Month: October 2020

Caly’s Adorable Shutter Card Inspired by the Card Sketch

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

Hi there, Caly here today. I’m excited to share today’s project with you for the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge-87! We’ve got a card sketch and I hope it’s loaded with inspiration for you! There’s still a lot of time to create and join the fun if you haven’t started.



When I saw this sketch, I thought it looked like the inside of a Shutter Card – I think many of you will agree! I wanted the focus to be something different so instead of using a heart element or the circle, I tweaked and played to create an oven using the Magic Picture Changer Oven Add-On.

I started with a piece of cardstock that is large enough to cut out the shutter card base (6” x 8”). Before die-cutting, I stenciled it with the Brick Stencil and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink to prevent harsh ink marks from the score lines. After die-cutting, I burnished the lines and cut out a center panel to ink-blend with the same stencil except I faded to white. To create my window, I used the square die from the Magic Picture Changer Oven Add-On to trace the inner square so I could use a ruler and kraft knife to cut my window. The die cuts the frame for the oven door, which I die-cut in Narwhal cardstock along with the burner and pan. I added some Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks to these to give them a bit of shading too.

I then cut a square using my trimmer slightly bigger than the oven door that I ink-blended with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink. Then I die-cut my shutter panels using vellum. I also reserved a piece of vellum 1 ½” x 8” for a belly band. I adhere nothing together yet because I need to add my image behind the window panel first.

Now to the coloring! I stamped my images from A Creature Was Stirring and colored them with Copic markers.
Gingerbread: E30, E33
Bread: YR30, Y23, YR24
Mice: R20, W1, W3, W5
Oven Tray and Background: C0, C1, C3, C5
Reds: R32, R35, R27
Yellows: Y02, Y08
Greens: G14, G17
Teals: BG11, BG34
Purples: BV000, BV01, BV04

Once the images are die-cut, I can start building my scene! The background panel for the oven is a piece of cardstock that I colored with Gray Copic markers. Then I added the pan, bread and steam before attaching that to the card panel behind the window. I adhered the center panel to the tabs at this point and built the rest of my scene. To finish, I attached my sentiment that I embossed in white over black cardstock.

I hope you enjoyed this project!! I’m so glad you’ve stopped by – thank you! The Card Sketch challenge ends on November 1st at 11:59pm PT! I hope you’ll join the fun!
Have a wonderful day!
–Caly

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Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 86 Random Winner

- Nancy Krueger 6 Comments

From spooky to adorable, your Halloween and Fall projects for this challenge are so creative and impressive! Big thanks to everyone who played along with the Halloween/Fall Inspiration Challenge!

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 Beatrix
using Costume Party, Spooky Fence Border, Stitched Leaves, Spring Sprig, Build-A-House Halloween Add-On

by Heather
using Spooky Village, A Creature Was Stirring, Dandy Day, Crazy Antics, Fancy Wavy Banners

by Elaine
using Fox Costumes Before ‘n Afters

by Judy
using Stitched Leaves, Thanks a Latte

by Cherie
using Happy Howloween, Pick of the Patch, Happy Harvest

by Leigh Ann
using Acorn House, Leafy Tree Backdrop, Large Wreath, Simple Wavy Banner

by Tiffany
using Pick of the Patch, Scripty Happy, How You Bean? Candy Corn Add-On

by Dee
using Village Border, Stitched Leaves, Cloudy Stencil, Fox Costumes Before ‘n Afters, Foursquare Backdrop: Landscape


And now we have our random drawing winner from Challenge 86 who wins a $25.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…89#

Congratulations to Gail! 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 87 – Card Sketch! This new challenge runs until Sunday, November 1st at 11:59PM ET.

Thank you so much for joining us each month for our Lawn Fawnatics challenges! You inspire us with your amazing creativity and kindness!

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 87 – Card Sketch

- Nancy Krueger 13 Comments

Hello to all of our Fawnatics Friends! It’s time for a fun Sketch Challenge! Jenn has created a perfect sketch that we hope will spark your creativity! Feel free to get creative just make sure we can recognize the idea of the sketch in your entry!

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 and papers. This challenge will run for 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, November 1st 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!

Let’s see how the sketch inspired our amazing Design Team!

Christy featured a sweet little A Creature Was Stirring scene! She created the look of the 3 panels with a fish-tail banner and a mix of Let It Shine and Snow Day Remix papers!

Karin used Lacy Heart Stackables to create the focal point of her sketch design! She used a scoring board and a bone folder to create the dry-embossed stripe background that she layered on a Fancy Scalloped Rectangle. For the sweet winter scene she combined Winter Skies, and Snow Day with a greeting from Tiny Tag Sayings!

Caly‘s beautiful design features Snow Globe Scenes and Tiny Gingerbread! I love how she coordinated the ink color she used for the Snowflake Trio Stencil with the pretty bokeh pattern of the Snow Day Remix 6×6 paper!

Samantha‘s I Love You(calyptus) design is so clever! She created a tree for the cute koala with Woodgrain Backdrops stamped on a tall panel. She added leaves for the critter to munch on from A Bug Deal and Hey Lady; they are arranged to give the suggestion of the heart!

I like that Franci used the sketch to make this wide landscape oriented scene! It’s a cozy Fall for the Den Sweet Den bears! She used a mix of Into the Woods Remix and Hello Sunshine Remix 6×6 papers to create the sketch design!

It’s always so fun when our classic sets come out to play! Samantha used the 3 panels of the sketch to create an awesome inky backdrop for the Happy Haunting house and ghosts!

Joyce used a gold foil Let It Shine paper and a panel of green cardstock to create the sketch background. The Fancy Folded Banner adds some dimension to the sentiment in the sketch; and the Ho-Ho-Holidays Santa and Mrs. Claus look so cute on the Lacy Heart die cut from Gold Metallic cardstock!

Jessica got a little creative with the sketch by making a Shutter Card! She saw the three panels inside the card and the heart on the band on the outside as the focal image!

Jenn turned the heart into a Outside In Stitched Scalloped Square and filled it with a sweet Den Sweet Den and Christmas Dreams scene! The large Winter Big Scripty Words greeting becomes the sentiment banner!

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 86 tomorrow!

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