LSC #95 White on White

Hello!  It is time yet again for a new Lawnscaping Challenge!!  We are testing your Monochromatic skills by making a project featuring nothing but white!!  This was sort of a challenge for me!  But hopefully I have given you some ideas for inspiration for your project!!

I thought to myself, how could I spruce up white!  Give it different textures!  So I die cut some white card stock using the Small Stitched Rectangles dies from Lawn Fawn, and I embossed each piece with a different embossing folder.   It totally transforms the white card stock!  Then, a while back I was experimenting with dies and using the die cut negatives as a DIY stencil.  I have a post on this very thing over at the Lawnscaping Blog here.  White I was experimenting I did one with the Joy die from Lawn Fawn with my Ferro Mother of Pearl Modeling Creme, and I've been dying to use it ever since and this was the perfect project for it!!

This challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.  How awesome are they!?!  So be sure to link up your project for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate!  See you soon!!

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May AEI♥U Challenge

It is getting late this evening, but I have been having fun most of the day being creative and crafty.  My favorite past time! ( other than watching STL baseball of course).  So, one of the cards I made is for the latest Avery Elle Challenge.

OK - I didn't know WHAT I was going to do when I started making this card.  That is probably why it takes me such a long time to create one card most of the time, because I don't do sketches before hand or anything, I just wing it!  I knew I wanted to use my Avery Elle set All Squared Up, but from there, I had no other direction.

Here is the inspiration photo....

And here is what I came up with.....

I stamped onto a piece of white card stock the circle image from this set in five different Hero Arts Shadow Inks - Mint Julep, Tide Pool, Pool, Cornflower, and Navy.  I overlapped all of the circles, and then I took some Navy washi tape, and a bubble aqua patterned washi and adhered it down the middle of the circles.  Then, I took the Navy stamped circle and cut out the middle with a craft knife, and then punched it out with  1 3/4 in. circle punch and popped it up on foam adhesive turning it the opposite direction and placed it in the middle of the circle row.  I, then stamped the "Thinking of you" sentiment in Navy, and to represent the boat being tied up, I stamped a "friend" sentiment that goes with my jewelry tag punch from SU! and added that to my middle circle for a fun element.  I adhered that panel to a Navy panel that I embossed with an embossing folder called "Fancy Fan" and adhered that to my white card base.

I like how this turned out.  I think all the time it took for me to do this from start to finish was worth it for this fun design.

I hope your weekend is a relaxing one, and you are able to do something that makes you smile.  

See you soon :)

- Kari

Happy Easter!!

Hi everyone! I wanted to pop in real quick and wish all of you a wonderful Easter! I also would like to share another card reject from the latest Call Submission with Paper Crafts magazine.  I think I liked this card the most!

I did one of my favorite techniques - the emboss resist!  I used the SSS March Card kit stamp set and heat embossed it in white, and then took Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink and inked up my stamped panel.  For the "Hello" sentiment, I die cut the letters from these dies from Lawn Fawn.  I embossed my card base from a Lifestyle crafts embossing folder, and adhered my stamped panel to my card base - and then added some ribbon I had in my stash that matched perfectly!!

Thanks for stopping in today!  Have a wonderful Sunday!

Kari

Washi Birthday Card

Happy Sat!  I wanted to pop in quickly and share with you a birthday card I made recently.  I am trying to use up all of the washi tape that I have ( which - lets face it, will probably never happen).  I am willing to give it a good try though.  I made this card for my boss at work.  She loves the color purple, and roses and wanted to incorporate both if possible.

I used a Hero Arts long note card, and gathered up 5 different washi tape designs and added them to my ivory card stock panel at a diagonal.  Once I added the washi tape, I embossed the panel with a embossing folder from Lifestyles Crafts in a  2 embossing folder pack from a recent haul.  My sentiment comes from one of my favorite Lawn Fawn sets - "Grand Greetings" and stamped that in VersaFine black ink.  To finish the card off - I used some lavender bakers twine from my stash, and a few gems stones.  

Thanks for stopping by today - I will be back next week with my card for the next Lawnscaping Challenge.