Designs by Latisha Yoast

I have noticed something lately.  I am using red, kraft & stickles a whole lot.  I just can't help it, it's helping me get into the holiday spirit.  I kinda, sorta, really like snowmen this year too?!?  They are just so cute!   Today, I am showing a fun holiday card using the December stamp set from Avocado Arts .  It has a few different snowmen to build, some snowflakes, cute sentiments and a sled (I know I'm forgetting something else, so I apologize in advance) .   To make this card, I stamped the sled in versa mark ink, onto the kraft card base.  While that was drying I cut/embossed card stock, using the Bracket Edgabilities from Spellbinders.  Before adhering the two pieces together, I stamped snowflakes & the sentiment (I added stickles to the center of the snowflakes) .  The snowman was paper pieced together on separate card stock, then adhered with foam tape.  I adhered the pieces together, and then to the card front....

This week the Lawn Fawn is teaming up with May Arts ribbon.  Everyday a couple of designers will bring you a fun project.  I created a few Christmas tags, using Lawn Fawn stamps and of course some pretty trims from May Arts.  The candy canes, I plan on putting on a bag or a gift, it is a cheap way to add a little holiday spirit to a gift.  On one of the tags, I used this silvery, sparkly trim, it almost feels like tinsel (its really cool!) , and then on the other candy cane I used the ultra thin silk ribbon, which is so lush.  It is so soft, and really ties the prettiest bows.  On the biggest tag, the trim I used almost feels like yarn (really soft & thick).  It reminds me of bakers twine but super soft and fluffy.  Except for the silk ribbon, I had never used the other two trims before.  When I first opened the box of ribbon/trims that were sent to me, I honestly didn't think I would like the silvery trim, but I'm a fan now.  I'm th...

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American Friends.  Today, I will enjoy having my children and husband home with me.  Just us four, relaxing, eating, watching tv.  It's the little things that make me happy.  Later tonight, we will have a small dinner.  A Smithfield honey spiral ham, mashed potatoes, sage sausage stuffing, rolls, glazed carrots, steamed asparagus, canned cranberry sauce (request from my husband lol...he likes the canned stuff better than fresh) , then pumpkin and apple pie for dessert.   I try to count my blessing all year long, but today I have been filled to the brim with all that I am thankful for.  I hope all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving filled with blessings.  I plan on getting my craft on a little later!  It is time to start on holiday cards, tags and presents! I originally was planning on using both of these as tags, but I thought the snowman and the bird label, would look great on a card.   I love, love, lo...

Join Spellbinders™ Paper Arts and Crafters Home as we celebrate a Fall Sneak Peek! Spellbinders and  participating stores  in the Crafters Home Buying Group are excited to introduce three new die template sets  sold exclusively  through Crafters Home stores through January! You’ll have to wait until February to find these die template designs in non-member stores.  These new dies are in stock! Get yours now at a participating Crafters Home store!  See the  Spellbinders Blog  for a list of participating stores.   Visit the  Spellbinders Blog  November 14 - 16 to see a new Spellbinders die template revealed each day! Visit designer blogs to enter the daily contests and see inspiring projects using the new releases. Comment on Designers Blogs and the Spellbinders Blog count as entries into daily drawings. Daily winners receive all three of the new designs! Today's new die is S5-068 Dress Forms $19.99 Lattice Dress: 1 7/8 x 2 ¼” Sca...

Today, I get to sneak the December stamp set from Avocado Arts called, Brr! and the Nerdy Snow Peeps (isn't that the coolest stamp name?).  I also mixed in a little bit of the Bring on the Holiday Cheer set too (the sentiment & the grass). I stamped the snowflakes with Versamark onto the kraft card stock, adhered a strip of red card stock, and then stamped the leaves aka mistletoe in green ink above the strip.  Next, I created a circle die cut using a Classic Circle Nestabilities, and created a little snow man scene.  The scarf and hat are popped up with dimensionals, to give the snowman a little depth.  The scarf was colored in with Copics (r24, r27, r29, & r39), and the hat was colored in using red & green Stickles.  To get the sentiment rounded, I placed the stamp onto my clear block, and curve the stamp until I liked the angle. Head on over to the Avocado Arts website for more stampy goodness and visit the other designers to see fun projects usi...

Lawn Fawn is having A Very Fawny Holiday Week.  Everyday, the designers are showcasing projects using the Holiday stamp sets.  So head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog to check out some great ideas to put you in that Christmas Spirit. I decided to create a Personalized Christmas Wish list.  The sheet is 5x7 inches, and I used several stamp sets to create it, School House Backdrops, Sally's ABC's, Cozy Christmas and Critter's in the Forrest.  To get the ledger look, I used a notebook punch along the side. Head on over to the rest of the designer's blogs to see what they have created: Chari Moss Julie Campbell Lea Lawson Lynnette Kauffman Nichol Magouirk Teri Anderson Tiffany Johnson

This week, the Lawn Fawn design team will be showcasing all of the great holiday stamp sets.  So make sure you visit the Lawn Fawn blog every day, to check out new and fun inspiration to get you ready to creating holiday cards, tags, gifts and more!   Today, I am showing a fun little gift box I made using the Winter Fox stamp set (and a Spellbinders box template).  The glitter cardstock, is a nice thick cardstock perfect for this project and it is made by American Crafts, it comes in a ton of different colors, but I chose a red/green holiday combo.  After I stamped the fox, I colored her in with Copic markers.  The scarf, cup and tail were all colored in using red, green & clear stickles.  For those of you unfamiliar with stickles, it is a glitter glue manufactured by Ranger (very easy to use too).  To get the fox to stand up on the box, I created a little square/cube, by scoring cardstock and glueing it together.  Then adhering it to the bac...

Hello there, here is a layout I made as a guest for Nichol Magouirk's November Stamping Scrapbooking Class , over at Two Peas.  The theme for November is paper piecing.  I paper pieced the banners, the ribbon thing in the corner and the polaroid pictures.  I used Lawn Fawn stamps for all of my stamping.  The Amy Tangerine line for American Crafts, worked so perfect for this layout.  It's of Kendall at her locker this year.  Last year she had a bottom locker and hated it, so when she found out she had a top one, she was most excited.   Materials Used: Lawn Fawn Bannerific Lawn Fawn Sally's ABC's Lawn Fawn Say Cheese Lawn Fawn Admit One Lawn Fawn School House Backdrops Ranger white gel pen American Crafts Thickers Spellbinders Classic Squares Sm American Crafts Pattern Paper Chalkstalk cardstock

Happy November 1st!  It seems so crazy to think in just a few weeks it will be Thanksgiving, next month is Christmas and next week my boy will be eleven.  This year has gone by quick like!   Well, I have another Avocado Arts project share to show you today.  I decorated a Maya Road envelope, it is a little on the smaller side, so I think this is the perfect size for a gift card.  My daughter who is 15, really enjoys getting gift cards, so I will need to have a few gift card holders on stand by, ready to use. I started by glueing down the burlap using fabritac, it's a strong liquid glue.  I then paper pieced the Christmas trees, and adhered them to the envelope.  I stamped the sentiment, then hand cut it out, an adhered it using a foam square adhesive.  To finish the gift card holder off, I stamped a star, adhered it to the top and added a few black rhinestones.  This was very quick and easy, and I can see myself using the same sketch for a ca...