Packed with Love

Good morning!

I hope all the mom's out there had a great Mother's Day.  My brother and I took my mom to the movies and then came home to a fabulous bbq dinner made by my dad.  We had ice-cream for dessert and then watched some movies.  All-in-all a pretty terrific day.

Today I wanted to share the tag I made using a long forgotten stamp.  I just recently found it and thought it would be perfect for a tag.  This turned out to be a pretty fun project for me and in June when my mom goes to Reno I think I'll give this to her with some goodies in a bag for her to take with her.

This cutie is Travel Marci from La-La Land Crafts.  I turned it in to a pretty blue monochromatic with touches of brown here and there.  I really adore how this turned out.  For the background I masked Marci and then stamped an Inkadinkado background stamp over her.  Gave the sides a subtle blue distress to soften up the white card.  The houndstooth dp is from Pink Paislee.  So glad I was able to match the blue here with that paper.  :)  It's always hard trying to find the right combination to match sometimes.  Glad this time it didn't take that long to find something that worked.  The sentiment was also PERFECT!!  It's an AmyR sentiment stamp, love the font too.  Punched some photo corners using and EK punch and for the scalloped edge I used a Spellbinder. On the top of the tag I rounded it using a circle Spellbinder, embossed using a Swiss dot folder, added a sparkly brown ribbon, and some navy blue & white twine.  Oh and to cover the hole at the top I used a hole punch and a small circle punch; on top of the twine I punched out a small 5-petal flower and used the little houndstooth circle for the center.  Here is the back side of the tag...

Ta-da, did a similar but easier, no color pattern on the back using the same background stamp, Travel Marci and that houndstooth dp.  Another little circle hole cover at the top for this side and a little bit of blue distress around the edges to soften it up and I was done.  :)

Well thanks so very much for stopping by over the past couple of weeks leaving me lovely comments.  I ALWAYS smile after I do.  Thanks again!!  Have a fantastic Monday!

Hugs,
Leanne

Y&FH Ch #16 ABC

Hello and Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing all the mom's out their a fabulous day!

Today starts a new challenge at Yumi and Fumi Handmade.  For the next two weeks we'd like you to create Anything But a Card.  Rosie created the cutest 4x4 pizza box and shared it on our blog.  Stop by to see the details or you can hop on over to her blog and don't forget to leave her some love! :)

For my project I decided to case this awesome 2-drawer box that my friend Kathy created for me.  It was the perfect idea for this challenge.  Here it is...

I used Fumi with Gift.  The paper is from MME Blush (Love this paper pad!) and the box is made with kraft cardstock. The butterflies are punched courstesy of Martha Stewart punches.  The heart banner is from La-La Land Crafts and the bottom banner is a Spellbinder die.   I used a white gel pen to write all the sentiments.  This one is going to my mom.

Hope you'll join us for this awesome challenge.  The winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to our online store and our top 3 will receive a 10% coupon code to shop in our online store as well.  This challenge ends on Friday, 5/24, noon, pst.

Mahalo for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful day and to all the Mother's and mother figures, thank you for all you do!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Challenges:
Flutter By Wednesday #239 - Open Challenge Use a fairy or butterfly
Card Makin' Mamas - Punches
Scribbles Design Challenge - Shaped or Easel cards (Thanks Cely!!)

CAS - Mother's Day card

Hey!

Thought I'd share one of the non-coloring cards I made last weekend.  I used a scrap of patterned paper (MME), a sentiment stamp (All About Mom from C.C. Designs via AmyR), gems and a corner punch.

Ta-da!  I tried really hard not to add anything more, like twine or a punch of some kind.  In the end the cool patterned paper really helped out.  The cool thing about this card is how fast it came together.  I think trimming and placing the gems took much more time.  LOL!!  Planning to make more of these with different sentiments and try to use up a lot of scraps for a stash of cards for my mom.  I think it will make a really nice Mother's day present for her.  She's always wanting to use my colored image cards and since I tend to only make one of each I am always reluctant to say yes.  But she's my mom so of course I always give in or end up making something else for her.  hahaha!

Alrighty, time to get back to finishing my project and card no rest for the procrastinator!

Have a great day and thanks again for stopping by!

xx,
Leanne

LFF #60 ~ DCS #100

Hello!

Happy Aloha Friday!!  It's Friday and I'm excited for the weekend to start.  With Mother's Day on Sunday I need to finish my project and card for my mama.  Are any of you still working on yours?

Today the card I'm sharing for Lilo's Fun Friday is the one I made for the Deconstructed Sketch 100th sketch celebration.  Pop on over to Jen's blog to see how you can win some awesome prizes and also leave her a message congratulating her on her accomplishment.   Congratulations Jen and cheers to many more! Here's the sketch it's pretty cool...

Here's my take on the sketch.  I kept it as close to the sketch as possible. 

Chose a black & white theme for the card and I thought little Miss Fumi Panda (Kigurumi series) from Yumi & Fumi Handmade was perfect for it.  Instead of using the full image of Fumi Panda I used a square Spellbinder die to put her in a "window".  I did stick to traditional panda colors for her outfit, love how fast she is to color.

Thank you so very much for stopping by, ya'll have a great Aloha Friday and a fabulous weekend!!

xx,
Lilo