baby, it's cold outside + Seasons Givings Blog Hop Winners!

post 1 of 2 for today...click HERE for the Reverse Confetti January Release Day Two.

My super awesome friend, Kimberly, gifted me this adorable Lawn Fawn Winter Alpaca set.  She's the sweetest, because she knows that Alpaca's run in my family...LOL...check it out HERE.

I was smitten with the way Chari Moss colored her alpaca HERE.  I tried to duplicate that look.  She used coloring pencils but I masked off his face and scarf and used Tea Dye Distress ink and a mini round ink blending tool.  Just enough color so that he pops off of the oval panel (p.s. having him on foam tape helps too!).

So, I'm on a mission to use up the bazillion paper collections I own.  Sadly, I'm not exaggerating about the quantity.  This card is a petite greeting at 3.5 x 5.0 inches.  

I was thoroughly inspired by the Muse challenge:

Now how fun is Michele's card?  If you didn't know, I'm a popcorn-a-holic♡

aha, do you see the inspiration:

black, white + red✔︎

black + white panel✔︎

oval focal point✔︎

clean + crisp design✔︎

Thanks to Michele for the awesome inspiration!

Super happy to be also able to link up to the Lawnscaping Challenge:

baby, it's cold outside

cardstock:  recollections/110/white

paper:  basic grey highline

stamps:  lawn fawn winter alpaca

ink:  memento tuxedo, copics, tea dye distress ink

other:  lawn fawn winter alpaca lawn cuts, mft stitched ovals

Thank to everyone that stopped by for the Seasons Givings Blog Hop!  I really appreciate your time and sweet comments!  I used random.org to draw for the winners:

US Friends

#22:  Bev

#50:  Shelly

#97:  Michele George

International Friend

#10:  Angeline Choo

snail mail...

Texture, I love texture.....

cardstock:  recollection/110/white, bazzill marshmallow  stamps:  lawn fawn gleeful gardens  ink:  memento, various copics, stampin' up blendabilities  other:  lawn fawn gleeful gardens lawn cuts, peerfless watercolors, stampin' up embossing folder

This card is 4.25 inches squared.  The embossing folder is by Stampin' Up.  All the stamps are from Lawn Fawn's Gleeful Garden.  A set that I've had for a while and have only inked up one other time.  It's the first time I used the coordinating dies...so many goodies, not enough time.

All the images have been colored with copics/blendabilities.  The grass + clouds are ala Peerless.  Love those pools of color!   Everything has been adhered by foam tape.

I was inspired by the current Lawnscaping Challenge!

Lawnscaping + Caffeine = Happiness♡

This post will remain pinned to the top of my blog through Sunday...click HERE for my Super Special Birthday Blog Hop Post.

Yay!  Did you see that Lawnscaping Challenges is having a Caffeine Blog Hop?!  

I like love caffeine!

The fun starts at the Lawnscaping Challenges' blog!  I'm thrilled to be a guestie!  Some of you might know that I ♡ Coffee :)

Check out all of the AWESOME Sponsors...Lawn Fawn, Ellen Hutson, The Ink Road, Crafters Companion, Spectrum Noir, The Alley Way Stamps, Newtons Nook, Faber Castell, and Right at Home! 

YOU could be a lucky winner...just leave a unique comment on all the blogs participating in the hop!

So, I couldn't wait to put together the FUN Lawn Fawn Goodie Bag!!!!!

cardstock:  strathmore watercolor  paper:  carta bella  stamps:  lawn fawn/love you a latte  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  lawn fawn/goodie bag lawn cut, wplus9 circle die

I stamped and colored a coffee cup from the Love You A Latte set....  After die cutting a circle on the front panel of the Goodie Bag, I backed it with the colored image.

Want to know what's inside the Goodie Bag?

A trio of mini coffee cards:

They measure a petite 2.75 x 4.0 inches and drop perfectly into the Goodie Bag!

Background stamping...I'm trying to incorporate it into my designs more because I just love the look.  The coffee mugs have been stamped with Fresh Ink Charcoal and I then layered a panel of vellum on top.  I finished off the card with a Scripty Thanks Veneer.

cardstock:  recollections/110/white, papertrey ink vellum  stamps:  lawn fawn/love you a latte  ink:  fresh ink/charcoal  other:  lawn fawn/scripty thanks veneer

This next one has multi-layers of goodness but I tried to keep the overall design clean & simple.  The sentiment is from the You Got Mail set.

cardstock:  recollections/110/white  paper:  simple stories/i am  stamps:  lawn fawn/love you a latte & you've got mail  ink:  memento/tuxedo, copic  other:  freckled fawn washi, studio calico heart veneer

I'm definitely been bitten by the coloring bug...this next card uses various distress markers for coloring that I followed up with a watercolor brush.  I love anything watercolored these days!

cardstock:  papertrey ink kraft,  strathmore watercolor  stamps:  lawn fawn/love you a  latte & gleeful gardens  ink:  ranger/archival/black, ranger distress markers  other:  freckled fawn washi, a jillian vance chalkboard backdrop die.

Whew!  You made it through my very long post!  What was going to be one card turned into a mini project!

