Designs by Latisha Yoast

Hello there!! Can you believe it, I made something and blogged...WOOT! After 19 days of visitors, and my entire family getting sick, we are all starting to be on the mend, and as of this morning my Dad left, so all our visitors are gone.   Now it is time to get back into a routine.  My children still have a week left of break, so I am hoping to get a few fun things in with them. Now that Christmas is over, it is time to get those "thank you", stamps out to send thank you cards for all of those fantastic presents you received.  I plan on making super simple cards.  Here I took out some Basic Grey pattern paper, Hero Arts clear stamps & some Jillibean Soup pre-scored cards & envelopes.  I have to say, this was my first time using Hero Arts clear stamps, and I was really impressed, thumbs up in my book. Super, duper easy folks! Trim down some pattern paper, stamp your sentiment, and I added some white dashes using a gel pen. I think I might grab my corner ...

Hooray, I am finally on the mend. I really, really dislike getting sick, but unfortunately that is part of life. On a different note, my husband made it home the other night.  He was stuck in Virginia for a few extra days due to a winter storm, then his aircraft had a few hiccups.  He landed around 6:30pm, drove home super uber fast, we changed and somehow made it (although late) to the Ward room Christmas dinner/party.  We arrived after dinner was served, so I had a few drinks instead, while some of the speeches we given.  Jess will be deploying in the New Year, so this will be an extra special Christmas for my little family.  His parents are visiting us this week, we will get a two day respite, then my Father will visit for a week.  Very busy, however my children are loving the company. Today, I plan on crafting the day away, so I will have some fun new things to show in the next day or two.   I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season so far! ...

Hello there bloggers. I am still sick! Talk about the worst timing ever.  My to do list is growing by the minute, and to be honest I am starting to freak my beans a little because I don't think everything is going to get done.  I am weak, and really unable to do anything.  Driving my children to and from school is about all I can handle right now.  So far this week for dinner we have had take out from, Panera, Five Guys, Mc Donalds & Chik fil a.  Tonight they had the ever so fabulous Easy Mac.  My body is exhausted and so I have just been camped out on the couch.  The hubby is gone right now, so getting the house ready for visitors is my job, hopefully by Friday I can start to tackle it all. Anyhow, for any of you who have a cold right now, here are a few products that I suggest. They seem to be helping, and make my day a little more bearable. This box says Mucinex DM. However,  I am taking Mucinex D, and is in a red box, but you have to get ...

I hope you have great plans for the weekend. As for me, I am knocked on my booty kind of sick.  Chills, fever, sore throat, congestion...get the idea?  I am not going to lie, I am a little freaked out.  Hubby is gone for a bit, I am sick and I have company coming next week.  I need to clean the house, finish/start my Christmas cards, finish Christmas shopping, put up the Christmas tree and complete all of my crafty deadlines.  Did I mention I am sick, and have to do this alone...bah, lol.  Isn't that the way it always is?  At least I still have my sense of humor and wits about me, or the amount of stuff I need to complete this week could really send me over the deep end.  Somehow, it will all get done, I don't know how yet, but it will.   The plan of the day, is to clean my craft-tastrophy I have going on, and to put the Christmas tree up, along with all of our holiday items.  Plus I need to have pictures developed from the last few days...

My friend Kimberly is hosting the 12 Trendy Days of Christmas. She asked if I wanted to play along, and of course I said yes. Today is Day #5, and the theme is Damask. Head on over to Kimberly's blog , to see what she has created.  As well as, a few more designers who are also playing along with this challenge. If you decide to play along as well, make sure to link up to Kimberly's blog. What is there not to like about Damask?  To me it is timeless, classic and something that really never goes out of style.  I am under the weather right now, so I went to my old faithfuls to create something pretty for you today.  A pretty strip of pattern paper, kraft card stock, yummy trims, Spellbinders die template, and great stamps.  I don't know if you can see it, but the strip of paper has a damask pattern on it, so perfect right?! Materials Used: Spellbinders S4-290 Labels Fourteen Waltzingmouse Stamps, Nutcracker Sweet stamp set kraft card stock KaiserCraft pattern pa...

Happy December 1, 2010! I really cannot believe this year is coming to an end.  Is it just me or does time go by faster the older you get?  It sure feels that way sometimes.  Today on this first day of December, I get to share with you a sneak of a stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  This set which will be available tomorrow, is called Hello Friend.  It is a fun take on sentiments. Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog , and leave a comment to win this set. Also, the design team has some great projects using this set, so check them out as well. Lea Lawson ,    Lynnette Kauffman ,    Mariana Grigsby ,    Teri Anderson ,   Tiffany Johnson The card base is a thick textured card stock, and I layered it with some Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 pattern paper from the mini deck.  I had some really pretty grosgrain ribbon lying around, it was just a scrap, so I had to be creative in how I used it.  So I put some scor-tape down, then laid the...

