Lawnscaping challenge #50 winter wonderland

Today i have a cards to share with you that i am entering into the Lawnscaping challenge winter wonderland.
As it is summer here in Oz it is hard to get the mojo going to make wintery cards, but lucky for me it rained today so a little more wintery that the crazy 45 oC we have been having!!! only 26oC today!! but boy the humidity!! almost 100% .

Anyways, i used a bunch of Lawn Fawn stamps in this card. These included happy summer,winter owl,critters in the snow and critters in the burbs. Quite a selection. i Also used the Lawn Fawn 6x6 fa la la paper pad, along with some wood cardstock i got from Jay Gee's Nook and a step card from Down under Direct.

I had a bunch of fun making this card! and i loved how it turned out!!!

you still have a few days to enter the challenge. just click on THIS link!!

tara :)

Lawnscaping challenge #30 inspired by....

This time Lawnscaping challenges has given us a doozy! it is creating a card  with the style that is someone that inspired you -craft wise that is!!
I love heidi grace. from the moment she made papers etc for fiskars i just loved her brightly coloured papers and whimsical style. she is never to busy on her pages and cards and she is not want i call a "fluffy bunny"meaning it is not all flowers and lace!
you can check out her blog Here.
So with her great style in mind here is my card.

I have used lawn fawn critters ever after,bon voyage and happy birthday(the set for their 1st birthday.) I have used jillibean soup papers, and Fiskars grass,groovy rainbow and up in the clouds border punches. I have coloured with copics, including giving the clouds some shading. lastly a bit of doodletwine to finish the card off.

I hope you like the card. i just am in love with that dragon. it reminds me of when i lived in wales for 3 years!!!

Tara:)

Lawnscaping challenge # 29 sketch challenge

Ok. i will be honest... i hate sketch challenges for card :( if it was scrapbooking-no dramas! but cards... i do not know what it it but sketches for cards seem to block my flow of design and i ALWAYS get stumped.
This challenge was no different. After colouring about 100 images and making cards, none of them seemed to be right :( my mojo had just all dried up....whaaaaaaah........
so here is my card. it is like the 5th one i made and though i am still not happy with it, it is the best i have done.
roll on some colour inspiration next week!!!

 i used the sketch upside down and used the new lawn fawn papers. i also used lawn fawn stamps- critters i the forest,bon voyage,lunar lights,admit one,turkey day.
I do not know if you can see but i needed a sun so i used the rosette middle and the feathers from turkey day to make the sun.
all i can say is meh.......
not my best creation.....
check out the challenge here you still have a few days to enter!

Tara:)

Lawnscaping Challenge #28- Distress mania....and i seem to have my groove back...

After a not so great day yesterday crafting, my mojo seems to have come back! maybe it must have been me using Lawn Fawn stamps!  I always seem to smile when i take them out, and you can guarantee that Zoe is not far behind wanting to make a card too!
so  this challenge is Distress mania!

I am usually a real CAS card maker though i do love anything by Tim holtz! which is like polar opposites! but for some reason i end up using Tim;s range in CAS cards.
So i made my card today with a LOT of distressing,sanding inking and paper piecing!
here is my card.

 I used Lawn Fawns critters in the woods and critters in the burbs for my card. I used core'dinations card-stock for all the paper piecing and sanded and tore the paper to give the distress look. i also used coordinating Tim Holtz Distress inks to colour. I used rock candy Distress paint to make the trees and log crackly, the clouds paper is by kaisercraft and the sun was a hello kitty sizzix die.
The card went really well together! also i did layer the dragonfly and clouds with 3D foam but you cannot really see it well in the pic....sorry!

Zoe decided to create a card for the challenge too so she used Lawn Fawns critters in the seas. Zoe cut and glued the fish and then stamped a sentiment on the card. she did have a go with the sandpaper ,but now i have a patch on my dining room table with no varnish! i think i may just put a vase over it and not tell rob!, then if i colour the mark with copics no one will be the wiser!shhhhhhhhh don't tell ok!

