Tomorrow I leave for CHA! I am just finishing up my last load of laundry and then I can get to packing. I had to make a few cards for my mom to give Lucas while I am gone. One I showed you yesterday. And here is todays! I used The Twinery twine and then heat embossed the adorable alphabet set from Lawn Fawn in black. I colored the sentiment with copics and then applied Rock Candy stickles over the top for sparkle to really draw in Lucas’s eye to my sentiment, because I will miss him SO! The top embossed detail was done with the scor-bug device and my scor-pal.

I hope Lucas will like it and will have fun while I am gone! It goes without saying I will miss him like crazy! Please say a pray for safe travels for me and everyone who will be traveling to and from CHA! And rest assured, I will share lots of pictures with all you so it will be as if you were there with me!

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Hi everyone! 2 day countdown! Laundry getting done today, packing tomorrow…. Still have anxiety about leaving my sweet boy! I will miss him so…….. He is my little partner…..

Today’s card was inspired by the Runway Inspired Challenge and a lot of inspiration taken from the Online Card Class that just ended. I heat embossed the zig zag image and I swiped different color distress stains to create the rainbow background….  The sentiment was filled in with Stickles. I could have colored it in with copics or left it plain, but I really wanted some sparkle in there because this is one of the cards that will be given to my son while I am gone…. He likes sparkle and bright colors! I have another card for him that will be posted tomorrow, also inspired by the Runway Challenge, and again lots of bright colors, but this time, TWINE! So check back tomorrow for that one.

I am also entering it into the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge!

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Hi there! It’s been a busy week for me as I am mentally and physically preparing to go to CHA.  Mentally you ask? Because I am leaving my cutie son for 5 days. I haven’t ever left him before for more than a day so this is  hard on me…… I know it will all be fine. It’s just the anxiety I am building up in mind…. But, CHA! I am so excited. I will be working in the Lawn Fawn booth Sunday-Tuesday, so if you are going, please be sure to come over and say hi!!! And if you are working a booth, be sure to tell me where you will be in the comments of this post….

I made this very quick CAS card over the weekend inspired by the Clean and Simple online card class! It’s pretty straight forward. I use lots of Jenni Bowlin inks and I added glossy accents to the center of the eye glasses…. The twine is from The Twinery. Supply list is below! I am entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge.

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Have a great day everyone! I am busily creating in my craft room today and thinking up my packing list for CHA! I can’t believe I am leaving soon! AAAH!!!

I’ve said it before, but I love this class. Just love it. Constantly inspired. Amazed by the techniques. A visual learner so loving the videos! Here’s today’s card inspired by the class. Scroll down and check out the other posts I’ve done using techniques/ideas from this class.

I am in LOVE with the Hero Arts newspaper background. I am finding that I have so many ideas on how to use this stamp, it has a permanent fixture on my desk! I’ve used it here and here so far.. I grabbed a bag of wooden hearts from Michaels, painted them with a Jenni Bowlin Paint Dabber, stamped into my Versamark ink pad and applied three different colors of glitter (which I still think I am finding in my hair, lol). I was going to do a grouping of hearts, but instead decided to layer them on top of each other. The background is stamped with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and I sprayed some silver shimmer spritz. I added a strip of washi tape just for some added color.

I hope you like it! I am entering this in the Lily Pads: Virginia’s View Challenge. My pal Virginia has joined the Lily Pads design team and she is hosting her first challenge over there. OOOHHH. Hearts. Check it out.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I am up early at the hotel.. I surprised my son with a trip to Epcot and Magic Kingdom… I hope he has a blast. Wanted to squeeze in some good memories with him before I leave for CHA! Just 7 days people! OH MY GOSH!!!!

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Today’s card was inspired by Day 8 of the Clean and Simple card making class taught by Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner…. Jennifer showed us all about reverse stamping. There was also a guest designer with a video and lots of links to cards that inspired me! This class is awesome. Wish it was year round! Really keeps me on my toes…. Another great video on reverse stamping (and how I learned and used that technique on my project) is this one by Chari Moss.

There are a few different techniques used on this card. Reverse stamping, copic coloring, distress inking with water to name a few.

I made a HOW TO video you can view here or over on my youtube channel in HD!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hi everyone! I got behind on the Clean and Simple card making classes so today I am sharing with you a card from day 6.  Simple embellishments. A VERY informative class. If you haven’t signed up, there is still time! A lifetime actually because that is how long you will have access to the class.

