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Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 167 Random Winner

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I feel like Spring has already sprung! Your beautiful Spring Fling cards are so inspiring! Thank you to everyone for joining in on this challenge! Be sure to check out the challenge gallery for all the Spring Fling Challenge inspiration!



If you are one of our Featured Fawnatics today, we invite you to grab this badge to share on your blog or other social sites!


by Courtney
using Simple Celebrate More Critters, Hive Five, All the Party Hats


by Michelle
using Ta-Da! Diorama!, Ta-Da! Diorama! Butterfly Window Add-On,
Veggie Happy, Wonderful Window


by Mary
using Embroidery Hoop, Berry Special, Scripty Sweet


by Jennifer
using Happy Couples, Spring Flowers Backdrop,
Magic Iris Floral Wreath Add-On, Fancy Wavy Banners


by Marieke
using Let’s Go Nuts, Garden Before ‘n Afters,
Lift the Flap Tree Backdrop


by JoAnn
using Lovely Lily of the Valley, Darling Daffodil


by Sandy
using Veggie Happy, Watering Can, Little Farm Fence Border,
Stitched Root Veggies, Build-A-House Gingerbread Add-On


by Sophie
using Spring Sprig, Oliver’s Stitched ABCs,
Cloudy Stencil, A Bug Deal



And now we have our random drawing winner from Challenge 167 who wins a $50.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…#36


Congratulations to Vanessa! Please send an email to fawnies(at)lawnfawn(dot)com with “Lawn Fawnatics random winner” in the subject line. Then grab this random winner badge to display on your blog and social media!



We will share Design Team inspiration during the next 2 weeks for Challenge 168 – All Things Birthday. This new challenge runs until Sunday, March 17 at 11:59PM ET. And don’t miss the fun all week over at the Lawn Fawn blog! Our wonderfully talented designers will inspire you with more All Things Birthday ideas!

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Christy’s Thank You Card Inspired by a Gift

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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 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, October 1 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!

Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Awesome Autumn Challenge! This card was actually inspired by a handmade birdhouse someone recently gifted me. I wanted to make her a special thank you card, so I took different elements that she used in the design and tried to recreate them in stamp form. I combined images from Winter Birds, Winter Birds Add-on, Our Friendship Grows, A Bug Deal, Scripty Autumn Sentiments, and Christmas Dreams. I stamped them all out with Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.


For the background, I started with a couple pieces of Bristol Cardstock and blended on Distress Oxide Inks. For the sky I used Broken China with the Cloudy Stencil. The grass I trimmed down with the Slimline Grassy Hillside Borders. Then I colored the taller one with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn, and the shorter one with Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.


I stamped a sentiment at the top right of the focal panel and glued it to a Mermaid card base. I added the taller of the grassy hills over top with liquid glue, and popped the shorter one up with foam tape. Then I adhered my images with a mix of liquid glue and foam tape until the scene was nice and full. I finished with a bit of Stardust Stickles and stamped on the inside with Fish Tank Ink.


If you’d like to watch this card come together, you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty! We hope you’re enjoying our Awesome Autumn challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Christy’s Groundhog Day Inspired Birthday Card

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We invite you 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 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, March 5 at 11:59PM ET. Link your challenge projects HERE.

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!

Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Show Us Where You Live Challenge! Since I already did a card inspired by Presque Isle State Park, this time I decided to do more subtle nods to my home state of Pennsylvania. Our most famous animal is Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog who comes out of his burrow every February 2nd and determines whether or not we will have six more weeks of winter based on if he sees his shadow. Groundhog’s Day has passed but we still have plenty of these critters here so I thought it might be fun to try to recreate one by transforming one of the beavers from Wood You Be Mine?


To turn this into a birthday card, I added in images from A Bug Deal, and Really High Five, stamped them in Jet Black ink, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies. I colored all the little party accessories in blue and gold, our state colors.


Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, and the name means Penn’s Woods. We do have lots of forests here, so I thought the Forest Backdrop would be the perfect frame for my scene. I die cut it from Dark Brown Woodgrain Cardstock, and cut the trees from Cilantro and Noble Fir. I also die cut the grass portion of Mushroom Border from Noble Fir.


Then I created a background by blending Broken China Distress Oxide Inks onto Bristol Smooth Surface Cardstock using the Cloudy Stencil. I also darkened up the edges of the grass and trees by using Mowed Lawn on the Cilantro Cardstock and Pine Needles on the Noble Fir Cardstock.

I popped the frame over the background using Scotch 3M Foam Tape, added my images with liquid glue, and finished with a custom sentiment combining phrases from Let’s Toast and Really High Five. I also finished off the inside of the card using Noble Fir Ink.

You still have time to play along with our challenge! We can’t wait to see how you interpret this one!

Thank so much for this creative inspiration, Christy!

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