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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!

Summertime Fun Inspiration from the Challenge Gallery!

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We hope you enjoy today’s inspiration! We are looking forward to seeing your Summertime Fun creativity! The Challenge 127 – Summertime Fun is a 2-week challenge and will be open until Sunday, July 3 at 11:59PM ET.

Today we are shining the spotlight on a couple of cards in the Summertime Fun challenge gallery! They are each by recent Featured Fawnatics and we know they will inspire your creativity!

This fun card is Bianca‘s version of an amusement park near her home! She combined lots of sets to create a whimsical Summertime Fun scene!
She used: Coaster Critters, Happy Hugs, Life is Good, Ahoy Matey, Spooky Village, Happy Village, Let’s Play, Meow You Doin?

Kathrin put her amazing coloring skills to work creating this design! I’m sure, like me, some your best summer memories involve a campfire on the beach!
She used: Super Star, Crazy Antics, Bubbles of Joy, You Autumn Know, S’more the Merrier, Tropical Backdrop, Palm Tree Border

Big thanks to both Bianca and Kathrin for sharing their fantastic card projects with us. We are so happy that you played along with the Summertime Fun challenge!

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We can’t wait to see your Summertime Fun projects! Add them to the challenge gallery HERE. Thanks so much!

Samantha’s Life is Good in the Summertime Inspiration!

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We hope you enjoy today’s inspiration! We are looking forward to seeing your Summertime Fun creativity! The Challenge 127 – Summertime Fun is a 2-week challenge and will be open until Sunday, July 3 at 11:59PM ET. 

Samantha created an amazing beach scene with summertime fun! Take it away, Sam!

I can’t resist a good beach scene for the summer! And this time, the crab from Life is Good are up to some summer-y antics! I love how cute they are! All of the images were colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and then fussy cut out. I used images from Life is Good, On the Beach and Pool Party! I even added some details to the images with a white gel pen.

The background was created by die cutting out some sandy shores with the Stitched Hillside Borders. I used Distress Inks in Vintage Photo and Fossilized Amber to add color. Then splattered white acrylic ink, water and ink color on top to add the sandy texture.

I used some white cardstock, and the Stitched Ripple Backdrop for the ocean! I added color with Distress
Inks in Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon and Salvaged Patina, and surprisingly, I held myself back from any splattering! Ha! I heat embossed the sentiment in white onto some black licorice cardstock and cut it into a banner.


Thanks so much for this delightful inspiration, Samantha!

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