VIDEO: Friendship Card Set DIY using, Rooting for you, by Lawn Fawn

Hello! Today I have a fun video sharing how I made this super simple card set using one of the adorable stamp sets from the newest Lawn Fawn release. I enjoy using this set so much and I've been thinking of other sentiments that could be used with these little veggies and I found a perfect saying in an older stamp set, Our Friendship Grows. For more details on the products I used and how I used them feel free to watch the DIY video below:
For a link of the all the products I used in this video feel free to click this link to be directed to the Lawn Fawn website and at the end of the post there are clickable links to every LF product used! I hope you enjoyed this project and video--and thank you so much for watching!  Happy Crafting! 

Lawn Fawn & Chameleon Pens Week; Day 4

Hello, and welcome! Today the Lawn Fawn designers have teamed up with Chameleon and we are using their awesome, Chameleon Color Tone Permanent Alcohol Markers--these pens work so great and makes blending so simple! What I like about these pens is I'm only using one pen to achieve this blended look; rather than using more than one marker to get the sample type of look. The set that I received from Chameleon is the 5 Pen Pastel Tones Set, which comes with the colors: fawn, warm sunset, bisque, cool gray, and bubble gum. Such great colors that work well with so many critter images and even some floral images as well.

Today I used this set, click here to view the ink pen set, with the Lawn Fawn stamp set, Monster Mash. I just love how I was able to get this ombre look using these pens. I also used the coordinating dies, the Puffy cloud borders, Scalloped Rectangle Stackables, and the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables dies.

To view more DT samples using this ink system feel free to head over to the Lawn Fawn Blog by clicking here. I hope you have a great day and happy crafting!

Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week, Pillow Box Die

Welcome to another Lawn Fawn inspiration day! Today we are featuring the new (and adorable) pillow box die. This die would be perfect used all on it's own BUT Kelly also designed some really fun add ons; such as, the new Peek and bat die, and the give a hoot dies. These dies can turn a simple pillow box die into a cute little bat--perfect for Halloween, and you could also turn an ordinary pillow box treat into a little owl. So cute!

For a closer look at what you can do with these dies you can head over to the Lawn Fawn Blog and check out Kelly's intro video, as well as all of the DT samples. You can even enter for a chance to win a prize!

June Stampede--Mama Elephant

Welcome to the Mama Elephant Release Design Team blog hop!

The newest release is now live and available for purchase in the store!

I had so much fun creating with these two new stamp sets, Sunday Stroll, and Sunday Sentiments! These two sets go together so perfectly and they are great for many occasions. I created this 'just because' card using watercolors and Copic markers. I was going for the CAS look by using the white on white, and I think that, that makes the watercolor ground pop that much more. 

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To celebrate the new release, Mama Elephant is picking 3 winners to win their choice of stamp set! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!

» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «

» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant «

» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/tweet us on Instagram: instagram.com/heymamaelephant «

Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!

Now let's get on with the Stampede with our amazing designers!

Guest designer May Sukyong Park, Pamela, Nicole G, Nichol, Elena, Laura, Ashley

Thank you for stopping by! 

Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week--Milk Carton Die + Stitched Borders

Welcome to the third day of Lawn Fawn Inspiration week! I hope you have loved the sneak peeks so far. Today LF is sharing the newest stand alone dies--Milk Carton and Stitched Borders. The Milk Carton die is so cute to use a party favors, treats, and so many other things. For my sample I chose to create a whimsical wedding favor; and, on this project are sneak peeks of two other stamp sets that are going to be revealed within the next few days. I just can't wait for you to see them!

If you take a look at the bottom of this treat box you'll notice the line detail and I did that with one of the new dies from the Stitched Borders set. You can head over to the Lawn Fawn blog by clicking, here, to view both of these new dies and get a closer look. You can also watch an intro video where Kelly herself is sharing these products in detail and creating a project with them.

I hope you loved the sample that I created and feel free to leave me a comment! Thank you for stopping by.

