Happy Father's day to all the Dad's out there. Ty asked me to make a card for him to give to his Daddy and I was happy to oblige. I decided to use my Lawn Fawn 'Critters in the Dog Park' images and dies along with their Puffy Star Stackables dies to make this card:
I tried to color the pup like our Ty Baby using Copic Markers and decided to make the card in a star shape with striped paper from My Mind's Eye so it met this week's Lawnscaping 'Stars & Stripes' challenge:
Added some star-shaped rhinestones in champagne and honey colors as well for accents. I gotta tell ya - I LOVE working with these coordinating dies! I wish I could afford more of them - when I have enough money saved up though, I usually opt for getting a larger variety of stamp sets than matching dies, but they are pretty tough to resist.
Thanks so much for stopping by the see my blog. I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Father's Day, even if all your children only have paws.
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello everyone! I am so excited to show you the card I made today for the Lawnscaping Challenge 87: Back to School (get it? 'School'? As in 'of fish'? BWHAHAHA... I crack myself up!), I feel like I should have 'Beyond the Sea' by Bobby Darin playing in the background... I must say, I am not always thrilled with every single card I make, but I am very proud of this one.
Do you like it as much as I do? Not only did I use SIX (YES! SIX!!) Lawn Fawn sets to create this Underwater 'Back to School' scene but I used purple - this is HUGE for me! I hardly EVER use purple! LOL! I figured it was a nice way to make the octopus 'teacher' stand out. One of the little fishies is popped up with dimensionals and is dragging a calculator (which was really difficult for me as a math teacher to add) which is also popped up with a teenie piece of twine, can you see it? Maybe I will post a close up of that later. The fishies are not only colored with Copic markers but have Shimmerz Marigold paint on them and the book has some gold Stickles on the bottom edge (you know how some books have gold leaf on the edges of their pages?). Since I didn't have one of Lawn Fawn alphabets with a smaller font (adding that to my looooong Lawn Fawn wishlist now, LOL!) the 'Back To' blocks at the top are actually from one of those $1 wooden Studio G alphabet sets from Walmart, they fit perfectly inside a 1/4" square punch and I love the varsity look that font has, very collegiate. I tried to pick primary colors ('school' as a theme always makes me think 'primary colors') that matched the ones used elsewhere in the card.
I am also entering this card in Whimsy Stamps' Inspirations Challenge #74: Back to School.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to look at my card. I hope you have a terrific day!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello friends & followers! Those of you who are blessed with fur children know how invaluable a good vet is, and we are blessed to have a vet that is beyond good, she's terrific. How terrific you ask? When she saw how anxious I was (I know, me? anxious? LOL!) about Ty having his first teeth cleaning, she gave me a complete tour of the facilities and explained the entire procedure to me, step by step, and called me after it was finished with a status report to help give me piece of me. More recently, when Ty somehow managed to get a tiny grass seed embedded in his paw which required surgery to get it out, even though she was schedule to leave for vacation, she scrubbed and snapped on a pair of gloves to retrieve the seed herself and allow our baby to heal. She is phenomenal and we feel so blessed to have her as our vet. I wanted to thank her and let her know how much we truly appreciate her, so I made a batch of brownies for her and her staff and this card to accompany them:
I always see so many cute cards by Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn that have tons of animals in them and was inspired to make this one, since Dr. Cameron treats all kinds of furbabies. A lotta masking went into this card I tell ya, but I like the end result. Let's see if I can remember all the sets I used... From Paper Smooches (speaking of Paper Smooches - they are having their July blog hop right now where they sneak peek new products - hop along for a chance to win!!): Woofers & Tweeters, Nine Lives, Squeaky Clean, Nauticool and Santa Paws (for the inside of the card for those two), and from Lawn Fawn: A Birdie Told Me (speech bubble, on the inside of the card) and Happy Everything (sentiment). Here is the inside of the card:
I entered this card for Yvonne Yam's Masking challenge over on her blog (thanks Savannah!) due to the plethora of masking involved on the cover. I am also entering it in Songbird's 'Favorite Things' Challenge (any of you who have visited my site know how much I LOVE dogs and animals in general), Creatilicious Challenge - I love my pet, and Southern Girls' Challenge 'Animal Antics' as well.
This is my creation for the day. Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog and read my ramblings, and thank you to all who have been kind enough to offer up prayers in the past on behalf of our furbaby when he needed them. Have a wonderful evening!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Hello friends & followers! I am sorry for my long hiatus, had some health issues I have been dealing with. They aren't completely worked out (won't burden you with the specifics) but I was missing making cards SO much, I couldn't stay away any longer.
Here is a baby card I made to welcome my newest little nephew who graced us with his presence about a month ahead of schedule:
(Please click on the photo for clearer resolution). I used Lawn Fawn's 'Plus One' set and ended up stamping the cute little stork twice, once to create the feet, and once on white cardstock to shade with Copics, then stamped the little bundle again on some bashful blue cardstock with white dots on it. I selected some contrasting white cardstock with light blue dots on it and cut out some clouds freehand (I really need a cloud punch or some cloud dies!) and sponged some bashful blue ink on the ends to make them stand out against the white background. The sun is an embossed Spellbinders Nestabilities die. Played around with the arrangement a bit and - VOILA! Card complete.
This card was inspired by the following challenges:
Thanks so much for stopping by and for not giving up on me during my little break from stamping as I tried to heal and get well. Cheers!
~ Crafty Math Chick
Welcome friends & followers to the first ever Lawnscaping Blog Hop Lawnscaping Blog Hop! So glad you’re here! You should have come to me by way of Vera Yates' blog. This theme is all about RED!!! The hop runs from Friday, December 9th - Sunday, December 11th! Make sure to comment on all of the blogs because there are LOTS of prizes to be won! All the details can be found on the Lawnscaping home page (http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com). The hop is being sponsored by some amazing companies. Lawn Fawn, Mold Muse and Whisker Graphics! For my card I decided to go with a Valentine's theme and a little play on words using Lawn Fawn's 'My Silly Valentine' set:
I used Verve's 'I Heart U' die and replaced with dot of the 'i' with Lawn Fawn's happy little apple, added some red ribbon loops and some bling, and TA DA! Quick and easy cute little card. I hope you like it.
Next head on to Brenda Urbanik's blog. I am sure she will have something lovely for you to see. If you've gotten off track, don't worry! Head on back to the Lawnscaping Blog to see the complete list of designers and prize information! Thanks so much for stopping by!
~Crafty Math Chick
