Designs by Latisha Yoast

Here is my card for this weeks CPS sketch #210.  I was drawn to this beautiful pattern paper from Crate Paper, so I decided to use it.  The paper isn't that thick, but I love the way it embosses (using Spellbinders die templates).  Some pattern paper do not emboss well, so I was most impressed.   I was out of town this past week with my children at Walt Disney World.  So to say i am tired, is an understatement!  I am exhauseted!  I will try to do a fun Disney post in the next few days. Make sure you head on over to the CPS blog , this weeks sponsor is Ippity Stamps from Banu!  Such a great prize!!! Card stock: Flourishes Pattern Paper: Crate Paper 6x6 Portrait Collection Stamp: Lawn Fawn Ink: Palette La Amore Dies: Spellbinders Labels Twenty Misc: The Twinery twine

Flourishes, has a few new stamp sets releasing that coordinate perfectly with Spellbinders die templates.  So, they are having a special blog hop, with their designers and some of the Spellbinders designers to show off these sets. Fun right? For my projects today, I decided to make a fun tag & treat bag set, using the Birthday Pennants stamp set.  I see myself using this set over and over again.  I would buy the set for the sentiments alone, not to mention the cute pennants!!  I love it when I can use stamps that perfectly fit with my die templates...match made in heaven! You can click on the pictures to enlarge them. For your chance to win this stamp set, head on over to the Flourishes blog . Make sure to visit the very talented designers below, for more inspiration using this set. Barbara Anders Christine Okken Cindy Lawrence Danielle Kennedy Dawn Burnworth Julie Koerber Leslie Miller Stacy Morgan Jan Marie Caruso Heidi Blankenship Beth Pingry ...

I don't know about all of you, but I really love release weeks.  The designers do not share what they are making, so it is always a surprise to me too, to see all of the beautiful creations.   I am always left in awe, thinking, "why didn't I think of that?"  It is neat to see how I can guess who's projects are who's without seeing the name, it is a little game I play with myself lol.  That is the cool thing about design, everyone has a little piece of them into their projects, your own special sparkle, that only you have.  That is how I can see a card on a blog, or a magazine and know right away who made it.  The designers signature sparkle is coming through. I am always working on, and trying to perfect my sparkle :) Today, I am showing you a photo card using the Say Cheese, & Say Cheese Too stamp set from Lawn Fawn .  The other day I showed how to use this set in a scrapbook layout, and today, it is a card.  I can see making these cards fo...

Here is my card for CPS sketch# 209 . I chose to use some new Crate Paper elements, and pattern paper called Emma's Shoppe.  It is just so happy and screams spring to me.  I paired the card with some pretty yellow grosgrain ribbon, and a nice big sentiment.  To give the card a little dimension, I popped up the elements card up with foam tape.   Supplies: Card stock: Papertrey Ink Pattern Paper:  Crate Paper 6x6 Emma's Shoppe & Accent Cuts Stamps: Papertrey Ink Think Big Favorites Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink Trim: Lemon saddleback ribbon PTI Misc: 3m foam tape

Today, I get to show a card using a super cute baby set called Plus One, from Lawn Fawn stamps.   I love making shaped cards,  It is nice to do something different every once in a while.   It is especially fun, making shaped cards using Spellbinders die templates.  For this card I used Grand Circles & Labels Seventeen, and some bakers twine to finish it off. You are definitely going to want to check out the Lawn Fawn blog to see all the cuteness!! Don't forget to check out the designers blog to give them some love as well.    Chan Vuong   Julie Campbell     Lea Lawson   Lynnette Kauffman   Mariana Grigsby   Teri Anderson   Tiffany Johnson

We are onto day two of the Lawn Fawn Inspiration week.   Is is just me, or did the time change mess you up to?  It is amazing how losing an hour can affect us...by next week I should be acclimated to the new time.  As tired as I am now, I do enjoy having long summer days, those are quite nice. Today, I am showing you a fun card I made using the Critters in the Forest set from Lawn Fawn.  I did some masking on this card.  Masking, is a stamping technique, usually used to create a scene, or to add depth to your card.  Whatever image you want to appear closest to you, you will always want to stamp first, because it will not be covered/hidden from any other image.   Once my masking was done, I colored in the mushrooms & log with Copic markers, and stamped my sentiment.  The die is a Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die, and the pattern paper is new Cosmo Cricket, oh and the green Twinery bakers twine was the perfect embellishment.  Don't forge...

