You're Unbelievable/Lawnscaping Challenge #128

Time for another Lawnscaping Challenge.  This one is a sketch challenge, which I've never done before.  I have to say, though, that I really liked having the sketch to draw from.  It took some of the guesswork out of it for me!  Once I saw those two diagonal lines, I thought of a highway.  And that, of course, led me to the Happy Trails set.  Big Foot was an afterthought. 

I have to be honest...this card was my fourth attempt! The other three just didn't make the cut!  Lawn Fawn sets used:  Happy Trails stamps/dies, Lovable Legends stamps/dies, tree background die, So Jelly (inside sentiment), Journal dies (stars).  I used the mirror stamping technique so that one of the cars could travel the opposite direction.  This card is as CAS as I am capable of!  Here's the inside:

I really enjoyed this sketch challenge!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!!!

Nancy

Gathering Flowers/Lawnscaping Challenge #127

Another Lawnscaping Challenge.  I almost didn't make a card for this challenge...I'm not too good with florals.  I thought I'd give it a try anyways.  Here's what I came up with:

I watercolored the background using my Koi watercolors.  That's another skill I'm trying to improve upon!  I used the following Lawn Fawn sets:  Party Animals, Love You S'more (squirrel), Happy Harvest (sunflowers), Our Friendship Grows (vase and stem/leaves), Life is Good (sentiment).  Pattern paper is from Polka in the Meadow and Perfectly Plaid.  Images were colored with Copic markers.

I will be entering this into Lawnscaping Challenge #127/Beautiful Florals

Off to add it...almost out of time.  One of my goals is to post more often and also enter some of the other card making challenges out there.  Thanks for visiting my blog...it's really appreciated!!

Craving Sweets!

I created this card for the current Lawnscaping Challenge.  Finally, I created something that matched what I had envisioned in my head. I guess I'm getting better at planning!

The deer is having "sweet" thoughts of cupcakes, ice cream, and s'mores.  Hey, who doesn't?  Unfortunately he only has veggies to eat.  I used the following sets from My favorite company, Lawn Fawn:  Party Animals, Rooting for You, A Birdie Told Me, Baked With Love, Into the Woods, Love You S'more, Best Pun Ever, Bake Me a Cake, and Stitched Hillside Border dies.  Whew!  As you can see, it's very easy to combine Lawn Fawn sets.  I'm entering this card into Lawnscaping Challenge #126/Sweets

I'm working on taking better photographs.  The sun is not a common appearance in Washington, at least at this time of year!  Thank you for visiting my blog. It's greatly appreciated!!!

Nancy

Stinkin' Hot

I created a card to enter into the current Lawnscaping Challenge.  I wanted to use the adorable skunk from Lawn Fawn's Stinkin' Cute, but didn't have a solid plan in mind. I knew I needed to use mostly black and white with a splash of color, so that's where the night sky came to mind.  It all evolved from there.  I find that my cards usually do NOT end up the way I had envisioned them!  Anyway, I used the following sets from Lawn Fawn:  Starry Backdrops, Love You S'more, Stinkin' Cute, Milo's ABCs, as well as the tree and stitched hillside border dies.  The night sky was created by blending Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire, Hickory Smoke, and Black Soot distress inks.  I also added the Black Soot to the front hillside to get a darker hue since I didn't have a dark gray card stock that worked.  The skunk and campfire were colored with Copics.

I will be entering this card into Lawnscape Challenge #125 Color Splash

Thank you for visiting my little ol' blog.  Have a great day!!

Nancy

I Heart You

I created a Valentine themed card:

I stamped the gum ball machine from Lawn Fawn's Sweet Smiles.  I had the idea to fill it up with hearts rather than the gum balls, and some selective inking did the trick.  I then filled it up with hearts, masking as I went so that there would be a good pile of them.  I searched through my stash for the perfect sized heart, finally settling on one from the Happy Wedding set by Lawn Fawn.  I stamped the faces from the Sweet Smiles set, giving each heart a personality.  I used Finley's ABC's for the letters, and pattern paper from the Hello Sunshine 6x6 pad.  The gum ball, I mean heart, machine as well as the large heart were coated with Glossy Accents to give them some shine. The background was created using the falling hearts stencil from Simon Says Stamp and spun sugar distress ink.

I had plans to enter my card into the Lawnscaping Challenge #123/Sending Love, but I'm a couple days late :(. Not the first time that's happened!  Oh well...maybe I need a planner!

Thank you so much for stopping by my little blog, I appreciate it greatly!!!

Love is in the Air

I was so ready to leave the holidays behind and create a cheery Valentine's Day card.  Give me pink and red anytime!  I love the hot air balloon stamp by Simon Says Stamp/Pretty Pink Posh (Darling Friends), and knew it would work perfectly for my card.  I sponged the cloud background using a mask created from Lawn Fawn's cloud border die and Tumbled Glass distress ink.  The "love" is from the Peace, Joy, Love stamp set by Lawn Fawn, and I used Milo's ABC's for the rest of the sentiment.  The balloon and adorable mouse were colored with Copics and fussy cut since I don't own the dies.  The pattern paper is from Doodlebug's Sweethearts collection (an older pad I had on hand).

I hope you enjoy my card, and thanks for stopping by!

Nancy

Winter is for the Birds

Here is the card I'm entering into Lawnscaping Challenge #121/Winter Wonderland.  This is the first challenge I've entered (it was about time, to say the least!)

I used the following stamp/die sets from Lawn Fawn:

Winter Penguin, Winter Sparrows, Milo's ABC's, Joy to the Woods, Snowy Backdrops, and Stitched Hillside dies.  All images were colored with Copic markers, and I added a bit of Icicle Stickles to the caps on the sparrow and the penguin.  Hope you enjoy my card, and thank you for visiting my blog.  I'm a newbie, as you can see!