Designs by Latisha Yoast

Shooting Star, Make Me Smile and Big Scripty Words...now say that three times lol.  Those are some of the newest dies and stamps that are being released this week from Lawn Fawn (among many others).  The Make Me Smile die set, are different smiling emojis/faces to die cut into images.  After I die cut the star, I die cut one of the faces into it so that the star would be smiling!  So super cute!! There are many new stamps and dies being showcased over on the Lawn Fawn Blog .  If you like this project head on over there to see more great projects as well as a chance to win the products shown!!

Hey there! How in the world is Father's Day next month? Lawn Fawn is releasing a new stamp and coordinating die set call Dad & Me as well as a border set called Stitched Mountains.  The stamp set has a few larger sentiments and it has some super cute critters in this set also! If you head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog , they are giving away the products that I used on this card! How exciting is that!

I may have let out a little gasp and sigh when I first saw the images of this stamp set.  Few things are more magical than a mermaid.  The sentiments are so cute and punny and really just make me happy. I am talking about the new summer release from Lawn Fawn called Mermaid for You stamp and coordinating die set. I love making shaped cards, and I knew this was going to be a circle card.  So that was my starting point.  I stamped the images, and then started coloring in the different mermaids and sea creatures.  This was how I determined the color scheme and matched the card stock accordingly.  Since this is a stamp and coordination die set, it made it easier to create depth by die cutting a few images and popping them up using foam adhesive.  I use foam adhesive on every project I create, it really creates the perfect amount of depth that prevents a project from looking too flat.  The sea grass was created by stamping different tones of a...