The next few days, the Lawn Fawn design team will be having an inspiration week.  We will be showcasing some of the latest stamp sets that were shown at CHA.  Today's feature is a stamp set called, Say Cheese.  It is so cute and out of the box.  Whether you are a stamper, card maker or scrapbooker, you will all love something about this set.   I decided to make a scrapbook page.  I know I don't show scrapbook pages all that often on my blog, but it was nice to make something other than a card.  See that little polaroid snapshot?  That is a stamp!  I just put a real picture inside of it..perfect right? Don't forget to visit the Lawn Fawn blog, lots of fun stuff is going on over there! visit these fabulous ladies too Chan Vuong ,    Julie Campbell ,      Lea Lawson ,    Lynnette Kauffman ,    Mariana Grigsby ,    Teri Anderson ,    Tiffany Johnson

I meant for this card to go live this morning, however, my phone, cable and internet were all down.   Here is my CPS card sketch #208, head on over to the CPS blog to play along with this weeks sketch. Since it has been a little cloudy today, I keep wanting to take a nap.  Does the weather ever do that to you?  I think I could go to bed right now, if only I didn't have a million other things to do.  Tomorrow is Friday, hooray for that right?! Supplies: card stock: Papertrey Ink Pattern Paper: We R Memories Peep Easter Basket Stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps Teeny Trees Ink: Palette Boudoir Blush & Viridian Leaf, Tsukineko Tuxedo Black Fibers: Twinery bakers twine Stickers: American Craft This to That Foam tape

That storm that is sweeping through the south & east coast looks like it may make a debut here a little later.  This morning it was beautiful, when I dropped the kids off at school.  That beautiful sky and sunshine has disappeared, and has been replaced with cloudy, grey skies.  Well, I kind of hope it pours later, then maybe my allergies will not be so terrible, and wash all the pollen off my cars. Today, I pulled out one of my favorite Lawn Fawn stamp sets called, Just my Type .  I had an idea of off centering the phone, and making a pretend table out of Copic markers.  I used R14, R24, R27 & R35 for the phone, and C01, C1, & C3 to create the table.   This is a simple enough card design, where you could make a couple of them in no time.  You could always add a "Thank You" sentiment to the inside, and make it a cute thank you card. Today, I was hoping a few things would arrive in the mail...but nothing came, not even junk mail lol.  I...

Hello there! Hooray for the weekend right? So, today I am going to talk a little bit about getting your projects rejected from a magazine call.  In no way am I the end all to know all on how to get a project picked up for publication, I am just sharing my own personal experience, and passing that information to you all.  First, I would like to stress, to not to take rejection personally.  There are so many reasons a project isn't picked up. A few are: **Beautiful card, but old product.  If you are going to submit with "older" stuff, use it in a way that has never been seen before.  You want to "wow" the editors.  For this reason, I try to only use the newest of the new stuff out there. **Beautiful card, but it doesn't have a good page mate.  In most publications, your card is paired with another card, so there needs to be some kind of flow when you open the page.  This is just the luck of the draw really. **Beautiful card, but someone might have...

I know, I know...I was such a horrible blogger this past week!  It has been one of those weeks where I have a million an one deadlines due all at the same time.  I can breathe easier now that I checked off a bunch of things.  My daughter turned 15 over this last weekend, so I dedicated my time to her and my son, so it made this week a little nutty. So, one late night last week.  I placed an order to Taylored Expressions.  I have had my eye on a few sets, so it was time to purchase them.  My stamps came in the mail yesterday, and I made this card last night with one of them.  The stamp can be seen here .  It is called Belated Birthday - Stand Out.  For those of you not familiar with TE stamps, they are made out of a deeply etched red rubber (so you will get a nice stamped impression), and mounted on cling.  So they will cling to your clear blocks. I stamped the image onto white card stock, then colored in the image using Copic markers. ...