Embellishments!!!! Kristina shared with us how to make a simple embellishment from a circle punch! Now mine didn’t turn out quite as good as hers and I figured out why. I used a bigger circle punch. I used some fun patterned paper from My Mind’s Eye and heat embossed the adorable Alphabet background from Hero Arts….. I added a dab of Liquid Pearls to the center of the flower. It just needed something!!

I made another card today from another class and even filmed a video, so I’ll share that all with you tomorrow! Bye bye for now!

Hello!!! Welcome to another Lawnscaping Challenge! I just absolutely love this challenge, the design team I serve along side of and all of you who play along! Today’s challenge is all about Winter Wonderland. Here in Florida, we don’t have much of a winter! Our winters are maybe 50 degrees during the day, but could drop down to the 30′s at night! But this winter has been anything but. I found myself in boots and a coat one day and then a short sleeve shirt and flip flops the next!!! Craziness!!!!! Here is what I created for this challenge:

As usual, the supply list is below!! I created the background with a combination of blue Tim Holtz Distress inks and Liquid Pearls. I brushed up on the mirror stamping technique (see Chari’s video here) with the penguin! I wanted them to be penguins “in love” so I stamped the heart from My Silly Valentine, colored it with Copics and applied a super thick coat of Glossy Accents.  I used some Black enamel for the eyes and colored the center of the little bow with my silver uni-gel pen (LOVE THAT PEN IN ALL COLORS)… The snow on the hills was made with Stardust stickles (yum)….

The tree was stamped three times and colored with two shades of Tim Holtz Distress Inks from the winter limited edition pack. I cut out the different sections of the tree and adhered them with different layers of dimension…. I used the water flicking technique with a perfect pearls mixture and then added a final touch of Picket Fence distress stickles to give it the look of snow!

So, there you have it! I hope you like it and I hope that you will play along with us! Be sure to head on over the Lawnscaping blog to see all of the deets on this challenge and all of the amazing projects the design team made! Also joining us are two guest designers: Ruby McGuire and Linda Trace!!!!

Thanks for stopping by! I think it’s time for me to do another giveaway so stay tuned! I am thinking either Faber-Castell or Memory Box die cuts… Hmmm… Decisions… Decisions! Have a great day!

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Lawn Fawn – Critters in the Forest	Lawn Fawn Critters in the Snow	Lawn Fawn – Hats off to you	Lawn Fawn – My Silly Valentine	Lawn Fawn Winter Fox	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copic Markers	Non Stick Craft Sheet by Ranger	Distress Ink Blending Tool	Limited Edition Christmas Distress Inks – Tim Holtz	Tim Holtz Faded Jeans Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress Ink
Tumbled Glass Distress Ink	Silver Gel Pen – Uni-Ball	Perfect Pearls – MIST	Stardust Stickles	Picket Fence Distress Stickles	Black Enamel
Liquid Pearls – White	Glossy Accents	Best Creation Small Squares Dimension	Foam Squares – BIG

Hi everyone. Welcome to the last Wee Memories Challenge! Sniff, Sniff!!!! Our amazing leader Jenny has decided to close its door the Wee Memories challenge.  It has been an amazing ride and I have enjoyed serving on this team for the past year! I worked along side some amazingly talented designers and have made some great friends along the way!!!  So I hope you will play along with us and help us end this chapter with a bang!!!!!

This week’s challenge is a sketch challenge and we are sponsored by There She Goes, The Twinery and May Arts!! I had the most adorable coffee set to work with (supply list below)…. Check it out:

I colored one of the main images of the set with copics, stamped the fun sentiment (and there are a ton to choose from), added a strip of patterned paper here and there (great way to get rid of your scraps) and voila, done!!!!

I hope you will play along with us. Be sure to head on over to the Wee Memories home page, click on the challenge badge and check out what the rest of the design team made! And Jenny, thanks for creating and heading a fabulous and successful challenge blog! I have enjoyed every second of it.

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Oh yes. So excited about today’s Clea and Simple Card Making class! Jennifer showed us a new technique with distress inks called Distress Blocking…. I had such a funny time making this card. Messy, yes. Fun, absolutely!!!!!!! The supply list is below! I love how this turned out. I am going to make card another using maybe just 3 or 4 distress ink colors  for the background for a different look.

I love strips of vellum on cards! And a close up of the shine from Perfect Pearls and the heat embossed image from Hero Arts!

Thanks for stopping by! This weekend I plan to make some more projects from the different classes from this week! Excited about week 2 next week. Can’t wait to see what they have in store for us then! Tomorrow I will be back with my final Wee Memories challenge post……

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