life is good

Christy’s It’s a Bird Scene Inspired by a Children’s Book

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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, April 6 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 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 Inspired By a Book, Movie, or Song Challenge! For this one, I was inspired by a sweet children’s picture book that I recently came across, called The Littlest Lighthouse Keeper by Heidi Howarth. I loved the illustrations in this story, so I decided to create my own version with this card.


I pulled together images from It’s a Bird, Life is Good, Smooth Sailing, Butterfly Kisses, Mermaid for You, and You Are Sublime. I stamped all of my images in Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For my focal panel, I trimmed down a bunch of pieces of Bristol with the Stitched Wave Borders and Stitched Hillside Borders. I also used a full card-sized sheet for the background. I blended on Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide with the Cloudy Stencil to create the sky. Then I used a mix of Salvaged Patina, Salty Ocean, and Uncharted Mariner on my three waves. For the sand, I used Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs.


I stamped a sentiment from Life is Good on the bottom of the shortest wave and an image and sentiment on the inside of the card in Fish Tank Ink. Then I glued the sky and the tallest two waves to the card front with liquid glue. I popped the sand up with foam tape and glued the shortest wave over top of that. Then I added my images with a mix of foam tape and liquid glue.


If you’d like to see the whole process of creating this card, you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! We can’t wait to see what you come up with for our Inspired By a Book, Movie, or Song Challenge. Have an amazing day!

Thank you so much for sharing this super cute inspiration, Christy!

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Thanks so much for joining the challenge, we can’t wait to see what inspires you!

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!