L is for Lawn Fawn

I am playing along with the Alphabet Soup challenge in the Papercrafter's Inner Circle group on Facebook, and the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge (masculine!).  Not only is L for Lawn Fawn, but also for 'Let's Bbq' - the name of this stamp set.

I stamped the images onto some cream cardstock, and coloured them up with my Copic markers... then fussy cut them all out!

I pulled out my Buffalo Plaid Betterpress plate, and pressed it in Pinkfresh Studio's Berrylicious ink, which was quite a dark red - but it dried considerably more muted.  It was supposed to look like a classic picnic tablecloth, but I ended up quite liking the muted tone that matched the meats.

I mounted it on some matching deep blue cardstock, and added the sentiment.  The inside says "Relish the day".  I was able to get two of these made, and will use them as Father's Day cards.

Craft Your Stash!

I am playing along with a couple of challenges today (haven't done that in a while!).  The Craft Your Stash challenge is a just for fun group on Facebook - that asks you to use something from your stash that you've never used.  I am also playing along with the Alphabet Soup challenge on the Papercrafter's Inner Circle group, with E is for Embossing Folder!

 

I have had this Carta Bella embossing folder for many years... and once I decided on using one for my card, I dug it out and pressed it with some soft green cardstock.  I pulled out the 5835 Mini Paper Pack from Art Impressions to die cut the Happy Birthday (Lawn Fawn), and matted it with the same green over a gingham oval.  

I wanted a simple colour palette, so I added a larger pale yellow oval, and used the Floral Spray dies from Spellbinders to cut the flowers and leaves.  I darkened the smaller flowers with some Scattered Straw ink, and added a few champagne pearls as their centers.

A Quick Valentine

I needed to put together a last minute valentine for an elderly relative that I was visiting today, so I dove into my stash to see what I had on hand.  I pulled out a couple of papers from Lawn Fawn's Let's Polka in the Meadow pack, and cut one into a large heart.

The flowers are all from Fleur Impressions by The Greetery, that I already had stamped and ready to use in my craft room, so I was able to decorate my card quickly, and finished it off with a gold 'love' die cut.

Sending Hedgehugs!

Lawn Fawn just seems to be my go-to for Valentines...  I pulled out the Hedgehugs stamp set, and found these little guys already coloured, waiting for me.  Just a little fussy cutting, and then I created a little grassy hillside, and used the LF gold dot paper as my sky.

Avocado Toast

I am playing along with the Alphabet Soup challenge on the Papercrafter's Inner Circle group on Facebook.  This is Lawn Fawn's Let's Toast set which I adore...

On Tuesday's Learning Live, Sheri was giving suggestions on how to approach the challenge, and mentioned 'Avocadoes'... and I immediately knew what set I was going to use.  I even had some of the pieces already stamped and coloured.  I finished up the remaining bits that I needed, and pulled out my Farmer's Market paper from Doodlebug.

Now the best part of this set, is that there is an add on die that creates this very wonderful little pull tab that allows the toast to pop up out of the toaster - Lawn Fawn does this so well!  

I am playing along with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge - Lots of Heart.

 

Not a Creature was Stirring

Such a sweet stamp set!  This is 'Not a Creature was Stirring' from Lawn Fawn.  I stamped quite a few of the images several months ago, then coloured and fussy cut them all out this fall.  Today I got five of these put together!  And I still have a pile of extra images to use another time.

 

Everything was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then coloured with Copic markers.

I used some old CTMH papers from my stash to create a tabletop, and stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  A little glitter was added to many of the white areas.

I've taken a couple of non-staged photos, as it proved difficult to capture how pretty the colours of this were!

Snow One Like You

I won a prize on the Lunar New Year Challenge blog last year, and was able to get the sweet Snow One Like You stamp set that I'd missed out on a few years ago (the image).  I coloured a bunch of them up a few weeks ago, and got three made into cards today.

I ink blended my sky using Wild Honey, Kitsch Flamingo and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide inks.  I added the Birch Trees dies, and cut a snowbank with the Hillside Background dies.  The sentiment is from the Snow Much Fun set - all from Lawn Fawn.

I trimmed my panel with the A2 Stitched Rectangle die, matted it with black cardstock, and glued it onto a piece of patterned paper from the 6131 Halloween S3 pack - both from Art Impressions.

Giant Happy Birthday

I have a whole host of family birthdays over the next few months, and needed to build up my gender-neutral stash of cards.  I pulled out an old favourite - the Giant Happy Birthday die from Lawn Fawn to get started.

I love that literally any papers will work with this die!  I dug out some ancient Basic Grey papers in a couple of coordinating colours and got cutting.  I cut the large die also in black and offset it under the patterned paper.  I used die cut bits from Spellbinders Holiday Blooms stamp set for some extra decoration with a black jute bow.

