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Karin’s Christmas Tree Inspiration for the Last Weekend of Christmas in July Challenge

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We invite 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, stencils and papers. This challenge will run for 3 weeks and be open until this Sunday, August 6 at 11:59PM ET. Click HERE to link up your project.

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!


Karin reached way back to 2011 to use the Critters in the Forest tree as a Christmas tree for her lovely design! She added gift packages from Toboggan Together and trimmed the tree with ornaments from Cheery Christmas. To add a special touch of shine, Karin covered the ornaments with Clear Glaze. The dramatic backdrop was created with Distress Ink in Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot. Finally, she added a sentiment from Offset Sayings: Christmas.

I hope that Karin’s beautiful Christmas card has inspired you to create some Christmas in July cards! Be sure to link them up by 11:59PM ET on Sunday, August 6. Click HERE to see the challenge post.

Thank you so much for creating this gorgeous inspiration, Karin!

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Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 128 Random Winner

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You all went from Summertime Fun to Christmas in July without missing a beat! Your projects were all so inspiring and full of festive fun! Thank you for sharing your talent with us! Be sure to check out the Christmas in July challenge gallery for some sunny summer inspiration!



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 Kristy
using Stitched Teacup, Magic Iris Snowflake Add-On, Cheery Christmas, Winter Penguin,
Let it Shine Snowflakes Paper

by Kathy
using Platform Pop-Up, Car Critters, Car Critters Christmas Add-On, Yeti or Not, Snowflake Background Stencils

by Claudia
using Making Frosty Friends, On the Beach, Toboggan Together, Stitched Wave Borders

by Michelle
using Stitched Teapot, Stitched Teacup, Henry’s ABCs

by Paola
using Ho-Ho-Holidays, Winter Village

by Nick
using RAWRSOME, Critters from the Past, Penguin Party, Furry and Bright, Toboggan Together

by Jarle
using Stitched Teapot, Stitched Teacup, Stitched Poinsettia, Christmas Dreams

by Tiffany
using Sweet Friends, Furry and Bright, Baaah Humbug, Toboggan Together, Yeti or Not,
Snowflake Background Stencils



And now we have our random drawing winner from Challenge 128 who wins a $50.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…#95


Congratulations to Claire! Please send an email to fawnies(at)lawnfawn(dot)com with “Lawn Fawnatics random winner” in the subject line. Then grab this winner badge to display on your blog and social media!


We will share Design Team inspiration during the next 2 weeks for Challenge 129 – Fun with Food. This new challenge runs until Sunday, July 31st at 11:59PM ET. We can’t wait to see all of your food themed entries!

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A Cheery Toboggan Christmas with Caly

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Hi Friends! It’s Caly here today! The current Color Inspiration challenge is going strong and there’s still time to participate! You have until Sunday, December 20th at 11:59pm PST! I hope today’s card will inspire you! The photo or colors from the challenge inspiration board can help kickstart your project! I’m using the colors for my slimline card today.

I stamped and colored my images from the Toboggan Together and Cheery Christmas sets using Copic markers. These sets go so well together and are oldies, but goodies! The colors I used to coordinate with the Challenge colors from the inspiration board are listed first:
Warm Grays: W1, W3, W5, W6, W7
Blues: B000, B32, B34, B37, B39
Pinks: RV63, B06, RV66, RV69
Yellows: Y21, YR23
Browns: E41, E30, E31, E35, E37
Greens: G43, G46
Red: R39
Blush: R20

After die-cutting all of the images, I added some Glossy Accents to the holiday hats and tree to apply some Prisma Glitter to give it more texture and interest. You can use any adhesive that dries clear – I like Glossy Accents because I can see the coverage best. While that dried, I worked on my background by ink-blending Speckled Egg, Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress Oxide inks on a blank white panel. I used the Stormy Sky just around the edges to darken the top and sides of the panel, and then used that same color to add snowflakes using the Snowflake Trio Stencil.

Next, I die-cut several Birch Trees to color the divots with E31 and E41 ever so lightly. This gives the trees some color. There is a tiny cardinal die that comes with this die set, so I colored it with the R39 marker, then added some black detailing on the face. I then finished the last element of the background by cutting a Slimline Stitched Hillside Border. I used residual ink on my ink-blending tool to apply a bit of color to the top of the hillside piece that I die-cut too.

I stamped my sentiment on the hillside panel, attached the birch trees to the background panel, then applied the hillside border to my background using foam adhesive to give it lots of dimension. The best part for me is to create the scene with all the fun images I colored!

I hope you enjoyed this festive card and are inspired to create! Don’t forget the Color Inspiration challenge ends on Sunday, December 20th at 11:59pm PST! Thank you so much for spending some time with me today! Have a blessed day!
Caly

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