Sorry this is late, blogger was giving me major problems, so it is going to be short and sweet before it changes its mind :) Today I get to show you a cute mini set called Fly Free. I paired the Fly Free set with Bannerific & some pretty Webster's Pages paper. Make sure to go to the Lawn Fawn blog for a chance to win this set. Also the Design Team, has some cool projects you don't want to miss. Lea Lawson   Lynnette Kauffman   Mariana Grigsby   Teri Anderson   Tiffany Johnson **PS** Will add details later when blogger will cooperate

Today the designers for Lawn Fawn are showing sneaks of the upcoming stamp set called, My Silly Valentine. This set is going to make you smile! Just looking at it makes me smile, it is a happy stamp set, but I think all Lawn Fawn stamp sets are happy. A clean & balanced card for you today. A perfectly balanced card is always what I strive to make, whether it is graphic & clean or maybe a little layered card, balance will always make it shine (in my opinion). Some nice textured card stock, pretty pattern paper, twine, foam tape, a border punch and some markers. Visit the Lawn Fawn blog as well as the design team for more awesome projects! Latisha Yoast   Lea Lawson   Lynnette Kauffman   Mariana Grigsby   Teri Anderson   Tiffany Johnson

Today Lawn Fawn is adding some fun additions to the store.   A few ribbon sets called, Chipper & Dapper. Today I am using two of the ribbon trimmings from the Chipper set, that I paired with the Frosties stamp set. Have you all started on your Christmas cards? I only have around 10 done. But, I am sure somehow, I will get them all finished. The inspiration for this card came from the Dean Martin song called "Let it Snow" . (click on the link to listen to this song...do it, it will make you happy!) I started my card, with a kraft card base. Next, I layered some of The Girls Paperie Tinsel & Twig pattern paper. Snowfall, to be exact. This paper screams Happy Holidays to me. If you are still looking for some trendy, and very beautiful Christmas pattern paper.  Tinsel and Twig is one of my favorites right now.  I bought mine at my local scrap book store, however, I am sure Two Peas or Scrapbook.com sell it. Once my pattern paper was adhered, I stamped my "let it...

Are you all ready for Thanksgiving?   I have all my shopping done, I just need to start prepping some of the dishes I am making. My children are home this week, so trying to keep a clean house, has been fun lol. Today, I am sharing a cute little gift box I made using some October Afternoon paper I had.  I actually cut my pattern paper with a Spellbinders Grand Square die , before I scored the paper.  This ensured that I had perfect measurements for the top and bottom of the box.   Once my box was put together, I wrapped ribbon around it & tied a pretty bow.  The tag was created by using the Bows & Holly stamp set from Lawn Fawn.  After I stamped and fussy cut it out, I punched a hole at the top and attached it to the center of a bow using bakers twine and a button. Making these boxes are quite easy, and really only take a few minutes to make. Materials Used: Spellbinders LF-126 Grand Squares October Afternoon pattern paper Lawn Fawn stamps PTI r...

Welcome to the first day of the  Spellbinders™ Paper Arts   Holiday Hoppin’  Blog Hop!  Spellbinders, along with Spellbinders are showcasing their newest products just in time for your Holiday crafting and gift giving.  Lots of creative ideas are in store, as well as prizes galore!  Each participating company has generously donated towards the prize package listed on the  Spellbinders Blog .  A total of two identical prize packages, one for each day, November 18 and 19 will be given away!  To enter, just leave a comment on a participating blog!  Comments in the first 48 hours of the post are eligible.  One commenter each day will be randomly selected as the winner.  Winners will be announced on November 22, on the  Spellbinders Blog ! Be sure to see all of tomorrow’s  Holiday Hoppin’  blogs for inspiring projects and another chance to win! Visit all of today’s Holiday Hoppin’ blogs: Latisha Yoast  ...

November 10th, really? Is anyone else a little freaked out that there are only 44 days until Christmas?  I am, for sure!  I have a head start on my shopping for my children, well for my son.  Shopping for a 14 year old daughter, is a little hard not to mention expensive.  With my husbands upcoming deployment, we will have family visiting for 2 weeks in December, which means I need to be really organized and squared away.  I really like to enjoy the holidays, so I am trying to get some Christmas/Holiday cards done a little early. I love to make shaped cards, and using my Spellbinders die templates make it so easy.  For the base of this card I took out my Grand Labels One dies .  I cut/embossed some card stock, then scored it down the center to create the base of the card (around 3 x 6 inches).  I did the same using some pretty pattern paper.  I stamped the smallest ornament from the GinaK Heirloom Ornament stamp set , using some Brilliance in...

