Designs by Latisha Yoast

Happy Monday Folks!! I have another Mint Motif card to share with you. I am playing along with this weeks sketch from 2sketches4you (best sketches evah!). If you decided to play along as well, the card of the week, will win 2 stamps sets from Mint Motif! How cool is that!! Head on over to 2sketches4you to check out all of the details, and to see some amazing inspiration using this weeks sketch. If you want to purchase these stamps, you can find them exclusively through i{heart}papers . Materials used: Mint Motif stamps Palette Ink Spellbinders S4-192 Blossom die template Grosgrain ribbon Cosmo Cricket chipboard

Hooray for weekends! I plan on cleaning and doing a lot of relaxing. I just need to re-charge. Do you ever just need a breather? Between design work, busy kids schedule & my hubby's work schedule, my life has been a little tornado.  So relaxation is in order. Here is a card that I made using the Very Square Sentiments from Mint Motif , sold exclusively through i{heart}papers.  I just love the Cappella line of paper from Basic Grey, and it screams elegant/love/wedding to me.  I stamped the sentiment onto the pinkish color pattern paper, then cut/embossed the paper using the S5-022 Labels Ten die template from Spellbinders ™.   The flowers are Prima & the twine and lace are from May Arts.  To soften the card up a little, I rounded the bottom corners. Materials Used: kraft card stock Cappella pattern paper from Basic Grey May Arts trim May Arts twine S5-022 Labels Ten die Corner rounder Mint Motif stamps Prima Flowers

I like to know about new things from other people, so I thought I would tell you about a new stamp company that I just made a purchase from. Before we went to Orlando a few weeks ago, I bought a few stamps sets from Wplus9 .  They are a new to me stamp company, and I found it because a few of my favorite stampers are on the design team.  My stamps arrived super fast, so that was awesome.  One of the first things I noticed about the sets, is that they are really big sets, 6 x 8 inches.  So you really get your monies worth.  I bought the Woodgrain Silhouettes & Woodgrain Silhouettes additions.  They are a wonderful mix of stamps.  You get woodgrain patterns, woodgrain with botanicals, then a bunch of botanical & butterfly images.  Really fabulous stuff.  The stamps are made from photopolymer, so they stamp great and are made in the USA. I am not affiliated with this company, nor did I get anything for free or discounted, I just want to give you an honest review.  To check them o

How are the days just flying by? My children are keeping me very busy this summer. I am trying to find a nice balance with everything. I apologize for the lack of posts lately, I am working on CHA projects and other fun things. On this card, I used some fabulous Ali Edwards stamps by Technique Tuesday .  The are fun versatile, and have so much meaning behind them.  I was inspired by some pretty My Minds Eye paper that I picked up last month.  This card would be perfect for anyone.  If I were to send it to a man, I would probably change the bow into a knot & maybe remove the butterfly.  Butterflies seem a little feminine to me, and most of the men in my life (dad, hubby, son) are manly men.  To soften the card up, I rounded the corners on the bottom, then on the bottom corner of the pattern paper.  This is a longer/taller card, I believe the measurements are 3 3/4 x 6 inches, and I used bazzill kraft card stock.  Oh and the butterfly is from Jenni Bowlin.

I hope you all are enjoying the Summer Solstice. It is thunderstorming in my neck of the woods. I am not complaining I actually love thunderstorms, except when I am trying to photograph projects. I do not use a light box, only natural light, so summer weather in the south can derail me sometimes. Here is a thinking of you card, using Mint Motif stamps , sold through i{heart}papers . I love the font on the sentiment, it is so clean and graphic. I first stamped the sentiment in a rust colored ink, then went over it with black. In the picture it looks a little blurry, but in person it gives it a really cool effect. Materials Used: **************** Mint Motif stamps Palette ink Memento ink My Minds Eye pattern paper White card stock saddle stitched grosgrain ribbon

Here is one of my April projects for Spellbinders, you can find all the details on what I used in the gallery here   in the Spellbinders Paper Arts gallery .  Make sure to look around too, lots of inspiration going on. Sorry, that I have not been posting as much lately, I have a lot of deadlines & design work that I am trying to finish up.  Also, my children have me really busy driving them around to their summer sports stuff (swim, volleyball & cross country).   I hope you all have a wonderful Friday and weekend.  It is very hot down here in Florida, but I really don't mind the heat, I'm not one to really complain about the weather.  Today is hot, muggy with a side of thunderstorms hee!