I hope you like both our cards. Then lawnscaping challenge is on till march 1st here.

Tara :)

Lawnscaping challenge #27 photo inspiration

Good morning all! hear that??? no? i suppose you can't we are in blog land! but if you were here with me you would hear.........NOTHING! yep! Rob is out doing errands, Zoe is at School and Poppy is asleep having her nap! Oh how i love the peace and quiet!!!! And it also gave me enough time to whip up a card for this weeks Lawnscaping Challenge!
Here is this weeks photo inspiration.

I love that red colour range!
So i got to work. and here is my card.

I used Lawn Fawn critters on the farm for this card with the heart coming from Sophies sentiments.
I also used various words from the sentiments in critters in the farm to put together 'i love you chickadee!'
I used the NEW Fiskars interchangeable border punch system for the bottom of the card and used the X marks the spot cartridge.
* You know i did not really like this cartridge when i saw it,but i have found it one of the most versatile punch designs Fiskars have made! it is perfect to thread ribbon!*
I then got some seam binding from Mad 4 Markers and coloured it with one of my copic markers (R22)
It was great cause i got just the right colour to match my little piggy!!!
The pig and chick were also coloured with copics.
here are the colours i used.

You can order all of these copics from Mad 4 Markers also.

This challenge i really enjoyed! and do you know why??? No children annoying me!!!!

Tara:)

I'm a gnome on lawnscaping! Yeah!

Yeah! 2 weeks running i'm on a roll! it must me the new year! i got a honorable gnome this week in the winter wonderland challenge over at Lawn Fawn Lawnscaping Challenge Yeah!! again!!

Tara:)

Lawn Fawn's got a new range..........

I will be honest with you from the start...... i love  Lawn Fawn.... i have 24 of their sets. i would have every set if i could but some how i do not think i could justify this to my hubby.
So when i clicked on the lawn fawn blog this morning, i think i almost had a heart attack!

Lawn Fawn are.........wait for it.............
MAKING PAPERS,STICKERS, AND TWINE!!!!!!!
I almost fell off my chair when i saw the video sneek peek!

It was like Lawn Fawn let their stamps get together with their inks and they went and had babies!!!!!

I love lawn fawn and this just did it for me! If my hubby ever wants to get his leg over at some point all he needs to do is bring home some of this new paper range !LOL!!!! (boy!i hope he does not read this... i will come home one night to find the house covered in lawn fawn papers!!!..........then maybe that not a bad thing!!)

Anyway here is the lawn fawn link  and a little sneak peek of the range.

Tara:)

Lawnscaping challenge #26 winter wonderland

This weeks Lawnscaping Challenge is winter wonderland.

I love winter, it is sad we do not get snow where i live but  i can drive to some if i need to!

So with the love of snow in mind and all of the great animals that are fond of the snow too i created 2 cards for this challenge.

For both these cards i used critters in the snow, and making frosty friends, i also used the sentiment from winter fox and fanciful frames. I also used a memory box die with velum for the snowflake border at the bottom and a bit of glossy accents. I also used a bunch of 3D tape to get the 3 layers of dimension on the cards I purchased all my lawn Fawn stamps from Lawn Fawn.For $15 bucks a set they are SOOO worth the money! and cheap international postage too! (For all you aussies out there!)

Copic markers were used to colour in as well.
Here are the copic colours i used. If you need to purchase any of the above copic markers that i used. don't forget you can get them all at a really good price over at the Mad 4 Markers online shop

Well i hope you liked my 2 cards!
Tara :)

Lawnscaping challenge...i won top mow-it-all! Yeah!!!

I cannot believe it! i actually won on the lawnscaping challenge blog! i got a top mow- it - all for my birthday challenge card..

I am so proud of myself! what a great year it is beginning to be! thanks lawnscaping!!!
Tara:)

Fiskars sighting on the lawn fawn blog!

