finley’s ABCs

Jenn’s Water-colored Mermazing Mermaid Card

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments


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, June 2 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!

It comes as no surprise that our resident mermaid Jenn has a Mermazing Mermaid card to inspire you today! It’s a perfect way to close out the Design Team inspiration for Dies Only challenge which ends on June 2 at 11:59PM ET.


To create this mermazing design, Jenn got out the Distress Watercolor Pencils to add lots of movement, texture and lots of gorgeous color to the background. She created even more interest by splattering with more color and gold watercolor paint.


She also colored the paper-pieced Mermazing Mermaid with the watercolor pencils. It creates such a fun look to the cute mermaid.


Even the awesome Scalloped Arches Border got the watercolor treatment creating beautiful watery detail! Jenn colored the Finley’s ABCs letters before sprinkling on Distress Rock Candy glitter because you have to have glitter!

This card is so amazing, Jenn! Thanks so much for this brilliant Dies Only inspiration!


Be sure to check out Jenn’s upcoming online classes for June! Coming on June 14th are two self-paced online classes “Bring Your Greenthumb” and How Art Can It Be”. Then on June 21st is the Beachcomber Online Class with kit option. Visit Jenn’s classes page for all the information to sign up HERE!

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Don’t forget, the Dies Only challenge ends THIS SUNDAY! Be sure to get your entries linked by June 2nd at 11:59PM ET. Thanks so much, we can’t wait to see all of your amazing creativity!

Christy’s Cheery Cherries Birthday Card

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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, June 2 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 Dies Only Challenge. On my previous card featuring the Cactus Hillside Border, I used the frame from the Honeycomb Backdrop. I removed it carefully from the die, leaving all the leftover little bits stuck in place. I wanted to find a way to use up those pieces, so I built today’s card idea around that.


I started with the Cheery Cherries, and die cut the pieces I would need out of Lawn Fawn cardstock, then blended on Distress Oxide Inks to give them definition. For the cherries themselves, I used Guava Cardstock, then added Festive Berries, Candied Apple, and a tiny bit of Vintage Photo. Then I did a stem out of Chocolate Bar and blended on Vintage Photo, and two stems each out of Sage Leaf and Algae. I trimmed off only the leaves from these and blended on Evergreen Bough and Mowed Lawn.


Then I took some Speckled Eggshell cardstock and die cut it with the second largest Large Stitched Circle Stackable, and Barn Red cardstock cut with the second largest Scalloped Circle Stackable. I assembled the cherries, adding a green leaf over the brown one, then adhered them to the focal panel with the extra leaves underneath.


I created an A2 standard size card base from more Speckled Eggshell and added little dabs of glue to the back of the leftover Honeycomb Backdrop pieces that I wanted to use, then lined up my card base over top, flipped it over, and used a craft pick to release the pieces from the die. Then I popped the focal panel toward the top with foam tape.

For part of the sentiment, I white heat embossed it onto Chocolate Bar Cardstock and trimmed it down with an Everyday Sentiment Banner into two strips. The rest I die cut from more Guava Cardstock using Finley’s ABCs and added the same ink blending as I used on the cherries. I popped all of this up with foam tape as well.

To complete the card, I added two hearts from the Heart Garden Border cut from Guava Cardstock and blended with a touch of Festive Berries. Then finished with a bit of Stardust Stickles. If you’d like to see how it all came together, you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it!

I hope this has inspired you to play along with our Dies Only Challenge! We can’t wait to see what you create!

Thank you so much, Christy! I love this cheerful card!

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Samantha’s Colorful Hello Fall Card

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Here are the Lawn Fawn ink pads that coordinate with the challenge colors.

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, September 17 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!

Oh, my goodness, Samantha certainly put the color palette to wonderful use! Her “Hello Fall” card is just too charming and so colorful!


Samantha is known for her whimsical color choices, so this color palette is perfect for her! From purple trees and grass to a sage colored beaver with a rainbow tail, this design is brilliant!

She combined the Wood You Be Mine? beaver with a woolen cap from Winter Birds. She colored the leaves from You Autumn Know in jewel tones, then she added the Finley’s ABCs greeting!

Thank you so much for inspiring us today, Samantha!

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