Happy Saturday, blog friends! I hope you are having a lovely Easter weekend so far. I've got a pretty little card to share with you today, using some Pinkfresh Studio stamps & dies that happen we to have an amazing promotion on this weekend!
Through tomorrow night (11:59pm CST), you can get 25% off Bloom & Grow stamps and dies when you purchase both! Just add both to your cart, and use the promo code BLOOM25OFF upon checkout. This is such a lovely stamp set, and while faith based, it includes many sentiments that could be used for other purposes.

Speaking of sales, I wanted to also mention that Simon Says Stamp is having a weekend sale on all Ranger branded products! {What?!!  My faves!!}
Now is a great time to pick up the Distress Oxide inks you might be coveting, add some Alcohol Ink colors to your collection, or some new Embossing Powder colors! I've used quite a few Ranger products on my card for today, and they will all be linked below if you are looking to recreate it.

Alright - done with the sale info, and now let's get to my card! With Easter being tomorrow, I really wanted to focus on the sentiment from the stamp set that says, "His Promises are Yes & Amen". Isn't that just beautiful? It truly ministers to my heart & soul.

Hey there, blog friends!  Welcome to day 2 of the Lil' Inker Designs March release!  Today I am sharing some projects with you using our new Foxy line of stamps & dies!!  Check out how cute they are!
I think this would be such a cute gift set to give to your mom, BFF or any special lady!  Lots of little things can fit in the treat box, like jewelry, chocolates...anything small! 

Here is a closer look at the items I've used:

Hey there, blog friends!!  How are you doing today?  I'm great...just super busy with booking upcoming weddings & lots of crafting stuff that I just can't share quite yet!  Today marks a new challenge at The Card Concept!!

• Fusion card challenge - two hearts
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - have a heart

1. Use the Challenge to create a card.
2. Choose one of the design team "styles" to create your card. Click HERE for the different styles summary.
3. Explain in your post which style you used.
4. Link up your blog post here, not your whole blog.
5. Comment on the card ahead of you and behind you in the linky. Everyone loves comments!

This challenge will end on Monday, February 2nd at Noon (PST).  So be sure to join in on the fun before then...who knows, you could be picked as a favorite!

That is all that I have for you today!  If you want to see sneak peeks of future projects & keep up with me on Facebook, please head on over & like the Lea Lawson Creates page!!  And don't forget to become a follower in the right sidebar so you never miss a post.  Have an awesome rest of your day!!

Until later,
~L.

Happy Friday, blog friends!!  We have made it to the weekend....yay!!  Do you have any fun plans?  We are dog sitting for the neighbors, so I will be hanging out at home mostly.  Hopefully will get a lot of crafty time in!!

Before I get to my card, I wanted to share that I have a lot of items available on my For Sale tab.  Check it out & see if there is anything you just can't live without for a really great price!! :)

I've got a really gold & elaborate Christmas card to share with you this evening.  But hey, if you can't get elaborate about the birth of Christ...then what CAN you get elaborate about?! :)  I think it turned out really pretty.  Check it out!
 I layered & layered until my heart's content, & used up some older product in my stash as well!  The background paper is from the Dear Lizzy "Lucky Charm" 6x6 paper pad, & it says "Love you to the stars and back" over & over again.  It just seemed fitting for the theme & sentiment of this card. :)

I created this for pretty much every Verve related challenge out there right now...there are lots of fun ones!!  I used the Viva la Verve November sketch #2 as the starting off point for my design.  I also created it for the "Naturally Navy" Verve November 2014 Inspiration challenge, and the "Vellum Visions" November Diva dare.  And last but not least, I couldn't resist adding some stars for this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, "We're Seeing Stars".


