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Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 64 – Cards for Guys!

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments

We all know that making cards for guys presents a few creative challenges. So let’s embrace that challenge and use our cardmaking skills to make cards to put a smile on a guy’s face, no matter the age!

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, November 17th 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!

Now let’s see how our amazing Design Team made their Cards for Guys!

Franci combined the large tree from Christmas Dreams with the snowboarding and popsicle snacking Yeti or Not cutie on her clean and simple design! She added a colorful Offset Sayings: Christmas greeting!

Christy created an amazing underwater Christmas card for her scuba-diving enthusiast brother! She used Christmas Fishes, You Are Sublime and Mermaid for You!

Samantha‘s birthday card features some cool guy-friendly colors to create the inky background for the One in a Chameleon critter! She turned the Leafy Tree Backdrop (die cut from the back side of the Fall Fling 6×6 paper) around to use it on the right side of her card, then she die cut it again from kraft cardstock to layer over the top! She included a Tiny Tag Sayings: Birthday sentiment in a Say What? Pets speech bubble.

Jessica‘s Yeti or Not birthday card is fun and cool and perfect for the guys in your life! She created the awesome mini scene with Stitched Mountain Borders!

If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, Karin‘s card is timely inspiration for you! She used images from Smooth Sailing and created a great ocean scene with Tropical Backdrop!

This charming birthday card by Joyce will make anyone’s day! She added a hat from Dad+Me to the character from Screen Time and made a Fall scene using the trees and apples from Tree Before ‘n Afters! The Build-A-House has a fun brick pattern and some friendly birds from Open Me!

Caly‘s Beam Me Up birthday card has a fun interactive element courtesy of the Let’ Toast Pull Tab Add-On! She created an awesome inky backdrop for this outer space scene!

Clearly our Design Team thinks that snowboarding and yetis are perfect for Cards for Guys! Samantha M added her signature style with an ink blended and splattered background and the stripey accent of black and white! She resisted the pull to add sequins or glitter to keep this fun design guy-friendly!

Jenn‘s Ready Set Snow snow globe design has just enough sparkle to suggest snow but she kept this card clean, simple and colorful! She used a mix of Lawn Fawn ink in Merman, Cilantro and Minty Fresh to create the background. Her snowmen are stamped with River Rock ink for a toned down look!

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 63 tomorrow!

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Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 46 – Color Inspiration Mood Board!

- Nancy Krueger 12 Comments

It’s time for a fresh new challenge with brilliant color inspiration! Use all the colors or choose your favorites, let the image inspire you if you choose but above all, have fun! The Lawn Fawn colors that correspond to the mood board are: Peachy Keen, Guava, Raspberry, Juice Box and Manatee! Share with us your color inspired projects, we can’t wait to see what you create! This challenge will be open until Sunday, February 17th at 11:59PM ET. Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies and papers.

For each challenge, we will randomly select a winner 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 amazing Design Team is here to inspire your creativity!

Christy used our color combo to create a magical card design with Critters Ever After and Puffy Cloud Borders!

Franci was inspired by the purple shade and made this adorable Stitched Circle Tag for Valentine’s Day! She combined the adorable penguin from Say What? Christmas Critters with a sentiment from Sweet Friends!

Grace used all the colors to set the scene for this beautiful card and tag set! She used an Outside In Stitched Heart to make a stencil for ink blending the heart shape! Her cute little scene features Bicycle Built for You and the sweet shaker tag was made with Say What? Gift Tags!

I bet we could all use a little sunshine right now and Jessica‘s gorgeous card brings it! She added lots of gold paint splatters to the background and used gold glitter cardstock to create a sandy spot for the cool sunglasses-wearing pineapples from the Aloha mini set!

Samantha C used the inspiration to make a make a rosy hued solar system with Out of This World! I love how she added the cute little space alien from Beam Me Up!

Karin‘s gorgeous ink-blended Outside In Stitched Heart is layered with a Lacy Heart die cut from Ballet Slippers cardstock! The backdrop for the heart is made with a Quilted Backdrop, Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Frame and Scripty Love!

Samantha M created a delightful Let’s Toast card that incorporates all the colors in the challenge mood board! She used the Let’s Toast Pull Tab Add-On to make the interactive pop-up!

Joyce‘s super cute Candy Box is ready to fill with some sweet treats for Valentine’s Day! She used our cute One in a Chameleon critter and a Speech Bubble die to add some fun!

Jenn‘s watercolor background painting is all kinds of gorgeous! These fantastic cards are finished simply with Scripty Hello and Scripty Thanks! This design is so beautiful and easy to make, great way to add to your card stash!


We will have Design Team inspiration for you over the next 2 weeks and of course we’ll share our Featured Fawnatics and random winner for Challenge 45 tomorrow!


Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 33 – Fun Folds!

- Nancy Krueger 12 Comments

Hello Fawnatics Friends! It’s time for a new challenge to get those creative juices flowing! This time we are looking for projects with “fun folds”! Use the tried and true tri-fold, gate-fold and Z-fold or use a Lawn Fawn die to create a box, pop-up, flap or envelope. Anything with a fun fold is fair game this time! This challenge will run for 3 weeks and will be open until Sunday August 5th at 11:59PM ET.
For each challenge, we will randomly select a winner 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!

And now we are so happy to welcome Mona Tóth as our Guest Designer for this challenge! She has been inspiring us with her gorgeous projects filled with amazing color and creativity! You can find her on Instagram as @mona.toth and at her blog! Now let’s check out her fabulous Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up!

Mona used the score lines provided by the Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up to put together this amazing You Are Sublime ocean scene! She replaced the front of the box with an acetate panel to create a view under the water!

She used more acetate as strips to suspend the fish so they appear to be swimming about!

I love Mona’s attention to detail! She added the little smart phone from Elphie Selfie so the scuba diver can document his undersea adventure!

Jessica used the flaps included in Peekaboo Backdrop as her fun fold element! This Beam Me Up card is a nod to the X-Files!

She added the tag line from the show white heat-embossed on the shaker window using Milo’s ABCs.

Open the flap for the surprise birthday greeting! This card is just so fun!

Christy‘s fantastic Jurassic Park themed card features Critters from the Past in a Z-fold design to make an extended scene! She used Stitched Mountain Borders as a background!

Samantha’s sweet Scalloped Treat Box includes a clever Stitched Gift Card Pocket! Her One in a Chameleon critter has a rainbow of color!

Karin added a Lift the Flap fold to her pretty in pink card!

Inside is a sweet Rub-A-Dub-Dub surprise scene!

Samantha had the same idea to hide some Screen Time cuteness under the flap!

She added a little nod to Super Mario Brothers with the little mushroom from Gnome Sweet Gnome!

Franci is dreaming of Christmas in July with her charming Scalloped Treat Box decorated with Winter House Add-On!

Joyce used a variety of Lawn Fawn cardstock to create a sweet Woodland Critter Huggers Goodie Bag!

We will have Design Team inspiration for you over the next three weeks and of course our Featured Fawnatics and Random Winner for Challenge 32 tomorrow!