Designs by Latisha Yoast

Hello friends! The April Lawn Fawn Inspiration week is happening, and today I have a cute little project to share.  Have you seen the Slow Down and Enjoy Stamp set & add on dies?  I created a bookmark with them.  I love how the stamp set shows the front and back side of the animals lol. I started by stamping the elephant onto white card stock and coloring it in using copic markers.  Then using a coordinating die, I cut out the book mark.  I like to stamp, color then die cut, so I get perfect placement. Using a low tack tape or washi tape to hold down the die helps immensely.  I then cut out the book mark again using green card stock, adhered them together and tied some LF twine through the holes. Head on over to the Lawn Fawn Blog for some really fantastic projects using these stamps/dies.

Hello there! Okay...I love plaid, like seriously love it!  So when I first saw this line of pattern paper, I thought I died and went to crafty heaven.  The print, the colors...everything about it, makes me ridiculously happy. Today I am sharing a scrapbook page that I created for the Lawn Fawn booth for Winter CHA 2016.  For more inspiration using this line of papers head on over to the Lawn Fawn blog .  You can also win this line by leaving a comment on the LF blog. These two beautiful souls are my children.  They are my heart.  So its so perfect that I used the Stitched Heart Die cuts, to create this page.

So, my daughter is off at college.  She is attending Florida State University, around 3 1/2 hours from home.  I just moved her in on Sunday (6 days ago), and I already miss her.  I wish I could just give her a hug, buy her a brownie and Starbucks, tell her how much I love her & how proud I am of her, but I cannot.  FaceTime, Skype, texting, phone calls help me get through each day, but it doesn't compare to seeing her face to face. I am sending her this card, with a little note of encouragement.  I hope it makes her smile. Materials Used: Fancy Pants True Friend 12x12 Paper Collection Fancy Pants True Friend 6x6 paper pad Fancy Pants True Friend Label Stickers Fancy Pants True Friend Photo Frames Fancy Pants True Friend Ephemera Pack Fancy Pants True Friend Button Pack Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle dies

Have you seen this yummy issue? Beautiful projects that will give you so much inspiration. You can find a copy here . I love making cards, absolutely love them. However, it is fun to go beyond the card every once in a while... You know, tags, bags, gift sets, and so much more. I had so much fun creating projects for this issue.  I think after cards, tags are my favorite thing to make.  They just make everything cuter :) Today twelve designers are going to show you never been seen before projects, that were inspired from this issue.  Make sure to visit their blogs.  I think each one is giving away a copy of 350 Cards & Gifts.  So make sure to leave a comment. Betsy Veldman Kalyn Kepner Kim Hughes Chan Vuong Teri Anderson Vanessa Menhorn Kristin K. Tierney Lucy Abrams Ashley C. Newell Cristina Kowalczyk Jessica Witty Latisha Yoast  (you are here) Make sure to visit the Paper Crafts Connection blog , I hear they are having a fun give away!!...

WOW, Thank You all for your wonderful comments!! I hope you all found some inspiration to get a jump on your holiday projects. The person who gets their own copy of Holiday Cards & More vol 5 is... GRACE!!! Grace, please email me your contact/mailing information at: tishayoast@gmail.com   Grace  said... Oh wow! I love this project! The tags are great! My favorite tradition is reading the Christmas Story from the Bible on Christmas Eve, just before going to bed!

Welcome to the 12 Designers of Christmas blog hop, brought to you from the fine folks at Paper Crafts Magazine. This week Paper Crafts is celebrating the special issue, Holiday Cards & More vol 5, that just hit news stands.  This is the magazine issue that will get your creative juices started into creating some fabulous Christmas items, like cards, bags, tags, home decor and more!  What a better way to end this kick off week, than a blog hop with 12 never been seen before holiday projects.  Did any of you get the Go to Sketches special issue?  Well, you know how beautiful that issue what photographed?  That is exactly how HC&M vol 5 was photographed as well.  So each project really shines as you flip through this issue.  There really is something for everyone.  Cards, got them.  Bags, oh yes!  Gift ideas, so clever!  Tags, yep got those too!  Home decor, yep!  In one word this issue is awesome-sauce, it is my word...

Have you picked up the Sept/Oct issue of Paper Crafts? If you love fall & all things Halloween, this is the issue for you. There are some AMAZING projects within these pages. Here is one of my cards that is in this issue. Except in the issue, there is no ribbon, I just forgot to take a picture without the ribbon before I sent it off. Materials Used: Ivory Card stock Basic Grey Bloomer Technique Tuesday stamps foam tape Spellbinders S5-006 Curved Rectangles Nestabilities Spellbinders I2-1009 Flourish Impressabilities Memento ink

Welcome to the Card Style Mystery Blog Hop (do you have a copy? no? click here to get your own) It is a super sweet issue :) Do you know your card style? There is a short quiz at the beginning of this issue, that will help answer that question.  Not only that, but the issue is separated into four sections, Fun & Cute, Clean & Graphic, Classy & Elegant, and Shabby Chic & Vintage.  How fun is that?  Flipping through the pages you can really see each style is so distinctive.   My go to card style, is Classy and Elegant.  I love ribbon, but my most favorite kind to use is satin.  Putting satin ribbon on a card with a few pearls, for me, is perfection.  Adding an embellishment like ribbon to a card, helps me achieve a nice balance.  A great classy & elegant card is very well balanced, and will flow.  Meaning, your eye will automatically know where to look next.  On an unbalanced card, your eyes kind of go all over ...

Have you seen this baby yet? Awesome, awesome special issue! 66 sketches, tons of inspiration, not to mention beautifully photographed. Can be bought here . The super sweet, Kim Kesti asked me to join her in a fun Go-To Gals, and friends blog hop. How fun is that? Each of the Go To Gals invited 5 friends. Today you will see 36 never been seen before cards, using their sketches. I was to use this sketch, for my card today. You may have seen it in the book, it is on pg. 96. Here is my card. Yummy Bloomers from Websters Pages, embossed white card stock using the butterflies impressabilies from Spellbinders & the Girls Paperie pattern paper, the stamp is from The Unity Stamp Co. Make sure you visit Kim and the rest of the designers using this sketch.  At Kim's blog, she will link you to the other Go-To Gals. Do you use sketches? How to you get started on a project? Leave a comment for your chance to win your very own copy of this amazing issue!! Tina Cockburn    ...