**The flowers are not linked, because I do not know their names.  They are Prima Marketing brand, but are well over a year old.  Sorry about that!  If you want to recreate this card & don't have the same flowers....you can easily substitute them!**

I hope that you've enjoyed my card tonight!  As always, if you have any questions or anything....leave it in the comments & I will reply back. :)  I recently made some changes to how I use Facebook, and have pared my friends list down to just family & very close friends.  Would you like to keep up with me on Facebook?  All you have to do is like my Lea Lawson Creates facebook page.  I add blog links & photos to it...and will be doing a TON more with it in 2015.  Be sure to join me before all the fun gets going!!  You can also add yourself as a follower to my blog in the right sidebar as another way to keep up with my posts.

Have a wonderful start of your weekend!

Until later,
~L.

Hey there, everyone!!  Dropping in really quickly from our vacation in Montana to wish Julie Mogford a very special happy birthday!!


A few of us from the card making world have banded together to celebrate Julie, and created a blog hope in her honor!  Here is the card I made for her!!

I hope that you are having a wonderful birthday, Julie!!  And I hope you get something sparkley & shiney...lol!!

Here is the rest of the blog hop, so you can see everyone else's fun cards!


Thanks for checking out my card today! Happy birthday, Julie!!

Until later,
~L.

Happy Thursday, blog friends! Holy cow...I can't believe its been almost a week since I last posted!!  My engagement session ended up being postponed until Tuesday due to all of the rain we've been getting here.  (It's crazy, BTW.  I've never lived anywhere with such dramatic weather.)  Tuesday was finally a nice day (and then it started pouring again yesterday) & I had a great time with my clients and my very first engagement session in Fargo!  The only bummer....I've counted 17 mosquito bites from that evening.  And two of them are on my hip...which was completely covered in clothing.  Fitted capris to be exact...I'm not even sure how that is possible.  I wonder how my clients fared?  Lol. :)

Since I haven't had a chance to post to my blog this week, I wanted to share two of the projects that I've made for this week. My first project is a card that was up on the Scraptastic Club blog this past Monday.  We used a baby quote from Pinterest as our inspiration, and I'm actually in dire need of adding baby cards to my stash.  (It seriously seems like everyone around me is having a kid!)  So, this was perfect timing for me! I've combined the Best Day of my Life kit & add-on from Scraptastic this month to create this sweet baby girl card.
 Instructions to recreate:
1. Make A2 card from white cardstock.
2. Cut a blue bow paper block & a striped paper strip.
3. Layer them together, and tuck an orange tab & heart transparency underneath the top of the striped paper.
4. Zig-zag stitch along each seam, then adhere the entire stitched paper block to the front.
5. Stamp the sentiment to the top of the striped paper in black ink.
6. Adhere the vellum banner through the sticker frame, & add the glitter letters spelling "baby".
7. Add the bow topped clothespin to the right side of the frame, then adhere the entire piece to the front.
8. Tuck the diecut "sweet" under the top of the frame accent, and the vellum "girl" arrow under the bottom.
9. Accent with a pink jewel & enamel dots to finish.



Card Challenges:
-Sketch Saturday #314 - sketch
-The Pink Elephant #255 - photo inspiration
-Simon Says Stamp & Show Monday challenge - anything goes

Up next is a digital layout I created for the Glitz Design blog this week (I highly suggest checking out this week's Focus on Digital post....the layouts using 77 are AMAZING!!!  Click on that link...I promise you will be inspired!).  Apparently I was on a baby kick this week....because this is a photo of my sweet "niece" Emmalyn.  She is the daughter of our closest friend's, but they consider me aunt Lea...which I love!! :)  This is a photo from the first time I met her...when she was about 10 days old.  I used the digital "77" collection, and a couple of random digital items from Studio Calico & Two Peas.
I just love the orange watercolor card with that sweet quote on it...it seemed just perfect for this photo of her sleeping so sweetly.  Isn't she the cutest?!  (You should see her now...she is SO big & full of personality.)


That is all I have for you today!  I hope that you enjoyed both of my baby themed projects....please let me know if you have any questions about them at all.  I also love to hear what you think about my projects...so leave me a comment if you have the time!

Until later,
~L.