Happy Valentine's Day, crafty friends! Today is day 4 of Sweet Peek Week for SugarPea Designs, and we are revealing adorable products from the Spring release all week long!

I will get all the blog hop info to you below, but how about we get to my card first? So, today I have an Easter themed card set for you using the new Easter Wishes stamp set, Easter word die, and Egg Cut-Away Window. I love the this beautiful scripted font! I've used it in both diecut & stamping form, and it doesn't disappoint!

To start, I ink blended a panel of 130 LB cougar white cardstock in Worn Lipstick, Tattered Rose and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide inks. Then I spritzed the panel down with shimmer spray, and flicked white paint splatters to the front. I set this aside to dry, and proceeded to do all the diecutting.

I diecut the word Easter & the bunny three times each; once from gold glitter paper and twice from cougar white cardstock. I stacked & adhered them together for added sturdiness and dimension. At this point the ink blended panel was dry, and I diecut the Egg cut away from the middle of it.

Then I did all the stamping & heat embossing for each card. The first part of the sentiment on the shaker card was stamped to white cardstock in onyx black Versafine ink, then trimmed into a thin strip. The sentiment for the other card was stamped & heat embossed directly to the bottom of the A2 card base.

Then I put the shaker card together, filling it with a sequin mix, clear jewels and matching pearls. Because these items are a bit bulkier than a sequin mix, I added two layers of foam tape to the back to make sure they would still shake. I arranged the sentiment to the front, then accented the front with some of the same clear jewels inside of the shaker.

Next I took the inside egg layer, and mounted it to the front of the stamped & heat embossed card base with foam tape. I covered the sentiments, then splattered it with some gold paint and let it set. Then I mounted the bunny to the middle of the egg with foam tape as well. I finished this card my accenting with my signature iridescent jewels.

That is all I have for Day 4 of Sweet Peek Week! These adorable stamps, dies & stencil will go live in the SugarPea Designs shop on Friday at 6pm EST.



That is all I have for you today! Before I close, I wanted to mention that there are recent updates on my CRAFTY SALES page, so head over there to check them out. I also wanted to invite you to follow me on social media. I would love to be crafty friends!

Hey there, blog friends! Wow - what a couple of days it has been. Before I get to my post for today, I just wanted to share my gratitude for all the support you have given me around Layton's Legacy. I never....I couldn't have imagined this outpouring of love & generosity, and I'm honestly at a loss for words. I don't get to be a mom in the literal sense, and most days that is really hard for me. I felt like a mom this week, during a time of year where my sensitivity to this is heightened (mother's day). And you all really helped me feel that way, and I can't thank you enough. Plus - I am going to be able to really do some tangible good for NICU parents at U of M Masonic Children's Hospital, and that feels amazing. I can only imagine that Ellie & Layton are looking down upon me, and all of you...with huge smiles on their faces.

Today I am really excited, because I am joining in with Pretty Pink Posh for their May Release Blog Hop!

Happy Valentine's Day, blog friends! This is my second post for the day, so be sure to also check out my SugarPea Designs Winter Product Release day 3 post {it's pretty cute, if I do say so myself. :) }.  With it being love day, I also wanted to share a pretty Valentine's day card too!

Something that you might not know is that I create exclusive newsletter projects for Lil' Inker Designs, and these are the cards that were featured in the January newsletter! If you haven't already signed up for the LID newsletter, just click on that website link, and then scroll to the bottom of the page. There is a place to sign up in the lower right corner! Along with getting to see exclusive projects from me before they go anywhere else, there are also special promotions & monthly deals as well.

Before I get to my card, I wanted to invite you to follow me on social media. This  is a great way to keep up with me, my latest creations & new product that I work with!

Happy February, blog friends!  I hope that the start of your 2018 has been wonderful!  I'm sorry it's been so quiet around here...you should see a lot more of me this month!  And I'm so happy to be back creating!

Today I'm sharing a card I created for the 4th Annual Winnie & Walter Birthday Bash!

I'm SO excited to be back and participating in the annual Winnie & Walter birthday bash that happens every February!  It's a super fun month, full of inspiration, challenges, new products & TONS of prizes!!  Here are some important links you need to read:

Good morning, and Happy Monday!  I hope that you've had a wonderful weekend!  I am feeling a lot better, which I am so thankful for.  I photographed an engagement session on Saturday morning - it was COLD, but beautiful, and my couple had such a great time!  I consider that a win!

We are in the final week of my crafty comeback party, and today is all about Pretty Pink Posh!  Paulina creates such fun stamps & dies, and really amazing sequin mixes too!  She also is such a kind human being, which is far more important than anything else.

Today I have 2 shaker cards to share with you (is that really a suprise when there are sequins involved?!).  They are two of my very favorite colors - pink & blue!

Happy Friday, blog friends!!  We're almost to the weekend...yay!!  Do you have anything fun planned? I think we are going to be pretty low key - I need to get the house cleaned up & decorated for the holidays!!

