Designs by Latisha Yoast

I am very proud of myself for actually getting some pages done, especially with Saturday being WCMD.  So when we started home schooling, I was worried how I was going to get this year into their school days album, but because we go on so many day trips its not too hard.  I need to remember to take more pictures of the kids while they are doing their school work.  So the first layout will go into my daughters album & the second into my son's.   I made the lay outs the same, only because I was being lazy & didn't want to have to think of another one lol. "ZOO" Basic Grey Blush patterned paper, Bazzill Pink textured paper, Pink Thickers, MS Butterfly punch, Unity Stamp "San Diego Zoo" BasicGrey Mellow patterned paper, Black Bazzill textured paper, Mellow stickers, Mellow diecut, inksenttials pen

So here is a card I actually made the other night, but couldn't post it. I'm mailing it to one of my best friends Chris. She is having surgery tomorrow, so I hope this bright card will make her smile. I wanted to watercolor an animal, but I don't have too many animal stamps, so this neglected uninked chicken worked perfect. I stamped the image in black stazon ink, colored her in with prisma watercolor pencils & used a blending medium and stump to blend the colors together. This stamp is actually really big, but after I punched it out with a marvy scalloped circle punch {the really big one} it made it easier to work with. I layered it onto real read cardstock, which makes the yellow really pop. The polka dot paper is actually from a 12x12 Christmas paper stack that I got at Hobby Lobby or Joanns. After I cut it to size, I got out my SU corner rounder and took off the plastic protector, and stamped along one edge of the polka dot paper & it creates a scallope...

I know this isn't the best picture, but holy moly is it bright outside & t oo dark inside, so this is the best I could come up with. Anyhow, this card is an inspiration challenge going on at Verve you can link to it here http://vervevisual.blogspot.com/2008/04/another-vervalicious-challenge-for-you.html the winner will get $15 in verve bucks to spend at the store. Now that we have the deets , on to the card. I took my inspiration from the colors and the detailed flowers. If you have Verve stamps they wanted to use them and since I only have two of her sets {need to get more} I was a little limited but I made it work with some creative thinking. I'm not sure if its a requirement to use Verve stamps or not I guess I should have re-read the post before starting. It made it fun for me having a limited amount of stamps to work with. Sometimes when you have to choose from a jamillion {yes that's a word, ask a 5 year old lol } stamps its overwhelming. I really lucked out...