Lawn Fawn Inspiration Weed Day #1: Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum

Welcome to day #1 of Lawn Fawn's September Inspiration Week!  Today, the team is featuring projects made with the new set Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum!

Now, this holiday set HAS to be the cutest Christmas stamp set ever... but I love how so many of the images are versatile enough, they can be used all year round!

I just think this rocking horse is crazy adorable!  For my project, I decided to create a first birthday card.

I paired my little horsey with some of these adorable new papers from Webster's Pages.  If you look closely, you'll see that I added a tiny gem to the horse's bit to coordinate with the line of gems around my sentiment.

Make sure to check out the Lawn Fawn blog for your chance to win this great set, along with all of the sets being featured this week!  Here are the links to all of the other design team's projects:

 Lawn Fawn blog

Chan Vuong
Tiffany Johnson
Latisha Yoast
Lea Lawson
Lynnette Kauffman
Teri Anderson
Nichol Magourik

Chari Moss

Card Supplies: (click on pictures for links)

Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum-Pum Stamps	Plus One	Country Fresh Western Romance paper	Winter Fairy Tales      Die Cut Paper
Half & Half Dies	Copic Markers	Jenni Bowlin Brown Sugar Ink	Dazzle Me Gems Webster's Pages

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GTG Designer Challenge - October Afternoon

Hey everyone!  First of all, I'm super excited today because I have my first *official* post up as a Go-to Gal on the Paper Crafts Connection blog!!!  Yeah!  :)

Also, all of the GTG's are getting together today for a Designer Challenge.  We'll all be using some of October Afternoon's new 5 and Dime collection & I can't wait to see what everyone's put together.  Personally, I am head-over-heels in love with this line!  I love the cute vintage feel of it all.  :) 

One of my favorite pieces of patterned paper from this collection is called Bubble Gum.  It's full of the most adorable images!  Just cut them out & pop them on your project!  It kind of reminds me of playing with paper dolls when I was little.

Be sure to check out the other Paper Crafts GTG's:

Betsy Veldman
Jennifer McGuire
Kim Kesti
Teri Anderson
Windy Robinson

Card Supplies:  (click pictures for links)

Lawn Fawn Happy Wishes

 Hey guys!  :)  I have a new project posted to my Two Peas gallery that I wanted to share with you.  It all started with this cute little mobile image from Lawn Fawn's Plus One set.  Seriously!  Could those little faces be any cuter?  I love it!

So... I decided to go with a star theme & wanted to make the card gender neutral so that I could be ready for the next time I need a baby card.  This paper from Studio Calico has such fun & funky colors in it & I thought it could probably work for a girl or a boy.

You can find all of my supplies and more info HERE in my gallery.

Thanks for taking a peek!  :)

Go-to Sentiment Card

Papertrey Ink is one of my all-time favorite stamp companies on the market.  I've been a fan since their very first release & have enjoyed watching them grow over the years.  PTI is celebrating their 4th anniversary in a BIG way & I'm really excited to join in on the festivities.  :)

Erin Lincoln (one of the PTI designers) recently posted a video tutorial on making a Go-to Sentiment card.  Basically, you group together multiple sentiment stamps that all have the same theme and use them together... almost as if they were one stamp.  I'm probably not wording this really well... but you can see an example of what I'm trying to describe below:

I really love how this card turned out.  Erin is a genius, I tell you!  :)  I used some of Papertrey's patterned paper as my background and stamps from multiple sets.  The cupcake was cut from felt using a PTI die.  I used pinking shears & a white gel pen to create my 'cupcake liner'.

Thanks for taking a peek! :)

Hip Hop! Unity's Newest Kit of the Month is HERE!

Today, the Unity girls are showcasing the newest Kit of the Month for January!  It is SUCH a great kit & I think you're really going to love it!  There are so many different ways to use this set & I really love some of the sentiments that are included.  You can read more about the kit club HERE.

I used the journaling block outline & masked the inside so that I could replace the lines with this sentiment.  Now you can have stitching in any color that takes a fraction of the time.  I'm liking it.  Oh yes, I am!  :)  If you click on the card, you can enlarge it to see the details on the star.  (It says, "Good Friend" repeatedly.)