Today the Lawn Fawn design team are sneaking projects using an alphabet stamp set called, Jessie's ABC's. For my project, I decided to make a place card, for a party. I also incorporated the party hat from the Hats off to you stamp set.  Both will be available November 4th.   Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog , and leave a comment to win this stamp set. Also, take a little blog hop to see what all of the designers created with this set. Danni Reid Lea Lawson Lynnette Kauffman Mariana Grigsby Teri Anderson Tiffany Johnson To create the place I card, I used the Spellbinders Lacey Circles largest die, cut/embossed it, then scored it in half.  Then layered it with another embossed Lacey Circle die cut, from pattern paper.  The party hats were colored in with Copic markers & paper pieced onto the place tag. Materials Used: Lawn Fawn Stamps: Jessie's ABC's & Hats off to you MME pattern paper American Crafts this to that foam tape Copic markers Spellbin...

Today, I get to sneak a new set called Hats Off to You, from Lawn Fawn. This is the perfect coordinating set to add fun hats to the Lawn Fawn Critters, or to use on its own like I did today.  I used the graduation cap from this set, along with Bannerific & Sophie's Sentiments .  So wonderful that I can mix and match the sets, and my card still looks cohesive.   The card I created, was inspired by what I would give my daughter on her graduation.  Something really feminine & delicate just like her.  Can I brag for a minute?  My daughter is rocking her first year in High School!  She has a tough honors load, is on the school news paper, in the Christian Athletes Fellowship club, just finishing up with Cross Country & just found out yesterday she made the JV Soccer team!  Did I mention her GPA is a 4.5?!?!  I am so, so proud of her!  Even though, her graduation is years away, I would want to give her a beautiful card like this. ...

Today I get to sneak a brand new set from Lawn Fawn called Critters in the Snow. It has the most adorable winter critters you have ever seen! Perfect for making cute, cute, cute winter cards!! You are going to want to stop at the Lawn Fawn blog , for your chance to win this stamp set.  Also, take time to visit the rest of the designers, they have some fun projects to share with you. Danni Reid   Lea Lawson Lynnette Kauffman Mariana Grigsby Teri Anderson Tiffany Johnson To create the glittered stripes, I adhered 5 strips of scor-tape to my card. I then removed 3 of the strips, which then exposed the sticky tape.  I poured fine red glitter over the area, tapping off the excess, then repeated using a snowy white fine glitter. Directions: 1.  Cut/score kraft card stock. 2.  Trim a smaller piece. 3.  Stamp snowflakes in a white ink, ink the edges of the card stock piece. 4.  Place scor-tape down, & create a red/white glittered pattern. 5.  S...

Today, I had every intention of making a few Halloween cards.  However, it is just around 100 degrees here, in North East Florida, and I just could not get into seasonal stamping lol.  My bright City Park paper from American Crafts was calling out to me loud and clear.  This line makes me so happy!  From the graphic design American Crafts is known for, to the amazing images, plus they scattered glitter all over it, just screams fun!  To start, I cut/embossed my pattern paper with a Grand Scalloped Square die template, using my handy dandy Grand Calibur .  Die cutting has never been easier or more fun using these new tools!  Okay, so now that my paper is die cut, it was time to score it.  Since the die cut is a perfect 6 inch square, I scored at 3 inches (you have got to love easy math).  Oh, let me back track for a second, I am using the Card Positioning Systems sketch # 190 , I am a sucker for a great sketch!  Now that my card is scor...

Happy Monday! I really should have done all the laundry in the house yesterday, but I really just wanted to veg out.  So, today I will be doing what I avoided.  Instead of doing actual laundry, I colored in this cute laundry basket image (Lockhart Stamps), it was so much more fun than the real thing lol.  Isn't that sentiment so true?  Wash * Dry * Fold * Repeat  I know all of you reading this are nodding your head yes in agreement with me.  Sometimes you just need to rest your body, the laundry is still there waiting, but the rest was so needed and will get me through this week.  But seriously, I think my laundry breeds & multiplies at night, like Gremlins, it just never goes away! Oh did you all see the SF Giants vs Phillies playoff game the other night? As a girl born and raised in N. California, I was yelling at the tv cheering them on! So excited to see them go to the World Series! They are going to kick some Ranger booty :) Materials Used: ...