I have a fun little announcement today!  I'm super excited to be this month's guest on the Neat & Tangled blog! And I've got some fun holiday projects in store for you over the next few weeks!

For my first card I knew I HAD to use the Very Merry stamp set, as that large scripted "merry" was just begging me to emboss it in glittery gold! As I looked over the entire set, I realized that the longer sentiment would be PERFECT as an ornament hanger. That is how my cute little shaker card came to be! :)
There is a full list of instructions on how to recreate this card on my Neat & Tangled blog post today, so head on over to check those out!!  

Card Challenges: 

• Addicted to Stamps #124 - clean & simple
• My Craft Spot #160 - sentiment as focal point
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Christmas/Holidays

**The embossing powder is the Recollections brand from Michael's.  They don't have it on their website, but the color is called "clear gold".**

Thanks so much for checking out my card today! I will be back next week with another fun holiday project to share!

If you want to see more of what I will be creating this December, be sure to like my Lea Lawson Creates Facebook page, and become a follower of my blog in the right hand column! :)

Have a great weekend!!

Until later,
~L.

Thank you, Taylor Swift, for singing such a catchy song.  Lol!  And it totally fits my post....you will see why in a minute. ;)  How has the beginning of your week been so far?  Pretty quiet around here.  I dropped my hubby off at his geekmobile today, as he had to head back to Minneapolis for a meeting, and then will be spending a day with his Baxter, MN employees.  My cute little Sadie girl (the cocker spaniel) had a grooming appointment, and she looks SO cute now!!  I mean, she was cute all shaggy & full of fur too...but she definitely looks really cute all clean & cut.  And I spent a lot of today organizing just the RIGHT side of my Scrapbox.  Lol- it needed it.

With that being said...I have a lot of items available on my For Sale tab.  I think for now it is pretty complete....and everything is at a really great price!  Check it out & see if there is anything you just can't live without!! :)

The transparent frames that My Mind's Eye offered with these latest collections are SO cool! They work great as photo overlays, but what do you do with them as a card maker?  Well, I would daresay a lot, but one thing that they are PERFECT for are shaker cards!  And I love the fact that they have prints & patterns on them. The sequins still show through perfectly, and the print just adds that much more to them!

Alright...with that being said, I've created some shaker cards using the transparent frames from MME. There is quite a bit of the "Just Sayin'" line by Rhonna Farrer, with some Jubilee goodies thrown in here & there.  Check them out!
 For the first card I used a chipboard Polaroid frame to create my shaker. I filled it full of gold stars, which complimented the theme of the sentiment! The sentiment came from one of the awesome transparency frames from the Jubilee "Tangerine" collection.That is one of my FAVE sentiments, & I love how perfectly it fit here.


For my second card I punched a circle from patterned paper to create the shaker window, and then covered it with a lightly patterned transparency frame from the Just Sayin' collection. I filled it with gold heart sequins, & then embellished around the frame as shown.

I created these with a few challenges in mind as well!  Virginia's View challenge #9 is about all things metallic, and I used A LOT of gold on these cards!!  I also used the Cure for the Monday Blues #34 photo inspiration.  I was super inspired by the colors, and since it is called "child's play", I thought the shaker part worked great for the theme!  And lastly, the Stamp and Create November challenge is to use ribbon or bows.  Both of my cards have double bows tied from twine on them!



I hope that you enjoyed my cute little shaker cards today! So, 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!

I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday!

Until later,
~L.

Happy Friday, blog friends!!  Today I have a fun post to share with you!!  The Winnie & Walter team has partnered with the Pretty Pink Posh team to inspire you with a blog hop full of creations, & the chances to win a couple prizes!!

I made a cute & fun Halloween shaker card for my project, using Winnie & Walter stamps with Pretty Pink Posh sequins & dies.  I love how it came together...check it out!
I got a little carried away, and might have filled the circle shaker with a few too many sequins....lol!  I just couldn't help myself....I wanted to get all those colors in it!!  I do love the stamped spiderweb in the background though...how about you?

I used this week's Retro Sketch #137 as the base of my design, and just added a couple of layers to it.  I used the colors from ColorQ #264, which consist of basic black, pumpkin pie, certain celery, wisteria wonder & white.  This week is all about cute & fun designs at House of Cards October challenge to use dies &/or punches, so I am linking it up there too! 



Here is your link list so you can continue along on your blog hop.  If you've just happened upon my post today, head to the first stop on the list to get all the details!!  We are offering up two AMAZING prizes that consist of product from each company...details of those prizes are on the company blogs!  And be sure to comment on each blog in the hop...it ups your chances for winning & will leave you super inspired!! 

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Amy Kolling
Gayatri Murali
Heather Pulvirenti
Joni Andaya
Kelly Griglione
Laura Sterckx
Lea Lawson
Leigh Penner
Lisa Elton
Maureen Merritt
Mayuri
Nichol Magouirk
Stacey Schafer
Vanessa Menhorn
Winnie & Walter blog

I hope you have a great time along the hop...I'm going to grab a cup of coffee & hop along myself!!  Have a wonderful Friday!

Until later,
~L.