Lawnscaping Challenge: White on White

So tonight I wanted to play with some paper and glue. I found the Lawn Fawn Challenge Blog. The challenge was White-on-White and was ending just before midnight. I figured I can pull it off in time, but in the end I was having trouble with Photobucket and of course, missed the deadline by just minutes. I am bummed.

Sticking with the monochromatic scheme, I die cut the Stitched Journaling Card Die , Scripty Thanks Die, and the banner from the Blue Skies Die Set out of various white cardstocks. Flower sequins are from the Hello Sunshine Mixed Sequins Pack.


I took sketch inspiration from the CAS(E) this Sketch #102 Challenge:




I think the CAS sketch was a perfect fit for the Lawn Fawn dies I had in my stash. Nice and clean. Love when things work out like that, LOL, because I really don't own a lot of LF dies. Hope your week so far is great, and thanks so much for visiting. Hugs and Happy Scrappin'!!!!

xoxo

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Christmas in the Spring

Hello Wednesday! Today I am sharing a card with combined challenges. My main incentive was a challenge site I found for making Christmas cards throughout the year. This is a fantastic idea because who wants to be rushing to make them in the midst of the holiday chaos? I found a couple of sites to play along with, so hopefully I can get more done. Here is mine for Festive Friday:

I used only Papertrey Ink dies and stamps. I am playing with CAS(e) this Sketch. I really tried to keep it CAS - There is no patterned paper, plenty of white space, minimal embellishments. Although I love the style, I'm not used it, so I hope it qualifies. For the Festive Friday challenge I stamped the pinecone images, brought in the colors, and used vellum as a transparent element (glass). For the Paper Players challenge, my set of three were the pinecones and also the gems:


DESIGN INSPIRATION:

CAS(e) this Sketch

Festive Friday

The Paper Players

I am also participating at A Cherry On Top's Rewind Challenge and the April Card Challenge.
Thanx so much for stopping by!!

Hugs and Happy Scrappin'!!!!
xoxo




(See below for all challenge and product links to this post)

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challenge entries:

• CAS(e) this Sketch: Sketch #71
• Festive Friday: Challenge #28 - inspiration photo
• The Player Players: Challenge #190 - Use three of anything
• A Cherry On Top: April Rewind Challenge - March 3 in a Row (bling, cardstock, green)
• A Cherry On Top: April Card Challenge - stamp and die cuts

Product List:

{ Peace & Joy } Card:

Supplies:

• Inks: Rich Cocoa, Bamboo Leaves, Toffee Crunch (Tsukineko Memento)
• Other: vellum (American Crafts); corner rounder (Marvy Uchida); austrian crystals

stamps, dies & inks:

toolbox:

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One Layer Card? Interesting...

Okay! I will take the challenge, I have yet to make a one layer card! So here it is, my first. Ever. One Layer Card:




So how did I do for my first CAS? The Color Combo is rose, blush, butter and gray for the Flashback Challenge at Color Combos Galore, we are playing with 2012 this week. This Color Combo that was scheduled to post when we were at Blogger, but never did once we went back to Ning. I was going to contribute this card, but my colors are way off. If I get a chance, I will try again tomorrow.

Seize the Birthday has a new sister site called Seize the Sketch. I thought it was a good sketch for CAS, one layer card, which I exactly the kind of sketch I needed for this week's Lawnscaping Challenge. Now does one layer mean nothing, like NO embellishments or overlapped die cuts? Is it just stamping on the base? I hope you readers can clarify this for me.

Onto the deets, Lawnscaping Challenge = Lawn Fawn Stamps....

So here's what I did. First, I created a mask for the speech bubble from the A Birdie Told Me set. I next chose the chevron strip from the Interlocking Backdrops set. I was feeling a little adventurous with it, really, since the card was going to be "only one layer". Some people do plain very nicely. Clean. Me? It would probably be boring, LOL! So here I decided to ink both sides of the chevron with different inks, then stamp over the mask. I ripped open some new waiting-to-be-used Prima Chalk, Old Rose and Pastel Pink. Jenni B's Malted Milk dabber, and stamped again, reversing the colors. This little technique was a little frustrating, least to say. I attempted this feat twice, and had to throw out the cards each time. On the third try I FINALLY, I got a decent impression!

Once I was satisfied done, I removed the mask and stamped the bubble with Attic Dust. Again, the Prima Chalk. I LOVE how it inked up stamps. Total coverage. The sentiment is from the Happy Everything sentiments set, stamped with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink (my faaaa-vorite black). The tiny bird and heart is from the A Birdie Told Me set. I am also playing along at Charisma Cardz again this week, with their Faux Stitching Challenge, as well as the All Sorts Challenge with the same. Faux stitching, right up my alley! I used the Dritz tool and ran it alongside the top edge of the card to create the threadless stitch. Not sure if that's the right term? Yeah, you know I still haven't used my machine, and it's like what, five years since I got it? Never used.

Anywayz, thanks for stopping by again, if you want to try a color combo with your next project, here's the LINK. You should play. It's fun. Have a great rest of the week!

Happy Scrappin'!!!!
xoxo



(See below for all challenge and product links to this post)

What are your thoughts?

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challenge entries:

Lawnscaping Challenge - One Layer Card
Seize the Sketch - Sketch #1
Charisma Cardz - Stitching Faux or Real
All Sorts Challenge - STITCHING(real or Faux)

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Product List:

{ Happy Everything }

Inks:

• Prima Fluid Chalk: Old Rose, Pastel Pink, Attic Dust
• Memento: Tuxedo Black
• Jenni Bowlin: Malted Milk

Lawn Fawn:

Toolbox:

linked products available at simonsaysstamp.com

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