Three of a kind Jingle Belles challenge

The current challenge over at Jingle Belles is to create a card using three of something.
I used some Lawn Fawn and Paper Smooches stamps to create this Christmas card featuring three cute little gingerbread people.

I stamped the house on beige check paper, then stamped, colored and fussy cut the other parts of the house, the gingerbread folks and the trees.  I added a little glitter pen and some stickles for a little sparkle.   It's less than five months to Christmas now, so time to seriously get started on those Christmas cards!

It's Male Call time at Love to Scrap! Challenge #55

Father's Day will be here before you know it, so for our first June challenge at Love to Scrap, we'd like to see a masculine card/project.  It doesn't have to be Father's Day; it could be a masculine birthday card, or even a scrapbook page about your favorite guy!

 

I made a Father's Day card, using Lawn Fawn stamps and some papers from their Sweater Weather collection.  The little wood veneer stars are from Studio Calico.

 

We have some great prizes for this challenge:

A free online class from Craft Classes Online

A stamp set and 6x6 paper pad from Lawn Fawn

A $10 gift certificate from Imagine That Digi Stamps

 

Link up your project to the Love to Scrap challenge blog for your chance to win!

 

 

 

Challenge #30 @ Love to Scrap - Anything Goes!

Time for another "anything goes" challenge @ Love to Scrap!  The only requirement is to have a stamped image on your project - the theme, colors, and products are all up to you!

One of our sponsors for this challenge is Lawn Fawn.  If you haven't tried any of their stamps or dies, they are awesome!  For my card, I used the Summertime Charm stamp set and matching dies.  I used a mix of Copic coloring, stamping on patterned paper, and stamping with colored inks to make the jar and flowers.  I diecut a jar from a transparency and placed that over the top of the stamped image to look more like a glass jar. 

 

I really love the images in this stamp set, and I think you can get a lot of use out of the jar stamp by pairing it with other images.

Be sure to link up your project to the Love to Scrap blog for a chance to win a stamp set and 6x6 pad of your choice from Lawn Fawn, OR a $10 gift certificate to Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet, who is our second sponsor for this challenge.

I'm also entering this card in the Sentimental Sundays challenge to use flowers and the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge to use flowes and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to use die cuts (I used Lawn Fawn dies that match the stamp set).

It's "clearly" time for another challenge @ Frosted Designs!

It's my turn to host the Friday challenge at Frosted Designs and I hope you'll join in the fun!  The challenge is to use some sheer or clear on your project.  Think vellum, transparencies, clear photo overlays, acrylic embellishments/alphas, and any other clear or sheer items you can think of.

For my page, I used one of the Project Life photo overlays over the photo of my granddaughter.  I printed the photo at 4" x 4" because I wanted to place it and the overlay on top of the orange paper for a little contrast.  Adhering transparent/clear items can be a little tricky sometimes.  To adhere the photo overlay, I squeezed a little bit of Tombow Aqua liquid glue onto some scrap paper, dipped a toothpick into the glue and applied tiny bits to the underside of the overlay, along the lines of the white letters.  This keeps any adhesive from showing through on the right side.

I also added some clear acrylic flowers that have been in my stash forever.  I punched some small circles from patterned paper and adhered those under the flowers, and then added some enamel dots on top of the flowers.  The papers and metal flair are from one of my favorite paper collections ever, "Hello Sunshine" from Lawn Fawn.

 

Supplies used from the Frosted Designs store:

Lawn Fawn "Hello Sunshine" collection kit

Project Life Photo Overlays #3

Elle's Studio "Everyday Moments" stamp set

 

Lawn Fawn is sponsoring this challenge, and the prize is a 6x6 paper pad and a stamp set!  Just link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog for your chance to win.  Can't wait to see your projects!

"Hello Sunshine"!

I think most of us that have gone through this Midwestern Winter are more than ready to say "Hello, Sunshine!", but I'm not talking about the weather - I'm talking about the new Lawn Fawn paper collection!  You may know Lawn Fawn from their great stamp sets, but they also have some fabulous paper collections.

This collection is so much fun to work with - bright colors, fun patterns, flair embellishments, and two of my favorite things in a paper collection:  journaling cards and paper strips!   One of the papers has a large polka dot pattern on one side, and a series of patterned strips on the other and every sheet has a little 1/2" patterned border at the bottom, so you get just a little extra from each 12x12 paper!

I've had these photos of my grandkids for a couple of months, and this Lawn Fawn collection was just perfect for these silly, smiley photos.

 

I layered some of the paper strips at the bottom, and tucked a couple of the journaling cards behind the photos and under the strips.  Two of the metal flair embellishments added a little shine and dimension.  And...the journaling card doubled as my title, yay!   I added some little pieces of the paper strips to the top LH corner, with the addition of some layered buttons, crochet thread, and a stamped sentiment from the Elle's Studio "Everyday Moments" stamp set.  

 

If you're a cardmaker, Lawn Fawn also has this collection in a 6x6 size, perfect for making some fabulous cards.    Check it out at the Frosted Designs store!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Everyday Moments - Stamp Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine collection

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Challenge #9 @ Love to Scrap - Anything Goes!

We have a new challenge at Love to Scrap, and it should be an easy one - because anything goes!  Just include at least one digital or rubber stamp on your project, any theme or subject is okay.

I made a card for the challenge that could be a birthday card or just a general all occasion card.

PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  Lawn Fawn and The Paper Studio; Dies: Lawn Fawn; Ink: Memento black and Hero Arts pale tomato

Link up your project to the Love to Scrap blog, for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate from this week's sponsor, Crafting Boutique!  Can't wait to see what you create!

Muse challenge #11

I recently discovered the Muse card challenge blog.  Every Monday they showcase a card that serves as the inspiration for that week's challenge.  One difference with this challenge blog, though, is that you also need to comment on other entries and you get to vote for your favorite entry.   As much as I like getting comments on my blog entries, I have to admit that I don't always take enough time to comment on others, so this is a good push to do that!

This week's inspiration is a fabulous card by Laurie Willison:

And here's my card, inspired by the green and black color scheme, the diecut opening and the polka dots.  The diecut is from the Cricut Art Philosphy cartridge, and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn stamps.

A 10 minute card challenge

Lawn Fawn stamps sponsored  a 10-minute card challenge at Pretty Pink Posh this month, and since I had just purchased three of their stamp sets, I decided to join in the challenge.  Now I have never completed a card in 10 minutes before, so I had no idea if it was even possible.  But, according to the stopwatch app on my phone this card took me 8 minutes and 38 seconds.  Whew!

 

I used two different sets for this card:  Summertime Charm for the jar (and the die for this set, also) and Sweet Christmas for the sentiment and the peppermint candies.  I colored the jar lid with Copics and colored the peppermint candies with Spica glitter markers.  The finishing touches were a twine bow and some outlining with a fine tip black pen. 

Up, up & away - with Frosted Designs

For our second Frosted Designs challenge in March, we would like to see your projects with the theme of "up, up and away".  Just include something on your project that goes up:  birds, butterflies, planes, rockets, etc.

I combined stickers and stamps to make this card to welcome Spring (hopefully it will get here to Ohio soon!)

The card base with the polka dots & scallops is from Doodlebug Designs.  The tree is a sticker (I think it's from Pebbles) and then the birds, nest and sentiment are all stamps from Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts and Paper Smooches.

I hope you'll join in this challenge.  Just link up your project to the Frosted Designs blog for a chance to win this week's prize from