You are invited to share your creativity by linking up your crafty projects at the end of this post! Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies, stencils and papers. This challenge will run for 3 weeks and be open until Sunday, August 4 at 11:59PM ET.

For each challenge, we will randomly select an entry to receive a $50.00 gift certificate to the Lawn Fawn shop! Everyone who enters a challenge has a chance to be the random drawing winner! Woohoo!

We will also be highlighting a few of your fabulous projects at the close of each challenge! By linking your projects to our challenges, you will give permission for us to post your work to this blog and our social media sites. Check out the How to Play page for a few guidelines to play along. We want this to be FUN, so we’ll keep the rules to just a few!

Samantha joins us today with fantastic inspiration for Christmas in July!



Christmas Fishes plays nicely with the cute scuba diver from You Are Sublime! Samantha gave the diver fun Christmas vibes with the Santa hat and beard from Ho-Ho-Holidays. She even gave him Santa’s sack of toys! The sentiment from You Are Sublime looks amazing white embossed on vellum Stitched Sentiment Banners.

I love the watercolor background that Samantha created with Distress inks and the “smooshing” method. She smooshed the ink pads on a piece of clear stamp packaging with a little spritz of water before applying the ink to a panel of cardstock. She kept adding different inks and building color until she got the blend she liked. Then she let the panel dry before using a blending tool to add more ink to deepen the color.

Your underwater Christmas scene is so brilliant, Samantha! Thanks for inspiring us today!

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This is a 3-week challenge, so there’s plenty of time to enter! Click HERE for the challenge post.