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Christy’s Mermaid for You Christmas Gift Exchange 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 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!

Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Christmas in July Challenge! For this one I wanted to create a gift exchange between a mermaid and her friend the crab.


I combined images from Mermaid for You, Life is Good, and Christmas Fishes, stamped the images in Jet Black Ink, and colored them with my Copic markers. Then I trimmed them out with their matching dies.


Then I cut out a panel of Bristol Cardstock with the Desert Canyon Backdrop and blended on Distress Oxide Inks, using Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs for the sand, and Hickory Smoke and Black Soot for the rocks. Then I did a separate panel for the sea using Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover, and Black Soot. I added some splatter to the sand to give it texture. Then I white heat embossed a sentiment at the top of the sea panel and adhered these two pieces together with foam tape, then glued them to a Cilantro card base.


I adhered my images with a combination of foam tape and liquid glue and finished off the card with a bit of sparkle using Stardust Stickles. I also did some stamping on the inside in Noble Fir Ink.

If you’d like to watch the entire process of the creation of this card, you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty! We hope that our Christmas in July Challenge is keeping you cool this Summer! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thank you for inspiring us, Christy!

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Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 143 Random Winner!

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Thank you so much for joining us for the Show Us Where You Live challenge! Your projects are so brilliant, and we loved learning more about our wonderful crafty friends! Be sure to check out the Challenge 143 gallery to see where your crafty friends are from!



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 Michelle
using Tea-rrific Day, Simple Wavy Banners


by Margo
using Shadow Box Card Theater Add-On, Claire’s ABCs,
Fancy Folded Banners, Happy Village, Reveal Wheel Apple Add-On


by Rachel
using Crazy Antics, Bubbles of Joy, You Autumn Know, A Creature Was Stirring,
Oliver’s Stitched ABCs, Outside In Stitched Circle Stackables, Outside In Stitched Scalloped Circle Frames


by Jessica
using Plane and Simple, Coaster Critters, Life is Good, Let’s Go Nuts,
Henry’s ABCs, Stitched Mountain Borders, Stitched Wave Borders


by Julie
using Stuck on You, Sunburst Backdrop, Stitched Hillside Backdrop, Henry’s ABCs


by Michelle
using Pull ‘n Pop Pull Tab, Hay There, Fly High, Little Picket Fence Border


by Bonnie
using Beary Rainy Day, Stitched Mountain Borders, Rainy Sky Stencil, Henry’s ABCs


by Mimi
using Tiny Friends, Mermaid for You, Simply Celebrate Spring, Smitty’s ABCs




And now we have our random drawing winner from Challenge 143 who wins a $50.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…#10


Congratulations to Choi Leng Buergi! 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 144 – All Things Birthday. This new challenge runs until Sunday, March 19 at 11:59PM ET. Happy birthday crafting!

Jenn Takes the Ugly and Bright Critters to the Beach!

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It’s time to use all those Lawn Fawn critters in festive holiday designs! Link up your entry photos HERE! Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies, stencils and papers and follow the challenge theme. This challenge will be open until Sunday, December 4 at 11:59PM ET.

Jenn joins us today with more charming Holiday Critters inspiration!

Jenn’s adorable scene takes the Ugly and Bright critters to the beach for a cozy holiday! She began by stenciling the snowflakes in the background with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink. Then she stamped all the images (see supply list below for the sets she used) with Jet Black Ink before coloring them with Copic markers.

All the glittery accents were adding using Quickie Glue and Prisma and Chunky Glitter.

She inked the Henry’s ABCs with Kitsch Flamingo and Lobster Ink to create a fun ombré, then she covered the lower part of each letter with Chunky Glitter.

As always, Jenn shares a Copic marker chart so you can recreate her cheery coloring!

Looking for more holiday cardmaking ideas?

It’s not too late to take Jenn’s Furry & Bright online class! Jenn makes her classes available to take at any time! She shares lots of tips and cardmaking tricks while you make 3 unique cards together! Click HERE for all the details and make it a Furry & Bright holiday!

Thanks so much for this adorable inspiration, Jenn!

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We hope you are having fun creating your Holiday Critters challenge entries! We can’t wait to see how you are inspired!