Bee Mine Valentine

 Here's another valentine I made using a Lawn Fawn Bee Mine stamp set. I stamped it on kraft and colored it with Tombow Markers, adding clear white Wink of Stella on the bee wings. I added 2 pink hart gems in the flower centers and die cut the panel with stitched rectangles. The tiny hearts background is a snippet of dsp, and the red "frame" was embossed with a tiny heart folder by Sizzix (Curlique and Hearts set). The word Valentine was heat-embossed with white ep on black and fussy cut like an arrow.

I'm going to share this with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #21 which gives us this inspiration board to make our cards with.

With all the red hearts, how could I not make a Valentine?

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Monday whatever you're doing!

Carol

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #417

Hello and welcome to the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge #417. Today's sketch immediately put me into Halloween mode so I began with a SU! spider web die-cut I've had since last year. I cut it in half and put 2 die-cut stitched ovals on top using royal purple and lime green. The stamped bats and candy corn were made with the Lawn Fawn Trick or Treat stamp and coordinating die set. The main sentiment is also from that cute stamp set.  I heat-embossed the bats with white ep on black, and colored the candy corn with gel pens. The tiny ghost and spider were won in a blog candy a year ago. I added some eyes to the spider with a white gel pen, and some eyes to the tiny ghost with a neon green Copic. The smaller purple die-cut stitched circle was done with a MFT stitched circle die. The background is a retired snippet of SU! dsp I've been hoarding for eons :)

Here's the inside which had a computer generated sentiment and a little pumpkin - also won along with the ghost and spider blog candy. I couldn't waste that little strip of matching dsp after hoarding it so long now could I? :)

Here's this week's sketch :

Be sure to visit the other DT member's blogs for more fun inspiration to use this sketch!

Debbie

Janice

Jenée

Melissa

Patti

Wanda  

I'm also entering this card into the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #11 - cards for kids.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a fun Tuesday!

Carol

Summer Fun

I just can't seem to leave this pretty Lawn Fawn plaid paper pad alone!  I probably should have bought 2 at the rate I'm using it :) 

I pulled out one of the first stamp sets I ever owned, gifted to me by my DIL eons ago. They're wooden stick stamps but have no name on them, but it's a complete set of summer-themed images. I used turquoise and kraft card stock for this with snippets of dsp, pastel blue and a snippet of red. Each of the images were stamped, colored, and covered with glossy accents, then cut with a 1" square punch. The die-cut stitched squares and layers of dsp were all cut with GinaMarieDesigns dies. The waves were done with Sweet'nSassy dies, and the sandy beach was done with Lawn Fawn stitched hillside dies. I threw in a tiny Impression Obsession die-cut sailboat in red just for some more summer fun. I stamped the kraft hillside diecuts with a retired SU! set that looks like sand and called this one done.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Dies R Us Challenge #76 - layers and must use dies

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Summer Sunshine

the Snippets Playground weeks #287 & 288 - use snippets

the Little Red Wagon challenge #401 - wet and wild

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge # 8 - summertime fun plus use a lawn fawn product

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope your week ahead is a great one!

Carol

You Color my World

I made this fun card with yellow, blue and red cardstock which will be included in my next box for cards for hospitalized kids. I made the herringbone background with strips of cardstock, then embossed the entire piece with a square lattice embossing folder. The 3 square panels were water colored with matching inks, and the Lawn Fawn cute crayon was colored with Copics. The sentiment is also from Lawn Fawn, and I cut it apart so I could make it fit on the card.

I based this card on the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge #408, but instead of a square card, I opted for the A2 size.

I'm also sharing this with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 7 - watercolor

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope your world is colorful too!

Carol

Not Your Typical Mother's Day Card

This may be the mother of all snippet cards I've ever made. The background was made with squares of Lawn Fawn plaid papers and strips of assorted cardstock to make a colorful statement!  After it was finished it reminded me of an old quilt which is how it came to be a mother's day card. After adhering the snippets onto a piece of black cardstock, I embossed the whole thing with a Sizzix plaid embossing folder. I added a SSS "Happy" die cut, along with an Anna Griffin Mother's Day die cut, and placed it all on a black card base. I added a few random tiny colored gemstones to add some feminine touches since there are no flowers on this one. Click the photo to enlarge and you'll be able to see the gems better.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges :

Pixies Snippets playground weeks #277 & 278 - must use snippets 

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #3 - Outstanding Occasions (Mother's Day)

Happy Little Stampers April Anything Goes with Dies challenge

Thanks for checking in and I hope your weekend is a total blast!

Carol

Bee Mine Shaker Card

Today I'm sharing my first shaker card. I pulled out a long-neglected Lotus die from SB and created a big "sun" with it, swapping dsp snippets for the original orange ones. Next I added a piece of dsp in my stash that reminded me of sunshine rays. I used the Lawn Fawn "Bee Mine" stamp set to create the bees and flowers, and colored them with Copics and gel pens, adding some sparkle to the flower centers with gold stickles. The sentiment is an old wooden stamp with no name, and I added a tiny yellow brad in the center of the sun. I used some Lawn Fawn sequins in the shaker along with others from my stash along with a few tiny golden gemstones too. You'll need sunglasses for this bright card but after the rain we've had all week, I'm ready for that brilliant sun to shine!

I'm sharing this over at the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge #2 to make an interactive card.

 Thanks so much for spending a few minutes of your day with me. I hope your weekend is fabulous!

Carol

Lawn Fawn's First Challenge

There's a new challenge in town, and it's Lawn Fawn's 1st one in celebration of their 7th birthday. If you make cards for children, Lawn Fawn is probably high on your list already for super cute images and products! The challenge is to create a birthday card, and I've pulled out some of my favorite Lawn Fawn products for this card. I used 2 different LF paper pads; "Let's Polka" and "Let's Polka in the Dark" along with a "Tag, you're it" die set. The little bird is from the "Science of Love" stamp set. I die cut the tag twice - once in pastel orange and once in the black polka dot, then cut it down to place on one side of the tag. The Happy Birthday sentiment was hand-cut from a CB happy birthday ef. I used an orange marker to highlight the raised "happy" and used a fine-point black marker to color in the de-bossed "birthday" portion. The little chick was stamped and colored with 2 different gel pens, and I added glossy accents to the glasses. The right side border was done with a SU! scalloped border punch, while those little orange and black "embellishments" were the negative cuts from the tag's topper circle. The snippets of ribbon were from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day today!

Carol