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Christy’s Dandy Little Scene

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Spectacular Skies Challenge! Today I wanted to create a little sunrise scene, and I thought the sweet mice from Dandy Day would be the perfect accompaniment. I colored them all with Copics and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For my background I used the Cloudy Stencil with some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink, then splattered on a little Liquid Stardust to give it a touch of shimmer. I trimmed it down with the Stitched Party Banner die and cut down the top with the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables to get it to the size I wanted.

I also cut down a piece of Noble Fir cardstock with the Stitched Party Banner and used the Grassy Border across the top. I stamped my sentiment across the bottom with Black Licorice Ink and added some dandelion fluff to the background while I was at it, and adhered the two pieces together with liquid glue. I added my images to complete the scene.

On my card base, I glued down a piece of yellow dandelion patterned paper from the Dandy Day 6×6 pad, and also a pretty plaid from the Perfectly Plaid Spring 6×6 pad, both trimmed down with the Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables. I added double-sided foam tape to the back of the focal panel and popped that up for a little dimension. As a finishing touch, I dabbed a little Stardust Stickles on the heads of the dandelion seeds.

If you’d like to see how this card came together, you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube Channel, Christy Gets Crafty.

And if you’d like to play along in our Spectacular Skies Challenge, you still have time! We can’t wait to see what you create!

Thank you so much for sharing with us today, Christy! Your card is delightful inspiration!

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Wishing all of our Fawnatics friends a wonderful, creative weekend!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 75 – Spectacular Skies

- Nancy Krueger 19 Comments

Hello Fawnatics Friends! We invite you to join us for another challenge! This time our theme is Spectacular Skies! Use the challenge image to inspire you or be inspired by the view outside your own door!

We would love for 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 and papers. This challenge will run for 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, May 3rd at 11:59PM ET.

For each challenge, we will randomly select an entry to receive a $25.00 gift certificate to the Lawn Fawn shop! 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!

Our Design Team has some truly spectacular inspiration to kick your creativity into gear!

Jessica created an amazing silhouette scene with Swan Soirée, Cattails Border and Bayou Backdrop! That gorgeous sky looks like it’s filled with a million stars!

Joyce‘s spectacular sky is filled with warmth and stenciled clouds! The Really High Five critters are having an uplifting day!

Franci‘s interactive “peek a boo” card changes from day to night as the card opens! It’s such a clever design with Critters from the Past images!

Caly added lots of cool depth and dimension to the sky in her Super Star design! She added Puffy Cloud Borders in both white and vellum layers!

Samantha‘s spectacular night sky scene captures the cool colors of the Northern Lights! She used Happy Trails and adorable moose Dad+Me along with a Stitched Hillside Backdrop!

How absolutely gorgeous is Christy’s moon-lit sky? Her Swan Soirée scene is built on a Meadow Border and highlighted with a lovely moon glow!

Karin‘s birthday card features beautifully stenciled clouds! Those colorful Really High Five balloons add to the festive look of this happy card!

The color of the spectacular sky in Samantha‘s Dandy Day scene is intense pink and orange! The cute mice are glowing with happiness to send wonderful wishes to dad on Father’s Day!

Rainbow sky and a wink from a cloud! Perfect way to send a happy hello to brighten someone’s day! Jenn‘s charming card also features Puffy Cloud Borders and Chunky Glitter and is perfect for making multiples to share lots of smiles!

We will share Design Team inspiration for you over the next 2 weeks and we’ll announce our Featured Fawnatics and random winner for Challenge 74 tomorrow!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Jessica’s Beautiful Balloon Sketch Card

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

The Card Sketch Challenge will be open until this Sunday, April 19th at 11:59PM ET. There is still time to enter your projects! We can’t wait to see where your creativity takes you!

Good morning! Jess here with a card for our current Card Sketch challenge! For my first card this month I followed the sketch pretty closely so this time I wanted to take a slightly looser approach! 🙂

To start I die-cut balloons from Party Balloons with Lawn Fawn cardstock in Guava, Raspberry, and Mermaid. I also die-cut two clouds from Spring Showers with Pixie Dust Sparkle cardstock. I added a few accents with a white paint pen and then set those aside while I worked on the rest of the card.

Next I blended distress oxide inks in Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch over the Cloudy Stencil to create a cloudy sky! I let that dry for a few minutes while I tied Silver Sparkle twine around my balloons. I also die-cut the sentiment from Scripty Hello three times from Black Licorice cardstock and adhered them together. Then I adhered my balloons and clouds to the stenciled panel with foam mounting tape. I tucked the balloon tails around my sentiment and then adhered it with foam tape as well. Finally I knotted the twine and trimmed off the ends to finish the card!

And that’s it! You have one more weekend to get crafty and I can’t wait to see what you’ll create! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fantastic weekend!
–Jess

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Wishing our Fawnatics friends a wonderful, craft-filled weekend!