birthday before ‘n afters

Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 211 – Sparkle & Shine

- Christy Reuling 4 Comments



The final challenge of 2025 is upon us! Let’s get ready to bid adieu to the old year and ring in the new one with our favorite Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. Check out the Design Team inspiration below, then join the Sparkle & Shine Challenge and have fun creating cards that bring the glitz and glamor of the season!


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, January 4th 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! Yay!

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!

Design Team Inspiration


Samantha Mann‘s confetti card brings to mind snapping selfies in Times Square as the ball drops on New Year’s Eve. It features the Magic Iris Camera Add-on, Magic Iris Camera Pull-Tab Add-on, and Scripty Cheers.


Joyce‘s card is the perfect blend of drama and cuteness, combining the brand-new Critter Conversation Hearts and the numbers from Cake It Easy against her gold and black background.


Karin‘s card brings a pop of pink with her watercolored Stitched Poinsettia. It adds a touch of whimsy to the sophistication of her black and gold layers and gold embossed Magic Holiday Messages sentiment.


This little Birthday Before ‘n Afters chickie is popping out ready to party on Mimi‘s adorable card. He’s looking festive in his party hat beside the Cake It Easy cake with its paper-pieced frosting!


These gleeful geese are throwing the biggest birthday bash on Samantha Casey‘s card. It sweetly combines Silly Goose! with the row of gifts from Simply Celebrate Winter.


Mayra‘s card is dripping in gold with her bold, custom sentiment using Oliver’s Stitched ABCs and Oliver’s Stitched 123s. Look closely and you’ll see Stitched Fireworks going off in the background.


Franci’s sweet Tag, You’re It gift tags also feature the Stitched Fireworks as a festive backdrop to her sledding Snow One Like You critters.


Christy‘s Caroling Mice are bringing joy to all in the Village Hillside Border. Her Winter Wonderland Window and snowflake accents set off the detail in the Quilted Diamond Backdrop. Check out the video tutorial on her YouTube channel!

We will have more Design Team inspiration for the Sparkle & Shine Challenge over the next 3 weeks! Be sure to come back on Wednesday when we’ll announce our Featured Fawnatics and random winner for Challenge 210 – Coffee, Tea & Treats!



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Celebrate a Birthday with Samantha

- Nancy Krueger 3 Comments


We hope you will join us for another fun Inspiration Week as we highlight our Summer 2025 Release! From July 13 – July 18 we will have daily giveaways, design team inspiration and video tutorials! Join us starting Sunday, July 13 at the Lawn Fawn blog, we can’t wait!


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 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, July 20 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! Yay!

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!


Samantha celebrates a birthday with this sweet Elephant Parade card! She also used Elephant Parade Add-On and Birthday Before ‘n Afters. Her simple design combines papers from Spiffier Speckles and Stripes ‘n Sprinkles with a Scalloped Circle Stackables layer.

This is so adorable, Samantha! Thanks for inspiring us today!

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Mimi’s Give It a Whirl Birthday Cake!

- Nancy Krueger 3 Comments


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 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, March 17th 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!

Mimi‘s clever Give It a Whirl card shows a top view of a birthday cake decorated with frosting and confetti! Whirl the tab and a slice is missing! Yummy!

Be sure to check out the Intro to Give It a Whirl video for quick and easy assembly instructions and more ideas!


Mimi used flower dies from Tiny Gift Box Bunny Add-On and Woodland Critter Huggers Summer Add-On to make the frosting rosettes. She cut the larger flower from Woodland Critters Huggers Summer Add-On first, then she cut the flower with the one from Tiny Gift Box Bunny Add-On to give the smaller flower a swirly effect. That is so clever!

Since Mimi decorated the top circle of the “cake” with die cuts, she has a couple tips for making the interactive mechanism move smoothly. She suggests running the decorated circle through the die cut machine a few times to flatten the die cuts. Then she added lots of anti-static powder to cut down on friction. We recommend EK Success Powder Tool for this.


After you “give it a whirl”, part of the “cake” missing with only crumbs, confetti and the cake server are left. The confetti dots are circles from Spring Sprig and Pop-Up Desk. And the “cake server” is a garden tool from Watering Can.


Mimi found the perfect sentiment in Birthday Before ‘n Afters. She stamped it on “banners” made from the Build-An-Aquarium die set. The Happy Birthday on the cake is from Offset Sayings: Birthday.

This card is so brilliant, Mimi! Thank you for sharing it with us!


Be sure to check out all the March Inspiration Week fun happening now at the Lawn Fawn blog! We are showcasing more of our Spring 2024 Release with Design Team inspiration, Intro Videos and daily giveaways! Click HERE for the Big Giveaway Post, then check out all the inspiration posts!

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This is the last weekend for the All Things Birthday challenge! Be sure to have your projects linked by 11:59PM ET on Sunday, March 17. We will be back on Monday with another challenge! Just a hint, it’s one of your all-time favorites!