Happy Fall

Hello!

Today I have two cards to share - both made with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves die.

I made these as part of the Share Handmade Kindness challenge over at Jennifer McGuire's blog.  I plan to send them to my friends and family to bring a little kindness their way.

On the first one, I used the Lawn Fawn woodgrain notecard as my card base.  I thought it would go nicely with the grouping of leaves cut from some fall colored scraps I had.  The sentiment is from the Sweater Weather stamp set.  I added a fun twine bow for some texture and dimension.  I am also entering this card in the  Virginia's View challenge where the theme is texture.

The second card uses the same stitched leaves and sentiment.  The card base is Neenah desert storm and the patterned paper is My Minds Eye.

Thanks for stopping by!  Are you joining the share handmade kindness challenge?  It is easy, fun and rewarding!

Laura

       

Halloween goodie bags

Hello there!

Sorry I've been MIA for a while, life has been pretty crazy around here and I just haven't found the time to craft.  But now that Halloween is almost here, I was determined to make some cute little goodie bags!

I used the Lawn Fawn goodie bag die and the adorable Doodlebug 6 X 6 paper pad, ghouls and goodies to make these.  

I attached  cute embellishments to some mini clothes pins and added tags or pumpkin bells to some of them.  Now they are just waiting to be filled with candy and given out to my co-workers!

This spider is a doodlebug sticker from the same collection.

The witches hat is a older lifestyle crafts die cut.

The little ghost is a memory box die cut, and the pumpkin bells are from Michaels.  

I am linking this up to the current Lawnscaping Challenge where the theme is "too cute to spook"

Thanks for stopping in!  I hope to post more regularly again soon.

Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone!

-Laura

CASology Guest Designer

Hello!!

Today I am honored to be the guest designer over at CASology!  The cue word this week is going to be a fun one - I'm so excited to see what you guys come up with!!

The cue card is 

Here is how I was inspired:

My card uses the fun 'Great Chemistry' set from Paper Smooches.  So many great images to choose from!  I used the two different beakers and colored the liquid with my copics.  The odd number of items help to balance the scene, and I added a hand drawn border to contain it even more.  This one layer card is 4 inches square.

Thanks to the CASology team for having me as guest designer this week!  Hope you guys have fun creating something 'sciencey ' too!

Laura

Happy Birthday Tonya!!

Hello!
Today I am helping to celebrate Tonya Jastad's birthday!! 

You may know Tonya from her blog The Heart Desires.   Tonya is part of the crafty group that meets about once a month to stamp, create and have fun!  And a lot of the fun is due to Tonya!!  This girl is a crack up; she has me in stitches most of the day!  She is also very sweet, talented, supportive and I am glad to call her my friend!  So, Tonya, I hope your birthday brings you everything your heart desires!!!

My card for Tonya is made with Bohemian Garden from the Essentials by Ellen line.  I stamped them with my new ombre inks from HA.  They are so pretty in the varying shades. The sentiment is PTI, and I added some Pretty Pink Posh sequins to finish it off.


The other girls from the group are celebrating too - be sure to stop by their blogs and see what they have created for Tonya, and then pop over to The Heart Desires and wish the birthday girl a happy day!

amy
katie
toni
kimberly
laura      <<<< you are here!
vicki
lisa lara
lenae
tonya   <<<< birthday girl!

CASology - Umbrella

Hi There!!

I am sharing a card I made for the latest CASology challenge where the cue card is UMBRELLA.

My mom had bought this cute umbrella die a while back, and when I was over for a visit, I cut some out to take home.  I have had them sitting in my stash and now I'm happy to finally put them to use!

The rain drops are a Savvy stamp and the sentiment is Paper Smooches.

Thanks for stopping by!
Laura

MUSE challenge #132

Hello!
I am sharing a last minute entry to the MUSE challenge this week.  I saw Joan's lovely card earlier this week and knew right away what I wanted to do to copy her card.  It just took me this long to finally have some time to make it!

Here is Joan's card:

Her stamp by Taylored Expressions has lots of different sayings in a variety of fonts, and  I immediately thought of this Hero Arts Blackboard thank you stamp that I have.  


Here is my take on her card:
  

I inked up my stamp with the new ombre ink pad in tide pool to navy colors.   The picture doesn't do it justice - it is so pretty in real life.  (I think I waited to late in the day to take the picture, and the sun was too low!)  I mounted it on a quick card panel from Reverse Confetti with those fun big polka dots.

Thanks Joan for being a wonderful MUSE!  I had fun copying your card!!

And since this is the first time I have used my new ombre ink, I am also linking up to Darnell's NBUS challenge!  


Hope you all had a great weekend!
Laura

First Day of School

Well, it's that time of year again - the kids are off to school!  This year my kids are back at the same school which means getting both of them dressed and fed and ready and out the door at the same time!   

I still pack their lunches for them in the mornings, and every so often I like to sneak in a little note from me, just to let them know I'm thinking of them and love them!  This is what they found in their lunches yesterday, the first day of school:

I used my very first Reverse Confetti goodies to create these little clipboards (EEK so cute!!) with notes attached. I die cut the posted note confetti cut from some kraft paper and the cute little clip from some silver paper to make it look more realistic.  I stamped the sentiments from the coordinating posted note stamp set onto some PTI paper that is lined to look like school paper.  I only glued the paper at the top, under the clip, so it would be able to lift up at the bottom - just like a real clipboard!

I also used their quick card panels for the backgrounds.  So easy!!  And I just love all the sentiments in this posted note set - perfect for so many different occasions.  I'm sure my kids will be finding more of these in their lunches throughout the year!

Thanks for stopping by!
Laura