I love many things and of course my most loved thing crafting wise are all my fiskars tools,so when i see a Fiskars tool being used with something else i love it's like the jackpot!!!! So today while i was reading the Lawn Fawn Stamp Blog (and i just LOOOVE their stamps!) I got really excited when they showed a great technique with the Fiskars stamp press. The best way to describe it was mirror stamping. Ever had a stamp that you think...ï wish it was facing the other way"well the video on the http://lawnfawn.blogspot.com/2012/01/lawn-clippings-wednesday-with-chari.html shows you exactly how to do it.
I watched the video and straight away got stamping!
This is what i created.

I used my Fiskars sure-cut recycled trimmer,Fiskars scissors,Fiskars medium cloud squeeze punch,Fiskars Grass border punch and of course my Fiskars Stamp press to make the owls face each other.
THe stamps i used were Lawn Fawn Critters in the forest ,My cute stamps eieio(for the sun) and a my cute stamp sentiment.
And for colouring i used copic markers.

So pop on over to the Lawn fawn blog and check out the video for another really great way to use yourFiskars stamp press.
Tara:)

Happy Birthday Lawnscaping Challenge #25

Happy Birthday to lawnscaping challenge blog!!! and to celebrate lawnscaping have a little treat for us all....a FREE set of digi stamps. you can get them Here.
So this weeks challenge is all about birthdays...of course! and i thought i would go ahead and create a simple birthday card.
I used Lawn Fawn Quinn's ABC's, banneriffic, Admit one, and sallys ABC's. i then coloured with copics and Done! a simple hip hip hooray!

Tara:)

Lawn fawn challenge

Lawn fawn which we all LOOOVE are having a challenge. they are looking for cards for their catalog and are giving us crafters the chance to have a card in their catalog. here is the link.
I have made a couple of cards for this challenge. here they are.

In this card above i have used my distress inks and jenni bowlin inks to make the sky, fiskars border punch for the waves and squeeze punch for the clouds and then used copics for the critters which i used critters i the sea.

with this card i used critters on the farm and thought the whole chicken and the egg would be a good clean look for a card. i used copics to color and Martha Stewart twine.

Tara :)

Lawnscaping challenge #24 Texture.

 Now trying to get a card done between Xmas and getting everything ready for the family OMG how hard was that! but i managed to get some time to do it while the kids are in bed!

The Challenge this time was texture. felt and glitter was my texture of choice and i made a bon voyage card.
I used the little mini set from lawn fawn, MFT cloud dies to cut the felt and a judikins pop block cut in 1/2 to make the plane'fly'on the card. i shaded with copics and the background papers were unit papers i found a while back.

Cute Huh!

Tara:)

lawnscaping tags or treat bags challenge....with a twist

It is Lawnscaping challenge time and this one is a little different. I was going to do a tag but i thought...why not incorporate the challenge with the craft i am doing with my daughter Zoe's Class this week. So i emailed Kelly Marie to get permission to photocopy some of lawn fawns great stamps for the kids in Zoe's class to make door hangers. I did not think that the whole stamping themselves would be a good idea so Kelly Marie said it was ok to photocopy the stamps. So i went about making a page of images for the kids to colour and cut out. we have the snowman and clothing from making frosty friends, the cozy christmas set and the tree from critters in the forest. I reckon that that tree must be the most used stamp in ALL of my stamps.....an i have a LOT of stamps!!!
So i coloured the images...i did not bother about shading cause the kids will not be doing this, cut out my pics, created a background on the kraft card door hanger i made using my Fiskars Trimmer and Circle shape template and started gluing! I even used a glu stick like the kids will!
and here are the results...

I added bit of sparkle stuff for snow and ripped the paper to make the snow on the bottom.
they don't look to bad and i think the kids will be able to follow ok.
Tara :)

Lawnscaping challenge #22 Photo inspiration... Zoe's turn!

zoe has just finished her card for the lawnscaping challenge. just in case you did not see the last post here it is...

and the link is here.
Zoe has gone over and beyond with her card... now you have to remember Zoe is only 10 years old and has irlen syndrome so her colours and art is not always perfect cause she sees double when not wearing her special glasses. but i am SOOOOO proud of her. Not only did she make a card she also make a background for me to photograph it with!!!

zoe has used critters in the forest, fiskars leaf punches and upper crest border punch, My Favorite Things die namics branches  and coloured with pencils and gamsol.

here is a close up of her background

Zoe, you are a clever little girl!
Mum xx

Lawnscaping challenge #22 Photo inspiration

Hello there! Once again it is the lawnscaping challenge. this time it was a photo inspiration challenge.

