gingerbread friends

Franci’s Cute Gingerbread Card

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

We are looking for fun and festive holiday projects for our Challenge 128 – Christmas in July! Time to get a jump on your holiday crafting and enter the challenge before Sunday, July 17 at 11:59PM ET. We can’t wait to see how this challenge inspires you!

Today we have some sweet Gingerbread Friends inspiration for you with Franci!

Franci created this adorable square card with All the Dots 6×6 paper, then she used a Small Dotted Square Stackable to make a scene with Snowy Backdrop. She tucked a cute Gingerbread Friend into the snow drifts and this Christmas in July card is done!

Thank you so much for sharing this delightful inspiration today, Franci!

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We can’t wait to see your Christmas in July projects! This challenge will be open until Sunday, July 17th at 11:59PM ET.

Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 65 Random Winner

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments

Wow! You all really impressed us with your Fun with Dies creativity! Thank you so much for making our Lawn Cuts dies look awesome on your fantastic projects! We are so happy that you all shared your talent with us!

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 Arlene
using Outside In Stitched Christmas Tree Stackables, String of Lights, Stitched Circle Stackables

by Emma
using String of Lights, Put a Bow on It, Holiday Helpers, Sweet Christmas, Simple Wavy Banners

by Shuly
using Build-A-House, Build-A-House Christmas Add-On

by Alma
using Gingerbread Friends, Simply Celebrate Winter, Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows, Merry Messages

by Vita
using Outside In Christmas Tree Stackables, Christmas Tree Frames, Tiny Gift Box Deer Add-On, Tiny Gift Box Raccoon and Fox Add-On, Just Stitching Double Rectangles, Mini Snowflakes, Mini Wreath

by Ashley
using Outside In Stitched Apple Stackables, I Scream You Scream, Scripty Sweet, Stitched Scalloped Square Frames, Large Wreath, Woodland Critter Huggers Winter Add-On

by Nicole
using Winter Penguin, Quilted Backdrop, Scripty Happy, Stitched Circle Frames, Stitched Hillside Borders

by Mona
using Woodland Critter Huggers, Winter Add-On, Quilted Backdrop, Gingerbread Friends

And now we have our random drawing winner from Challenge 65 who wins a $25.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…#104

Congratulations to joy4crafts! 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 66 – Happy Little Holiday Critters! This new challenge runs until Sunday, December 15th at 11:59PM ET. We can’t wait to see how the holiday critter theme inspires you!

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Happy Crafting from your friends at Lawn Fawnatics!

Gingerbread Friends with Christy!

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments

Hey everyone, it’s Christy! Happy Black Friday to all our friends in the States! To those out shopping, may you find lots of deals, and to those tucked indoors, I wish you lots of yummy leftovers and family cheer!

Today’s card is definitely a sweet treat. And it’s actually not just a card. On Wednesday the Lawn Fawn and Lawn Fawnatics design teams participated in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event, and I actually made mine as a set with a matching card and gift tags. These could either be used on one family’s gifts, or split up and used individually.

The Gingerbread Friends dies brought back so many childhood memories of when I loved to play with and design my own paper dolls. You start out with a simple gingerbread man shape (or six) and it’s like paper dolls for adults! I had so much fun mixing and matching all the different accessories.

My boys are all teenagers now, but this could absolutely be a wonderful activity for little ones. You could fill little dishes or an empty egg crate with all the different bits and pieces, give them the gingerbread men and a glue stick, and BAM! You can thank me later when you’ve had a solid half hour or more all to yourself to get some Christmas baking done or wrap a few gifts. Use them on cards or as gift tags, or tape some string on the back for a Christmas garland.

Can you tell I miss my kids being little? Back to my card. After I decorated my gingerbread men and lady, I adhered them to a focal panel of patterned paper trimmed down with the Stitched Circle Stackables and Scalloped Circle Stackables. The card base measures 4 1/2′ x 4 1/2” which is the perfect size for the largest of the Cross-Stitched Square Stackables. I layered on another piece of patterned paper and popped the focal panel in the center with foam tape. To finish off the card, I added a white heat embossed sentiment from Sweet Christmas. On the inside I stamped a few of the candies from Sweet Christmas and an additional sentiment from Merry Messages.

You can check out the video on my YouTube Channel, Christy Gets Crafty, if you’d like to see how the card and tags came together.

There’s still time left to enter our Shaped Card Challenge, so if you’ve got a little extra free time over holiday break, now is the perfect time to get crafting! We can’t wait to see what you create!

Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!