Designs by Latisha Yoast

  Hello friends! If you are sensing a theme, you might be right lol!  I am sharing another fruity card using the stamp set Funny Fruits from Technique Tuesday .  It is one of the stamp sets in the June release.  The full stamp reveal is over on the Technique Tuesday blog . I almost made this card using the peach, it was a hard decision, but the pineapple prevailed!   The pineapples were stamped in black ink repeatedly, then colored in with alcohol markers.  The sentiment didn't quite look right stamped onto the white cardstock above the pineapples. Instead it was stamped onto the same yellow paper, as the card base.  It is day 43289 of rain. Ok thats a lie, but it has been raining here in FL for about 3-4 weeks now, which is a recipe for being lazy. The gloomy sky is an energy suck. Hopefully today, the sun decides to show his face. I don't think its going to happen, but one can always hope!

Hello friends! Can you believe the year is half over? I for one, cannot, still in denial lol.  What I am happy about is summertime, and this sweet stamp set called Summertime Treats from Technique Tuesday .  The June release is upon us, and boy is it a good one!  For my card today, I stamped the fruit images in black ink, that is alcohol marker friendly. I always reach for Memento Tuxedo black ink when coloring with any kind of alcohol markers, it is my tried and true, never fail ink.  So, after I stamped the images, they were colored in with a few different brands of alcohol markers.  Now that I am looking at the card, I could have added a strip of pattern paper or a bold colored card stock at the bottom of the card, which would help ground it a bit.  But, there really is nothing quite like a clean card with lots of white space. The full reveal of this stamp set is over on the Technique Tuesday blog , as well as another stamp set and several dies!!

  Hello friends! Something awesome is happening today. Technique Tuesday and My Sweet Petunia , have joined forces for a blog hop, and giveaway.  One person will win a $50 gc to Technique Tuesday, as well as someone receiving a $50 to My Sweet Petunia.  So simple, all you do is leave a comment, thats it.  All comments need to be left by May 28th, with winners announced on the 29th. You are at my blog currently (Latisha(, and next up is Jeanne ! Below is a list of all the blogs providing you with beautiful ideas and inspiration today.  Teri Anderson Ilina Crouse Latisha Yoast Jeanne Streiff Daniela Dobson Kia Gibson-Clapper Kymona Tracey Ceal Pritchett Heather Hoffman Giovana Smith Emily Leiphart Stephanie Severin Jill Hawkins   Susan Wymer Amy Kolling Chris Dayton Dana Joy Lydia Fiedler My Sweet Petunia I am sharing with you a card, where the image was stamped three different times, in different positions to create a scene

If you are a planner person, I am sharing one of my planer pages over on the Fancy Pants Designs blog, using the Pool Side paper collection.

When I started working on this card, I mostly was playing around with watercolors, trying to find a muted ocean color.  I live close to the ocean, and sometimes when the sun hits the water just right, you see gold.  Thats why there is gold in the blue.  To be honest, I know I have see manatees, but don't remember what color they were. So, i made a pretty ombre of pink and purples. Just a card with a pretty wave and colors for you today.  Its fun to be free in cardmaking at times instead of overthinking a design. Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog, where there are seriously amazing samples, they are crazy good!

If you are a fan of the critters that Lawn Fawn creates, then you are going to love this new set!  Its called Concert Critters, and they are playing instruments! So adorable! I started by coloring the background of the panel, doing a was of brown and blue.  Next the images were stamped onto watercolor paper and water colored in.  Instead of using the dies that perfectly coordinate with the set. I chose to fussy cut the images to get as close to the border as possible.  Once the panel was dry, the sentiment and music notes were stamped in black ink.  The critters and stand were adhered to the card front using foam adhesive. To embellish further Aquatic Mist Nuvo drops were added. Once the card was complete, it needed something.  Applying Wink of Stella in clear was the perfect choice! Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog for more great inspiration, as well as a chance to win the latest release!!

Hello friends! Let me first say, watercoloring is not easy lol. I am on a mission to get better.  Since I have been using copic markers since 2005 (13 years) it is my go to way of coloring, its second nature.  So using watercolor as a medium where I feel I have less control has been a learning process for sure! With that said, todays project is a muted pastel water colored card.  The watercolor paper is from Arches, so its a nice thick paper, it also means it takes longer to dry.  So on one panel I created the background, then on the other I stamped the image and die.  I did not want a white edge along my girl diver, so I fussy cut along the edge of the stamped image. You cannot really tell from the photo, but the diver and the porthole diecut are adhered with foam adhesive giving the card a little more depth. Head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog, to see amazing project using new product as well as a chance to win the release!!

Hello friends! The next few days, I will be sharing projects from the Lawn Fawn summer release.  I am warning you now, you will want it all.  They are just so cute! The card above has a few new products on it.  A stamp set called Coaster Critters, and a die set called Bunting Borders.  If i see a banner stamp set, stickers or dies, I instantly need them.  Anyone else? They just add a nice festive touch to basically everything. So, I die cut water color paper with the Bunting die, then water colored each banner.  The roller coaster was stamped onto the front panel in permanent black ink, then the grass and sky were water colored.  The cart, critters and ticket booth were stamped onto water color paper, colored in, fussy cut out, then adhered with foam tape onto the card front.  The design team has made such great samples using this set, I encourage you to go check them out over on the Lawn Fawn blog.  There also is a huge giveaway!

Hello friends! Technique Tuesday is having a big release of new stamps and dies.  If you have been following along on the TT blog , then you might have seen a few images of the sets.  I am sharing a card using the Lilac stamp set.  This set is a mini set, I don't know the measurements off hand, but I'm pretty sure its a 3 x 4 inch stamp set.  There is the big lilac image, a few petals, and then some wonderful sentiments.   When creating this card, I had a friend in mind who could use a little bit of happy mail.  So, I spent a little extra time coloring it all in. The lilac image was stamped several times in a light grey ink, as well as the small petals. Then colored in using watercolors.  I used 4 colors, 2 different purples, a green and a yellow.  Once the panel was dry, it was adhered to a card base (4.25x5.5 in) using foam adhesive.  Then a white panel was die cut using a rectangle die.  The sentiment and petals were stamped in a black ink, and only the peta