This card took me a total of 5 minutes to finish.  I love it when you can make a meaningful card like this & not spend your entire day doing so.  ;)  It's a win-win in my book!  **Hint** If your craft table is packed with papers and supplies left over from 10 other projects you're working on at the same time... sometimes you can come up with unexpected color/pattern combinations.  This is all hypothetical of course.  ;)

Make sure to check out the Unity Blog today if you haven't done so already.  It's always the place to find out the goods on specials and fun happenings!

From here, hop on over to see Jen Erickson

Hip Hop - Teacher's Gift + A Video Tutorial

Hip Hop!  Yes, it's Thursday again!  For a lot of you, school is just around the corner... or may already be in session... so, I thought I'd share a tutorial on how to make a super easy school-themed project.  I used one of August's Stampin Store Kits by Unity called Learning {Year by Year}.  The design team will be featuring this set (as well as the other Store Kit) this Saturday, so make sure to check back in to see more fun ideas!

Here are a couple of photos of the school-themed note pad I made.  I know these aren't 'new' to the stamping community, but it was the first time I've tried them out.  Michelle Wooderson makes them in every color and theme & really inspired me to try one out for myself. You can make several in one afternoon and have little gifts on hand for the entire year.  (The patterned paper is from the Show & Tell collection by We R Memory Keepers.  I purchased my notepads from Papertrey Ink.)

Here is a video I made for any of you who are visual learners like I am.  :)  (These videos are being featured on the Unity Blog today too.)  I had to break them up into two segments because I rattled on forever and a day.  ;)

I wanted to also let you know that there is a huge release party going on today for Ippity at Splitcoast!  The people at Unity sure know how to throw a party... so don't miss out!  :)

Also, I have a long list of stamps for sale on the post below.  Make sure to check it out if you like a good bargain.  :)

From here, hop on over to to Jen Erickson's blog!

It's Jiffy Time!!!

Hey guys!  Today I get to share the card I made for this month's Jiffy Girl Challenge!  Just to recap... each month, a group of my super crafty friends and I get together to make a card using the same basic supplies.  One girl picks a stamp for us to use, and another chooses patterned paper.  No one knows what we're going to work with until it arrives in our mailbox.  I love seeing everyone's style being played out in such unique ways!

This month, I was the 'paper picker' and chose the Blueberry Hill paper from We R Memory Keeper's Vintage Blue collection.  Alli chose our image, the funky and cool chair from the Chair-ished set by Papertrey Ink.  I really loved the combination of the two!  :)

I kept my card pretty simple, letting the paper and images speak for themselves.  Make sure to check out the other girls' blogs to see what they came up with!  I can't wait to see for myself!  :)

• Michele Boyer
• Carole Burrage
• Kim Hughes
• Alli Miles
• Lori Craig
• & our super awesome guest this month, Dana Seymour

Birthday Wishes In a Jar

Hey guys! :)  I have a new card to show you... but first up, here's another Sneak Peek at the new July Kit of the Month from Unity!  I love how creative this sentiment is.  :)

As soon as I saw the new jar stamps from Papertrey Ink... I knew I was going to have to have them.  I love any of the sets inspired by Michelle Wooderson.  She's a girl that really 'speaks my language'!  I love how she incorporates vintage items and flee market finds into her crafts.  It's making my heart go all pitter-patter just thinking about it.  :)

So... here's a card I made... packaging up all of my birthday wishes into a vintage Mason jar.  :)  And... I had to pull out some denim fabric for my card front.  I love that country feel and soft texture.  