One of my favorite places to send my cards is Operation Write Home . Cards are sent to deployed Armed Forces, then they are able to use the cards to send home.  One of the requirements, is that they are not bulky.  If you have some cards laying around, please think about sending them to Operation Write Home.  From personal experience, getting snail mail from my husband when he is gone, is the best feeling.   It is fun to use stamping techniques that I first learned.  For this card, I did some basic stamping techniques, like embossing with clear embossing powder, and creating my own pattern paper by stamping an image repeatedly.  I paper pierced around the edge of the sentiment, and didn't really like the way it looked, so I took some floss, and ran it through the holes for a simple stitch.  Adding the ruffled yellow ribbon, and tying a bow with the floss added a nice feminine touch.  The stamps are from Mint Motif, sold exclusively through i {heart}papers .   Materials used: ____

Oh my goodness, it has been a few days since my last blog post! Sorry about that. My husband has been gone an awful lot this year. He had a few days off, so we took a spur of the moment trip to Orlando, Florida. We went to Universal Studios & Islands of Adventure . It was our first time & it was FUN!! We stayed at an onsite hotel, called the Loews Royal Pacific Resort . I loved our hotel, I would recommend staying there. It was little more expensive, than other hotels close to the parks, but we had great perks.  Because we stayed onsite, we got express passes for free (it is normally around $70 a person).  Also, we had early admission into Islands of Adventure & got to check out the Harry Potter World of Wizardry, which has its official Grand Opening June 18th.  We were really expecting the parks to be packed (like Disneyworld) however, they were not.  It could be that it was really, really, hot or maybe other schools in the country are still in school?  We have never been

I know this looks a little similar to my card from my last post, however, if I really like the layout of a card, I will sometimes copy myself. In this case, I did. Same shape, same pattern paper, but I changed up the image, bow and sentiment.   This card is going in the mail this week. Too many people I know right now, are sick or in the hospital. These are the times, when making an extra fancy card, makes my heart full. Making someone feel loved & thought of, does wonders for the soul. Good things today: Kids last day of school Avocado turkey sandwich on sourdough Hubby is home My children had amazing report cards Off to shop for a new grill Even if today was stormy & rainy, it would still be a wonderful day. So much to be thankful for! Materials used: Memento ink Papertrey ink stamps ivory card stock October Afternoon pattern paper Spellbinders S5-006 Curved Rectangles Spellbinders S4-192 Blossom Nestability Spellbinders I2-1005 Circles Impressabilities 

I made it to the top 20, in the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol contest. The theme was Creativity Heals. I made a get well soon card. Only the top 15 will get to move on to the next round. Go here , to see all of the submissions. You will need to register to vote. Only one vote per person, so make sure it is the card you like most. Materials used: Walzingmouse Stamps Memento ink ivory card stock October Afternoon pattern paper Spellbinders S5-006 Curved Rectangles Spellbinders S4-192 Blossom Nestability Spellbinders I2-1005 Circles Impressabilities 

Here are a few more cards I made using the Dear Lizzie line from American Crafts. It is a lazy type of Saturday. The kind where you just want to stay in your pajamas. I am going to clean, do laundry and get some stamping done. That is my Saturday :) Have a great weekend!!

Today is the last day of sneak peeks for the June Lawn Fawn release. Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog , for your chance to win this set. I didn't put a sentiment on this card on purpose.  Sometimes I just need a card, whether it is for a birthday, anniversary, celebration, whatever the occasion, it is nice to just write the sentiment inside, or add it when you need it.  This is a girly card for sure, I used, pinks, reds and creams, those colors together just make me happy.  I colored in the cake and flower with Copics, then paper pieced the edge of the cake plate.  The pattern paper is from October Afternoon. Materials used: Lawn Fawn stamps October Afternoon pattern paper ivory card stock may arts twine red butons Copic markers Spellbinders S4-270 Fair Isle Pendants Shapeabilities

Head on over to Moxie Fab World . Here is the Tuesday Trigger for the week. Isn't this table setting yummy?! Here is my card. The image can be found at GinaK . I colored in the flowers using Copic markers. The embossed white card stock was created using a Spellbinders I2-1013 Fleur De Lis Stripe Impressability.

Today I am sneaking the Harold's ABC alphabet set from Lawn Fawn . I don't know about you, or your children but, my children love to have their names on things.  Anytime I have the chance to personalize something for them, I do it.  Even when they have birthday parties or friends over, I will personalize treats for their friends as well.  Harold's ABC alpha, is so perfect for writing any kind of sentiment or name.  The set comes with, capitals and lower case letters, love that! For my project, I took a box of Reeses Pieces and altered it.  I think this would be such a fun party favor, or fun gift for a kid.  I trimmed my card stock to the size I liked, and then I stamped the fish from the Critters in the Sea set, in a green ink.  Once the ink was dry, I adhered the card stock to the box.  This is where having a scoring tool comes in handy (thank you scor-pal!).  I cut an embossed white card stock using a Spellbinders S4-246 Labels Eleven die, then stamped the octopus image