Have a Sweet Birthday--with Video

Hi there! I think this might be the first time that I've had two posts' in one day but since I'm on multiple design teams now this may be a regular occurrence from time to time--the more cards the better, right? So, today I'm sharing a video that I created for the Lawn Fawn blog and Youtube channel. I'm making a CAS shaker card using the adorable stamp set, Baked with Love. Baked with Love, has so many amazing images with cute and punny sentients to match. 
For details on exactly which Lawn Fawn Product were used to create this clean and simple (CAS) card feel free to click here to view their blog; or, you can also watch the video (above) and click the description bar for a list of products. 
If you already watched the video and are here to find out exactly which Pretty Pink Posh sequins were used--the list is as follows: 
6mm Enchanted Garden Sequins Mix 6mm Orchid Sequins 4mm Metallic Silver Sequins 6mm Lavender Moon Sequins 6mm Pink Blush Sequins 4mm Gold Metallic Sequins
I hope you've enjoyed this card and video and thank you so much for stopping by! If you have any questions about anything feel free to leave me a comment and I'll get back to you as soon as I can!

Woodland Gifts--Mama Elephant

Today I'm joining in with Mama Elephant on the, Woodland Gifts, stamp set highlights post. This adorable stamp set was designed by the talented Elena, who is also on the ME design team. This set is so whimsical and fun to use--you can create cards, tags, and many other things with this versatile set. I choose to use the mini squirrel image and stacked it on top of the mushroom and stump image to make it look like it was offering a gift (the balloon) and paired it with the "will you forgive me?" sentiment.

To add some fun pops of color I also used some pattern paper, Lawn Fawn twine, and Pretty Pink Posh sequins. This card isn't your average A2 size--it's actually a perfect 3 1/2' x 3 1/2" square size. I just wanted to change it up a bit, hehe.

I hope you really enjoyed this card, and don't forget you can also head over to the ME blog and view other DT cards, too. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a great day!

Lawn Fawn Inspiration Week--Let's Play

Today the Lawn Fawn Design team is sharing the cards we made for inspiration week, day 3! We're using the new stamp set, Let's play, from the latest collection and I just love this set. It's perfect for spring and it has so many adorable little critters and elements to create wonderful scenes. When I was creating this card I wanted to use as many images as I could on this card so I made it rather large, hehe. I used Distress inks, Copic markers, and watercolor pencils to make this card as colorful as I could--and I really love the end result. I mixed together two sentiments in order to get this custom one, "Friends make life fun". In order to add some dimension to this card I used 3D adhesive foam, and for a bit of contrast I adhered this panel to a Kraft card base. This card was so much fun to make!

Feel free to click here to be directed to the LF blog to view all of the other DT samples and also get a chance to win this set! What is your favorite stamp set from the new collection so far?!

Just Saying Hello

The last time I was shopping at Micheals I stopped in my tracks by this adorable Mermaid Kiddo rubber stamp image by Stampendous. I thought this would be perfect for so many things--including a greeting card. I also thought, with watercoloring being so popular right now, that this image would be perfect for that medium. This was my first time watercoloring a large image like this so I wasn't too sure how it would turn out but in the end I just loved it.

I colored in this image using only distress inks. For the ocean background I used Salty Ocean, Peacock feathers, Tumbled glass, and Chipped sapphire. That combination of blues turned out so well. I don't have any skin tone colors so I combined the colors Tattered rose, and Tea dye. Then I added Spun sugar for her cheeks. For her hair I used Scattered straw, Mustard seed, and a little bit of Tattered rose; and for her sea shells and fin I used Shabby Shutters and Bundled sage. Also, the shells she's wearing were colored in using Shaded lilac and the adorable little sea horse was colored in using both Mustard seed and Spiced Marmalade.

To finish off the card I used the 'Just saying Hello' sentiment from, Grand Greetings by Lawn Fawn on some vellum paper as well as Sparkling Clear, and Aquamarine sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

I hope you all enjoyed this card. I had so much fun coloring it all in! Also, stay tuned for a new video by me on the Lawn Fawn blog tomorrow. If you head over to their blog you'll  noticed I have a card there for Scrapbook adhesives week and I'll be sharing how I made that card! I'll also share the video and images here on my blog, tomorrow.

Scrapbook Layout using Lawn Fawn Paper and Project Life Kits

It hasn't been that long since I created my last pocket scrapbooking page and I just had to make another one! I'm really falling in love with the scrapbooking process and today I'm giving 12 x 12 layouts a try. I'm still not too sure what the protocol is for scrapbooking but I thought it would be cute to create a cover page with my picture on it and a little note about what my goal is for my scrapbook.

