heat embossed in gold the smaller stars.  I stamped my sentiment and then stamped it again on red Gemstone cardstock and fussy cut the little hear and pop dotted it the card!  I love how it turned out.  This sentiment means so much to me because when he was little I would read over and over again the Guess how much I love you? book.  He even still has a stuffed little nut brown bunny that he keeps tucked near his bed!  I hope he likes it!

supplies
cardstock- Core'dinations
stamps and dies- lawn fawn
ink- hero arts,
embossing powder

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I will be back next week with some new projects!  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Monday Gymnastics Card with Moxxie

Happy Monday!

Moxxie has several new collections coming out right now and one of them is called Gymnastics!  At first I thought that I would not be able to work with this collection becuase I don't have any girls and I don't know anyone who has kids that are involved in gymnastics.  I then started to play with it and looked at the B sides and really fell in love with this collection.  I have always loved purple and pink and this collection is full of it.

For my project I started with the the awesome chevron paper and then added a tag using Core'dinations.  I stamped and embossed it using a Lawn Fawn stamp set Reach for the Stars and then used the coordinating dies to cut the  stars.  Finally I added a doily and some fun enamel dots.  I really love how this turned out.  

I also made a video showing you the collection as well as how I made this card

supplies
paper- moxxie
cardstock- core'dinations
stamps- lawn fawn
enamel dots- glitz
twine- the twinery

I am entering this card into the Lawnscaping Challenge #75.  The challenge is to use DOTS or HEARTS and I included 3 enamel dots.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Thursday Core'dinations and Lawn Fawn Blog Swapp

Happy Thursday

Today is a really fun week over at Core'dinations because we teamed up with Lawn Fawn.  How fun is that?  Well, for me totally fun becuase it combines two of my faves- cardstock and stamping!!

For my card I used the Gnome Sweet Home set and I just fell in LOVE with this little bee.    I used some Core'dinations Gemstone cardstock  and embossed it with my honeycomb embossing folder from Darice.  I then cut the cardstock in 1/2 and pieced them together to give it a two tone look.  I then used a Smooth Core'dinations tag and stamped my sentiment and bee.  I then stamped the bee again and colored him with my Spectrum Noir markers and cut him out and pop dotted him on the card.  Finally I added some pearls and twine from The Stringery

For my next card I used the Breakfast collection and Say Cheese collection.  I embossed some yummy Core'dinations and sanded it and t hen added some yummy twine from The Stringery!

Now if  you stop by the Core'dinations blog and leave a comment on each day you can win this FABULOUS prize package from Core'dination.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Wednesday Imaginisce Outdoor Adventure Masculine Card

Happy Wednesday!

Don't you love it that it is already Wednesday!  I just love having Mondays off from work! 

I was playing around with my Core'dinations and Imaginisce items and I came up with this masculine birthday card.  I put some Core cardstock through the Cuttlebug and embossed it.  I then lightly sanded it to bring out the lighter color.  I then added some fun pattern paper from Imaginsce and added one of the embellishments.  I then stamped my sentiment and made a banner and finally topped it off with some yummy twine from The Stringery.  I love how it turned out!

supplies
cardstock- core'dinations
paper- imaginisce
twine- the stringery
stamps- lawn fawn

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a Teacher Appreciation card.  See you then.  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp

Tuesday SS Feb. 1st Challenge

Happy Tuesday
Over at The Stamping Shack the new challenge is up and it is called Love Is In The Air.  This is a great challenge because it is all about LOVE and right now with Valentine's day s close everyone is making cards. So why not enter into this fun challenge?  You don't have to have any of The Stamping Shack's stamps.  You can see all the details HERE! 

For my card I paired up some fun Moxxie paper with the adorable Shy Goth Girl.  Isn't she just adorable?  I just love her! I colored  her with my Spectrum Noir markers.

cardstock- bazzill
paper- moxxie
digi stamp- the stamping shack
clear stamp- lawn fawn
markers- spectrum noir

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will be back tomorrow with a new project.  See you then!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!
mp