Lawnscaping FALL Blog Hop!

Welcome and thanks for stopping by for Lawnscaping's FALL blog hop! You should be arriving from viewing Audrey's lovely creation, and here's a link to the Lawnscaping Challenge Blog, if you would like to head back to the beginning of the hop.

THE DETAILS:

WHEN: The hop starts on October 5th, at 8:00am, EST.  Everyone will have until Sunday, October 7th, at 7:59AM, EST, to leave comments on all the blogs to be eligible for a prize!  The winners will be announced on Monday, October 8th.

THEME: Photo-inspiration!  Whatever you find inspiring about our photo-collage!  It could be anything fall-related, or something in the photo that inspires your color-scheme or layout.... be creative! 

PRIZES: Prizes will be given from our sponsors to one random hop participant and also to those who comment along the way. Please head back to the Lawnscaping blog for more details on prizes!

Here's my little fall card:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, kraft
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Amuse Studio Ink - Burano and Cranberry, Fresh Ink - Mango, Technique Tuesday - Autumn Afternoons, Lawn Fawn - Harvest Season and Critters in the 'Burbs
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, copic markers, burlap


Thank you for stopping by - don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win! You are now off to  Elise's blog!

CAS-ual Fridays

Here's this week's challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays...

CFC72:  Create a project inspired by your blog header

We can't wait to check out your blogs!

Here's my take on it:

I decided to use the entire blog background as inspiration, rather than just the header, as mine is pretty plain. Green and orange, buttons, and a knitting theme. 

Yikes - just realized the sentiment isn't straight... but it's already mailed out, and I don't feel like recreating it. You'll have to excuse me on that one!

Side note - loved the MBossabilities folder once I figured out the correct sandwich -- the first time, I was way too aggressive, ran it through with two B-plates, and, lo and behold, I broke my cuttlebug -- it literally burst apart at the seams! Emergency purchase of a new 'bug, and the folder worked much better with a single B-plate and the Cuttlebug No More Shims embossing pad. Tough way to learn that lesson!
 
Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Stampin' Up -
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Mbossabilities  - So Trendy
Misc.: Copic markers, button, diamond stickles, twine from The Twinery

Craft Dash!!!

Here's the next color challenge for 10 Minute Craft Dash, hosted by Paulina and Ginny...

How to Play

1) Create a card/craft project within 10 minutes using the color palette above

2) Post the time it took to create

You can pull out your supplies before your timer starts!  

• Challenge ends September 29, 2012 at 11:59pm, PST.

 Here's mine:

Time: 9:08
I have a really hard time coming up with a good idea before I start - I basically just threw a bunch of paper, copic markers, and a couple of Lawn Fawn stamp sets that I thought I might like, and I just kind of went with it... as a result, it really seemed like I was frantically down to the wire. Good exercise, though, and it really makes you more aware of how much time/effort really goes into making a card.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White, kraft, Lily Bee Design - Victoria Park
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Lawn Fawn - Plus One
Cutting/Embossing: Corner Rounder
Misc.: Ribbon - May Arts, Copic markers, dimensional adhessive

Tag Time

Can't take any credit at all for designing these tags, as I was completely inspired by Betsy Veldman's Christmas Tags from Papertrey's most recent release, so I caved in, bought the stamps and dies and decided to give it a go!


Here they are: 

(Shaker Tags - shake them and the glitter swirls around like snow)

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, misc. Christmas cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Love Letter, and Summer Sky; PTI - Winter Snow Globe
Cutting/Embossing: Winter Snow Globe Dies, Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles, Memory Box Tag Die
Misc.: Copic markers, Martha Stewart - Coarse Glitter, misc. glitter

Lawnscaping Challenge Blog #42

Here's this week's challenge over at The Lawnscaping Challenge Blog:

Today's challenge is all about TEXT! I love text on cards. Creating them with sentiments, using pages out of a book, text patterned paper!

Here's my take on it:

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Paris Dusk, Rhubarb Stalk, Love Letter, Cottage Ivy, Bahama Blue, Bamboo Leaves; Lawn Fawn - Critters in the Snow, Let it Snow, Winter Fox, and Cozy Christmas
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive, glossy accents, TH Distress stickles - Rock Candy, Twin from The Twinery

National Stamping Month Challenge #4

Here's this week's challenge over at DeNami Designs...

Challenge entries will be accepted through September 24, 2012. Finalists will be posted on Facebook. Voting will take place September 25-30, 2012. Winner will be determined by highest number of "likes" a photo receives. DeNami Design reserves the right to change the rules at any time.

Here's mine:

I'm not really sure what my personal style is, but I really like chickies and I work with teeth, so it seems very appropriate to combine the two.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White, Moxie - Doctor Doctor - Toothless
Stamps/Inks: DeNami -Toothbrush chickies, Lawn Fawn - Critters Down Under, Memento - Tuxedo Black and Gray Flannel
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Pennants, Scalloped pennants, Circles, Scalloped Circles
Misc.: Copic markers, yellow stickles, glossy accents, dimensional adhesive

And, just what the doctor ordered (since we've been sick over here), a whole lot of knitting:

Gifts for a niece who apparently lacks appropriately sized cold-weather headgear....

 Hat 1 (Fresh Picked Baby Hat)

(Top view)
Yarn: Ella Rae Lace Merino worsted (leftover bits of two different skeins - ideally would have been entirely pink, but just didn't have enough of it, so used a bit of a blue skein, too)
Size: 6-9 Mos
Needle: Size 4

Hat 2 (Small Things Bonnet)

Yarn: Ella Rae Lace Merino Worsted (leftover bits of a single skein)
Size: Medium
Needles: Size 8 

CAS-ual Friday's

Here's this week's challenge over at CAS-ual Friday's!

Create a Clean And Simple project that is black and white plus one color of your choice.

Here's my contribution:

Been sick with a cold, so putting this together was way more of an effort than it should have been. Very cute stamp -- was my first time pulling it out!

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, watercolor paper
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Unity Stamp Co - Itty Bitty - A Beautiful Sight
Misc.: TH Distress marker, Celebrate It Ribbon from Michael's, dimensional adhesive, Liquid Pearls - Onyx Black