I did my favourite thing - sewing on a card!  Just added a row of black stitching around the exterior.  I am happy to get four of them made (one was already in the mail when the photos were taken).

Shaker Tags

I give out Christmas tags in my family's Christmas cards, and wanted to do a few special ones this year.  I picked the most labour intensive tags that I could (ha!) - shakers.

This is the How You Bean? stamp and die set from Lawn Fawn that I've had for a few years.  They've come out with several 'add on' sets, so this is the Christmas Cookies one, and the Mint one, created with the Shaker Add On set.

The mint ones were stamped with Pinkfresh Studio Berrylicious ink, and a few diecut bits of holly were added to the corner.  I used an ornament topper from another set to diecut the little hanger piece.  I cut a plain green jar shape, and created a second tag that will go behind - for the person to write on.  That way the shaker can be reused another year, simply by switching out the tag in behind.

The cookie ones were stamped in Memento ink and coloured with Copic markers.  Not my best colouring, as I used inexpensive paper (they're just tags), but they still turned out pretty cute.

Capybara cards!!

I took the most amazing class from The Papercrafter's Workshop this weekend... using the adorable Capybara set from Lawn Fawn.

I haven't bought the set, as I wondered how many capybara cards I would actually give out?  But now I'm rethinking that idea...  So I thought doing a card class would be a fun way to create with the set.  Darlene at PCW designed a really fun class with some 3D & interactive elements:

We did ink smooshing to create the watery sky/river using distress inks, then glued all the elements in place.  Our kit included all the die cut and stamped pieces, so I had already coloured up all the images with my Copic markers.

This large die cut is layered onto some 3D foam to give it the extra dimension.  The card was intended as a horizontal card, but I switched things up a little.

Another one that I mucked with!  This was to be a gift card holder, but I don't really give out a lot of gift cards, so I turned it into a simple birthday card.

And our last card used an interactive Spellbinders die, that allows you to pull up the panel on the front to reveal the message.  So easy to assemble!  And such a cute card.  *I know there are a few kits still available at the PCW store, and the class is available on replay if you're interested.

Waffle Valentines

I still love making valentines for my kids, even though they're grown... so I pulled out the Let's Toast and Waffle Lot stamp and die sets by Lawn Fawn for this year's versions.

Let's Toast comes with an add-on set that allows it to be interactive.  There's a little slot in the toaster, and a simple mechanism behind it that creates the pull tab.  I don't own the dies for the waffle set... so I stamped, coloured (with Copics) and fussy cut a whole bunch of the waffles and tiny berries.

The papers are all older Lawn Fawn, and I mounted everything on some kraft paper.  The inside says "You are waffly cute!"

Crazy Birds!

I haven't pulled out my Tim Holtz Crazy Birds set in years... but The Papercrafter's Workshop is giving us prompts to use our supplies that we have, and when I pulled out this stamp set, I found 3 of the birds and a bunch of accessories coloured and fussy cut - ready to go.  One of the prompts was to use 5 different pieces of paper, so I pulled out my Lawn Fawn Really Plaid Rainbow papers (also many years old!) and got to work.

Another new thing is a sketch challenge on the Papercrafter's Inner Circle Facebook group page, so if you'll scroll down, you'll see the sketch that got everything rolling this week.  I used to do sketch challenges quite often, so it was fun to get back to doing something I enjoy, and I've ended up with a couple of cards for my efforts.

You'll find links to the groups on the Papercrafter's Workshop website.

Shine Bright

 I have been struggling to get into Christmas cards this year... but seemed to break through my block by creating a bunch of bold rainbow themed Christmas projects today!  I was inspired by the Shine Bright stamp set from Pigment Craft Co., and knew that I had the Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow Christmas paper pack from a few years ago...

I used Festive Berries, Wild Honey, Mowed Lawn, Broken China and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide inks, applied directly to my stamps with sponge dawbers and the help of my Misti.  I got an assembly line going and created panels for four cards.

I loved the look so much, that I die cut six tags with the Ai tag die, and stamped the same design.  My Glossy Accents was a little thick, but if I can get it flowing again, I may add it to the lights.

Before assembling my cards, I cut tag bases out of the coloured paper, and used the Snowflake and Quirky Owl Ephemera packs from Simply Stated Design (they're Canadian!) to put together four smaller tags.  I used my Lawn Fawn Tiny Christmas Tags for a small accent, and stamped them with holiday sayings.

Ten tags and four cards created today!  My stash is building...  *You can find Lawn Fawn, Distress Inks and Simply Stated Design products at the Papercrafter's Workshop

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