Supplies:

• Stamps: (Friendship Jar) Papertrey Ink
• Ink: (Tuxedo Black & Rich Cocoa Memento ink, Versamark) Tsukineko; (Tea Dye Duo inks) Papertrey Ink
• Embossing Powder (clear) Ranger
• Cardstock: (Rustic White) Papertrey Ink; (Pool) Paper Source
• Dies: (Jar & Lid, Jar Toppers) Papertrey Ink
• Embellishments: (Pink Vintage Style Buttons) Jenni Bowlin; paper doily; crochet thread; denim fabric
• Tools: sewing machine & thread; (small corner rounder) EK Success
• Markers: Copic

Instructions:
1. Make card from cardstock.
2. Tear edges of a panel of denim fabric.  Adhere to card.
3. Adhere plaid patterned paper.  Machine stitch edges.
4. Ink edges of blue cardstock.  Machine stitch to card front.  Adhere paper doily in place.
5. Stamp “jam” onto purple patterned paper using watermark ink.  Heat emboss with clear embossing powder.  Trim and adhere to die cut cardstock. Stamp jar outline onto panel.
6. Stamp lid onto die cut cardstock.  Stamp lid once more onto patterned paper and paper piece.  Color remainder of lid with markers.  Stamp sentiment.  Adhere lid to jar using dimensional adhesive.
7. Adhere stamped images onto green patterned paper.  Round bottom corners.  Ink edges.  Tie button in place using crochet thread.  Adhere panel to card front.

Picnic Basket Blossoms

Hi guys! I've had such a nice morning! It seems like forever since I've been able to get into my craft room and get my fingers all inky. :) Today, I wanted to try out a couple of challenges that have really inspired me.

The latest {Embellish} challenge was too gorgeous to resist!

I also wanted to try out this first sketch challenge by Waltzingmouse Stamps. What a cute design!

For my card, I pulled out one of my favorite Papertrey Ink sets - Vintage Picnic - and framed it with my Waltzingmouse Very Vintage Labels no. 4 stamp.  I used a Dear Lizzy rub-on for my sentiment & placed it right on top of my home-made wrinkly crinkly ribbon.  The floral printed coral cardstock is a Jenni Bowlin print by Core'dinations.

Here's a close-up of my picnic basket.  I used a scrap of yellow gingham paper from the Girls' Paperie to paper piece and added bits of glitter to my daffodils with a Copic glitter pen.  I added some extra glittery goodness by spritzing a panel of brown cardstock with some yellow Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.

Thanks for taking a look at my blog today!  Hope you have a great day!

Crafty Chicks Class - May Projects

Hey there! :) I'm finally getting around to posting pictures from my last Crafty Chicks class.  (The boys are spending the night with the grandparents.  Yippee!)  ;)

This month, we made a set of cards using a lot of Cosmo Cricket paper and Papertrey Ink stamps.  And... I just got my first stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps & LOVE how they work with the Nestabilities dies!  If you haven't ordered from them before, I highly recommend them.  They shipped super quick... and had to travel over an ocean to get here!  (Actually, they made it faster than the stamps I had ordered the same day from the U.S.!)

Anyway... back to the project.  :)  Here is the card set all boxed up.  We used lots of home-made crinkly wrinkly ribbon and added some colorful buttons to most of the cards and the case.

If you follow my blog, the card above probably looks familiar.  I used the same basic layout as I did for my Embellish Magazine blog hop a few posts back.  I really love the bright, fabric butterfly cut-out and wanted to try it again.  If you like to use fabric on cards, make sure to check out the Moxie Fab World 'Fun With Fabric' challenge for more inspiration!

Here's another bright and cheery card that we made.  To make the flower embellishment, just punch out several 1" circles.  Pinch one end of each circle and adhere it to a base... and continue until you have a completed flower.  The button on top hides any imperfections.  ;)

This card was cased from a card by Dawn McVey.  I love her style and just had to try one out myself!

For our final card, we created a sympathy card with shabby chic details.  It's always good to have something like this on hand so that you don't have to try to be creative when your emotions aren't in check.

We made some coordinating envies using Papertrey Ink's new envelope die cut.  I think this is SUCH a great invention.  Sure... you can cut them by hand, but this is so much simpler -- especially when you need to make a lot at one time.  :)

I hope you've enjoyed taking a peek at our class projects.  If you're local, I'd love to have you join us sometime!!!  Have a good one!  :)