beachy christmas

Catherine’s Ugly & Bright Interactive Card Inspired by Marine

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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, May 19th 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!

Catherine was inspired by a Christmas card that Marine created for the introduction to Ugly and Bright! She put her own spin on the original by changing the season, creating an amazing beachy, summer design!


In addition to the Ugly and Bright bear, Catherine featured bears from Snow Much Fun and Den Sweet Den! I love the little sleeping bear getting some sun on the sandy beach! She created the beach scene with Stitched Wave Borders, Hammock and Trees and Stitched Hillside Borders. Then she added Sandy Beach Accents and more beachy cuteness with On the Beach and Beachy Christmas. The bear is wearing a bucket hat from Dad + Me and the luggage is found in Car Critters Road Trip Add-On!


She used Reveal Wheel and clear acetate to make the spinning wheel of summer t-shirts! As the wheel turns the bear changes his outfit! So clever!


Catherine used the plain sweater from Ugly and Bright for the summer t-shirts. She stamped a hibiscus from Toucan Do It on one and the island from Plan on It on another one. The third t-shirt is paper-pieced using Gummy Bears paper.


And here is Marine’s brilliant Christmas card that inspired Catherine’s amazing summer-themed interactive card!

I love your amazing card, Catherine! Thanks so much for the inspiration!

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Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 153 Random Winner

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Your Christmas in July entries totally got us in the holiday spirit! Big thank you to everyone for sharing your yummy designs with us! Be sure to check out the gallery to be amazed and inspired!




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 Teresa
using Winter Village, Fly High

by Nina
using Christmas Dreams, Crazy Antics

by Vanessa
using Furry and Bright, Lift the Flap Tree Backdrop,
Mini String of Lights, Here We Go A-Waddling

by Liz
using Cheery Cherries, Build-A-Snowman, I Scream You Scream
Tiny Gift Box Hats Add-On, Giant Merry Christmas, Henry’s ABCs

by Chris
using How You Bean? Seashell Add-On, Tropical Leaves, Christmas Palm Tree

by Janneke
using Let’s Roll, Henry’s ABCs, Jessie’s ABCs, Christmas Garland,
Mini String of Lights, Gingerbread Friends, Starry Sky Stencil

by Angela
using Beachy Christmas, Super Star, Stitched Wave Borders,
Bubbles of Joy, Winter Skies, Scripty Bubble Sentiments

by Bianca
using Yeti or Not, Stadium Seating, Car Critters Christmas Add-On,
Simply Celebrate Critters, Simply Celebrate More Critters



And now we have our random drawing winner from Challenge 153 who wins a $50.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…#21


Congratulations to Denise Bryant! 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 154 – Into the Woods. This new challenge runs until Sunday, August 20 at 11:59PM ET. We are looking forward to seeing your woodland, rustic, or mountain themed projects!

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Beachy Christmas in July Inspiration with Christy and Samantha

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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 3 weeks and be open until this Sunday, August 6 at 11:59PM ET. Click HERE to link up your project.

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!

Christy and Samantha both used Beachy Christmas to create their Christmas in July inspiration. Each card is unique though as they brought in other holiday sets.


Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Christmas in July Challenge! For this one, I wanted to take you to the islands with a tropical theme and color palette. I stamped all the images from Beachy Christmas, Making Frosty Friends and Yeti or Not in Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers, and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For my background, I cut down two pieces of Bristol Smooth Surface Cardstock, one with the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders and one with the Stitched Simple Wavy Borders. For the island, I blended on Distress Inks in Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs, then did some splatter to give it the look of sand. For the sea, I used Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers. Then I blended some Salvaged Patina directly onto my Mermaid card base for the sky. I stamped my sentiment at the bottom of the sand piece with Walnut Ink.


I glued the sea to my card front with liquid glue. I added two Spring Showers clouds to the sky. Then used the Sandy Beach Accents to cut little swooshes into the sand, glued some of my images into them, and popped that whole panel up with foam tape. I added the rest of the images with liquid glue and finished with a bit of Stardust Stickles.

I also finished off the inside by stamping in Peacock 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! Thanks so much for stopping by!



What a fun, beachy scene! I wish I could be there for some of this Christmas fun at the ocean!
All of the images from Yeti or Not, Beachy Christmas and On the Beach were stamped and then water-colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then die cut out with the coordinating dies. I added details to the images with a White Gel Pen, too!



I used a mask of paper to separate the ocean from the sandy horizon line. I used Distress Inks to blend the beach, and then splattered the same colors and white acrylic ink on top to create the sandy texture.
for the sky, I used blue colors and did a smooth blend. The sentiment was heat embossed in white onto black cardstock. Then yeti images and speech bubble were popped up with foam tape. I had a blast adding these festive hats from Furry and Bright and Yeti or Not to the yetis at the beach!

Big thanks to Christy and Samantha for your fantastic Christmas in July inspiration!

There in one more week in the Christmas in July challenge! Click HERE to visit the challenge post.

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