I wanted this layout to have a black and white picture of me but also have lots of pops of color with the embellishments and paper. The base for this 12 x 12 layout is one of the new pieces of pattern paper from the new (not yet released) Let's Polka, Mon Amie collection by Lawn Fawn. This new paper line is due to be released mid February. I love the mint color and mini hearts on this sheet of pattern paper and I thought it would work well with the Project Life foil kit which has lots of light pastely tones. If you noticed from the images above I also tried out the Project Life Color Magic kit--this kit comes with papers that are meant to be hand colored, by you, using the coordinating sprays or with watercolor. Since I like using distress inks to watercolor I thought I'd give them a try on the Color Magic Kit and I really love the results. The 3x4" cards have more of a watercolor cardstock feel and the 4x6" cards have more of a cardstock feel so I wasn't sure how the larger cards would react with the distress ink but it turns out they work so well with them. There was hardly any warping, too, which is great! I used the embellishments from both kits and I love all of the gold foil accents on this page.

I don't really worry too much about whether I'm scrapbooking the right way; or, if there is a certain way this should all be done. I think for the most part I just want to have fun with it and simply document my life from here on out. What I also love about this is that it's just for me--I'm not selling these I'm simply creating this pages for me and that's so fun!

Sorry You Caught A Bug

It's cold and flu season, ugh. So many of use are so sick around this time of year and I thought it would be really fun to create this adorable "Sorry your caught a bug" card. I used the new Lawn Fawn stamp set, Bugs and Kisses for this 4 bar size card. Since I myself was sick with the flu when I create this card (I never miss a deadline, hehe) I wanted to keep it CAS--but I still wanted it to be pretty. So I went to my go-to technique--watercoloring! I took a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock and a few shades of blue and green watercolors and created this background panel. While that was drying I cut out the 4 bar sized card base, and also die cut the stitched circle using the, Stitched Circles stackables dies. Next I took the large bug stamp with the eye lashes--I love the girly look, and I stamped that onto the center of the circle. Next I grabbed an older stamp set, On the Mend and used the smaller bug image and stamped that right on top. I added some green copic coloring and then assembled everything together. I finished the card off with some Pretty Pink Posh sequins and that was it!

For more details and links for the products used to create this card you can head over to the Lawn Fawn blog by clicking here. I hope you enjoyed this CAS card!

My First Scrapbook Page

Just recently I realized that I really should be documenting my story. When I look back on my life and all the memories I don’t want them to be lost in cyber space because they’re stuck in my phone or on my hard drive. I take tons of pictures—all the time. If I’m not taking pictures with my phone I’m using my DSLR to capture some of life’s precious moments, and I realized it—I never print any of my pictures. I imagined myself looking back on my life with maybe children or grandchildren, and not have scrapbooks or any kind of picture book scared me a little. I want to be able to show younger generations scrapbooks of how I used to look in the good ol’ days. I mean our current generation takes pictures and selfies about a thousand times a day, “so why not print them and cherish them?”, I said to myself.

I have to be honest though, I never thought I’d ever be a “scrapper” I was never really drawn to it but recent trips to Michaels have stopped me dead in my tracks as I’d walk the isles of Heidi Swapp and Project life. The papers, colors, and overall designs these two businesses are creating have really been catching me eye. I’d think to myself, “That’s my kind of style” but then I’d realize that I’m not a scrapper by any means so what would I do with these tools? Those thoughts stuck in my mind for a while until I realized—Yes! I should be keeping record of these moments. I treasure every moment I have with loves one and friends so I should express that with scrapbooking.

On my latest trip to Michaels I purchased a 12x12 photo album, some 12x12 pocket sleeves, and a Heidi Swapp/Project life pocket scrapbooking kit. The kit I purchase is a newer kit—so it’s smaller and I thought it would be a perfect starting point. I wouldn’t be losing too much money if I decided scrapping wasn’t my thing. But turns out it is…it really is. When I created my first scrapbook page I was so into it and even felt a little bit emotional by it all. Looking at the pictures remembering how I felt that day, things we did, food we ate—it was really great. I’d never felt so calm and happy in a while like I did when I was creating my first page. Then the journal entry sealed the deal, I wrote a two sentence blurb about Thanksgiving with my family. I’m hooked. 

