Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 194 – Critters & Hobbies



We have a brand-new challenge theme for you this time! We would like you to show us the Lawn Fawn critters enjoying fun times with hobbies! Are they crafty, do they love adventure, gardening, reading, painting? Whatever you can imagine, show us in your creative challenge entry!



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, April 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! 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!

Design Team Inspiration



I love that Mimi took the adventurous It’s a Bird mice out into a Desert Canyon Backdrop for some stargazing! She paired these cute little critters with a telescope from Super Star and camping gear from Car Critters Road Trip Add-On.


This family of squirrels is enjoying an afternoon of leisurely reading! Christy combined Little Woodland Library with Heart Tree to create a charming scene! To keep it sweet and simple she stenciled the background with Cloudy Stencil and Grassy Hillside Stencils.


Franci‘s clean and simple window card features our Sew Very Mice critters! She used Outside In Stitched Heart Stackables for the window and a Scalloped Rectangle in Bitsy Blooms paper to create a frame. Then she added a sweet sentiment stamped in Sage Leaf ink.


We all know cats love to play with yarn, so it’s not a leap to picture them knitting! Samantha created a cozy scene with Window Scene: Winter and Den Sweet Den. She included the cats from Purrfectly Wicked along with the shelf. I love how she used Knit Picky paper in the background, it’s a perfect choice!


Joyce chose Build-A-Bunny as her critter who loves painting! She dressed her up in overalls from Build-A-Bunny Accessories. Then she gathered all the things for her hobby from Canvas and Easel and Art Supplies! Her sentiment comes from Henry’s Build-A-Sentiment: Bunny Puns.


This adorable You’re a Keeper bear is busy harvesting honey! Mayra shows us a fun bee-keeping hobby with Hive Five, Spring Basket and Heart Tree! She added a greeting from Magic Messages.


Samantha gathered a bunch of literature lovers from Little Woodland Library on her colorful card! She inked up 3 rectangle panels in rainbow colors, then using Lots of Stars Background Stencils she added stars with white stencil paste. I love how she colored the images to coordinate with the background colors!


Karin shows our cute Sew Very Mice critters on a thoughtful birthday gift! She used Fancy Box to create a little sewing kit for a friend!


The box is just big enough to fill with thread, tiny scissors, measuring tape, needles and pins!


Such a clever idea and a great way to show off these critters and their favorite hobby!

We will have more Design Team inspiration for the Critters & Hobbies challenge over the next 2 weeksBe sure to come back tomorrow when we’ll announce our Featured Fawnatics and random winner for Challenge 193 – Inspired by a Book, Movie or Song!

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Christy’s It’s a Bird Scene Inspired by a Children’s Book


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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, April 6 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! 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!

Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Inspired By a Book, Movie, or Song Challenge! For this one, I was inspired by a sweet children’s picture book that I recently came across, called The Littlest Lighthouse Keeper by Heidi Howarth. I loved the illustrations in this story, so I decided to create my own version with this card.


I pulled together images from It’s a Bird, Life is Good, Smooth Sailing, Butterfly Kisses, Mermaid for You, and You Are Sublime. I stamped all of my images in Jet Black Ink, colored them with Copic markers and trimmed them out with the matching dies.

For my focal panel, I trimmed down a bunch of pieces of Bristol with the Stitched Wave Borders and Stitched Hillside Borders. I also used a full card-sized sheet for the background. I blended on Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide with the Cloudy Stencil to create the sky. Then I used a mix of Salvaged Patina, Salty Ocean, and Uncharted Mariner on my three waves. For the sand, I used Antique Linen and Gathered Twigs.


I stamped a sentiment from Life is Good on the bottom of the shortest wave and an image and sentiment on the inside of the card in Fish Tank Ink. Then I glued the sky and the tallest two waves to the card front with liquid glue. I popped the sand up with foam tape and glued the shortest wave over top of that. Then I added my images with a mix of foam tape and liquid glue.


If you’d like to see the whole process of creating this card, you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! We can’t wait to see what you come up with for our Inspired By a Book, Movie, or Song Challenge. Have an amazing day!

Thank you so much for sharing this super cute inspiration, Christy!

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Thanks so much for joining the challenge, we can’t wait to see what inspires you!

Featured Fawnatics and Challenge 192 Random Winner

We had a wonderful birthday celebration and all of your amazing All Things Birthday entries were a big part of the fun! We loved seeing all the ways you created birthday love! Thank you all so much joining us for this challenge and our 15th birthday celebration!





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 Janneke
featuring Really High Five, Draped Ribbons Stencil, Bunting Borders


by Myrthe
featuring Magic Iris, Magic Iris Tropical Leaves Add-On,
It’s a Bird, Kanga-rrific, Kanga-rrific Add-On, Lacy Rectangle Stackables


by Naureen
featuring Platform Pop-Up, Platform Pop-Up Add-On
Critters in the Desert, It’s a Bird, Cactus Hillside Border


by Mona
featuring Treat Cart, Heart Tree,
Fly High, Really High Five, Wavy Sayings


by Claudia
featuring Magic Picture Changer,
A Creature was Stirring, Unicorn Picnic, Sweet Friends


by Donna
featuring Meow You Doin, Let’s Celebrate Backdrop


by Nina
featuring Smooth Sailing


by Tessa
featuring I Heart Pandas, I Heart Pandas Add-On,
Bamboo Forest Backdrop: Landscape, Bamboo Stencils




And now we have our random drawing winner from Challenge 192 who wins a $50.00 gift certificate to our shop, lawnfawn.com! And the winner is…#54


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




You will find amazing inspiration by our talented Design Team during the next 3 weeks for Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 193 – Inspired by a Book, Movie or Song. This challenge runs until Sunday, April 6 at 11:59PM ET.

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