So before you start hopping....lookie what I have for one lucky duck:

For those of you that have been following me for awhile know I have an appreciation for Starbucks.  How lucky that I live in Starbucks★land and can easily walk to the oh-so-awesome Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room from work!!!!!!  This prize pack includes:

Starbucks Reserve Exclusive Field Notes Notebook

Starbucks Reserve Coffee Menu

Starbucks Reserve Letterpress postcard

Starbucks (loaded) gift card

I'll use random.org to draw a winner...leave me a comment with the name of your favorite lawn fawn stamp set!  Commenting to remain open for the blog prize until Saturday, June 27th @ 11:59 pm pacific.  Winner will be posted on Sunday, June 28th!

Have fun at the hop:

Lawnscaping Challenges

Niki G. 

Gray Whiskers Crafts

Melissa

Kristina B.

Lysa

Dianchik

Yolanda G. 

Jennie M. 

Julie C. 

Ellen 

Nina-Marie

Michele S. 

Anni

Michelle L.

Lydia

Oreet

Tammy H.

Shannon M. 

Kim

Kelly S. 

Trish K. 

Tanja

Amy

Kim H. 

Monica M. 

Beau Monde Designs

Valerie W. 

Maria

Wiebke

Maia Ink

Melissa

Vicki

Chitra

Tracy

Curl E. Cue's

Coralynn

Carisa

Dawn E.

Kate

Kristina P.

lucky me.

I love a good challenge.

I've been wanting to play over in 

the classroom

I picked up a ton of the new Essentials by Ellen before we left for Japan and I'm just now getting to play with them.

I knew that I wanted to use the Laurel Wreath, in gold, but of course!  Then I looked over my Lawn Fawn goodies and HA, are you surprised that I added the coffee mug?

cardstock:  recollections/110/white  stamps:  essentials by ellen/fancy thanks  ink:  ranger/archival/black, picked raspberry distress ink, various copics  other:  american crafts gold glitter cardstock, beading hemp twine

The sentiment is from Fancy Thanks...oh, I LOVE that set.

Linking up to the

Mix It Up Challenge

I'm also linking up to

Lawnscaping Challenge

and

CAS(e) this Sketch

Thanks so much for stoppin' by!

i {heart} papers: it moose be love

Have you heard the news?

i {heart} papers is closing and right now everything is 40% off  50% off {edited Jan 26}.

I was able to purchase the 

Lawn Fawn/Critters in the Artic 

Unfortunately, the stamps are no longer available but last I looked, the coordinating lawn cuts are still in the store:

Critters in the Artic Lawn Cuts

I'm linking up to the Lawnscaping Challenge:

I used the Say Cheese set and stamped the Woodgrain Backdrop within the Polaroid image.  I added clouds from the Bon Voyage set.

I'm also sending this card to Winter for her

Cards from the Heart Card Drive

A big shout out to Kate for having me as a Guest Designer this month.  Best wishes to you and your new journey!

I wanted to recap my other projects I designed for 

i {heart} papers

It's PSL time!

post 1 of 2...click here for my Curtain Call post

For a lot of coffee drinkers, Fall is the PSL season

P  u  m  p  k  i  n    S  p  i  c  e    L  a  t  t  e

 cardstock:  papertrey ink   paper:  chickaniddy crafts/scrumptious  stamps:  lawn fawn/love you a latte/harold's abcs  other:  lawn fawn stitched leaves dies, paper accents vellum, gold thread

I combined

Lawn Fawn + Chickaniddy Crafts

Isn't the Scrumptious Collection, well, scrumptious?

The Lawn Fawn Love You a Latte Set is a must have for any crafter.  They have a bit of everything for everyone in that set!

I used harold's ABCs and the awesome Stitched Leaves dies.  Aren't the leaves fabulous in vellum, well, anything in vellum rocks.  I adhered them with some gold stitching.

I was inspired by

Freshly Made Sketches

and Lawnscaping Challenge

Fall & Pumpkins

TGIF!!!

hippo birdie seattle style!

Hello!

Blogging late & live!

Wednesday's...I Love Wednesday's...it's one of my days off. 

I've been up since 3 am cranking out cards...Pssstttt...Neat & Tangled's September Release starts this Monday and um, you're going to LOVE it!!!!

This little card was being quite squirrely...it wouldn't keep rockin' while I attempted to take a photo...

cardstock:  PTI white, misc gray  paper:  crate paper, lawn fawn  stamps:  lawn fawn hippo birdie  ink:  memento tuxedo, various copics  other:  circle dies, lawn fawn hippo birdie dies, impress seattle landscape die

I have Virginia to thank for my shaped card obsession.  

Did you see that I've joined my first international design team:

Stories of Stamps, Papers and...

The girls on the Design Team are so sweet and have made me feel so welcome.  I'm playing along in the current challenge which is to use dies.  I've managed to use:

2 different sized circles

Seattle City Scape die

Hippo die

Birdie die

I'm also linking up to Virginia's View Challenge:

I used 3 different Patterned Paper in my shaped card.

and...last but not least

Lawnscaping Challenge

I used Lawn Fawn's  Hippo Birdie set.  This sweet 'lil duo always makes me smile.