Hawaiian Quilt Card

Aloha!

Today I wanted to share a Hawaiian themed card that I made the other day.  When I was shopping around the local craft/stamp stores last month, I came across a fun stamp of a Hawaiian quilt.  I'm not sure if you've ever seen a Hawaiian quilt in person, but they're absolutely beautiful and have a very distinctive look about them.  A typical quilt has a symmetric botanical pattern that appliquéd onto a white background.  I'd love to buy one at some point, but, for now, the quilt stamp is a bit more in my budget ;)  

I stamped the image in soft apricot shadow ink (Hero Arts) and mounted the panel on black cardstock.  I wanted a matching strip of cardstock, so I smeared the ink on the strip and let it dry.  After that, I stamped the sentiment on both the card base and cardstock strip and adhered everything together.  Very simple! 

Thanks so much for visiting today!  Hope to see you back soon! 

-Lizzy

Lawnscaping Challenge #62: Paper Piecing

Hey Everyone!

It's time for another challenge at Lawnscaping!  This week we're having fun with paper-piecing!  It's such a fun technique, so I hope you'll try it out! 

I'm was a little bummed that my household goods (including all my patterned paper) have not arrived yet, but I was able to find a 6x6 paper pad from American Crafts at Target the other day.  Here's my card: 

I used the Home Sweet Home set from Lawn Fawn for this card.  

I wish I had some glossy accents to add the the hearts, but alas!  Hopefully we'll get some news about our stuff this coming week.  We should also get internet this week too, so once that happens, I'll be posting more regularly on the blog (I'm currently at Whole Foods using their wifi).  But I digress... 

Make sure you go check out the Lawnscaping blog and the Lawnscaping Facebook Page for more inspiration!  

-Lizzy

Lawnscaping Challenge #61: Sketch

Hey Everyone! 

Are you ready for another Lawnscaping Challenge??  This time we're creating projects based off of this awesome sketch by Chrissie:

This challenge was especially difficult for me!  My craft supplies are so limited right now and all I could do was think of all the supplies that I didn't have... like circle dies!  I did, however, have a leftover circle from this card, so I made do with what I had and here's what I came up with: 

I thought it would be fun to mirror the sketch and use the hot air balloon in place of the banner.  I started by stamping the map background on the card base as well as on the leftover circle and popped the circle up with some foam tape for a little extra dimension.  I used some colored cardstock to paper-piece the hot air balloon and decorated it with little stars from the same set.  The sentiment is from Flying By. 

I hope you'll head over to the Lawnscaping Blog to check out the DT AND check out the Lawnscaping Facebook page everyday for a little more Lawn Fawn inspiration from the Facebook DT!  I also hope you'll play along with us, because Simon Says Stamp is our awesome sponsor!  You could win a $25 gift certificate! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

-Lizzy

Supplies:

Stamps: (Blue Skies, Flying By) Lawn Fawn; (Map of America) Hero Arts

Cardstock: (assorted) Papertrey Ink

Ink: Versamark; (Tuxedo Black) Memento, (summer sunrise) Papertrey Ink

Other: copic markers 

Be Still...

Hey There! 

I hope you've enjoyed your weekend so far!  Things are going well here--in fact, we finally get to move into our house this coming week!  Hooray!  I'm definitely ready to be out of the hotel!  Unfortunately, all of our household goods (read: craft supplies) aren't scheduled to arrive until the middle of July--boo :(  So, what's a girl to do without her crafty supplies...? 

...spend lots of time at the beach, of course ;)

Bellows Field Beach Park

I've had a lot of fun this month, but am definitely ready for a little normalcy! 

I wanted to share a card that I made a little while ago: 

I really love this sweet image and sentiment from Unity Stamp Company.  I stamped the sentiment and image and then colored it with copics.  

Thanks so much for visiting today and for continuing to drop by despite my recent hiatus!  Hope to see you back soon! 

-Lizzy

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! 

Hope you're enjoying the weekend!  Today I'm sharing a card for Father's Day that I made for my dad.  

This card was a lot of fun to make and not too hard to put together!  I die cut several ties (Memory Box) out of white cardstock and one from washi tape.  Before adhering the ties on the right side of the card, I stamped my sentiment (Paper Smooches) directly on the card base.  I then adhered the remaining ties and re-stamped my sentiment with a stamp-a-ma-jig.  Lastly, I finished the card off with some yellow Lawn Trimmings.  

Thanks so much for visiting today!  I hope you have a great day celebrating all the dads in your life!

-Lizzy

Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team

Hey Everyone!

I'm so thrilled to be sharing the news that I'll be joining the brand-new Lawnscaping Facebook Inspiration Team!  Pinch me! 

For each challenge, we'll be sharing our projects on the Lawnscaping Facebook page to provide you with a little extra Lawn Fawn inspiration.  I hope you'll follow us on Facebook and, of course, join in with the awesome challenges that Lawnscaping hosts!

In addition to finding me on the Lawnscaping Facebook page, you'll find me on the Lawnscaping blog once a month with a special project!  I hope you'll go check out the other talented ladies of this team, and, of course, I hope you check out Facebook for all the latest Lawnscaping information! 

Thanks so much for visiting!!  

-Lizzy

Aloha!

Aloha Friends! 

Greetings from sunny Oahu!  In case you haven't been following the blog, I just moved here from Virginia with my husband.  He's in the Army and is pursuing a surgery residency at the military hospital.  We've been here for a week now, and, boy, has it been a whirlwind!  We are currently staying in a hotel, which is equally wonderful and challenging!  Fortunately, we were able to find a house within a few days of being here, but, unfortunately, it won't be available for a few weeks.  So, I'll be livin' it up in Waikiki until then!  I was able to pack a few of my essential stamping supplies in my suitcase, and my sweet mom mailed my Big Shot to the hotel, so hopefully I'll be able to create a few cards in the coming weeks.  Plus, I hear there are some great stamp stores around here, so I'm definitely going to be checking those out!  This post is going to be a little picture heavy, but I thought I'd share a little bit of what I've been up to this past week: 

Beautiful Waikiki beach with Diamond Head in the background.  The hotel is right next to the beach.

Waikiki in the evening.

We drove around the island this past weekend and stopped at some of our favorite spots. 

Matsumoto's Shaved Ice-- always crowed, but always delicious. 

Green Tea Special for me, which included green tea shaved ice, vanilla ice cream, and azuki beans!  Yum! 

Mokoli'i.  It's also called Chinaman's Hat.
Apparently you can walk to the island because the water is so shallow.
That will be for another day!

A double rainbow!  The first one we saw.

So that's a little bit of what I've been up to!  It's just beautiful here, isn't it?

And if you can bear with me a little more, I have a card to share: 

I used silver, white, and blue embossing powder to create the background of this card.  As it melted, I took a heavily inked stamp (with VersaMark) and made an impression in the hot, melted powder.  Kinda fun, actually!  The stamp is from the Interlocking Backdrops set by Lawn Fawn.  I then finished the card with some strips of card stock with banner ends to ground my sentiment (PTI).  The word is die cut from cork cardstock.  

I wanted to play along with this week's CAS-ual Friday's challenge, which is to create a project with banners or flags.  I used little banners to ground my sentiment. 

Thanks so much for visiting today and an even big thank you if you made it through this long post!

-Lizzy