Lawnscaping challenge: inspired by COLOR!

Hi everyone and welcome back to my (still new) blog!

Today's post is an entry into the most current Lawnscaping challenge: inspired by COLOR!  I discovered the Lawnscaping challenge blog very recently, and that is actually what inspired me to start my own blog!  I was always inspired by how different people can be given the same inspiration and end up with very different products.  I've always been tempted to join in on the various blog challenges I've seen before, but these Lawnscaping challenges are what sent me over the edge - all the card designs in these challenges are so super cute!

For this challenge, I incorporated color into one of my recently-purchased Lawn Fawn stamp sets that I was excited to try out!

I actually purchased this stamp set (Lawn Fawn's Chit Chat) with the idea of combining those cute speech bubbles with critters from other stamp sets that I already own,  But, it works by itself too!  For this card, I just stamped the speech bubbles in either Memento Tuxedo Black ink (for the empty bubbles) or in various colours of ink (for the filled in bubbles) - the orange is Stampin' Up's Pumpkin Pie, and the green is Lawn Fawn's Celery Stick.  I also stamped some of the birdies from the Chit Chat set and then colored in all the empty bubbles and birdies using Copic markers, to fill out the rainbow of color!

I also added in some extra little music notes and hearts around in the background (because I can't leave well enough alone when it comes to cards, apparently!).  Those are all from Lawn Fawn's Happy Wedding stamp set - but so many stamp sets come with little bits and bobs like that, that you definitely wouldn't need to own the Happy Wedding set in particular.

I backed the whole piece with some Fun Foam (a tip I learned from Jennifer McGuire and a great way to add dimension to the entire card) onto a piece of patterned paper from Lawn Fawn;s Beachside collection, then mounted everything onto a kraft card base (this one is Neenah Desert Storm).

I like to make cards with a purpose in mind, and since my sister lives in a different country for school, I am planning to send this to her in the mail.  I hope it brings a smile to her face when she receives it!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Xoxo,
Ashley