Lawn Fawn CHA Sneak week 2015--Day 5

It's day 5 of the Lawn Fawn CHA sneaks--and while this week has been a whirlwind of cuteness they're going to end it on a (and adorable) soft note. This new paper collection, Let's Polka, Mon Amie is by far my favorite paper pad by them. Every Fawnie crafter has there favorite paper pad and this one is mine. If you know me and my crafting style you know that I love soft pastel colors. Those are always my go to when I'm creating; and, even when I'm coloring in little critters and inanimate objects. I imagine myself needing about 10 of these paper pads, hehe.

Not only does these paper come in an adorable 6x6" size but it's also going to be available in the 12x12 size, too--which means you can create everything from cards, scrapbook layouts, treat boxes, and so many other things. Another plus is that they will also be sold individually; for example, if you need to create 12 pink and white polka dot goodie bags you can now! These are exciting times.

Head over to the Lawn Fawn blog by clicking here and check out all the other items being shown today on their blog. You'll also get a chance to win some of these new items. Let's wish Lawn Fawn good luck with CHA! Their both is all set up and now it's time to sell! I'll be there on Monday and Tuesday so I'll do my best to take photos. I'll be using my iPhone so I can't guarantee the pictures will be that great, hehe.

Don't forget all of the items shown this week will be available for sale mid February. I hope you have a great weekend and please come back tomorrow I'm joining in on the Pretty Pink Posh birthday celebration and I'll be sharing my card using her new dies tomorrow.

Lawn Fawn CHA Sneak Week 2015--Day 4

Aren’t you blown away by this collection so far? Just when you think you can’t take anymore cuteness Lawn Fawn comes out with even more stamps today to knock you right off of your crafting feet. You can image how stunned I was when I got my box full of stamps, paper, and dies from this collection. The stamps being revealed today on the LF blog are: Gingham Backdrops, Eggstra Special Easter, My Lucky Charm, Critters in the Jungle, Best Pun Ever, Stuck on You, Scripty Sayings. Each of those stamp sets will also have coordinating dies. They’re also showing the dies for old stamp sets that they’ll be releasing with this collection (for sale mid-February): Cruising Through Life, A Good Apple, Happy Easter, and Year two.

I most definitely cannot wait to create more samples with all of these items—I’m already working on them actually and getting ready for release/inspiration week. But for you can head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog (click here) to view this collection in further detail and also leave a comment for a chance to win some of these new stamps and dies. 

Lawn Fawn CHA Sneak Week 2015--Day 1

Being on the Lawn Fawn design team is so much fun but it’s so hard to get all of the new product in the mail and have to wait a month or two to share it with you all! I’ve had a huge stack of new Lawn Fawn product in my craft room and I’ve just been itching to share it, hehe. The day has finally come were we get to reveal sneak peeks of all of the awesome products that the LF team has created—and once again they’ve knocked it out of the park! Today they’re revealing the new sets: Gleeful Gardens, Baked with Love, Wheelie Like You, Flirty Frames, Year Five, and Let’s play.

I have to be honest—it’s so hard to choose a favorite set from this collection. Each stamp set is so cute; for instance, Baked with Love. This set comes with so many images that are perfect for cardmaking, scrapbooking, creating food gift packaging, and tags. It comes with a table mixer, rolling pin, flour bag, a cute little mound of flour, two cupcakes, butter, a wooden spoon, bowl, cake stand, candle, smiley faces, piping bag—and so many other cute images and sentiments. This is a great set that works all year round. When I create my card with this set I also used Violet’s ABCs to create the sentiment, “you bake the world a batter place”, hehe, super punny and cute.

When I saw, Gleeful Gardens, my jaw dropped—this set is so freaken adorable with the little snails and mushrooms. You can have so much fun create cute scenes  on your cards; for example, I made a card that looks like the snail is delivering mail to the mushroom family, haha—so cute.

I’ve also added images of a few of the other sets that Lawn Fawn is revealing but to get a full view of today’s release click here to view Kelly’s blog post with DT samples, and much more!

What do you think of these new stamp sets?!