my lucky star (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

Hi there!

Welcome to Lawn Fawn's March inspiration week! Today is our showcase of Super Star:

I decided to reach for a few different critters for this card - from Butterfly Kisses and Eggstra Amazing Easter - the mice have been getting all the love lately and I missed these guys!

For the background, I used Lawn Fawn inks to create a night sky - I mixed Black Licorice, Deep See, and Juice Box for the sky. I then grabbed the Grassy Hillside Stencils  for the ground. I really love how it turned out! I only wish my hand was steadier when I was holding down the stencils - my top layer of grass looks a little blurry.



But I am pretty proud of that sky! I flecked on some white paint (while using the stencil mask to protect the grassy hills) and added a moon and stars to the sky. The sweet sentiment was stamped in black ink at the bottom to finish off this card.

I hope you like it! There's more to see on the Lawn Fawn blog this morning - CLICK!

♥.

super star! (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

Hi there!

Lawn Fawn's February inspiration week continues with a closer look at the super fun Magic Iris die. I showed off this picture last month for the sneak peek week, but I'm so happy to revisit it again! I saw quite a few people pick up this card and play with it at the Creativation show!

If you want to read more of the how-to on this card, click over to the original blog post HERE.

And check out all of the amazing interactive cards from the rest of the design team on the Lawn Fawn blog this morning - click!

she wore an itsy bitsy, teeny weeny...

...yellow polka-dot bikni!

My mom is bravely jumping back onto the weight-watchers bandwagon, and while (right now) I'm lacking the motivation I need to join her, I wanted to encourage her with a fun card.  Isn't so hard to START the process of eating better and exercising when you haven't been doing it for a long time?  sigh.

And can we talk about the staging of this card for a second?  I was cracking myself up, with the blue martini glass, and the jar full of sea-shells... oh, the things I have lying around my house :)

I hope she'll get a kick out of the little yellow-polka-dotted Denami bikini - it was just the right size for this card.

I added my favorite accent of the moment, the Wplus9 sunburst, in back of the bikini (with some masking, of course, to avoid the bikini itself), and the sentiment was computer generated before I stamped the frame around it.

The card base was stamped with the "classified" section of the PTI newsprint background, and the tiny stars are leftovers from the star border die (mft.)

For a last, fun touch, I glazed the bikini with a layer of glossy accents.

Have a great day, all!

spectacular you.

All that coughing I've been doing has lost me my voice.  What little I have left is either very sexy, or very manly...

And speaking of manly (how's that for a segway!), I'll be teaching a class next week, and was asked by the hostess to create something that can be either a father's day card, or a masculine birthday card.... Easy peasy, with the Wplus9 set, "super star."

Here it is in its just masculine version:

For Father's day, the Y-O-U can be switched out to D-A-D... both are included in the set.

I'm having so much fun with this set, and specifically, with that sunburst image - you've probably spotted it on a few of my recent cards...

I decided on a color palette of blue/green/orange/brown, layered my elements using these colors, and added some faux-washi tape at the bottom for fun.

Today being Thursday, it's time for another TMKS installment (that's "things my kids said," if you're new here *wink*)

I have a few snippets to share:

Maia, walking by and handing Sofia a book, exclaiming "here! enjoy!"  (she just turned 2 last week, keep in mind...and is snarky as all get-up.)

Thomas, telling me how great his party was, and how much he is looking forward to his "rockstar" party next year... WHAAAAAAAAAT?  (Blocking ears, closing eyes, singing "LALALALALALALALA - I can't hear you!" at top voice.)

Sofia, showing by example, helping Maia obey to pick up her toys.  The tantrum subsiding, Sofia exclaiming to Maia: "great job, Maia!  you're listening to Mommy... finally!" HA!

Thanks for peeking!