I can just smell the apple pie and cinnamon!
So with those colours in mind i created this card.

I have used Lawn fawn happy Halloween for the tree and leaves,then to get the sentiment i have used Jessie's abc's for 'falling' then masked off the words 'for' and 'you' on 2 stamps from many thanks set to get my final 2 words. a bit of distress stickles on the leaves and done!
Now while i have been making this card. my daughter Zoe has got a bee in her bonnett that she can win lawnscaping challenge this week! so stay tuned for her card. meanwhile here is the mess she has made on my dining room table!!! I cannot believe she has got the gamsol out and is blending her picture!!! she so takes after her mum!!!!

Mad for markers...anything goes challenge

So i thought i would kill 2 birds with one stone today, make a card for a friend who has just had a baby girl and also make the card for the anything goes challenge on mad for markers challenge blog .

Here is my card. simple but effective i think!
I used the greeting farm onesies clear stamps. it is the boy set but i had a little crown from an old pink cat studio set to make it a little girly. the sentiment is from lawn fawn.
I coloured the onesie with R81,R83,R85,R59,Y15 and Y17. the little buttons on the bottom were highlighted with atyou spica glitter pen gold and a few gems to ad that little bit of bling. a ribbon and there you have it!!!
Tara :)

Jay Gee's Nook challenge #13

Today i finally finished Jay Gee's Nook challenge #13. using holiday stamps in a non holiday card.

I had to have a long hard think about this cause i do not really have many "holiday"stamps. i tend to buy stamps that i can use for most occasions.

So I decided to use Lawn Fawn cozy Xmas stamp set
Here is the card.

I tried to create a party scene rather than a Christmas one. so the milk became beer and the cookies became cakes and the little flame is just a little creatures now. I also used Lawn fawn quinn's abc's.

If you would like to have a go at this challenge you can check it out Here.

Tara :)

Lawnscaping challenge #21 thanks...

So this week the Lawnscaping challenge blog has a thanks challenge. you can check it out Here.
Thank you cards i think are the easiest to make but surprise,surprise, i got a brain freeze when i sat down to make this card. so i read a few copies of papercrafts again, then finally set to work!

Here is what i came up with.

I used my favorite things rainbow die, and clouds die, Lawn Fawn many thanks stamp set, and the smile from sophies sentiments. My Fiskars notebook border punch and papers by imaginse.
Tara :)

Starting to get ready for xmas

I have finally started to make christmas cards for this year. slack...yes... i know but i HAVE started!
This first card i am sharing with you is a little different in the fact i made the embossing with my Fiskars border punch. and no not the ones that have the embossing on them!
I created my own embossing "folder" as such by punching 3 squares of thin card with the fiskars border and corner punch called snow bubbles.
Then i glued them together lining them up as i did this.

Once i had done this i used my cuttlebug to run it through with the card i needed to emboss.
To do this you need the following "sandwich" A plate - B Plate - a bit of kraft board or thin chip board - silicone mat - piece of paper or card you want to emboss - embossing folder"you made - B Plate.
You may need to adjust the thin chipboard or kraft card depending to your cuttle bug, no 2 ever seem to be the same!
Run it through your cuttlebug and presto! your card is embossed like your punch!
The results vary depending on how many layers you use to make your "folder" to emboss with.
Here is the finished result.

 I used a fishbowl image off the internet, Paper smooches surf and turf, and Lawn fawn banneriffic set. I made the sentiment by inking single letters off several lawn fawn stamp sets to create the words i needed.
Then i coloured with copic markers.

Tara :)