Lawnscaping Challenge

Hello Everyone!!  I'm a fan of Lawn Fawn stamps, they are so cute & adorable, and great for colouring.  So, I guess you can imagine how excited I am to be a Guest Designer at Lawnscaping Challenge this week!

Here's the Challenge :

I gotta admit it sounded pretty "challenging" at first, but after some thought I begin to see possibilities.  Here's what I made (plus a little tutorial on how to make the flower down below):

I used one of my favourite stamps from Bannerific set to make a flower.  I thought it would be a fun idea, and to discover new ways of using a stamp set.  Here's a closer view of the flower:
  

A close up view of the flower.

Notice the tiny red heart above the word friend?  That's a tiny heart from the hearts background stamp of the Teeny Tiny Backdrops set.  I inked up one little heart with a red marker, and stamped it above the letter "i".  Then I used the pen tip of the marker to trace an outline around the heart.  I also used the tiny stars background stamp from the same set to make add a strip of pattern on the white cardstock.

Does this sound fun?  I hope you will join us in the challenge.  It's a fantastic prize this week - your choice of any Lawn Fawn stamp set!!  Read all about the challenge here, or by clicking on the image below:

Remember to submit your entry by Wednesday, March 16, 2011.

Thanks for stopping by.

Have fun!

Here's a little tutorial on how to make the flower:
 

Stamp the banners several times on two different patterned papers.

 

Trim the individual images as shown.

Cut a round piece of cardstock as the base for assembling the flower petals.  Add some adhesive on the back of each 'petal' and adhere onto the round base.  You will need approximately 7 'petals'.

After all 7 petals are adhered, place a button as the flower centre.   And, you have a cute handmade flower!!  If you want to stack 2 layers of petals like I did, punch out a larger round base, and arrange the petals a little further apart.  I hope you will try this idea.